Aboriginal Canadian town in crisis amid rash of suicides
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian aboriginal community appealed for federal aid on Thursday after six suicides in two months and 140 suicide attempts in the last two weeks alone, the latest in a string of crises in Canada’s often isolated indigenous commu…
Brazil corruption scandal threatens split in Rousseff coalition
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A widening corruption probe has turned key lawmakers from Brazil’s largest party against leftist President Dilma Rousseff, threatening to split her coalition and increasing chances of her impeachment in Congress this year.
Latin America gender pay gap shrinks slowly, harms development: U.N.
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The gender pay gap in Latin America has narrowed more slowly for well-educated women than for others, and the slow pace of change hampers development and progress toward gender equality, the United Nations Latin Am…
Liberia shutters Red Cross amid inquest into Ebola spending
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Police shuttered the offices of the Liberian branch of the Red Cross on Thursday, days after the president dismissed its board of directors amid an investigation into the use of funds destined for the fight against recently ended E…
Congo steps up drive to curb sexual violence, shake off ‘rape capital’ tag
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is stepping up efforts to combat rape in a bid to shake off the label of being the “rape capital of the world”, the presidential adviser on sexual violence said on Thursday.
Islamic State greatly expands control in Libya: U.N. report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Islamic State has greatly expanded its control over territory in Libya and the militants are claiming to be the key defense for the North African state against foreign military intervention, United Nations sanctions monitors …
U.S. strikes Islamic State chemical weapons capabilities: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has carried out air strikes that it believes have degraded the chemical weapons capabilities of Islamic State in Iraq after using information obtained from a captured militant, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
North Mali Tuareg clans agree ceasefire to end feud
DAKAR (Reuters) – Warring Tuareg clans in northern Mali have agreed to cease hostilities after tit-for-tat violence killed dozens of people in the past month.
Security fears overshadow world’s biggest travel fair
BERLIN (Reuters) – Security fears are on everybody’s lips at the ITB travel trade fair in Berlin this year as a battered tourist industry seeks to reassure travelers and tour operators that they need not shy away from booking summer holidays for this y…
Iran executions hit 20-year high in 2015, U.N. investigator says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran executed nearly 1,000 prisoners last year, the highest number in two decades, and hundreds of journalists, activists and opposition figures languish in custody, a United Nations investigator said on Thursday.
