1. A bag containing flammable devices fell from a US Marine helicopter flying over Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday. No injuries or damage have been reported so far. 2. Participants in a UN Security Council meeting have called on Israel to stop blocking aid to the Gaza Strip, while Israel and the United States said a new mechanism to deliver assistance to civilians is needed.
3. Uruguay’s former president Jose Mujica, known as “the world’s poorest president,” has died at the age of 89. Mujica was born to a poor family in 1935. He became an anti-government guerilla fighter in his 20s and was jailed for a total of more than 10 years under the military government. After Uruguay became democratic, he served as a leftist lawmaker from the 1990s. He became the country’s president in 2010 and stayed in office for five years. Mujica continued to live on a farm even during his tenure as president. His frugal lifestyle established his popularity in the country. His speech that criticized the global move toward mass consumption was transplanted in many countries and well received.