World News Update, what you need to know

Two boats believed to be carrying more than 40 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have evaded Malaysian rescue forces Thursday, as the international community prepares to step up efforts to save boat people in Southeast Asian waters.

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DRESDEN - Greece's exit from the eurozone is a possibility but would not signify an end to the single currency, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has said.

BERLIN - Russia's parliament is considering legislation that would make talking about recreational drugs in public punishable by up to two years in prison.

LONDON - The Duke of Cambridge has revealed he would "love" to attend football matches with his son Prince George in the near future, but will have to "pass that by the missus".

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker, adding to what a United Nations rapporteur called a "very disturbing" surge in the kingdom's use of the death penalty.

ADEN - Saudi-led coalition strikes against Iran-backed Shi'ite rebels in Yemen's second city Aden and ground clashes have killed at least 40 Huthis and their allies, the city's deputy governor says.

NEW DELHI - Hospitals in India are battling to treat victims of a blistering heatwave that has claimed more than 1700 lives in just over a week - the highest number recorded in two decades.

NEW YORK - Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death in court on June 24.

MIAMI - US President Barack Obama has met with the family of Steven Sotloff, who was abducted in Syria and beheaded by the Islamic State group in September.

BEIJING - Authorities have detained an obscure Chinese artist after he posted a humorous portrait of President Xi Jinping online, his wife has said.