Hong Kong protesters hurl petrol bombs at government buildings in latest wave of unrest
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong police fired water cannon and volleys of tear gas to disperse protesters throwing petrol bombs at government buildings on Sunday, as months of sometimes violent demonstrations showed no sign of letting up. Some protesters threw bricks at police outside the Chinese People’s Liberation Army base in the city’s Admiralty district, and […]
Tears and tributes as leaders, supporters bid farewell to Zimbabwe’s Mugabe
Harare, ZimbabweReuters Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe was honoured as an icon, principled leader and African intellectual giant at a state funeral on Saturday, after a week of disputes over his burial threatened to embarrass President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe led Zimbabwe for 37 years, from independence until he was ousted by the army in November, 2017, […]
Kathmandu battles new threat as temperatures rise: dengue fever
Kathmandu, NepalThomson Reuters Foundation For Prabina Maharjan, it started with a headache, which then turned into fever and body pain. When she finally turned up at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital a week ago, tests showed something odd for this high-elevation city: dengue fever, a scourge more associated with Nepal’s low-lying tropics. Hospital […]
Indonesia inches closer to outlawing child marriage
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indonesia moved closer to ending child marriage on Friday after the government secured a key nod paving the way to raise the age for girls to wed in the world’s most populous Muslim country by three years. About one in every seven girls in Indonesia is married before the age […]