• Phan Phan-Gillis, an American businesswoman, was sentenced in Beijing to three and a half years in prison on spying charges her husband has adamantly refuted, but she may be expelled from China before having to serve her sentence. [The New York Times]

• Ivanka Trump drew groans and hisses from an audience in Germany for defending her father’s treatment of women and calling him a “tremendous champion of supporting families.” [The New York Times]

• A television host in Australia courted controversy for a Twitter post on Anzac Day that suggested attention be paid not only to World War I dead, but to the suffering the country has inflicted on refugees. [The Sydney Morning Herald]

• The Chinese government, seeking to “curb religious fervor” in western China, has prohibited parents from choosing names like “Muhammad,” “Arafat” and “Jihad” for their children. [The New York Times]

• China’s second aircraft carrier, the first one built domestically, slipped out to sea for the first time today, state media said. [Xinhua]