One person has been killed and at least seven others have been shot during a graduation party in Philadelphia, authorities said.
Joshua Wong, a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, has been released from prison.
Donald Trump has angrily denied a newspaper article claiming the US had set up a potentially devastating cyber attack on Russia's electric grid, describing its publication as a "virtual act of treason".
Bangladeshi authorities have arrested a senior policeman accused of sharing on social media the recording of an official complaint of sexual harassment made by a teenage girl who was later burned to death.
The wife of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to pay a fine of more than €13,000 for misusing state funds.
A massive blackout left up to 44 million people without electricity in Argentina and Uruguay after a mystery failure in the neighbouring countries' interconnected power grid.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has been forced into a rare apology after protesters estimated to number in the millions poured on to the streets demanding she scrap a controversial extradition law and resign.