CHAMPHAI, India (Reuters) – When Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in the Myanmar town of Khampat on Feb. 27, the police lance corporal said he refused. “The next day, an officer called to ask me if I will shoot,” he said. The 27-year-old refused again,
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, pervasive criminal behaviour that has increased during the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The U.N. agency urged governments to prevent violence, improve services for victims and tackle economic inequalities that often leave
(Reuters) – Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame along with eight other women including former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, soccer icon Mia Hamm and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died last year. The National Women’s Hall of Fame named the members of its Class of
Digital tools launched in a Japanese smart city that can send disaster alerts to safeguard residents are part of an optional technology push aiming to overcome social and economic challenges, while also allaying privacy fears. The smartphone alerts were introduced in Aizuwakamatsu city, Fukushima prefecture, last week by consultancy firm Accenture, which has worked with
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poles took to the streets on Monday to mark International Women’s Day, in demonstrations around the country that took on added significance months after a constitutional court banned almost all abortions. The October ruling, which took effect in January, unleashed a wave of protests that has morphed into broader anger at the
TOKYO (Reuters) – In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for COVID-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the humble vending machine. Eager to conserve manpower and hospital resources, the government conducts just 40,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a
BEIRUT: From videos of deadly air strikes to jihadist takeovers, Al-Mutez Billah’s YouTube page served as a digital archive of the Syrian war until automated takedown software in 2017 erased it permanently. The page exhibiting footage that violated YouTube’s community standards could not be restored because Al-Mutez Billah, a citizen-journalist, had been executed by the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a 90-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan and a new United Nations-led peace effort as he warned the United States could withdraw all forces after May 1, according to a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reported by several news outlets Sunday. The letter
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Coronavirus was the last thing on schoolteacher Gladys Koffa’s mind as she waited eagerly for Pope Francis to say Mass at Franso Hariri stadium in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, on Sunday. “We’re not thinking about corona at a time like this it’s special, we have God on
GEORGE TOWN: Structural repairs on the fast lane of the Penang Bridge is expected to take two months following the completion of cable work repairs by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). “We have repaired the 132kV burnt cable at KM3.2 on the bridge and replaced it with a new 100m cable, ” said TNB chief grid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Sunday designed to make it easier for Americans to vote, White House officials said, as Republicans across the country seek to limit voting rights in the wake of the 2020 election. Biden’s order comes on the 56th anniversary of the 1965 “Bloody
PARIS (Reuters) – French police cleared the banks of the River Seine in central Paris on Saturday over concerns people were getting too close together and not respecting coronavirus social distancing rules. Hundreds of people were asked to leave the area – popular for strolling and picnicking on sunny days – and police officers closed
KUALA LUMPUR: Action was taken against 205 individuals for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) on Friday (March 5). Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said compounds were issued to 193 individuals, nine were remanded while three others were issued bail. “Not wearing face masks tops the list of offences with action taken
(Reuters) – The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar called on the U.N. Security Council to take action against the ruling junta after the killings of protesters who have continued to defy security forces at demonstrations against last month’s coup. The Southeast Asian country has been plunged into turmoil since the military overthrew and detained
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen said it intercepted six explosive drones fired towards the kingdom on Friday, with the Houthis claiming to have launched attacks into southern Saudi Arabia since dawn. Parts of the destroyed drones fell and injured a 10-year-old boy and also a man who was
GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): Police and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) carried out an integrated operation and successfully clamped down on the theft of electricity to conduct bitcoin mining activities at four premises near here on Thursday (March 4). Penang CID chief SAC Rahimi Mohd Ra’ais said six men aged between 28 and 51 were nabbed for
China called on its technology giants to share key data, dealing a further blow to the companies already reeling from heightened antitrust scrutiny. Companies are encouraged to open up data related to areas from search to e-commerce and social media, in order to promote the healthy development of the sharing and online economies, according to
One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the moniker “Bluetooth” over beers. At the end of the 1990s, Sven Mattisson, a Swedish engineer working at telecom group Ericsson, and Jim Kardach, an American
MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal (Reuters) – Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident whose activist art has made him Beijing’s best-known critic, has swapped life in British exile for Portugal, where, in a countryside estate east of Lisbon, he is working on a monument commemorating Mikhail Gorbachev. Ai’s move to Berlin in 2015, partly out of gratitude at German
PETALING JAYA: Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri has confirmed that the directive on working from home (WFH) remains in force as of now. He also said that swab tests must be done three days prior to departure from peninsula to Sabah, not required for travel in the reverse direction. Travel to Sarawak from
LONDON: Google says it won’t develop new ways to follow individual users across the Internet after it phases out existing ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, a change that could shake up the online advertising industry. Google says it’s taking the move to protect user privacy. It’s part of a broader shift in the industry
ROME (Reuters) – A German aid group that operated a migrant rescue boat in the Mediterranean said on Wednesday Italian magistrates were set to charge 21 individuals and three human rights groups with aiding illegal immigration from Libya. The announcement came after magistrates in the Sicilian city of Trapani said they had concluded a three-year
KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged following verbal and written threats to health officials in Nabawan district due to the sudden increase in cases there over the past few days. Minister in charge of Covid-19 matters in Sabah Datuk Masidi Manjun (pic) said they have received information of the threats from health officials
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter, the country’s chief law officer, identified himself on Wednesday as the subject of a historical rape allegation, declaring his innocence and strongly denying the claim. Politicians who last week received an anonymous allegation of an assault in 1988 had referred material to federal police. On Tuesday, police in
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he was ready to go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights to prove his innocence, his first public reaction after being found guilty of corruption and sentenced to prison on Monday. The court found that Sarkozy, 66, had tried to
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York formally staked his claim as the country’s legitimate representative in letters – seen by Reuters on Tuesday – to the U.N. General Assembly president and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Myanmar state television announced on Saturday that Kyaw Moe Tun had
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister said on Tuesday he has commissioned a study to look into issuing COVID-19 vaccination certificates for international travellers, as the country seeks to revive a tourism industry battered by coronavirus curbs. The Southeast Asian nation has been mulling the idea of so-called “vaccine passports”, but no target date has
Like most Clubhouse users, Rahaf Harfoush doesn’t make money on the app. But she does help others avoid losing it. Harfoush, a digital anthropologist and author who lives in Paris, is part of an “anti-grift squad” that helps newcomers to the audio-only interactive streaming platform avoid falling prey to scams. She and a crew of
CARACAS (Reuters) – Nearly three-quarters of all individuals detained in Venezuela for what rights group Penal Forum considers political reasons are awaiting trial, the group said on Monday, arguing it is a sign that authorities use pretrial detention as a punishment. Venezuelan law states that pretrial detention cannot last more than two years, Penal Forum’s
TOKYO (Reuters): Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID-19 on Japanese citizens as the procedure causes psychological pain, a government spokesman said on Monday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government has not received a response that Beijing would change the testing procedure, so Japan would continue to ask
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