Russia pardoned a murderer who put his girlfriend through a meat grinder because he agreed to fight in Ukraine, his mom says (www.businessinsider.com)
A Russian convicted murderer who was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he killed his girlfriend and put her body through a meat grinder has been pardoned after fighting against Ukraine, his mother said....
Beijing wants more openness and less China bashing from Europe: envoy (www.reuters.com)
China’s ambassador to Germany called for Europe to be more open to Chinese investment, urging deeper cooperation in areas such as electric cars and 5G technology after a series of clashes....
Birmingham PhD student guilty of using 3D printer to build ‘kamikaze’ drone (www.theguardian.com)
Mohamad al-Bared used technology at Coventry home to make drone designed to deliver a warhead or chemical weapon for IS...
Thousands of women march in Latin American cities calling for abortion rights (apnews.com)
The streets of cities across Latin America were bathed in green Thursday as tens of thousands of women marched to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day....
Trade between Russia and China is booming so much that shipping containers are ‘piling up’ (www.cnn.com)
Shipping containers from China are “piling up” in Russia amid a surge of Chinese goods flowing into the country as trade soars, a new analysis has found....
Canadian police won't investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman (abcnews.go.com)
The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct”...
Philippines defending territory, not seeking trouble in South China Sea, president says (www.reuters.com)
Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall (www.theguardian.com)
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England....
At least 52 killed after blast rips through religious procession in restive southwest Pakistan (www.cnn.com)
At least 52 people were killed and dozens more wounded in what authorities believe was a suicide attack at a religious procession in southwest Pakistan Friday....
Pakistan: At least 52 killed and dozens injured in suicide bomb attack (news.sky.com)
At least 52 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, officials have said....