World briefs

CHINA A group of at least six foreigners who have been punished by a court in southern China for their alleged involvement in an international methamphetamine operation includes a Houston man who was sentenced to death.

INDIA Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated along India’s eastern coast on yesterday as authorities braced for a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal that was forecast to bring extremely severe wind and rain.

SRI LANKA Catholic services are being canceled for a second weekend in Sri Lanka’s capital after the government warned of more possible attacks by the same Islamic State-linked group that carried out Easter suicide bombings that killed 257 people.

VENEZUELA President Nicolás Maduro has called for military unity in an appearance with soldiers at the air base where opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for an uprising two days earlier.

CYPRUS’ justice minister resigned yesterday amid mounting criticism that police bungled their investigations when some of the seven foreign women and girls slain by a serial killer were initially reported missing.

BRITAIN’s former defense secretary ferociously denied allegations that he leaked details from private government discussions about the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, as opposition leaders called yesterday for a criminal investigation into the scandal.

CZECH REPUBLIC Firefighters and police say a bus transporting prisoners has caught fire after colliding with two trucks, one of them carrying two military tanks. The Prague rescue service says one person has died in the crash that took place yesterday afternoon.

POLAND Thousands of young Jews from around the world are joined by Holocaust survivors and politicians in an annual Holocaust remembrance march in southern Poland that focuses on fighting anti-Semitism, prejudice and hatred.

SPAIN Police say border officials in Algeria and Morocco conspired with people traffickers who smuggled hundreds of Asians into Spain across the Mediterranean Sea. The investigation identified alleged members of the ring and led to the arrest of 11 people in Spain.