World Briefs

THAILAND Seven Southeast Asian leaders skipped an important meeting with the United States yesterday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend their regional summit in Thailand.

VIETNAM Police have arrested eight more suspects in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals found dead inside a refrigerated truck container in southeastern England.

SOUTH KOREA Police said they’re investigating a member of K-pop superstar group BTS over a traffic accident that left him and a taxi driver with minor injuries.

INDIA Authorities restricted many private vehicles from taking to the roads of India’s capital yesterday amid a public health crisis that has left New Delhi residents gasping and their eyes burning from toxic air pollution.

AUSTRALIA A newspaper publisher appealing Geoffrey Rush’s 2.9 million Australian dollar payout for defamation told an Australian court yesterday there was no evidence the Oscar-winning actor was unable to work or had fewer job offers because of damage to his reputation.

PAKISTAN A court has freed on bail the daughter of Pakistan’s ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was similarly released last week from custody for medical reasons.

IRAN The European Union says it’s still committed to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, even as that deal continues to collapse following U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement.

UKRAINE’s military has postponed a second stage of a weapons pullback in the country’s conflict-ridden east, drawing criticism from the Kremlin’s envoy to a group trying to help end the fighting.

USA McDonald’s chief executive officer has been pushed out of the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee.

HOLLYWOOD Two collectors said you’re the one that I want to Olivia Newton-John’s iconic “Grease” leather jacket and skintight pants at an auction in Beverly Hills. Julien’s Auctions says the combined ensemble, which Newton-John’s character Sandy wears in the closing number of the 1978 film, fetched $405,700 total. The leather jacket sold for $243,200 and the pants, which Newton-John famously had to be sewn into, went for $162,500.