World News
Ayala energy unit to build solar plants worth P6.1 billion
September 1, 2020 · By Ian Nicolas Cigaral(Philstar.com) for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines — Ayala Corp.’s energy unit is planning to build two new solar plants in Central Luzon in a bid to become Southeast Asia’s largest renewables platform by 2025. In a disclosure to the stock exchange on Wednesday, Ayala-led AC Energy Philippines Inc. said the company board has approved the solar projects cumulatively worth […]
Read More...Smell and taste loss differ with COVID-19 versus colds; Blood-vessel cells break off in severe COVID-19
August 28, 2020 · By NANCY LAPID, Reuters for www.gmanetwork.com
Smell and taste loss differ with COVID-19 versus colds; Blood-vessel cells break off in severe COVID-19 The smell and taste impairments associated with the novel coronavirus differ from what people experience with a cold and is likely linked with nerve damage, a new study suggests. Researchers gave smell and taste tests to 10 COVID-19 patients, […]
Read More...Dozens of migrants die in shipwreck off Libya – UN
August 28, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Dozens of migrants die in shipwreck off Libya – UN At least 45 migrants and refugees, including five children, have died in the deadliest shipwreck off Libya this year, the UN refugee agency says. They were among more than 80 people on board a vessel whose engine exploded off the coast of Zwara, the UNHCR […]
Read More...Dreaming of a world free from violence against children
August 25, 2020 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Dreaming of a world free from violence against children The recent brutal killing of three children at a state-run juvenile correction facility in southwest Bangladesh has brought to the fore state violence against children in the country. At first it was reported the children died at Jessore Juvenile Development Center following a clash between two […]
Read More...Child victims of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict
August 19, 2020 · By UCANews for www.ucanews.com
Child victims of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict Scores of children are killed and maimed each year in Myanmar’s long-running ethnic wars. At least four civilians were killed and 15 injured by land mines and unexploded ordnance in restive Shan state during July alone. Radio Free Asia reports in this YouTube video.
Read More...Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize computers
August 19, 2020 · By Aljazeera for www.aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera condemns ‘troubling escalation’ in crackdown on press, urges authorities to immediately cease criminal probe. Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize computers The raid comes nearly a month after Malaysian police questioned seven of Al Jazeera’s journalists over the 101 East episode, titled Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown. Since the film’s release, Al Jazeera said its staff […]
Read More...Nearly three in four child abuse survivors without support, study finds
August 18, 2020 · By Ryan Hooper for www.independent.co.uk
Nearly three in four child abuse survivors without support, study finds Child abuse survivors largely avoided using support services or faced major hurdles to get the help they needed, a study has suggested. Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of respondents to a survey of people who experienced child abuse said they have not accessed any support services. […]
Read More...Major child sexual abuse trial begins in Germany
August 18, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Major child sexual abuse trial begins in Germany A cook has gone on trial in Cologne accused of sexually abusing his baby daughter, in Germany’s biggest post-war paedophile investigation. Police say tens of thousands of people in paedophile networks viewed the pictures that Jörg L, 43, posted on the Swiss secure messaging service Threema. A […]
Read More...Fears Modern Slavery Victims Are Falling Off Radar As Referrals See Huge Drop During Lockdown
August 17, 2020 · By Lindsey Kennedy & Nathan Paul Southern for www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
More than 10,000 people were identified as potential victims of forced labour last year. But a lack of frontline services this year has seen figures drop. It’s taken Matthew Norwood decades to recognise that he was a child victim of grooming and exploitation. He was selling drugs from the age of 13 and by 16 […]
Read More...Germany Uncovers Major Pedophile Ring With 30,000 Members
August 17, 2020 · By Jay Greenberg for neonnettle.com
Germany Uncovers Major Pedophile Ring With 30,000 Members German authorities have uncovered a major pedophile ring made up of a network of at least 30,000 child sex offenders, according to reports. Officials from the North-Rhine Westphalia cybercrime unit revealed the unprecedented extent of the child abuse ring after a nine-month cybercrime investigation. Police found adults […]
Read More...
