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Australian political leader resigns after harassment allegations months from election

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The leader of the opposition in Australia’s most populous state resigned on Thursday after he was embroiled in a #MeToo row when a female reporter released a statement detailing alleged inappropriate behavior. New South Wales (NSW) state Labor party leader Luke Foley denied allegations made by an Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) journalist […]

Muddy joyride in Kelowna could lead to massive fine

A joyride through the mud in Kelowna went sideways last week, and now the vehicle’s owner could be facing a hefty fine. According to local B.C. Conservation Officers, a Ford Explorer got stuck last Friday in deep mud on private property, with that section of land being billed as sensitive wetlands. Video sent to Global […]

Ex-police chief among 'soulless baby traffickers' held in Peru

A former police chief is among the 14 arrested for selling infants for profit, the Peruvian public prosecutor said. Peru’s former police chief Raul Becerra and a dozen others have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies, the public prosecutor’s office has said. The gang, which authorities named the “Soulless Human Traffickers”, preyed on poor pregnant […]

Turkey says will not ease stance on YPG militia to meet U.S. expectations

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not ease its stance against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia to meet U.S. expectations, President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Wednesday, after Washington offered rewards for information about senior Kurdish militants. The United States offered the rewards on Tuesday for information leading to the capture of the three senior members […]

South Africa likely to hold elections in May next year

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa is likely to hold a parliamentary election in May next year, after the electoral commission announced a timeline on Wednesday, in a vote that will decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in power. The commission said the election would take place sometime between May 7 and August 5 next year […]

China's Uighurs: State defends internment camps

China dismisses efforts to end mass detention of the Uighur ethnic group. At first, they denied their existence. But now, China’s government is vigorously defending a detention programme in the far western province of Xinjiang. It’s facing mounting international criticism over reports that up to a million Muslim men and women are being held in […]

New U.S. sanctions over chemical weapons would be 'illegal': Kremlin

Related Coverage Kremlin sees no prospects for better U.S. ties after elections MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia would consider any new chemical weapons-related sanctions imposed by the United States to be illegal, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday. The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to […]

Cameroon leader tells rebels to lay down arms after kidnappings

Assailants abducted 79 children, their principal, and a driver from a Christian school in Bamenda in Northwest Region. Cameroon’s president demanded anglophone separatists lay down their arms after dozens of schoolchildren were seized in a kidnapping the army blamed on the rebels. Assailants kidnapped 79 children, their principal, and a driver from a school in […]

NYC subway bomber found guilty of use of weapon, supporting ISIS

The Bangladeshi man accused of detonating a bomb last December in a New York City subway passageway on behalf of Islamic State was found guilty on Tuesday of all six criminal counts against him, including use of a weapon of mass destruction and support of a terrorist organization, according to federal prosecutors. The verdict against […]