World briefs

China For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions of his fellow minority Uighurs in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. More on p12

Thailand’s ombudsman has ruled that the prime minister’s failure to recite a key sentence in his oath of office was unconstitutional, and will refer the matter to the Constitutional Court to rule on whether the government is legally installed.

Pakistan More than a thousand students have rallied in the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir to denounce India’s downgrading of the special status of the portion of the disputed region it controls.

Iran’s president back-pedaled yesterday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op.

Sudan For the first time in three decades, Sudan has charted a path out of military rule following the formation of a power-sharing government by the pro-democracy movement and the generals who overthrew longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández is warning that up to 70,000 foreigners could be stuck in the Central American country as a result of a recent crackdown on illegal immigration by the United States and Mexico.

Russia The 2009 treatment of tax adviser Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow prison, was in breach of basic human rights, a European court ruled in its latest rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Poland Dozens of former Polish ambassadors are telling President Donald Trump that Poland’s democracy is at risk and urging him to pressure the country’s populist government during a coming visit to respect human rights and stop flouting the constitution.

France President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a new global economic order, decrying an “unprecedented crisis” in the market economy. Amid uncertainty over U.S. trade policies, Macron said the market economy has become too finance-driven, creating inequalities “that are shaking up our political order.”

Norway’s USD1 trillion wealth fund proposed changes to how its holdings are weighted geographically, calling for a reduction in investments in Europe to take a bigger chunk of the U.S. stock market dominated by the biggest technology companies. More on p10

USA Up to 30 women were expected to take a judge up on his invitation to speak at a hearing after financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself before facing sex trafficking charges.