JAPANESE marked the seventh anniversary of a tsunami that took more than 18,000 lives on the northeast coast and triggered a nuclear disaster that turned nearby communities into ghost towns.
POLAND A new law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect, with large supermarkets and most other retailers closed for the first time since liberal shopping laws were introduced in the 1990s after communism’s collapse.
UK The Chancellor of the Exchequer will seek the public’s view on how the country can be a leader in reducing plastic waste. Suggestions will be sought on how the tax system can be used to encourage new technology and bring about behavioral change required to cut the usage of single-use plastics.
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government.
SYRIAN government forces divided the eastern Ghouta enclave outside Damascus into two, pro-government media said yesterday, dealing a major setback to rebels and threatening to exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation at the doors of the nation’s capital.
SAUDI ARABIA’s king has established special anti-corruption units of prosecutors to pursue embezzlement cases in the kingdom after a recent crackdown.
TUNISIAN women have demonstrated to demand equal inheritance rights, amid national debate over the issue that has reverberated around the Muslim world.
ETHIOPIA A command post overseeing the country’s state of emergency said security forces mistakenly killed nine civilians in Moyale, near the country’s southern border with Kenya.
BOLIVIA A narrow strip of blue has stretched for more than 196 kilometers across the nation of Bolivia as part of a demonstration of the country’s demand for an outlet to the sea.
CHILE Conservative Sebastian Pinera returned to Chile’s presidency yesterday, vowing to revive an economy that has slumped under center-left leader Michelle Bachelet.
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