World News at a Glance

Ex-President of Brazil Surrenders to Serve 12-Year Jail Term

After vowing for months that a conviction on corruption charges would not stand in the way of his bid for a third term as Brazil’s leader, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva surrendered to police Saturday evening to begin serving a 12-year sentence. His imprisonment was an ignominious turn in the remarkable political career of da Silva, who helped build a transformational leftist party that governed Brazil for more than 13 years. His detention was also a momentous development in the coming election in Brazil, upending the race to replace President Michel Temer in October.

Bus Crash in Canada Devastates a Hockey Town

People flooded the sports and social complex in the small Canadian town of Humboldt on Saturday, seeking solace after learning the devastating news that much of the roster of its beloved junior hockey team had been killed in a crash. Fifteen people died when a bus carrying the team, the Humboldt Broncos, to a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff game collided with a tractor-trailer late Friday afternoon. The other 14 people aboard were injured. The team’s head coach, Darcy Haugan, was among the dead. The driver of the tractor-trailer did not suffer injuries in the crash, police said.

2 Dead in Münster, Germany, After Truck Driver Crashes Into Crowd

Two people were killed and about 20 injured Saturday in Münster, in western Germany, after the driver of a small truck crashed into a group of people in the old city, police said. The driver killed himself in the cab of the truck immediately after the crash, said Andreas Bode, a spokesman for the Münster police. “What led to the act is still fully unclear and we are investigating in all directions,” he said. Police also said they were investigating what they identified as a “suspicious item” found in the cab of the truck, but declined to give further details.

London Confronts a Spate of Murders

More than 50 people have been killed in London since the start of 2018. The total for all of 2017, a year when the city suffered multiple deadly terrorist attacks, was 116. Criminologists have expressed caution about drawing conclusions from a few months’ figures, but if the uptick continues, it will amount to London’s highest level of violence in more than a decade. Analysts say that the surge has been driven by several factors, including rivalries between drug gangs, cuts to youth services and social programs, and even the ease with which teenagers can taunt one another on social media.

Disgusted by Hospitals’ Poor Level of Care, Doctors in Togo Strike

Togo’s public hospital workers are demonstrating their disgust with the level of care they are able to provide, adding their voices to a growing swell of political protests that have shaken the small West African country. As they have done half a dozen times since the beginning of the year, doctors and nurses again went on strike in late March, walking out of the central hospital, blocking new patients from entering and encouraging existing patients to seek private treatment elsewhere. Critics say the pervasive problems in Togo’s medical system are the result of government corruption and ineptitude.

Bollywood Star Gets Bail After Poaching Conviction

Bollywood star Salman Khan was granted bail Saturday while he appealed a conviction for killing two rare antelopes, which came with a five-year jail sentence. Khan was convicted and sentenced Thursday by a court in Jodhpur, in Rajasthan state, and spent the next two nights in jail. The decision to grant him bail, which was set at some $1,500, followed the planned transfer of 87 judges, including at least one who heard the bail application, by the Rajasthan High Court late Friday evening for unspecified administrative reasons. Khan’s lawyers have requested that the court in Jodhpur also suspend his sentence.

Russell Crowe Holds a ‘Divorce’ Auction

The auction Saturday at Sotheby’s Australia in Sydney carried a provocative title: “The Art of Divorce." The catalog is pulled from the long film career and the personal possessions of Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, who split from singer Danielle Spencer in 2012. The body armor worn in the scene depicting the death of the character Maximus in the 2000 hit “Gladiator” sold for 125,000 Australian dollars ($96,000). Crowe tweeted afterward that the event had pulled in $AU3.7 million. The auction raised money for the ACMF charity.