Neil Parish, a member of Parliament since 2010, announced his decision Saturday after pressure from members of his own party who sought to defuse sleaze allegations before Britain holds its local elections on May 5.
Rescuers in central China have pulled out alive five of 23 people trapped in a partially collapsed building, authorities said on Saturday, while President Xi Jinping gave instructions to rescue the victims "at all costs."
Hollywood actress and United Nations special human rights envoy Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Saturday. But a UN spokesperson says she wasn't in the city on official business but in her "personal capacity."
