Australia sex abuse compensation scheme begins
Australia has begun a compensation scheme for victims of institutional child sex abuse.
Some 60,000 Australians will be eligible for compensation.the scheme, known as the National Redress Scheme.
Australian authorities believe a A$4bn ($3bn; £2.23bn) compensation plan will help to ease the pain of victims.
Financial redress was a key recommendation of a Royal Commission into decades-long child abuse in Australian institutions.
The Commission spent five years investigating suffering and abuse in religious organisations, schools, charities, sports clubs and the military.
Protesters stopped as Hong Kong marks handover to China
Police intervene to protect flag-raising ceremony attended by territory’s leader Carrie Lam
Police in Hong Kong stopped about 20 pro-democracy protesters from getting near a flag-raising ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China.
The protesters on Sunday carried a coffin symbolising a death of democracy and chanted slogans against one-party rule in China, demands for universal suffrage in Hong Kong and mainland China, and freedom for Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo.
The ceremony, held beside Victoria harbour, continued uninterrupted, with the Beijing-backed Hong Kong chief executive, Carrie Lam, in attendance. At a reception later on Sunday, she expressed confidence in Hong Kong’s future without mentioning any politically sensitive topics.
Back to the JungleWTO Faces Existential Threat in Times of Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump has set his sights squarely on the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Even its critics are worried that without the organization, the world of trade would revert to the law of the jungle.
By Martin Hesse
Roberto Azevedo, the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is enjoying the moment. Outside, in front of the neo-classical Centre William Rappard, the headquarters of the WTO, Lake Geneva is glittering in the spring sun, while inside, Azevedo is not facing a particularly challenging start to his day. His agenda calls for him to open the Natural Disasters and Trade Symposium - a routine duty.
Azevedo shows up in the conference hall 10 minutes late, shakes hands and chats briefly with colleagues. He is met with goodwill on all sides - which has become a rarity for the guardian of free trade in these turbulent times.
Mexico votes for new president, left-wing populist Obrador favoured to win
Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday in an election tipped to hand power to an anti-establishment outsider who would inject a new dose of nationalism into government and could sharpen divisions with Donald Trump's United States.
Former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has led opinion polls throughout the campaign and would be the first leftist to take the presidency in decades in Mexico if he ousts the ruling centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Runner-up in the 2012 and 2006 elections, Lopez Obrador pitches himself as the only man capable of cleaning up a political class whose credibility has been ground down by persistent graft, soaring crime levels and years of sub-par economic growth.
Why Ayatollah Khamenei will not negotiate with Trump
Ayatollah Khamenei wants to leave a lasting legacy behind and submitting to the US cannot be part of it.
by Saeid Golkar
In a June 13 Washington Post article, former US ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad argued that the Trump administration's approach towards Iran - withdrawing from the nuclear deal and imposing crippling sanctions - has a reasonable chance of bringing its leadership to the negotiating table.
The logic behind this idea is that imposing "the highest level" of economic sanctions will not only prevent Iran from supporting its proxies anddestabilising the Middle East, but will also lead to economic hardship and possibly mass discontent, which could shake the regime's stability.
EUROPE: EMBRACING IMMIGRANTS ONLY IN THE WORLD CUP ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH
I WAS SCROLLING through my Twitter feed last week, when I came across the following message: “who r u rooting for: the colonial black team or the diaspora black team.”
The message, referring to a World Cup match between France and Peru, had been retweeted by a former colleague. Annoyed, I wrote back, “Let’s just enjoy the football. This thing of seeing race in everything is exhausting…” She put me in my place: “I actually really like this question! Besides, not seeing race in everything is not a privilege I have. And it actually makes the matches *more* interesting for me.”
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