Mexico cannot keep allowing people to fall victim to human trafficking networks, its new human rights ombudsman has said, warning it will be especially vigilant over sexual exploitation. Rosario Piedra said the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), which she heads, received daily complaints from those looking for lost loved ones. Many suspect they were kidnapped […]
Safari operator Pankaj Shah would normally be showing tourists around the beauty spots of his native Kenya. Instead, he is spearheading a volunteer effort to feed thousands of families left penniless when the new coronavirus devastated the economy. “One old woman told us she hadn’t eaten for days – her sons had stopped supplying her […]
Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran, completed the last of 100 laps of his garden on Thursday, raising 13 million pounds ($16 million) for the health service in an endeavor that has spread joy across the country amid the coronavirus gloom. “For all those people who are finding it difficult at the moment: the […]
Judges and lawyers say there are signs Beijing is trying to limit the authority of Hong Kong courts to rule on core constitutional matters. And people close to the city’s top judge, Geoffrey Ma, say he has to contend with Communist Party officials pushing Beijing’s view that the rule of law ultimately must be a […]
