Zimbabwean police find three dead illegal diamond miners
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police have recovered the bodies of three illegal diamond miners and are searching for up to seven more missing people, a week after government banned operations at diamond shafts, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Cyber warriors spar over Taiwan’s relations with China
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Rappers in China and Taiwan are among the combatants squaring off in cyberspace after a landslide election win for the island’s independence-leaning party fanned Beijing’s fears that it could renew a push for sovereignty.
Guatemala court orders $1 million in damages to wartime sex slaves
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Guatemalan court on Wednesday ordered two former military officers convicted of holding indigenous women as sex slaves during the nation’s civil war to pay their victims just over $1 million in compensation.
Vatican cardinal denies attempts to cover up child sex abuse
ROME/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A high-ranking Vatican official said on Wednesday he should have done more to stop the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, acknowledging that he was told of at least one priest “misbehaving” with boys at an Australi…
Thai politician charged after criticizing general’s ‘sexist’ remark
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A politician has been charged with breaking Thailand’s harsh computer crimes law after he accused a senior general in the ruling junta of making sexist remarks about the ousted former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, police said…
Call for government unity as Australian PM faces critical budget, election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s deputy leader called for government unity on Thursday as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s polls plummet amid party divisions and ahead of a critical budget and looming election later this year.
U.N. official says at least 50,000 dead in South Sudan war
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – At least 50,000 people have been killed in South Sudan’s two-year civil war, a senior United Nations official said on Wednesday, a five-fold increase in the death toll given by humanitarian agencies in the early months of the…
EU launches emergency refugee aid scheme for Greece
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union, faced with a growing refugee crisis in Greece, launched a new aid program on Wednesday worth an initial 700 million euros that mirrors the kind of disaster relief it offers developing nations.
India’s female scavengers enslaved by caste, gender discrimination
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New legislation in India to crack down on the practice of forcing mainly the poorest women to clear other people’s excreta will have little impact unless deeply entrenched sexism and caste bias are changed, activis…
U.N. mulls new measures to combat peacekeeper crimes
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is considering new measures to crack down on sexual abuse by peacekeepers, including local prosecutions and registering personal details on blue helmets to make it easier to identify perpetrators, a U.N. of…
