*) Xi Jinping bags historic third term as president

Xi Jinping has been handed a third term as China’s president, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.

Nearly 3,000 members of National People's Congress voted unanimously for Xi, who had locked in another five years as head of the Communist Party and the military in October.

69-year-old Xi's coronation sets him up to become modern China's longest-serving president, and means he will rule well into his seventies — if no challenger emerges.

*) Russia intentionally targeting nuclear facilities: Zelenskyy

Ukraine has accused Russia of unleashing a barrage of high-precision missile and other attacks that have triggered a wave of electricity, heat, and water blackouts.

Calling Russia a “terrorist state”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia was again disconnected from the power grid due to the attacks.

Adding that Moscow is "deliberately" creating critical situations at nuclear facilities, Zelenskyy called for sanctions against Russian nuclear industry.

*) Several dead in shooting in German city of Hamburg

Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg, Germany, with the gunman believed to be among the dead.

Police did not give an exact death toll, but several German media outlets said at least seven people had been killed and eight seriously injured.

Police said there was no reliable information on the motive of the crime yet, while sounding the alarm for "extreme danger" in the area.

Residents were urged to stay indoors.

*) Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drown off Tunisia

Fourteen migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have drowned off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia, after their boat sank, according to the country’s coastguard. 54 people were rescued.

Tunisia has long been a springboard for Africans fleeing war and poverty to seek better lives in Europe, often on unseaworthy boats.

The coastguard regularly intercepts boats carrying migrants in Tunisia’s territorial waters, part of the world's deadliest migration route.

*) Innocent Black murder convict walks free

A Black man who spent more than eighteen years in prison for a murder he did not commit after being intentionally misidentified by the police has been freed from jail.

New Yorker Sheldon Thomas was convicted over the 2004 fatal drive-by shooting of 14-year-old Anderson Bercy, whose real killer remains unknown.

Thomas was arrested after a faulty witness identification. The witness was given the picture of another Sheldon Thomas by the United States police.

An attorney said the detectives were intent on arresting Thomas and used the faulty identification as pretext. The mistake was then concealed by the police.