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

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

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