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Reuters Protests took place nationwide following a call by grassroots movement Bloquons Tout (“Let’s Block Everything”) France is seeing a day of protests led by a grassroots movement named Bloquons Tout (“Let’s Block Everything”) in a show of anger against the political class and proposed budget cuts. The demonstrations are taking place on the same…

Seven Chinese nationals who smuggled Malawians to South Africa and subjected them to forced labour have been handed 20-year prison terms each. The four men and three women were found guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping earlier this year by a South African court. Their sentence comes nearly six years after they were arrested when…

Nearly 130 people have been “summarily executed” by Islamist insurgents in Niger in separate attacks since March, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The rights group says gunmen carried out a series of brutal attacks, including a mass murder at a mosque in the western Tillabéri region in June, where more than 70…

BBC Pupils at the Kairos School of Inquiry are served healthy, mainly vegetarian, meals It’s lunchtime in the leafy grounds of the Kairos School of Inquiry in Randburg, South Africa. Dozens of children line up excitedly in front of a table laden with large pots of fresh, hot food. “Today on the menu we have…

Tessa WongAsia Digital Reporter AFP via Getty Images Lawmaker Maggie Chan spoke in the LegCo chamber with a sign that said she “resolutely opposed” the bill Lawmakers in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples, in a blow to the city’s gay rights movement. The law,…

Kenya has been left in shock after the killing of a senior lawyer in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in the capital Nairobi. Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, a respected lawyer and former head of a political parties’ dispute tribunal, was driving home on Tuesday evening when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled alongside his…

The UK ambassador to the United States – Lord Mandelson – has said he regrets his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson admitted he had continued his association for “far too long” – but denied ever seeing any wrongdoing or evidence of criminal activity. Watch more of this interview here. Source link

A South Korean woman has been acquitted after a court revisited her decades-old conviction for biting off the tongue of a man during an alleged sexual attack. Choi Mal-ja was 18 when she was convicted of grievous bodily harm and sentenced to 10 months in jail. Her aggressor, who was 21, received a lighter sentence…

Gavin Butlerin Singapore and Phanindra DayalBBC Nepali in Kathmandu Getty Images Violence has spiralled across Nepal amid anti-corruption protests Nepal’s army has deployed patrols on the streets of Kathmandu, as the Himalayan nation reels from the worst unrest it has seen in decades. Fierce protests against corruption and nepotism spiralled further on Tuesday into arson…

An 88-year-old jewellery store owner in San Jose is recovering after being assaulted during a violent smash-and-grab robbery. Source link