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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug 18 (Reuters) – An Indonesian court began a trial on Tuesday for 11 daycare staffers alleged to be involved in a high-profile case of abuse against children in their care. Drawing widespread public ire, the daycare centre in the city of Yogyakarta was raided by police in late April, when dozens of children aged 2 to 6 were found with their hands and feet bound together. Some […]

Aug 18 (Reuters) – Mexican petrochemical firm Braskem Idesa, a joint venture of Brazil’s Braskem and Mexico’s Grupo Idesa, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. on Tuesday after reaching agreements with creditors and shareholders to cut debt by more than $920 million.  The company said it expects to emerge from its bankruptcy proceedings within 60 to 90 days, adding that its day-to-day operations would continue to operate as […]

SEOUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit South Korea from August 19 to 20, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, marking his first official trip to the country in five years. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will receive Wang on Thursday at the Blue House to discuss bilateral relations and regional affairs and convey his regards to Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to […]

When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors. That’s because members of her local Facebook Buy Nothing group shared their unused yards and gardens with her, allowing her to achieve her dream of owning a flower shop and working as an […]

Meta is kicking off a court battle with some of the highest stakes yet. But it is far from the only litigation facing the social media giant and its competitors. In a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contributed to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately designing features that get children addicted. It’s one of many […]

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — As a child, Ndeye Awa Diop was so shy she couldn’t look people in the eye. Raised in rural Senegal, she learned to embrace what was traditionally expected of girls across the predominately Muslim West African nation. They should be seen but not heard. They should obey their elders. But her life turned upside down when as a 12-year-old she was accepted into the country’s […]

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Ayoub Akbili needed money for his mother’s surgery. Hamza Haibouri wanted a shot at a professional soccer career. Abdelouahed Iken was chasing the glossy life a friend posted about on Facebook from Italy. So when they heard rumors that Morocco’s border with Spain was open, they decided to join the rush to try to reach Europe. All three died attempting to cross, becoming victims of the […]

KANDERSTEG, Switzerland (AP) — An unstable mountain rock formation looming above the Swiss village of Kandersteg threatens a landslide that could rival the disaster that destroyed nearby Blatten last year, a collapse scientists linked to thawing permafrost and glacier dynamics. The 1,300 residents of Kandersteg, in Switzerland’s Bern canton, live amid a quintessential Alpine landscape of sharp peaks, white glaciers, steep green valleys and the distant sound of cowbells. But […]

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — En Poy was minding cattle in a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in Cambodia when he set off his first land mine. The blast from the rusty relic he picked up cost him an arm and an eye. It also inspired his career with the nonprofit Cambodian Self Help Demining, which clears land mines and unexploded ordnance across the country, deadly remnants of wars from the […]