News of the Day From Around the World, Dec. 27

1 Restrictions lifted: Russian police are lifting some bail restrictions on three young sisters charged with murdering their abusive father, their lawyer said Friday. The case elicited widespread outcry after reports emerged that the sisters — 17, 18 and 19 years old at the time — acted after years of being beaten and raped. They were released on bail in September 2018 after two months in custody with restrictions including a curfew and electronic monitoring bracelets. Some of the restrictions on Maria, Angelina and Krestina Khachaturyan expire Saturday and Moscow police have not sought to renew them. More than 350,000 people signed a petition this year demanding the sisters’ release. The case prompted Russian lawmakers this year to start working on a law against domestic violence, something women’s rights advocates have been unsuccessfully fighting for since 2016.

2 Electrocution deaths: A company that operates McDonald’s restaurants in Latin America has been fined $254,000 after the electrocution deaths of two employees who were cleaning a restaurant kitchen in Lima, Peru. The National Superintendency for Labor Rights this week recommended that McDonald’s franchise owner Arcos Dorados pay the fine for violations that may have resulted in the Dec. 15 deaths of 19-year-old Carlos Campos and 18- year-old Alexandra Porras. The Peruvian agency said the McDonald’s subsidiary failed to give its employees proper security training and did not conduct periodic risk assessments at its restaurants.

3 1st domestic car: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday unveiled prototypes of a domestically produced electric car, putting him closer to fulfilling a long-held dream of building Turkey’s first “national” automobile. Erdogan showcased the SUV and...