Reuters World News Summary

Following is a summary of current world news briefs. Making a splash: Centenarian runs for office in German town

For most people, reaching 100 would be reason enough to put one's feet up and take things easy, but Lisel Heise has other ideas. The German centenarian, a former sports teacher, has started a new chapter in her life by running for election to the council in her home town of Kirchheimbolanden. Poland's Kaczynski says 'no' to the euro as part of election campaign

Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) says 'no' to the euro and believes Warsaw should only adopt the common currency when its economy is as big as Germany's, PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Saturday. Kaczynski was speaking at a PiS convention in Lublin, eastern Poland, ahead of the European Union election in May, which is seen as a test for the party and its major opponents ahead of a general election in Poland later this year. 'The people's messengers': Myanmar's satirical poets target censorship

In a classroom on the outskirts of Myanmar's biggest city, a thin, bespectacled university student led about a dozen peers in boisterous chants of "Censorship is a shame!" and "We don’t believe in censorship!" It was the final rehearsal of a troupe performing "thangyat", a centuries-old custom allowing free rein to satirize rulers and society during New Year celebrations that began on Saturday. Malaysia to free Vietnamese woman accused of Kim Jong Nam murder on May 3: lawyer

A Vietnamese woman who had been accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea's leader will be freed from a Malaysian prison on May 3, her lawyer said, a day earlier than previously expected. Doan Thi Huong, 30, was charged along with an Indonesian woman of poisoning Kim Jong Nam by smearing his face with a banned chemical weapon at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017. Four EU countries to take rescued migrants after Med standoff

Four European Union countries have agreed to take in 64 African migrants rescued by the German ship Alan Kurdi and stranded at sea for almost two weeks, the Maltese government announced on Saturday. The ship, operated by the humanitarian organization Sea-Eye, had been refused entry by Italy and Malta, but two migrants were evacuated to Malta earlier this week because of poor health. Jailed Catalan leaders ease position on post-election coalition talks

Four Catalan leaders on trial over a 2017 bid to split their region from Spain have said separatists should be more flexible about entering negotiations on forming the next Madrid government after a April 28 national election. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is forecast to win the most seats in the vote, but could need Catalan separatists' backing to form a government. A unionist, rightist coalition winning a majority is another possible scenario. Italy says military intervention 'cannot be a solution' in Libya

Italy's prime minister has said any foreign military intervention in Libya would not resolve the latest conflict in its former colony, warning that it might trigger a refugee exodus across the Mediterranean. Eastern-based Libyan forces led by Khalifa Haftar are advancing in a push to seize the capital, Tripoli, but troops loyal to Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj's internationally recognized government have so far kept them at bay. Sudan's intelligence chief quits, protesters keep up pressure

Sudan's security and intelligence chief quit on Saturday, state media reported, a day after the defense minister stepped down abruptly as interim leader following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and protesters kept up demands for change. Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, known as Salah Gosh, who headed the National Intelligence and Security Service and was once the most influential person in the country after Bashir, was held responsible by protesters for the killing of demonstrators demanding an end to military rule. Islamic state says it was behind Pakistan market suicide bombing

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 18 people in a Pakistan market, the group's Amaq news agency said on Saturday. The attack ripped through an outdoor Pakistani market on Friday, killing at least 18 people, half of them ethnic Hazaras, officials said, in an attack apparently aimed at minority Shi'ite Muslims. North Korea's Kim Jong Un gives U.S. to year-end to become more flexible

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions, and he is only interested in meeting President Donald Trump again if the United States comes with the right attitude, state media KCNA said on Saturday. Kim said that he will wait "till the end of this year" for the United States to decide to be more flexible, according to KCNA.