Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.01 percent to 3,510.18 points.

A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to plead guilty to narcotics charges in a Chicago court Friday as part of a deal in return for a reduced sentence.

Emerson Colindres had just finished high school when he was sent back to Honduras by the United States, a country that he had called home since he was eight years old.

Britain's economy unexpectedly contracted for a second month in a row in May, official data showed Friday, in a blow to Britain's Labour government as it seeks to kickstart growth.