Suspects killed over Haiti assassination in a stunned nation

Haitian police killed four suspects who were allegedly involved in the predawn assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Suspects killed over Haiti assassination in a stunned nation [Soldiers patrol in Petion Ville, the neighborhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse lived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2021.] Credit: Joseph Odelyn/AP Haiti assassination After engaging in [a chaotic shootout](, Haitian police have killed four suspects who were allegedly involved in the predawn assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday. Without providing details on the suspects, Chief of the Haitian National Police Léon Charles added that [two other suspects had been arrested]( and three officers being held hostage had been freed. The stunned Caribbean nation, already suffering from widespread poverty, violence and political instability, is now under a two-week [state of emergency]( declared by Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who assumed the country’s authority following the brazen murder. Tokyo state of emergency Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a [state of emergency for Tokyo]( in an effort to combat the alarming number of coronavirus infections. The emergency measures are set to start in the Japanese capital on July 12 and continue through Aug. 22 — running throughout the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers have [decided]( not to allow any spectators at the Games. International fans have already been banned from attending the summer events. Jacob Zuma Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa and [lauded freedom fighter]( during the the country’s apartheid era, turned himself in to authories on Thursday to [begin a 15-month jail sentence](. Zuma was sentenced to prison for contempt of court for defying orders to testify before a [judicial commission investigating corruption]( during his time as the country’s president. [‘The sea is throwing up’: Turkey’s record sea snot outbreak signals severe underwater pollution]( [Professional divers like Cumhur Ayar have photographed the impact of the outbreak on the seafloor, trying to prove to Turkey’s highest levels of government that they must deal with the source of the problem.]( Credit: Courtesy of Cumhur Ayar Sea snot results from buildups of phytoplankton, also known as “marine mucilage.” As the sludge floats on the water’s surface, it forms a spongy crust that cuts off oxygen and sunlight to the fish and plants below. [The recent outbreak in Turkey’s Marmara Sea]( is believed to be the largest on record, worldwide. Since the spring, sea snot buildups have been spotted from Istanbul’s southern coast to as far away as the Greek island of Lemnos. [‘This year is still not normal’: International students wade through a confusing mishmash of vaccine, visa rules]( [Students wearing masks make their way through the University of Chicago campus in Chicago, May 6, 2021.]( Credit: Shafkat Anowar/AP The pandemic threw off the plans of many international students studying in the US. And [new vaccine policies]( have added yet another layer of stress. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bright spot Hello kitty! A [giant 3D cat]( has appeared on a billboard in the busy Shinjuku neiborhood in Japan. Call it CAT-zilla, if you want, but the hyper-realistic 4K image placed among advertisements is startling some pedestrians. And it comes with its own [live stream]( and [Twiter account](. [Twitter screenshot from cross_s_vision]( Credit: Twitter --------------------------------------------------------------- In case you missed it from The World --------------------------------------------------------------- - [Cannes Film Festival returns after pandemic hiatus]( - [Amid the chaos in Afghanistan, a father searches for his missing daughter]( - [Scandinavian folklore arrives in Maine to help protect nature]( - [The long tail of military operations after 9/11]( - [US Olympic athlete banned from competing for marijuana use]( - [Brazil ramps up vaccines]( - [Despite delta, vaccinations are reducing illness]( - [Assassination in Haiti compounds leadership crisis]( Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.