Child marriage threatens future of young Central African Republic refugees in Cameroon
GADO-BADZERE, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Alone, hungry and traumatized having watched her parents die in war-torn Central African Republic, 14-year-old Koulsoumi believed the worst was behind her when she was taken in by a family in Camero…
Beijing intervention roils waters for Hong Kong’s top judge
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, a bald, thickset lawyer with a Churchillian air, is in the eye of a storm after Beijing’s politically charged intervention in the city’s legal system, and those close to him say he is not a man…
HK jury retires to consider verdict in British banker’s double murder trial
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong jury on Tuesday retired to consider its verdict in British banker Rurik Jutting’s double murder trial, a gruesome case involving graphic video of the torture and killing two Indonesian women in his luxury high-rise apa…
South Korea president to visit parliament amid political scandal: MP
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit parliament on Tuesday and meet the speaker, an opposition assemblyman said, amid an influence peddling scandal that has gripped the country and thrown her government into a political lim…
Australia’s plan to ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat in jeopardy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s plan to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever entering the country was in jeopardy on Tuesday when the opposition Labor said it would not support the ban.
U.S. charges Turkish gold trader’s brother in Iran sanctions case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The brother of a Turkish gold trader has been charged in a U.S. indictment accusing both men of conspiring to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions on behalf of Iran’s government and Iranian entities, prosecutors …
In poorest nations, a third fewer women than men online with gap widening – report
LISBON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Almost a third fewer women than men in the world’s poorest countries are connected to the internet and the gap is set to widen, limiting access to life-changing opportunities, an anti-poverty group said on Tuesday….
China moves to bar Hong Kong activists as fears grow over intervention
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament passed a ruling on Monday that effectively bars two elected Hong Kong pro-independence politicians from taking office, Beijing’s most direct intervention in the territory’s legal and political system sin…
Islamic State brutality comes to light after military advance
HAMMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (Reuters) – From behind the curtains of his bedroom window, 29-year-old Riyad Ahmed would peer out at Islamic State fighters dragging civilians into a makeshift jail across the street and then sending them in the middle of the nigh…
Estonian government could collapse, faces no confidence vote
TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia’s coalition government could be threatened with collapse this week after two junior coalition partners called on the prime minister to resign on Monday and the opposition called for a vote of no confidence.
