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World News on Oct. 29, 2016

Saturday, October 29, 2016

 VietPress USA (Oct. 29, 2016):

Mass protest in Seoul against South Korean President (channelnewsasia.com)
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Witness claimsThe South Korean President has been under the control of a Shadow Cabal of 8 oligarchs (english.hani.co.kr)
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Hundreds of thousands of people across Kenya will be planting 5 million trees in one hour on November 11 as part of an ambitious tree planting project that seeks to beat the Guinness World Record. (digitaljournal.com)
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U.N. votes to start negotiating global nuclear weapons ban (upi.com)
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South Korea: president orders 10 staff members to resign amid worsening crisis (theguardian.com)
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Voting has started in Iceland in one of the tightest elections in years, with the anti-establishment Pirate party on course to make major gains that could propel it into government for the first time. (theguardian.com)
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Russia loses seat on UN Human Rights Council (edition.cnn.com)
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Plan by Japan to develop Russian cities emerges in Japan-Russia economic proposal (japantimes.co.jp)
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60 per cent of China’s richest people plan to invest abroad and emigrate in next three years, says survey (m.scmp.com)
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Turkey’s religious body issues fatwa against underage marriage (hurriyetdailynews.com)
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More than one million children starve as Yemen war rages (reuters.com)
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US intercepts multiple shipments of Iranian weapons going to Houthis in Yemen (edition.cnn.com)
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More migrants pitch tents on Paris streets as Calais camp shuts [Reuters] (uk.reuters.com)
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Uber drivers in the UK have won an employment tribunal case which ruled they are workers rather than self-employed. This means they are entitled to Holiday Pay and a minimum wage (bbc.co.uk)
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South Korea's prosecutors raid presidential office, aides' homes in probe over influence-peddling scandal (straitstimes.com)
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Swirling Scandal Involving Shamanistic Cult Threatens S. Korean President (npr.org)
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Google AI invents its own cryptographic algorithm; no one knows how it works (arstechnica.co.uk)
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Lithuania has updated its civil defence booklet telling citizens what to do in the event of a Russian invasion. It includes large sections on survival techniques and warns that Russia would not hesitate to use military force against its neighbours. (bbc.com)
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Taiwan could become first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage following suicide of prominent gay professor: Professor Jacques Picoux killed himself after he realised he had no right to home he had shared with partner for nearly 40 years, friends say (independent.co.uk)
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Starfish are dying out in the Pacific – and no-one is quite sure why | The disappearance of sunflower starfish, also known as sea stars, is ‘going to change the shape of the ecosystem’, scientist says (independent.co.uk)
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Rohingya women raped, homes destroyed as Myanmar cracks down on militants (smh.com.au)
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India abstains from voting on nuclear weapons ban at UN (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
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Pirate Party Poised for Power as Icelanders Cast Their Ballots (bloomberg.com)
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The world’s leading shipping organisation has been condemned by environmental campaigners and MEPs for its failure to urgently tackle the industry’s impact on climate change, after it agreed only to a partial reduction in harmful emissions from ships. (theguardian.com)
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Turkish and Saudi weapons found in Mosul, says Shia leader (muslimpress.com)
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