Public outcry after China campus #MeToo activist ‘pressured into silence’
BEIJING (Reuters) – It was a heartfelt letter calling for China’s prestigious Peking University to make public its investigation into a decades-old alleged rape and suicide that galvanized China’s fledgling #MeToo movement.
Monument to feminist trailblazer Fawcett unveiled outside London’s parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – A statue of British women’s rights leader Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in Parliament Square on Tuesday, the first monument to a woman to be erected on the historic site.
Toronto van attack suspect expected in court on Tuesday
TORONTO (Reuters) – A driver suspected of killing 10 and injuring 15 others when he plowed a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto will make his first court appearance on Tuesday when details of a motive for the attack were expected to emerge.
China lambastes U.S. in annual rebuttal to rights criticism
BEIJING (Reuters) – China lambasted the United States on Tuesday for hypocrisy and its own rights problems such as racism and political scandals, in its annual rebuttal to criticism from Washington about China’s human rights record.
ASEAN summit to focus on Myanmar, South China Sea but little progress expected
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian leaders will focus on trade wars, the crisis in Myanmar and security tensions in the disputed South China Sea at a summit this weekend, but it’s highly unlikely there will be any headline-grabbing progress on the i…
Belarus leader says may loosen grip on power – but not yet
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday said the constitution could be “improved” to share some of his powers, but not in the near future.
Former anti-graft chief sentenced to five years for spreading false news
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military court has sentenced the country’s former anti-corruption chief to five years in prison on charges of spreading false news harmful to the military, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
India’s Modi may need an alliance to rule southern state, poll shows
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Gains by India’s ruling party in a southern state election next month will fall short of a majority, an opinion poll showed, potentially forcing it to seek an alliance to end the rule of the main opposition Congress party in its l…
Indonesia jails former parliament speaker for 15 years for graft
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Tuesday jailed a former speaker of parliament for 15 years for his role in causing state losses of around $170 million linked to a national electronic identity card scheme.
Slovak deputy minister Sakova nominated for interior minister
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has nominated current deputy minister Denisa Sakova to be the new interior minister, a presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
