Xinhua world news summary at 0140 GMT, April 16

Five people were confirmed dead Saturday after a powerful quake measured at magnitude 7.3 jolted Kumamoto Prefecture, with aftershocks continue rocking the area.

The powerful temblor followed a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that hit the Kyushu region late on Thursday and left nine people dead and over 1,000 people injured. (Japan-Quake)

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WASHINGTON -- Finance leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies on Friday reiterated their commitments to using all policy tools, including monetary, fiscal and structural instruments, to foster confidence and strengthen growth.

"Downside risks and uncertainties to the global outlook persist against the backdrop of continued financial volatility, challenges faced by commodity exporters and low inflation," said the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in a communique issued Friday. (G20-Global economy)

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WASHINGTON -- The United Sates on Friday condemned the failed missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a "provocative act" that violated UN Security Council resolutions.

The DPRK on Friday attempted to launch what is believed to be a Musudan mobile ballistic missile, but the launch appeared to have failed, the government of the Republic of Korea said. (U.S.-DPRK-Missile test)

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JOHANNESBURG -- Thousands of South Africans marched to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in Johannesburg on Friday to press demand for President Jacob Zuma to resign.

The march was organized by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) after the ConCourt ruled on March 31 that Zuma failed to uphold the Constitution when he did not comply with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's remedial action regarding payments for the non-security upgrades at his private homestead in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province. (S. Africa-March-Zuma) Endi