World news - July - 16th- 2013

Three high profile athletes have returned positive drugs tests. The fastest runner in the world this year, Tyson Gay, and Jamaican gold medalist Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have tested positive for a banned substance.

Chinese growth has slowed again. Its economy expanded by seven and a half percent in the three months to June. That’s a slowest rate since 1991 and may increase pressure on China’s leaders to stimulate the economy.

In the last few minutes the Bangladeshi court has found a top Islamist guilty of masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
Those are the headlines.

Source: bbc.co.uk