France to ban smacking for good despite claims of ‘interference’ in child education
By France’s parliament will adopt a smacking ban on Tuesday – a largely symbolic gesture in a country where there is still widespread support for corporal punishment against children. According to France’s Childhood Foundation, 85 percent of French parents admit to smacking their children. If approved by the Senate, France will become the 56th state to prohibit […]
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Taliban will not attack schools and markets under agreement to cut violence
The Taliban will not attack public institutions such as schools, universities and markets under a confidence-building agreement reached with Afghan officials after two days of talks in Doha. Afghan politicians and Taliban envoys unveiled a basic “roadmap for peace” in the early hours of Tuesday after two days of emotional talks in the Qatari capital. […]
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Who will replace Sir Kim Darroch? Why Brexit means ‘our man in US’ may require a break from tradition
There was a time when "our man in Washington" was a career civil servant. But the political landscape is changing dramatically at home and abroad, and, consequently, so too are diplomatic circles. Sir Kim Darroch’s resignation as ambassador to the United States has sparked a debate over who should become the next envoy in Washington. While there is […]
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Four children arrested after stealing parents’ SUV and driving across Australian outback
Four children who packed fishing rods into an SUV belonging to one of their parents and drove 620-miles on a madcap spree across the Australian outback were arrested by police on Sunday. The children, aged between 10 and 14, escaped officers after a brief car chase in one town. They also fled two petrol stations without paying […]
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Moscow bars opposition candidates from city council election despite protests
Moscow authorities have barred 57 candidates from running for city council, including several prominent critics of the Kremlin-backed mayor, despite days of opposition protests. The Moscow electoral commission has registered 233 candidates for September’s election of 45-seat council, it said on Wednesday, the vast majority of them members of parliamentary factions loyal to Vladimir Putin’s […]
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Puerto Rico governor will not seek re-election after leak of compromising messages
Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rossello has announced he will not seek re-election next year following protests demanding his resignation following the release of compromising messages. "I have listened, and I am listening to you today," Mr Rossello said in a video posted on Facebook. "I have made mistakes and I have apologized." "I admit that apologizing […]
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Investigation into illicit abortions prompted after no girls born in 132 Indian villages
Authorities in India’s northern Uttrakhand state are investigating whether sex-selective abortions were carried out in 132 villages in one of its 13 districts, where not a single girl was born since April. The investigations follow official revelations that among 216 births over the past three months in Uttarkashi district, 250 miles northeast of New […]
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Brazil miners kill tribal leader in Amazon land invasion
Armed miners have reportedly invaded a village in a remote part of Brazil and killed a tribal leader. Villagers fled but were planning to return, sparking fears of a "bloodbath," according to local reports. The violence began last week when the indigenous leader was reportedly stabbed to death in an area belonging to the Waiapi […]
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Jeffrey Epstein served with fresh court documents alleging rape of 15-year-old girl
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein found out he was facing further legal peril last week, the day before he was found unconscious in his cell with neck injuries. Epstein, 66, was presented with court documents relating to accusations made by Jennifer Araoz, who claimed he raped her when she was 15. Miss Araoz, now 32, made […]
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Brazil space research chief to leave job after Bolsonaro rejects data showing huge jump in Amazon deforestation
The head of Brazil’s space research agency Ricardo Galvao is set to leave his job following a public dispute with President Jair Bolsonaro over deforestation statistics, a spokesperson for the science ministry said on Friday. Preliminary data produced by the agency, known as INPE, showed an 88 per cent jump in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in June […]
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