Drug gangs drive huge rise in UK child slavery cases
LONDON – Modern slavery cases involving British children doubled in 2018 as criminal gangs exploit and use more young people to deal drugs, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. The…
Dutch prosecutors seek motive in Utrecht tram shooting
AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors say they are investigating a possible “terrorist motive” behind the shooting on a tram in the city of Utrecht in which three people were killed and…
WHO panel calls for registry of all human gene editing research
LONDON – It would be irresponsible for any scientist to conduct human gene-editing studies in people, and a central registry of research plans should be set up to ensure transparency,…
Global probe underway to build profile of Christchurch shooter, police chief says
WELLINGTON/CHRISTCHURCH – New Zealand’s police chief says that the police are working with global intelligence agencies to build a profile of the shooter who killed 50 people at mosques in…
S.Korea radar and thermal camera system warns ‘smartphone zombies’ of traffic
ILSAN, South Korea – A city in South Korea, which has the world’s highest smartphone penetration rate, has installed flickering lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn…
Canada’s top civil servant to quit as scandal’s toll on Trudeau mounts
OTTAWA – The head of Canada’s federal bureaucracy says he is quitting over his role in handling a corporate corruption case, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as…
Grieving New Zealand looks for lessons from Christchurch attack
WELLINGTON – After days of intense grieving for New Zealand’s worst-ever mass shooting, attention has begun to turn to how the country’s gun laws need to change and what warning…
Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000: president
MAPUTO – The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said, putting the potential death toll greatly more than…
China rejects “abnormal” US spying concerns as EU pushes trade
BRUSSELS – China has dismissed US security warnings against its telecoms equipment maker Huawei as groundless and “abnormal”, as the Chinese government’s top diplomat went to Brussels to cool growing…
New gun laws will make NZ safer after mosque massacre, says PM Ardern
CHRISTCHURCH – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will announce new gun laws within days, after 50 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques in the…
