Month: December 2018

Hindu monks, activists rally in New Delhi demanding Ayodhya temple

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 vests’: a movement of many shades

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 – […]

Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime: Mukwege

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 […]

Body of murdered British backpacker found: New Zealand police

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 […]

Sexual harassment in the sky: Hong Kong flight attendants fight back

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 empress-in-waiting ‘insecure’ but vows to serve

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 […]

Union minister Ramdas Athawale slapped at public event in Maharashtra

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 […]

Analysis: Russia probe threatens Trump, those in his orbit

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. […]

Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron

PARIS — Paris monuments are reopening, cleanup workers are out on the streets and shop owners are trying to put the city on its feet again, after new protests and rioting injured 71 people in the French capital and caused widespread damage. President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence […]

‘Won’t hesitate from another surgical strike if need arises’

Dehradun, Dec 9: Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Devraj Anbu has said the security forces would not hesitate to launch another surgical strike against terrorists if the need to do so arises. “The surgical strike on militant launchpads across the border was a show of strength by […]

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