The “gilets jaunes” or “yellow vests” started out protesting fuel hikes in France’s rural communities. Now, their demonstrations have turned into a national movement against President Emmanuel Macron and his government. Courtesy: Wall Street Journal Published on Dec 7, 2018
NHIALDIU, South Sudan — Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound, dragged into the bush and raped by four men with guns. “My body hasn’t been the same since,” […]
NEW DELHI – Thousands of Hindu monks and activists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gathered in New Delhi on Sunday to urge the government to build a temple at the ruins of a 16th century mosque. The calls for a new […]
France’s “yellow vest” protesters are all angry at President Emmanuel Macron, but their different goals and grievances show how diverse the movement has become. Protesters turning out across France on Saturday highlighted demands ranging from better support for pensioners to the downfall of capitalism. The jobless millennial – […]
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege may have won his Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war, but the crusading surgeon said the groundwork for equality must be laid in peacetime, as he praised movements like #MeToo. Mukwege, whose work has made him a global expert […]
A body, believed to be that of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, was found Sunday on the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand police said. Formal identification would take place Monday, but police were confident the search for Millane had come to an end. “Based on the evidence we […]
Immaculate-looking flight attendants who appear unruffled by the demands of a life spent in the air are part of the slick image sold by carriers — but Hong Kong-based workers are increasingly hitting back against sexual harassment. Female cabin crew told AFP of how they had been harassed […]
Japan’s Crown Princess Masako on Sunday pledged to do her best despite feeling ‘insecure’ about becoming empress in mere months, in a candid statement released on her 55th birthday. Emperor Akihito will step down on April 30, 2019 — the first abdication in the Japanese imperial family in […]
Mumbai, Dec 9 : Union minister Ramdas Athawale has been slapped by a man at a public event in Maharashtra’s Ambernath town, police said. The incident took place Saturday night as the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment was coming down from the stage, a police official […]
WASHINGTON — The more that special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors reveal, the darker grow the legal clouds over President Donald Trump. Trump’s own Justice Department has now implicated him in a crime, accusing him of directing illegal hush-money payments to women during his 2016 presidential campaign. […]
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