Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December after reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims
Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims have been found guilty of breaching the country’s Official Secrets Act and sentenced to seven years in prison.
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, are being held in prison in Yangon after being arrested in December, in a landmark case that has prompted international outrage and been seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the south-east Asian country.
In his ruling, judge Ye Lwin said the men “tried many times to get their hands on secret documents and pass them to others. They did not behave like normal journalists.”
Rio Museum fire: Towering inferno consumes 200 years of priceless Brazilian relics
President Michel Temer calls it 'a sad day for all Brazilians'
A huge fire has broken out at the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, engulfing the entire structure and leaving workers scrambling to rescue its priceless relics.
The inferno could be seen for many miles around as the historic building, formerly the palace of the Portuguese royal family, was consumed by flames.
Brazil's president, Michel Temer, called it "a sad day for all Brazilians".
Thousands rally in Germany for migrant rescue missions
Almost 20,000 people have marched through Berlin and Hamburg demanding that Germany take in more migrants stranded at sea. Sunday's marches were organized in response to the violent anti-migrant protests in Chemnitz.
Up to 16,000 people marched through the northern German city of Hamburg on Sunday, urging officials to open up the city's ports to stranded migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean.
In a series of demonstrations organized by the "Seebrücke" (Sea Bridge) rights group, several pro-migrant protesters donned orange life jackets in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing parts of Africa for Europe.
Skyscrapers, trains and roads: How Addis Ababa came to look like a Chinese city
Updated 0048 GMT (0848 HKT) September 3, 2018
When Wang Yijun put Ethiopia's most expensive real estate project on the market, he experienced a strange phenomenon. People preferred the lowest floors over those with panoramic city views. "Power cuts mean elevators in this city often don't work," explains Wang, the site manager. "So the bottom-floor flats became the most valuable. You won't see this pricing in any Chinese city."
Replicating China's urban model in Africa has its challenges, but with limited developable space in Addis Ababa -- the capital is surrounded by protected farmland -- Wang believes high-rise living, such as Tsehay Real Estate's $60 million Poli Lotus development, is inevitable.
Punishing tax stops refugees studying at Hungarian universities
Dozens of refugees will not finish studies after Hungary's anti-migrant government imposed a punishing university tax.
When 27-year-old student and refugee Ananya Azad heard that he had been selected for a scholarship to attend Central European University (CEU) in Hungary, he quit his job in Germany and gave notice on his flat.
He had been chosen as a part of an initiative to provide education to migrants and asylum seekers in Europe.
A blogger and published author who fled from Bangladesh, Azad had hoped to use develop his expertise on the right to freedom of speech when the academic year begins on Monday.
China blocks access to Australian Broadcasting Corp sites
China has blocked access to the website of Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
The ABC said users in China were "abruptly" blocked from visiting its site and apps two weeks ago.
Chinese regulators told the ABC the site had breached the country's laws, but did not specify any violations.
China operates a strict internet censorship regime and often blocks access to foreign sites if they publish content it does not want people to see.
The BBC News and the New York Times websites are also unavailable in China at present.
The ABC's China-based journalists said they had confirmed the site had been blocked, after making several enquiries about its status.
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