Cuban President Raul Castro visited Pope Francis at the Vatican and said he was so impressed by the pontiff that he was considering returning to the Catholic church. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12128
Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12134
Three suspects were arrested after two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12127
Newer solid state drives (SSDs) can lose data over time if left without power. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12132
China has witnessed a religious revival over the past decades, with an especially large increase in Christians, who now account for 5 percent of the population. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12131
Hoping to shore up a weakening economy, China said that it would cut benchmark interest rates for the third time in five months, by 0.25%, to 5.1%. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12129
South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has voted Mmusi Maimane as leader, making him the first black person to head the traditionally white party. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12135
Shortly after the most recent election, the UK government is pushing the return of the "snoopers" charter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12133
In Switzerland, a 36-year-old Swiss man shot and killed his wife, from whom he was separated, as well as his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law, and then he killed himself. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12130
A 30-second video shows a white principal chastising members of a graduating class who were leaving in the middle of a speech, saying, "Look who's leaving—all the black people." http://www.infobitt.com/b/12137
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