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Boeing is apologizing for the deadly crashes of two 737 MAX 8 aircraft in Ethiopia and Indonesia and for the first time is admitting that its automatic flight control system played a role.  The October 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 and last month's crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 killed a total of 346 passengers and crew.  CEO Dennis Muilenburg said, "The full details of what happened in the two accidents will be issued by the government authorities in the final reports, but, with the release of the preliminary report of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accident investigation, it's apparent that in both flights the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, known as MCAS, activated in response to erroneous angle of attack information."

The European Union is accusing German automakers BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen of colluding to impede the development of emissions-cleaning technology in cars.  The EU antitrust regulator said the alleged scam limited European consumers' opportunities to buy less polluting cars.  It adds to the woes besetting Europe's auto industry after the 2015 scandal in which VW was discovered to have programmed its cars to lie during emissions testing to make it appear as though its cars were greener than they really were. 

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union for another delay to the Brexit.  Originally scheduled for 30 March, it was delayed until 12 April to give Ms. May more time to a negotiated deal passed in Parliament - but MPs have rejected it three times along with every alternative plan put before the Commons.  European Council President Donald Tusk is said to favor a one-year extension to the date the UK leaves the EU (assuming it isn't cancelled for whatever reason); French President Emmanuel Macron it's "premature" to consider any further delay.

On the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, France's president is agreeing to a government study into the country's role.  Critics blame France for being too close to Rwanda's Hutu-led government, and turning a blind eye to government supporters who carried out the genocide of 800,000 mostly-Tutsi victims.  France has denied complicity in the past.

Belgium is apologizing for the kidnappings of 20,000 mixed-race children of European men and local women from Burundi, DR Congo, and Rwanda during the late colonial period in the 1940s and '50s.  "I vow that this solemn moment will represent a further step towards awareness and recognition of this part of our national history," said Prime Minister Charles Michel, apologizing to the "African mothers whose children were snatched from them".  The Roman Catholic church apologized for its role in the debacle two years ago.  The children - some of whom weren't even granted Belgian citizenship, leaving them stateless - say the practice stripped them of their identity, stigmatised them, and split up siblings.

The social media accounts of Brunei-owned luxury hotels have been taken off-line amid the backlash to its draconian laws making sex punishable by flogging or stoning to death.  Celebrities including George Clooney, Billy Jean King, Ellen De Generes, and others are calling on the public to boycott luxury hotels owned by Brunei:  "Every single time we stay at, or take meetings at, or dine at any of these nine hotels, we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery," said Clooney.  The luxurious properties include The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, The Dorchester in London, Principe di Savoia in Milan, and Le Meurice in Paris.  Many corporations have cancelled deals and promotions at these hotels.

Mick Jagger says he is "on the mend" and "feeling much better" after receiving hospital treatment, which reportedly included heart valve replacement surgery.  The Rolling Stones had to postpone their US and Canadian dates after Sir Mick got the call from his doctors that he needed medical treatment.