August 27, Sunday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Hirokazu Sakamaki and Ms. Keiko Kitagawa

1. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force says it has recovered a flight data recorder that belonged to a helicopter that went out of contact in the Sea of Japan.
2. Opponents of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra say the military-led interim government may have helped her flee the country.
3. Venezuela has begun military exercises against possible military intervention by the United States.