• The wife of Xiyue Wang, a U.S. graduate student originally from Beijing who is also being held by Iran, spoke to our reporter at a vigil for his release. [The New York Times]

• In India, a man suspected of bludgeoning his wife to death in front of at least a dozen people has been charged with murder, after the killing was described in a Times article. [The New York Times]

• The owner of a company that cut off an Uttar Pradesh hospital’s oxygen supplies because of unpaid bills, leading to the death of at least 60 children, was arrested. [The New York Times]

• The youth wing of China’s Communist Party started using Twitter, a service that is blocked by the government. [South China Morning Post]

• Welcome to “Octlantis.” Researchers in Australia recently spotted 15 gloomy octopuses congregating, communicating, dwelling together and even evicting one another from dens. [Quartz]

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