GLOBAL SNAPSHOT

1 Bully sent to jail

WEST CHESTER: A man who was caught on video suckerpunching a man with cerebral palsy outside a shop in the US state of Pennsylvania has been sentenced to three to six years in prison. A tearful Barry Robert Baker Jr, 29, asked Common Pleas Judge William P. Mahon for leniency but the judge would have none of it. “You are a bully,” the judge said. “You are a predator. You are a coward.”

2 No sign of sub

BUENOS AIRES: Two weeks after an Argentine navy submarine with 44 crew on board disappeared, no sign of the vessel has turned up. A total of 68 per cent of the Atlantic Ocean zone where it is thought to be has been searched. “We are continuing the search,” navy Captain Enrique Balbi said.

3 Tougher times

LONDON: Women more than 7000 years ago had stronger arms than female Cambridge University rowers, a study has found. Manual grinding of grain between large stones to make flour may have contributed to their powerful biceps, experts from Cambridge University said.

4 China exodus

HONG KONG: The number of Chinese moving to Hong Kong has reportedly reached its highest rate since 2000. Radio station RTHK reported 57,387 Chinese citizens moved to the special administrative region of China on the one-way-permit scheme in 2016.

5 Charges ruled out

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand police yesterday ruled out laying criminal charges over the catastrophic collapse of an office block that claimed 115 lives in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After a four-year investigation, police said they did not have enough evidence to proceed with manslaughter charges against the building’s engineers.