NEWS OF THE DAY

_1 Egypt crackdown: A court sentenced 75 people to death Saturday, including top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest in Cairo by Islamists that was broken up by security forces in an operation that killed hundreds of people. In a case involving 739 defendants facing charges ranging from murder to damaging property, the court also sentenced to life in prison the head of the Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, and 46 others. Mass trials of Islamists yielding dozens of death sentences have not been uncommon in Egypt since 2013, when the military, then led by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, removed an Islamist president who hails from the Brotherhood, which has since been outlawed and designated a terror group. The trials and death sentences have drawn scathing criticism from rights groups. _2 Indonesia wreck: At least 21 people were killed Saturday when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine on the main island of Java, officials said. The bus was carrying a group of employees from a company in the town of Bogor to a tourist destination in West Java’s Sukabumi district when the incident happened. Nine others aboard the bus were seriously injured, said a spokesman at Pelabuhanratu hospital. Police said the bus plunged into a 100-foot-deep ravine after the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with sharp inclines.

_3 Greece trade: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross opened a trade fair Saturday in recession-weary Greece, where the government is pushing for overseas investment but faces mass protests after years of plummeting living standards. Ross joined Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the opening in Thessaloniki. The United States is the featured country at this year’s event, hosting exhibits from major corporations including tech giants Microsoft, Cisco, Facebook, Google and IBM. The cooperation reflects a shift in regional alignments, with Greece’s neighbor Turkey seeking closer ties to Russia as its relationship with the U.S. remains in crisis. _4 Sweden election: Prime minister Stefan Lofven denounced an increasingly popular far-right party as racist and a threat to the nation’s European values as political candidates made their final pre-election pitches to voters Saturday. The parliamentary election being held Sunday will be Sweden’s first since the government allowed 163,000 migrants into the country of 10 million in 2015. An immigration backlash is expected to shape the vote even though the number of migrants arriving in Sweden has been restricted sharply since the height of Europe’s mass influx. Polls showed established parties losing some support, including the centerleft parties that earlier favored open-door policies. _5 Nepal crash: A helicopter flying in bad weather crashed in Nepal’s mountains Saturday, killing five of the seven people on board and leaving another person missing, police said. Rescuers were scouring the area for the missing person, but thick fog and rain and the mountainous terrain were making the operation difficult, said police official Basanta Kuwar. The victims were described as six Nepalese and one person from Japan. The area where the crash happened is about 50 miles northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital. The helicopter belongs to Altitude Air in Nepal and has been used in mountain rescues.