RUSSIA: At least four people, including three near Moscow, died in one of the largest Ukrainian overnight attacks against Russia since the start of the war, Russian authorities said yesterday.

A woman was killed after a drone hit her home in Khimki, north-west of Moscow, and two men died in the village of Pogorelki, north of the capital, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyev. In Moscow, at least 12 people were reportedly wounded in the night-time strike.

CHINA: Chinese President Xi Jinping will host Russian President Vladimir Putin on a two-day trip to Beijing from May 19-20, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

This comes less than 24 hours after United States President Donald Trump finished his state visit to China.

Mr Putin’s trip had been scheduled to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship.

BOLIVIA: Around 3,500 Bolivian military and police clashed with protesters outside La Paz on Saturday, as authorities attempted to clear roadways that had been blocked as part of growing nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

Around 57 people were arrested during the crackdown on the protests organised by miners, schoolteachers, indigenous groups and trade unions to demand the resignation of right-wing President Rodrigo Paz.

UNITED STATES: The shutdown of the Long Island Rail Road, North America’s largest commuter rail system, continued into a second day yesterday after workers went on strike for the first time in three decades a day earlier over a new contract.

Kevin Sexton, national vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, has said no new negotiations have been scheduled.