1. G7 Leaders Urge Tough Line on Russia
Group of Seven (G7) leaders vow at a summit in the Bavarian Alps to keep in place sanctions against Russia until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists have fully implemented the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine.
2. Sixth MERS Patient Dies in S Korea
South Korea reports a jump in cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), as an 80-year-old man becomes the sixth fatality in the country’s outbreak, and other Asian nations begin taking preventive measures.
3. EU Chief Rebukes Greece, Demands Swift Debt Plan
The European Union’s exasperation with Greece bursts into the open when its chief executive rebukes leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and warns time is running out for a debt deal to avert a damaging Greek default.
4. Deutsche Bank Appoints new CEO
Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank purges its leadership, appointing Briton John Cryan as chief executive to replace Anshu Jain just two weeks after Jain was given more power to reorganise the bank.
5. China’s Rural Libraries in Human Rights Report Card
Citing improved rural library services and indoor cinemas along with a deluge of other information, China praises its human rights record in a lengthy report card, its latest bid to deflect Western criticism.
6. Asia’s Human Smugglers go Underground
The rickety Internet huts fall silent in the crowded camps of displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar since Thailand ordered a crackdown on trafficking early last month.
7. UN to Host new Rounds of Libya Talks in Morocco
The United Nations plans to host in Morocco a new round of talks among Libya’s warring factions in a bid to end a conflict that threatens to break up the oil producer.
8. Murderers who Escaped New York Prison may Have had Help
Two convicted murderers who used power tools to break out of a maximum security New York prison may have had help, and left a taunting note for their jailers to “Have a nice day,” authorities say.
9. With eye on US Election, Republicans Assail Russia’s Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin has emerged as a symbol for what Republicans in the U.S. presidential race view as President Barack Obama’s weak foreign policy, and an easy way to criticize his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ likely choice for the November 2016 election.
10. S. American Soccer HQ Could Face Raids if new law Passes
Lawmakers across Paraguay’s political divide want senators to approve stripping the headquarters of South American football of its legal immunity, a status that spotlights how soccer’s global governing body FIFA has often been able to legally skirt national laws.
11. Mexico’s Ruling PRI, Allies Estimated Close to Lower House Majority
Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its allies are close to winning a majority in the lower house of Congress, but could fall just short, the country’s national electoral institute (INE) says.
12. Few Cameron MPs Prepare to Back UK Exit From EU
More than 50 lawmakers in Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party launch a campaign to back Britain’s exit from the EU unless he can get it to adopt radical reforms, even as U.S. President Barack Obama argues in favour of staying.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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