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A Vietnamese court on Friday jailed two senior police officials found guilty of running an underground online gambling ring which raised millions of dollars, state media said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P57cIN

Indonesian soldiers and police joined a manhunt on Friday for 87 inmates still on the run after escaping from a prison in the western province of Aceh, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PbeL0D

A summit of the world’s top economies will open on Friday with leaders struggling over fallout from a U.S.-China trade war that has roiled global markets and bracing for the kind of divisive geopolitical drama that President Donald Trump often brings to the international stage. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zvLIjq

Ukraine is considering whether to respond in kind with "mirror actions" after Russia fired on and captured three Ukrainian navy vessels last weekend, Ihor Huskov, a senior official at the state security service (SBU) told reporters on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q0iRxI

Relatives of some of the people missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 urged Malaysia on Friday to resume a search for the plane that disappeared in 2014, as they handed over what they believe are five new pieces of debris from it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zy15rv

Campaigners say that about 85% of French parents still resort to corporal punishment. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2BHDYMp

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Russia does not plan to ban Ukrainian men from entering the country in a tit-for-tat response to a broad entry ban imposed by Ukraine, RIA news agency cited Russian lawmaker Frants Klintsevich as saying on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FYzHJ0

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been effective in changing the public mood in favor of her Brexit deal, UK trade minister Liam Fox told BBC radio on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2reGNyI

A United Nations investigation has found that at least 23 Afghan civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the southern province of Helmand this week, the latest in a growing toll of casualties from air operations. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FYzDsK

A flammable gas leak at a plant owned by ChemChina subsidiary Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q3fgyV

The U.S. State Department approved the sale of 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers to Poland to strengthen security in the region and modernize the country's military, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rjce6i

The German Air Force said on Friday that there was no suspicion of criminal activity after a malfunction forced a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina to make made an unscheduled landing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AA2fSR

Chinese police have arrested two trade union officials after they helped workers try to set up a union, a source told Reuters on Friday, the latest detentions in a nationwide crackdown on labor activists. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QovuCl