World briefs
GERMANY Hamburg police braced themselves yesterday for a major protest by anti-globalization activists as Germany’s second-biggest city started welcoming leaders of the leading Group of 20 industrial and developing economies. Demonstrators have promised massive protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, three of the more controversial leaders of the G-20.
CHINA State media say a bus has flipped over while traveling on a highway in the southern province of Guangdong, killing at least 19 people. Broadcaster CCTV said the bus appeared to be the only vehicle involved in the accident yesterday, while other reports said more than 40 people had been sent to hospital.
CAMBODIA has deported 74 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people back home in an internet scam. They were flown out of the capital, Phnom Penh, yesterday on a plane sent by the Chinese government.
BANGLADESH Human Rights Watch released yesterday a report in New York blaming the Bangladeshi government for scores of secret detentions and disappearances of opposition members, many of whom for their alleged involvement with radical groups.
TURKEY The European Parliament has advised the European Union to freeze accession talks with Turkey amid growing concerns over the country’s human rights and democracy. Turkey rejected yesterday’s move, calling it an attempt to “sabotage” relations with the EU.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Local officials say that more than 78 people have been killed after a truck overturned in an accident in Central African Republic’s city of Bambari.
UKRAINE A Ukrainian government official estimates that as many as one in 10 personal computers at companies and government offices across the country may have been compromised in the cyberattack that erupted on June 27.
ITALY is announcing some 30 million euros (USD34 million) in new African investments aimed at preventing migrants from entering Libya or leaving it bound for Europe.
BELGIUM Authorities were looking for at least one other suspect yesterday after raiding a half dozen sites and charging two men with terror-related offenses. However, they insisted that they have no information that an attack was imminent and that the investigation was not linked to past attacks in Paris and Brussels.
VENEZUELA Pro-government militias wielding wooden sticks and metal bars stormed congress on Wednesday, attacking opposition lawmakers during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day.
