China's 'president for life': Congress votes to abolish term limits
China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to remain as president for life.
The constitutional changes were passed by China's annual sitting of the National People's Congress on Sunday.
The vote was widely regarded as a rubber-stamping exercise. Two delegates voted against the change and three abstained, out of 2,964 votes.
China has imposed a two-term limit on its president since the 1990s.
Mr Xi, however, defied the tradition of presenting a potential successor during October's Communist Party Congress.
Rohingya’s teens seek counselling to cope with Myanmar brutality
Young male refugees in Bangladesh are being helped by pioneering aid efforts that try to address the hidden scars of war
Memories of the day in October that changed the life of teenager Mohammed Riaz for ever come in vivid flashbacks, when it’s dark and quiet.
State forces arrived in his village in the Buthidaung township of Myanmar. Officers entered the family home, raped and killed his two elder sisters and shot his brother dead.
Mohammed, 17, and his mother managed to get out of the house. “I was so scared. It happened so quickly. Even if I wanted to rescue them, I was so scared. I wanted to do something,” he said through an interpreter.
Plastic-Choked SeasMarcella Hansch Wants to Save the Ocean
Up to 13 million tons of plastic wind up in the ocean each year. German architect Marcella Hansch has developed a platform designed to remove that waste from our seas. But it wasn't something she planned.
Marcella Hansch is afraid of fish, but she loves diving nonetheless. When fish swim toward her, she begins breathing more rapidly, which causes her oxygen tank to empty a bit more quickly. But during a 2013 dive in Cape Verde, the island nation in the Atlantic Ocean, it wasn't a fish that alarmed her, it was a plastic bag. And it led to Hansch's idea for her university thesis project -- a concept that could ultimately solve one of our planet's biggest environmental problems.
At the time, Hansch was studying architecture in Aachen, though she says she wasn't a particularly accomplished student. But her underwater encounter left a lasting impression. Each year, tons and tons of plastic waste winds up in the ocean, the 31-year-old says. "If this continues, there will be more plastic in the ocean by 2050 than fish," she says. For her project, she set out to conceive a platform that would filter plastic waste from the water. "I wanted to do something that would be really fun for me," she says.
Wear 'racist' like a badge of honour, says Bannon in French populist pep talk
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon's shock cameo Saturday set France's National Front convention abuzz. Leader Marine Le Pen is assured re-election, running unopposed - if not undisputed. Can Bannon's pep talk tame the herd of elephants in the room?
So last–minute was the former White House strategist’s addition to the FN convention’s Saturday agenda -- announced in a 9:35pm tweet Friday night by party executive Louis Aliot, Marine Le Pen’s companion -- the program handed out to the press at Lille’s Grand Palais venue didn’t even mention the headline guest. But Bannon, ousted by Trump last August after seven months on the job, came ready to work the room.
Counterterror police investigate 'punish a Muslim' day letters
Leaflet offers vague rewards of points for throwing acid and beating Muslims or bombing mosques and 'nuking' Mecca.
Counterterrorism police in the UK are investigating a possible hate crime after several people received letters calling on them to attack Muslims on April 3, termed in the leaflet as "punish a Muslim" day.
Several Britons in London, the West Midlands and Yorkshire said they received the printed letter through the post, according to reports.
Some uploaded images of the document on social media.
IVANKA TRUMP IS the ghost of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation: She is connected, either directly or tangentially, to events at the heart of the probe, yet all but invisible to the public.
But as Mueller’s investigation broadens, the so-called first daughter is becoming a long overdue part of the bigger story of alleged corruption at the Trump Organization. Last week, we learned that the FBI is looking intothe financing and negotiations surrounding her involvement with Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, which is home to an Ivanka Trump-branded spa. That inquiry may be unrelated to the Russia probe, but it should draw scrutiny to Ivanka’s business dealings and how they relate to her father’s political rise.
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