Inspired by #MeToo, Australia launches inquiry into workplace sexual harassment
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia launched an independent inquiry on Wednesday into workplace sexual harassment, one of the first of its kind in the world, hoping to find solutions to problems brought to light by the global #MeToo movement.
Israeli jets hit Gaza Hamas positions after militants fire rockets
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli jets struck 25 Islamist Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday after militants launched rockets and mortar shells at Israeli territory, the military said.
Indonesia agency revises up number missing in Sumatra ferry sinking to 180
TIGARAS, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s search and rescue agency has revised up the number of passengers missing after a ferry sank in Lake Toba on Sumatra island this week to 180 from around 130 estimated earlier, an official from the agency told R…
Trump says would back both U.S House immigration bills as separation crisis grows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would back either of the immigration bills making their way through the House of Representatives, as the outcry grew over his administration’s separation of immi…
In Mexico, Trump’s child separations trigger wrenching decisions
CIUDAD JUAREZ/TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Epigmenio Centeno had hoped to cross the Mexican border into the United States in the coming months, but he and his wife have shelved their plans for fear of being separated from their two sons under U.S. Presi…
Canada Senate approves recreational use of marijuana
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday approved a revised bill to legalize recreational marijuana, setting the stage for the country to become the first Group of Seven nation to legalize cannabis.
Prospects for U.S.-Taliban talks rise after Afghan ceasefire
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prospects have risen for negotiations between the Taliban and the United States after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called a ceasefire and allowed militants to roam into cities in a gamble to encourage peace talks.
Trump says he would back both U.S. House immigration bills as separation crisis grows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would back either of the immigration bills making their way through the House of Representatives, as the outcry grew over his administration’s separation of immigrant…
Incoming Paraguay president Abdo to name his brother Lopez as finance minister
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Incoming Paraguay President Mario Abdo will name his half-brother and former central bank board member Benigno Lopez as finance minister when he is sworn in on August 15, the transition team said on Tuesday.
U.S. congressional Republicans seek legislative fix to family separation crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans scrambled on Tuesday to craft legislation that would quell an outcry over the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, with an opinion poll showing m…
