Philippines: The government has been ordered by the country’s top court to submit police reports relating to thousands of deaths in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.

Canada: A proposed Quebec law to bar public-sector employees in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols has set off a backlash. An elementary schoolteacher who wears a head scarf and aspires to become a principal said: “What right does the Quebec government have to stop my career?”

China: A woman from China carrying a malware-infected thumb drive was arrested after entering Mar-a-Lago over the weekend during President Trump’s visit.

Boeing: Government officials, aviation experts and company executives described a climate of distrust and lack of communication after the crash of a Lion Air 737 Max 8 jet in Indonesia in October, making it difficult to share information about what went wrong.

Climate: More than 40 governments have adopted a price on carbon dioxide emissions, but many of the programs are still too weak to drive truly deep cuts in emissions. We took a look at the different ways the system is used.

Italy: A whale was found dead in Sardinia with 48 pounds of plastic in its body, the latest in a grim international collection of whale carcasses burdened by dozens of pounds of plastic trash.

Jewel heist: The Italian police have recovered precious jewels that were stolen six years ago from the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome. But investigators still wonder who was behind the audacious theft.