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Saudi Arabia's supreme court has upheld a sentence of 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes against blogger Raif Badawi on charges of insulting Islam, his wife said on June 7.

The judgment came despite worldwide outrage over his case and criticism from the United Nations, United States, the European Union, Canada and others.       

President Barack Obama is aiming to show unity with Western allies on global challenges during an overnight trip to Germany, especially Chancellor Angela Merkel amid enduring anti-Americanism in her country over US spying programs.

Thousands of demonstrators marched in the German resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on June 6 to protest against a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations that starts on June 7 at a nearby luxury hotel.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinz? Abe has stated that the country will provide Ukraine with USD 1,5 B in order to ensure its financial stability, as reported by 112 Ukraine TV.

The statement was made upon the Japanese Prime Minister met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev Saturday.

Bulgaria's national volleyball team defeated Cuba by 3:1 ( 25:19, 25:21, 24:26, 25:23) in a game from Group C of the Volleyball World Cup's Second Division, Sportal reported.

This was the second consecutive major success for the team led by coach and former exceptional player Plamen Konstantinov. The Bulgarians currently were defeated only once by the team of Canada.

Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index ranking 175 countries on their levels of public sector corruption. Greece ranks 69 along with Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Senegal and Swaziland.

The least 10 corrupt countries are:

Croatia's government on Wednesday announced the winners of an on-shore tender for gas and oil exploration and exploitation in the continental Slavonian region of eastern Croatia, along the Sava and Drava rivers.

Live anthrax samples were shipped to three laboratories in Canada by a U.S. military lab, USA Today reported on June 1, following disclosures last week that samples of the bacteria were mistakenly sent to 11 U.S. states and two other countries.

Bulgaria defeated Canada 3:2 in a Pool C match of the FIVB World League 2015 played Sunday.

Canada was initially on the lead (0:2), but a twist helped the Bulgarian team in the games that followed.

With its result after the match played at Arena Botevgrad in Bulgaria, Canada is still topping the list in Pool C with 10 points from 4 matches.