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Japan raises the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, which was among the world’s lowest

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 11:43 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world's lowest, amid calls for greater protection of children and...

US border agency reassigns chief medical officer after custody death of 8-y-o girl

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 8:28 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — United States Customs and Border Protection has reassigned its chief medical officer after the in-custody death of an 8-year-old girl whose mother's pleas for an ambulance were ignored despite her daughter's chronic...

‘Fossil fuels incompatible with human survival’

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 12:50 AM

BERLIN (AP): The head of the United Nations (UN) launched a tirade against fossil fuel companies Thursday, accusing them of betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival”....

CARICOM reiterates commitment to assisting Haiti

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 12:41 AM

GEORGETOWN, (CMC): The Guyana-based regional body, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has reiterated its commitment to assisting the government and people of Haiti, as the country tackles several issues. In the aftermath of a meeting held in...

June temperatures briefly passed key climate threshold

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 6:22 PM

BERLIN (AP) — Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, a hint of heat and its harms to come, scientists worry. The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global...

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio ordered to pay $475K for misusing public funds on failed White House bid

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 4:23 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was ordered Thursday to pay $475,000 by a city ethics board that found he misused public funds on a police security detail during his failed presidential bid. The hefty fine is the...

Michigan bans hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 3:49 PM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The denial of employment or educational opportunities due to discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles, such as Afros, cornrows or dreadlocks, will be prohibited in Michigan under legislation signed...

Former Harvard morgue manager stole brains, skin and other body parts to sell them, indictment says

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 2:24 PM

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife, and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday. Cedric Lodge,...

Nigeria lets market set currency exchange rate to stabilise economy, woo investors

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 12:24 PM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's central bank has ended its distorted foreign exchange rate, a move the new government in Africa's biggest economy hopes will help woo investors and stabilise the local currency. The announcement...

Bill Cosby sued by nine more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 10:28 AM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimise them. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada...

Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over ‘partygate’

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 8:57 AM

LONDON (AP) — A committee of United Kingdom lawmakers harshly rebuked former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday, saying he lied to Parliament about lockdown-flouting parties and was complicit in a campaign to intimidate...

110 million people forcibly displaced

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 1:20 AM

AP: Some 110 million people have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says. The war in Sudan, which has displaced nearly two million people since April,...

At least 9 killed in ethnic clashes, 100 have died in month of violence

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 1:19 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): Rival ethnic groups fired at each other in new violence in India’s remote northeast that left at least nine people dead and some injured, officials said Wednesday. Security forces rushed to Khamenlok village in Manipur state’s...

No more rides to Hel on bus 666

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 1:18 AM

WARSAW (AP): There will be no more going to Hel on bus 666. The bus to the town of Hel on Poland’s Baltic coast has long been popular with tourists. But some Christian conservatives have protested the number signifying the devil on a bus leading to...

Mayor living at army base after receiving threats

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 12:39 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana said she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats. Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced the decision after confirming that police had found...

Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 8:25 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold has been indicted by a grand jury, an expected procedural step that will allow the criminal case to continue....

13-year-old boy arrested in Bosnia for allegedly shooting, wounding teacher

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 5:04 PM

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A 13-year-old boy was arrested in Bosnia Wednesday after allegedly shooting and wounding a teacher inside an elementary school building, police and local officials said. The teacher, a 38-year-old man who...

US Fed keeps interest rates unchanged for first time in 15 months, signals more potential hikes this year

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 2:57 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. But in a surprise move, the Fed signalled that it may raise rates twice more this year,...

At least 79 dead after migrant vessel sinks off Greece, hundreds may be missing

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 12:01 PM

KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind...

At least 103 wedding guests killed when boat capsizes in Nigeria

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 9:04 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing at least 103 people, including children, officials said Tuesday. Residents and police were still searching for dozens of people who were on the...

Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 1:09 AM

MIAMI (AP): Donald Trump became the first former president of the United States to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and...

Relatives fight for custody of kids who survived plane crash and weeks in Amazon jungle

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 1:07 AM

BOGOTA (AP): A custody battle has broken out among relatives of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 harrowing days alone in the Amazon rainforest in an extraordinary showing of youthful resilience that captivated people...

Death toll from cult tied to pastor surpasses 300

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2023 | 1:06 AM

NAIROBI (AP): The number of people who died after a Kenyan pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has surpassed 300, authorities said Tuesday, and the death toll is expected to rise as more exhumations are planned....

Philippine villagers flee ashfall, lava from erupting Mayon Volcano

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2023 | 9:00 PM

SANTO DOMINGO, Philippines (AP) — Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities close to the erupting Mayon Volcano, traumatised by the sight of red-hot lava flowing down its crater and fearful of sporadic blasts of ash....

Tory Lanez sentencing on Megan Thee Stallion shooting delayed to August

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2023 | 8:09 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tory Lanez's sentencing for shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion was delayed on Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford accepted the defences request to delay Lanez's...

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