U.N. ​Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for the first trip to Syria by a serving United Nations’ chief ‌since 2009, before the start of a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions.

President Donald Trump took aim at the press with humor and barbs at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, mixing in tropes typical of his political rallies at an event celebrating press freedom that was restarted anew after a shooting disrupted the original event in April.

Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said he had resigned, handing a ‌major victory to youth protesters nationwide who had demanded that he quit to take responsibility for examination paper leaks.

France has requested assistance from the European Union ​to help it deal with ‌a major wildfire near the country’s Atlantic coast, said President Emmanuel Macron ​on Friday.

Leaders of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement will meet the government ​on Friday to try and resolve a face-off over national examination paper leaks although they will not halt nationwide protests, a spokesperson for the group said.

A South Korean court  ordered ​SK Group Chairman Chey ‌Tae-won to pay his former wife Roh Soh-yeong 944 ​billion won ($640 million) in ​a divorce-related property division case, lower ⁠than a previous 1.38 trillion ​won award that had drawn ​scrutiny of his stake in the group’s holding company.

Hundreds of ​protesters gathered for a vigil in Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday, demanding police ‌be held responsible one day after an officer shot dead a man in an incident that bystanders captured on video.

The Trump administration on Friday will impose new ​tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, just as ‌a temporary 10% global tariff expires.

China on Friday warned of heavy rain and severe flood risks as the third tropical cyclone this ​month tracked closer to the country’s southern coast, where ‌it is expected to intensify over the weekend.

The Trump administration on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union and China, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, just as a temporary 10% global tariff ​expired.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reassured Asian allies that a U.S. pursuit of positive ties with Beijing did not mean they ​were being abandoned.

More than 10,000 people were evacuated overnight ​in southwestern France as a ‌rapidly spreading wildfire scorched through 2,000 hectares of land west of the ​city of Bordeaux, officials ​said.