• Tokyo Elects First Woman Governor as it Prepares for its Olympics

  Voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor on Sunday, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city's preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

  

• More Than Half of Newborns Not Breastfed in First Hour Raising Health Risks: UNICEF

  More than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, the United Nations' children's agency said on Friday, highlighting sub-Saharan Africa as an area of concern.

  

• France Detains Syrian Refugee Connected to ISIS as Church Attack Investigation Widens

  French police have detained a Syrian asylum seeker in connection with the Normandy church attack, two sources said on Friday, as security services widened their investigation into the killing of an elderly priest at the altar by two would-be jihadists.

  

• Second French Church Attacker was Known to Police as Islamist Militant: Sources

  The second teenager involved in the killing of a priest in a church in France this week was a 19-year-old who was known to security services as a potential Islamist militant, police and judicial sources said on Thursday.

  

• Islamic State's Oil Revenue Dives as it Loses Iraqi Territory

  Islamic State, pushed off more than half the Iraqi territory it seized in 2014, has suffered a near collapse in revenue from oil smuggling, officials say, forcing it to cut fighters' pay, levy new taxes and raise fines for breaking its religious code.