Home » World News
World News on March 19th, 2017
Sunday, March 19, 2017
VietPress USA ( March 19th, 2017):
29.4k
UK'Decriminalise personal drug use to free up prison space', say Lib Dems: Party believes criminalisation of low level users is behind jail overcrowding(independent.co.uk)
submitted by maxwellhill
5958
Japan becomes first country in the world to elect a transgender man to a public office: Tomoya Hosoda has taken part in various campaigns to raise the profile of LGBTQ in his country (independent.co.uk)
submitted by maxwellhill
1992
Two big Brazilian meatpacking companies bribed inspectors to keep rotten meat on the market, police said as they issued dozens of arrest warrants, while a judge accused the Agriculture Ministry of betraying the country (independent.co.uk)
submitted by maxwellhill
1024
A US diplomat has been expelled from New Zealand after the embassy refused to waive his immunity during a police investigation (bbc.com)
submitted by jonsnowknowthings
24.7k
Scientists Call Out Pruitt's False View of Climate Change: "Just as there is no escaping gravity when one steps off a cliff, there is no escaping the warming that follows when we add extra carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere," the scientists wrote (insideclimatenews.org)
submitted by maxwellhill
7897
US reporters praise German journalists for questioning Trump: In her report, Dunz later wrote, "It is no longer a custom in the White House that hard, uncomfortable questions receive factual answers." (dw.com)
submitted by maxwellhill
199
A Canadian who teaches at a school in a fly-in-only village in the Arctic won a $1m Global Teacher Prize at a ceremony in Dubai, praised for “changing the lives of her students and transforming her community”, she was among 10 finalists from 20,000 nominations and applications from 179 countries (theguardian.com)
submitted by bitoffreshair
489
Police in Italy are investigating a ring of black magic practitioners who allegedly raped young women on the pretext of “cleansing” them of evil spirits. (telegraph.co.uk)
submitted by swedgo
60
A German neuroscientist who has lived in the UK for eight years and is married to Briton has been told to leave Britain after her application to stay after the Brexit vote was rejected (dailymail.co.uk)
submitted by bitoffreshair
137
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre threatens legal action against crowd-funded media org revealing Mail's wrongdoing. (byline.com)
submitted by mediation_
72
Turkey summons German envoy over Kurdish rally in Frankfurt -- Angry over march where many protesters carried symbols of the outlawed PKK. An Erdogan spokesman denounced the rally as a "scandal." (dw.com)
submitted by guanaco55
3900
Beijing's last large coal-fired power plant suspends operations, becomes China's first city with all its power plants fueled by clean energy (news.xinhuanet.com)
submitted by theflamingskull
86
Erdoğan attacks Merkel again: ...accusing her of using “nazi measures” as the dispute between Berlin and Ankara intensified, according to media reports. (politico.eu)
submitted by maxwellhill
529
www.Vietpressusa.us