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 Hong Kong activist Wong jailed for 3 months over information breach

Hong Kong activist Wong jailed for 3 months over information breach

April 17, 2023 03:26 PM AEST | By Reuters

HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the most prominent democracy activists in Hong Kong over recent years, Joshua Wong, was sentenced on Monday to three mont...


 Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child

Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child

April 16, 2023 02:19 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of...


 Gang clash leaves at least 12 dead in Ecuador prison

Gang clash leaves at least 12 dead in Ecuador prison

April 16, 2023 03:26 AM AEST | By Reuters

QUITO (Reuters) - At least 12 inmates were killed in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, the SNAI prison agency said on Saturday, in th...


 Bolivia looks to curb fuel smuggling with help of armed forces

Bolivia looks to curb fuel smuggling with help of armed forces

April 14, 2023 07:44 AM AEST | By Reuters

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's government has called on the armed forces to tighten border controls to curb the smuggling of state-subsidized fuels, a m...


 Exclusive-Colombian armed groups and gangs have 17,600 members, intelligence reports find

Exclusive-Colombian armed groups and gangs have 17,600 members, inte...

April 14, 2023 01:23 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - More than 17,600 people are members of the four major armed groups and 23 gangs with which the Colombian gover...


 Slovak court fines ECB's Kazimir in bribery case, subject to appeal

Slovak court fines ECB's Kazimir in bribery case, subject to appeal

April 13, 2023 08:47 PM AEST | By Reuters

PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Slovak court said on Thursday it had convicted national bank governor and European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Peter Kazimir i...


 South Koreans fighting drug addiction find few rehab options

South Koreans fighting drug addiction find few rehab options

April 13, 2023 11:19 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Hyonhee Shin and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Every Saturday a group of young South Koreans gathers in Incheon just west of Seoul to talk about th...


 Texas governor seeks pardon of man convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter shooting

Texas governor seeks pardon of man convicted of murder in Black Live...

April 09, 2023 10:55 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Saturday he is seeking the pardon of an Uber driver convicted of murder just a day earlie...


 Italian drugs cartels conceal payments via Chinese shadow banks

Italian drugs cartels conceal payments via Chinese shadow banks

April 06, 2023 09:19 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - Drugs cartels operating in Italy are increasingly using shadow networks of unlicensed Chinese money brokers to conc...


 Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts

Malaysia seeks to decriminalise suicide attempts

April 04, 2023 03:48 PM AEST | By Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is seeking to decriminalise suicide attempts, its law minister said on Tuesday, the latest in a recent slew of legal...


 Honduras deploys hundreds of military agents to fight crime

Honduras deploys hundreds of military agents to fight crime

April 04, 2023 06:36 AM AEST | By Reuters

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' government deployed soldiers across the country as part of a plan to fight criminal groups, authorities said Monday,...


 Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

April 03, 2023 06:49 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim t...


 Malaysia parliament approves law to remove mandatory death penalty

Malaysia parliament approves law to remove mandatory death penalty

April 03, 2023 06:35 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim t...


 Mexico has not carried out all arrest orders in missing students case, experts say

Mexico has not carried out all arrest orders in missing students cas...

April 01, 2023 08:26 AM AEDT | By Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials have not carried out all the arrests ordered in the probe of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, an indep...


 Ex-Kosovo guerrilla chief, president Thaci faces war crimes trial on Monday

Ex-Kosovo guerrilla chief, president Thaci faces war crimes trial on...

March 31, 2023 08:33 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Fatos Bytyci and Ivana Sekularac PRISTINA (Reuters) - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-9...


 'Rust' set manager's plea deal to be considered Friday

'Rust' set manager's plea deal to be considered Friday

March 31, 2023 07:22 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A Santa Fe judge on Friday was to consider a plea deal that could bring the first conviction for the 2021 shooting death of...


 Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses bid for review of graft conviction

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses bid for review of graft convictio...

March 31, 2023 01:11 PM AEDT | By Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to seek a review of his corruption...


 Denmark charges Copenhagen mall shooting suspect with triple homicide

Denmark charges Copenhagen mall shooting suspect with triple homicid...

March 30, 2023 12:36 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Johannes Birkebaek COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A 23-year-old Danish man arrested over the shooting deaths of three people in a Copenhagen shopping mall...


 Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep

Salvadorans demand release of innocents jailed in anti-gang sweep

March 29, 2023 11:23 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Several hundred people in El Salvador took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the year-long anti-gang po...


 Pakistan PM urges parliament to act against ex-premier Khan

Pakistan PM urges parliament to act against ex-premier Khan

March 28, 2023 11:05 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appealed to parliament on Tuesday to act against predecessor Imran Khan...


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