World News
Government error delays online pornography age-check scheme
June 21, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
An age-check scheme designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites has been delayed a second time. The changes – which mean UK internet users may have to prove their age – were due to start on 15 July after already being delayed from April 2018. The culture secretary confirmed the postponement saying the government had failed to […]
Read More...Church of Scientology accused of child abuse and human trafficking in new lawsuit
June 21, 2019 · By Chris Riotta New York for www.independent.co.uk
A woman who said she was raised as a Scientologist and served as a personal steward to the leader of the religion has sued the church, accusing it of human trafficking, forced labour and child abuse, among other damning allegations. The woman, listed in court records as “Jane Doe,” said she was put in an […]
Read More...Two Irish Teens Are Youngest Ever Convicted of Murder There
June 20, 2019 · By Ed O’Loughlin for www.nytimes.com
DUBLIN — A Dublin jury found two 14-year-old boys guilty on Tuesday in the killing of a teenage girl last year, the youngest people ever to be convicted of murder in Ireland. In a case that has shocked and horrified the nation, the two boys, who were both 13 at the time of the killing, were […]
Read More...‘Shame and pain’: Vietnam starts to grapple with child abuse epidemic
June 19, 2019 · By Zoe Osborne in Ho Chi Minh for www.theguardian.com
It was morning at a Hanoi school when a teenage student stumbled into class. As she sat at her desk, blood began to pool under her chair; just that morning she had been sexually abused. When her teacher’s response was that she should sit on some tissues until the bleeding stopped, the young girl began […]
Read More...Bob Higgins jailed for 24 years for abusing young footballers
June 19, 2019 · By Steven Morris for www.theguardian.com
Victims of the football coach Bob Higgins, who is beginning a 24-year jail term for abusing schoolboy players, have said there are still many questions to be answered about why he was able to evade justice for three decades. Survivors called on high-profile players and managers who worked with Higgins at Southampton FC to explain what they […]
Read More...Ivan Golunov arrest: Russian reporter is freed after public outcry
June 17, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A Russian journalist has been freed after drug-dealing charges against him were dropped following a public outcry. Russian newspapers had rallied round freelancer Ivan Golunov in a rare public show of support. Mr Golunov cried as he was freed from a police station on Tuesday and vowed to continue his investigative journalism. Interior Minister Vladimir […]
Read More...Plant extinction ‘bad news for all species’
June 14, 2019 · By Helen Briggs for www.bbc.com
Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a comprehensive study. The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is twice that of all bird, mammal and amphibian extinctions combined. Scientists say plant extinction is occurring up to 500 times faster than what […]
Read More...Neurologist exposes ‘brain death’ myth behind multi-billion-dollar organ transplant industry
June 13, 2019 · By Diane Montagna for www.lifesitenews.com
ROME, June 5, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — A respected Brazilian neurologist is seeking to blow the lid off the “brain death” myth, saying it is being perpetuated to supply an international multi-billion-dollar transplant industry. Doctor Cicero G. Coimbra, MD PhD, a neurologist and professor of neuroscience at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, has also said recovery […]
Read More...CPS could face legal action over claims sex offence cases are being ‘dropped’
June 13, 2019 · By ITV Report for www.itv.com
Campaigners say they are prepared to take the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to court over claims sexual offences cases are being “dropped” without good reason. A UK-wide coalition of women’s organisations, represented by the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ), said the CPS has covertly changed its policy and practice in relation to decision-making on rape cases, […]
Read More...The fight for breathable air
June 13, 2019 · By Mark Saludes, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Face masks have become part of her daily “survival kit.” Without it, Grace Francisco’s day could either end with anti-allergy medicine or a trip to the nearest hospital. Grace can not let pollution in the city trigger her asthma that has worsened since she migrated to Manila from her province to work. “The air in […]
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