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Japan set to tighten prostitution laws, targeting sex buyers online and on streets
TOKYO, Sept 17 — Japan should overhaul its prostitution law to punish those who seek to buy sex, experts recommended Thursday in proposals likely to lead to changes to the decades-old legislation. Currently, street sex workers face fines or imprisonment
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Australia to slash migration in bid to ease housing crisis
SYDNEY, Sept 17 — Australia will reduce migration by curbing “visa hopping”, tightening rules on students and working holiday makers as well as cracking down on overstayers, its interior minister said Thursday, as the far-right surges in the polls. Home
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US bars Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN general assembly in New York
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week, a source familiar with the case said Wednesday. In a separate statement that
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EU chief pitches ‘associate member’ status for Canada as bloc seeks closer cooperation
STRASBOURG, Sept 16 — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect today of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc’s first “associate member’, as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carney. Von der
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Hong Kong unveils five-year plan to deepen tech and economic ties with China
HONG KONG, Sept 16 — Hong Kong’s government unveiled plans today to significantly boost investment on innovation and technology as it aims to align the financial hub with mainland China’s development goals. City leader John Lee made the announcement as
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Canada seeks greater economic independence from US as Carney courts investors
TORONTO, Sept 16 — Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched Canada as an investment haven yesterday at a gathering of global financial elite, but conceded ties with the United States remained crucial despite an escalating trade war. Carney convened the Canada Investment
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‘Being LGBTQ is not a crime’: Dozens detained at Istanbul protest amid Turkey crackdown
ISTANBUL, Sept 16 — Turkish police yesterday detained dozens protesting against a nationwide LGBTQ crackdown, sparking outrage from the opposition and rights groups. The protesters had gathered outside Istanbul’s main Caglayan courthouse under heavy police surveillance, chanting “Long live the struggle for
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Trump threatens to shut Kennedy Center for good after judge blocks name change
WASHIINGTON, Sept 16 — US President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to keep the Kennedy Center closed for good after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution’s facade. Trump said his hand-picked board voted “almost unanimously”
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Empty classrooms and tented lessons as quake-hit Venezuelan schools reopen
LA GUAIRA, Sept 16 — Schools in Venezuela’s quake-scarred coastal state of La Guaira were deserted yesterdaya day after the start of the new school year, with many parents opting to keep children home for fear of further deadly tremors.
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US Iran war exposes ammunition shortages, industrial bottlenecks, Pentagon watchdog says
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 — The US Defense Department’s inspector general revealed Monday that the United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its costly war in Iran. In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector
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