US release of 3D-printed gun software blocked
A US federal judge in Seattle has blocked the release of software that allows consumers to 3D-print firearms.
Gun access advocacy group Defense Distributed published downloadable gun blueprints five days early on Friday.
The firm had reached a settlement with the Trump administration in June to allow it to legally publish the plans.
But eight states and the District of Columbia sued the government on Monday to block the settlement, arguing the untraceable guns were a safety risk.
US District Judge Robert Lasnik issued a temporary restraining order halting the release hours before the 1 August deadline, saying the blueprints could fall into the wrong hands.
Protests in Indonesia as girl raped by brother is jailed for abortion
Activists file a complaint against judges who sentenced a 15-year-old girl to six months’ jail
Indonesian activists have filed an official complaint against three judges in Sumatra, who sentenced a teenage girl to six months in prison for having an illegal abortion after she was repeatedly raped by her brother.
An alliance of women’s rights and child protection activists met with members of the Indonesian Judicial Commission in Jakarta on Monday to urge them to investigate, saying the decision to imprison the girl was “grossly unfair”.
“In Indonesia they only see abortion as black and white, that we really can’t have abortions, whatever happens,” said Genoveva Alicia, a researcher from the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) who attended the meeting. “And they [the judges] see this as a normal case.”
EU Commission warns of 'fake news,' meddling in 2019 European elections
The EU parliamentary elections are vulnerable to "fake news" and cyberattacks, the commission said. The EU has called on social media companies and member states to better fight online voter manipulation efforts.
European Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King called on all European Union member states on Wednesday to take the threat of election meddling in the upcoming European elections seriously.
In particular, the EU security chief voiced concerns that foreign influence will be spread through social media, much like the cases of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections and the referendum on an EU agreement with Ukraine.
"All member states must take seriously the threats to the democratic process and institutions posed by cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns, and should have national plans to prevent them," King told Germany's Funke media group.
Egyptian women take back the streets with parkour
A group of young Egyptian women in Cairo have formed a parkour group – quite the feat considering that Egypt was classified by the Thomson Reuters Foundation as the most dangerous country for women in 2018. Our Observer is the founder of the first all-girls parkour group in the capital. She says that parkour allows girls to reclaim the streets in a country known for street harassment.
The sport parkour, which was created in France in the 1980s, got its name from the French word “parcours”, which means “path” or “course”. Participants criss-cross cities climbing walls, jumping and running between buildings. It’s essentially like an urban obstacle course. Men have been doing parkour in Egypt for at least the past decade. However, parkour for girls is new in Egypt.
“When you are a woman, the streets don't belong to you”
Yasmina Abdallah is 24. Back in 2014, after graduating with a degree in accounting, she decided to try training with a men’s parkour team.
China region set to become deadliest heat wave zone: report
Updated 0725 GMT (1525 HKT) August 1, 2018
China's north plain, one of the most densely populated regions on Earth, is set to become the world's deadliest heatwave zone by the end of the century, scientists say.
New scientific research suggests that unless there are heavy cuts in carbon emissions, climate change will lead to humid heatwaves that could push the area "against the boundaries of habitability" by 2070.
The results of the study of China's northern plain, which includes the capital Beijing, are particularly worrying because many of the region's 400 million people are farmers exposed to climactic conditions.
Hiroshima peace declaration to air concern over Cold War-like tensions
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Wednesday he plans to express concern over the re-emergence of Cold War-era tensions when he delivers his peace declaration to mark the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.
Amid a growing tendency in the world to put national interests first, Matsui will warn that this could create tensions reminiscent of the Cold War, a period of mounting fears of nuclear conflict.
The mayor unveiled the gist of this year's peace declaration, which he will make next Monday at a memorial ceremony to remember the 1945 atomic bombing.
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