Indonesian President: Chemical Castration Coming For Pedophiles
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed a decree okaying chemical castration for convicted child sex offenders. In addition to chemical castration, convicted pedophiles who are paroled will be required to wear electronic monitoring bracelets. The bold move against pedophiles came in response to a brutal crime that left Indonesian residents shocked and furious, reports the New York Times. In April, a 14-year-old Indonesian girl was gang raped and murdered on Sumatra. In all, seven teenage bo..>> view originalChina pushes 'patriotic' tours in South China Sea: report
AFP on May 27, 2016, 4:34 pm China pushes 'patriotic' tours in South China Sea: report Beijing (AFP) - China will turn contested islands in the South China Sea into pleasure-trip destinations for "patriotic" tourists, state-media said Friday, in a move likely to further stoke regional tensions.China claims almost all of the strategically vital South China Sea despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours and has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting..>> view originalTwo Australians injured in fatal speedboat crash near Koh Samui, Thailand
The damaged boat is brought back to shore. Photo: Seven News At least two Australians have been injured in a speedboat crash that killed three other tourists near the popular holiday island of Koh Samui in Thailand, officials say.Three women, from Britain, Germany and Hong Kong, were killed in the accident at about 5pm on Thursday, local time, as the Ang Thong Explorer speedboat was returning to Koh Samui from Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park.All 36 people on bo..>> view originalState of the 2016 race: Trump looks to take over America after conquering GOP
Impossible, unthinkable, probable and now inevitable – Donald Trump has swept through American politics like a hurricane, upending conventional wisdom and trailing destruction in his wake. On Thursday, the ultimate celebrity candidate clinched the Republican nomination for president, setting up what could be one of the ugliest general elections in memory. Related: US election delegate tracker: who's winning the presidential nomination? Trump reached the magic number of delegates needed afte..>> view originalKorean Air plane catches fire at Tokyo airport, hundreds of passengers evacuated
Korean Air plane catches fire at Tokyo airport, hundreds of passengers evacuated Posted May 27, 2016 18:07:16 About 300 passengers and crew members have been evacuated from a Korean Air Boeing 777 at Tokyo's Haneda airport in dramatic scenes after one of the engines caught fire.TV footage from the airport showed the plane, which was bound for South Korea's Gimpo International, surrounded by red fire trucks and with the area around its left wing doused in foam. The pla..>> view original60 Minutes Beirut review: Producer Stephen Rice gone as report finds systemic failures
60 Minutes review: 'not worth the risk' Following the release of an independent review of the Sally Faulkner story, former 60 minutes producer and review panelist Gerald Stone says he would not have commissioned that story. PT2M8S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-4fni0 620 349 May 27, 2016 - 5:26PM Stephen Rice, the producer who spent two weeks in a Lebanese jail, appears to have taken the fall for the 60 Minutes child snatch fiasco, even though a so-called "i..>> view originalUnderwater probes sent to EgyptAir search zone after 'radio signals detected'
France's BEA air crash investigation agency said French naval survey vessel Laplace had left Corsica earlier on Thursday and was heading toward the search zone north of the Egyptian port of Alexandria, where it would begin operations within days. A week after the Airbus A320 crashed with 66 people on board, including 30 Egyptians and 15 from France, investigators have no clear picture of its final moments. But Egyptian investigators said a radio signal had been received from an emergency distre..>> view originalGroup of Seven summit backs growth and plays down currency tension
The G7 leaders (counter-clockwise from front): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande. Getty by Tetsushi Kajimoto  Th..>> view originalBritain at the crossroads
Britain's June 23 vote regarding exit from the EU is the most important European vote since 1945. Adobe stock photo Enlarge photo» LONDON — Sixty-five years ago, what has become the European Union was an embryo conceived in fear. It has been stealthily advanced from an economic to a political project, and it remains enveloped in a watery utopianism even as it becomes more dystopian. The EU's economic stagnation — in some of the 28 member nations, youth unemployment approaches 50 percent — ..>> view original
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