CHINA A leisure boat capsized on a large lake in southwestern China during strong winds, killing one child and leaving another 14 people missing, local authorities said.
HONG KONG The government decided yesterday to suspend live poultry trade after H7N9 bird flu was detected by spot check at a local street market. The SAR government’s food and environmental hygiene department said in a statement that the virus was found on Saturday in a fecal sample.
ASIA-PACIFIC U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is proposing to accelerate and deepen defense cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region by expanding a “security network” of countries whose militaries would train together and eventually operate together.
FRANCE Novak Djokovic became the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned an elusive French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 yesterday.
PHILIPPINES The central bank is expanding its cyber-security unit, placing banks and money changers under tighter scrutiny, and will start to regulate digital currencies to ward off laundering and technology crimes.
NEW ZEALAND Scientists say they’ve discovered a magma buildup near a New Zealand town that explains a spate of recent earthquakes and could signal the beginnings of a new volcano — although they’re not expecting an eruption anytime soon.
THAILAND A woman who was one of six Thai tourists at a beach resort in eastern Thailand was killed when the building in which they were staying collapsed, police said. The other five people in the woman’s party, all Thai, were rescued several hours after the collapse of the two-story building Saturday at the Siam Beach Resort on the island of Koh Chang. A 3-year-old boy was one of those recovered from the rubble after a rescue effort of several hours to remove the debris.
SWITZERLAND The Swiss rejected two popular initiatives that constituted the latest threat to the country’s business-friendly environment. Voters dismissed a measure that would have reduced the pay of Swisscom AG’s chief executive officer by three quarters and also shot down a proposal to establish a universal basic income.
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