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      18 March

      French anger spreads after Macron forces pension age rise

      Refinery strikes have escalated in France as the interior minister spoke of protesters wreaking havoc across the country and some MPs called for police protection, amid anger at the government pushing through a rise in the pension age without a parliamentary vote. More than 300 people were arrested across France overnight during spontaneous protests against Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament and force through his unpopular pensions changes, including raising the eligible age from 62 to 64. Macron instructed the prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, to invoke article 49.3 of the constitution, which allows the government to adopt a bill without a parliamentary vote, because he said there was too much economic risk to the country if MPs voted against the bill. As opposition politicians…

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    • 18 March

      Dominic Raab wants law change to prevent Levi Bellfield’s marriage bid

      The justice secretary has said he plans to change the law because a legal challenge from Bellfield, who is currently serving two whole life sentences for the murder of two women and a 13-year-old girl, is not “appropriate”. The 54-year-old applied to marry his girlfriend last year, and has made a bid for legal aid to challenge the decision to block the marriage. Mr Raab said that it would be “wrong” for taxpayers to have to fund Bellfield’s bid to get married, but added there was “no question” this would be the outcome if the challenge went ahead. “I don’t think it is appropriate and, both within the realm of the existing powers that I have but also the legislative agenda, on which…

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    • 18 March

      ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin Over ‘War Crimes’, Ukraine Says Wheels of Justice Are Turning

      The International Criminal Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him for the war crime of “unlawful deportation” of children from Ukraine. In its first warrant for Ukraine, the ICC accused the 70-year-old President of Russia of allegedly being responsible for the “war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.” “The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022,” it added. The Hague-based ICC said it had also issued a warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, on similar charges. The statement noted that based on the Prosecution’s…

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    • 17 March

      China foreign minister urges solution to Ukraine war in rare call

      Qin Gang in phone call with counterpart Dmytro Kuleba expresses concern that war with Russia could spin out of control. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang holds a book of China’s Constitution at a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, China on March 7, 2023 [File: Thomas Peter] China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has told his Ukrainian counterpart that Beijing is concerned about the war against Russia spinning out of control and urged talks on a political solution with Moscow. Qin told Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that China wanted to see peace negotiations advance, during a rare phone conversation on Thursday, the foreign ministry in Beijing said in a statement. China “always upheld an…

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    • 17 March

      North Korea confirms fired ICBM, says it was Hwasong-17

      The Hwasong-17 is the largest road-mobile, liquid-fuelled ICBM in the world. The Hwasong-17 was launched from Pyongyang International Airport [KCNA/KNS] North Korea has confirmed it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile and that it was the Hwasong-17, known as the country’s “monster missile”. The launch of the banned missile was detected by neighbours South Korea and Japan on Thursday, hours before South Korean President Yook Suk-yeol was due to fly to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. It was the latest in a series of weapons tests that have coincided with Freedom Shield – the large-scale joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea that began on Monday and that Pyongyang regards as a rehearsal for invasion. Confirming the…

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    • 17 March

      Q&A: Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines and ASEAN’s reaction

      China condemned Australia’s plan to acquire the attack submarines from the US but how have Southeast Asian nations reacted? Australia has made its single greatest investment in military capability since World War II, signing a deal with the United States to buy three Virginia class nuclear-powered attack submarines over the next decade and two more vessels if required. Described as Australian history’s “single biggest leap” in military modernisation, the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines will see Canberra join just six other countries in the world that have such weapons in their inventories. Agreed under the AUKUS defence pact with the US and the United Kingdom, Australia’s desire to have submarines powered by nuclear propulsion technology has been inspired by one country: China. China’s meteoric rise as…

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    • 17 March

      Japan, South Korea move to mend ties at landmark summit

      Leaders Yoon Suk-yeol and Fumio Kishida find common ground on contentious issues amid growing regional security challenges. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the popular Rengatei restaurant, which specialises in Japanese-style Western dishes [Japan’s Cabinet Public Relations Office/Kyodo] The leaders of Japan and South Korea were all smiles as they agreed to put a century of difficult history to one side and work together to counter regional security challenges. The Tokyo summit between South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol and Japan’s Fumio Kishida – in the first visit to Japan by a South Korean president in 12 years – highlighted how the two United States allies have been brought closer by North Korea’s frequent missile launches…

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    • 17 March

      Families urge Philippines to work with ICC on ‘drug war’ probe

      The court is looking at the deaths of thousands of people after former President Rodrigo Duterte unleashed his brutal ‘drugs war’. Nanette Castillo grieves over the body of her son Aldrin after he was killed in October 2017. Manila, Philippines – Families of the victims of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal “drug war” are urging the new government to cooperate after the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it would resume its investigation into the killings. Llore Pasco, 68, lost two of her sons in May 2017. According to the police, they were criminals and probably killed by fellow hoodlums or rivals. Pasco never believed the story. Her sons’ bodies were peppered with bullets and torture marks. Officially, the incident is still being investigated by…

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    • 17 March

      ‘I can’t get rid of this trauma’: Fury over Indonesia verdicts

      Survivors and families of those who died in the October football tragedy feel the lives of the dead have been disrespected. Two freed, one police officer jailed over Indonesia stadium crush Malang, Indonesia – After the Surabaya District Court sentenced a police officer to 18 months in prison – and acquitted two others – for their roles in last year’s crush at the Kanjuruhan stadium, residents in the Indonesian city of Malang say they feel frustrated and disrespected. Many decided to stay away from this week’s court proceedings, saying they were too traumatised from what they had experienced and too disenchanted with what they called a lack of accountability from authorities. Two match officials were also jailed last week over the October 2022 crush, which…

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    • 17 March

      Indian yoga instructor fined for molesting woman in Singapore

      Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Jing Min said during the lesson, Kumar placed his hand on the victim’s lower back and applied pressure without asking her permission, The Straits Times reported. Representational Image Singapore: Kumar Amrit, a 29 year-old Indian national formerly working with a yoga institute in Singapore, was fined $4,000 by a court here on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to molesting a female student last year. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Jing Min told the court that in April 2022, the victim, whose details have been redacted from court documents, bought a package for one-on-one lessons at Trust Yoga in Telok Ayer Street. Min said during the lesson, Kumar placed his hand on the victim’s lower back and applied pressure without asking…

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