Japan sends biggest warship to protect US supply vessel
Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the role of its military.
The helicopter carrier Izumo is escorting a US supply vessel within Japanese waters.
The US ship is heading to refuel the naval fleet in the region, including the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group.
North Korea has threatened to sink the Carl Vinson and a US submarine, amid rising tensions in the region.
It also carried out a failed missile test on Sunday, despite repeated warnings from the US and others to stop its nuclear and missile activity.
Social media firms must face heavy fines over extremist content – MPs
An inquiry by the Commons home affairs committee condemns technology companies for failing to tackle hate speech
Social media companies are putting profit before safety and should face fines of tens of millions of pounds for failing to remove extremist and hate crime material promptly from their websites, MPs have said.
The largest and richest technology firms are “shamefully far” from taking action to tackle illegal and dangerous content, according to a report by the Commons home affairs committee.
The inquiry, launched last year following the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox by a far-right gunman, concludes that social media multinationals are more concerned with commercial risks than public protection. Swift action is taken to remove content found to infringe copyright rules, the MPs note, but a “laissez-faire” approach is adopted when it involves hateful or illegal content.
Indian brides given wooden paddles to hit drunken, abusive husbands by leading politician
Gopal Bargava says he wants to draw attention to the problems of domestic violence in India with the bats, which come with slogans such as 'Police won't intervene'
An Indian state has handed out hundreds of wooden bats to newly married women to use as a weapon if their husbands become abusive.
Gopal Bargava, a Minister in the state of Madhya Pradesh, handed out the paddles, traditionally used to get dirt out of clothes in old-fashioned laundries, to around 700 brides at a mass wedding.
The nearly foot-long paddles have messages on them that read “For beating drunkards” and “Police won’t intervene”.
Mr Bhargava told Agence France Presse he wanted to draw attention to the domestic abuse of rural women receive from their alcoholic husbands.
Protesters in Venezuela mark one month since they took to the streets
Latest update : 2017-05-01
May Day protests risk being rough in Venezuela on Monday as it marks one month since deadly clashes erupted in a political crisis with no end in sight.
Protesters took to the streets from April 1 to demand elections after the courts tried to strengthen President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power.
Marches in various cities erupted into clashes between riot police and protesters which have since left 28 people dead, according to public prosecutors.
“We are not going to cool down the street,” said senior opposition lawmaker Freddy Guevara, however.
“On May 1 we must show our strength, that we are in the majority and that we want to have our say in elections.”
N Korean missile fears in Japan: 'Whatever will be, will be'
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighborhoods are on the frontline of North Korea's dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just minutes to shelter from incoming missiles.
"It's impossible. There is no way we can run away from it," said Seijiro Kurosawa, a 58-year-old taxi driver in Fussa, near Yokota Air Base. "We don't have bunkers, shelters or anything like that."
His company recently instructed drivers to park their cabs and take immediate refuge in the event of an attack, but he isn't sure where he could go. "All we can do is run into a department store perhaps," he said.
May Labour Day: What is International Workers' Day?
We examine the history of May Day and ask what kind of protests and commemorations can be expected this year.
Each year, people across the globe take to the streets to commemorate International Workers' Day, or May Day.
In dozens of countries, May Day is an official holiday, and for labour rights campaigners it is particularly important.
In the United States, it is symbolic of past labour struggles against a host of workers' rights violations, including lengthy work days and weeks, poor conditions and child labour.
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