VIETNAM Thousands of people lined the streets of Hanoi on Thursday to pay their last respects to Vietnam’s late President Tran Dai Quang. Many were using smart phones to catch glimpses of his flag-draped coffin as it passed by on a truck-drawn artillery carriage. Quang died last week at age 61 with what a government doctor said was a rare viral illness.
INDONESIA A critically endangered Sumatran tiger pregnant with two cubs was found dead in the Indonesian province of Riau after being caught in a pig trap, authorities said yesterday, in the latest setback to a species whose numbers are estimated to have dwindled to about 400.
JAPAN A senior Japanese whaling negotiator said yesterday that Tokyo will continue to push for a resumption of commercial whaling despite the recent defeat of its proposal by the International Whaling Commission.
INDIA Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in several places in disputed Kashmir yesterday after Indian troops killed a young shepherd who was tending his sheep, officials and residents said, and an Indian soldier and three rebels were killed in two separate gunbattles.
IRAN Iran’s president said yesterday that the U.N. Security Council meeting chaired by President Donald Trump the previous day reflected America’s increasing isolation among the international community. “Nobody backed the United States,” said Hassan Rouhani, “putting America into a unique historical and political isolation.”
ITALY Tensions surrounding the spending plans of Italy’s new populist government are weighing on the country’s stocks and bonds. Some investors appear concerned Italy will break eurozone rules to satisfy election promises.
FRANCE A city hall official in the southern French city of Rodez was stabbed to death in a daylight attack yesterday. The Rodez press office said the victim, Pascal Filoe, was killed near the city hall building in the city center. He was in charge of local police services.
BRAZIL’s highest court has ruled that 3.4 million people cannot vote in next month’s national elections because they failed to register their fingerprints with authorities, a move that could affect the crowded presidential race.
MEXICO Aviation authorities in Mexico say 29 people were hurt and 12 of them hospitalized after an airliner hit a pocket of turbulence. The flight operated by the airline Volaris hit the turbulence at an altitude of 34,000 feet about halfway into the flight.
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