Mar 06 Half of EU women are victims of sexual harassment, new report finds By Anya van Wagtendonk Half of all women in the European Union have been sexually harassed and one third have been the victim of sexual or physical violence at some point since they were 15 years old. The majority of victims never reported the… Continue reading
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Mar 06 NATO air strike kills five Afghan soldiers By Sam Lane A NATO-led air strike in eastern Afghanistan killed five soldiers Thursday, Reuters has reported. "This attack, NATO has admitted to me they did it mistakenly," Afghan President Hamid Karzai said, according to the Associated Press. "We will investigate… Continue reading
Mar 06 Obama imposes visa restrictions aimed at Russian officials By Julie Pace and Lara Jakes, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration slapped new visa restrictions Thursday on pro-Russian opponents of the new Ukraine government in Kiev and cleared the way for financial sanctions as the West began punishing Moscow for its occupation of Ukraine's Crimea region. Continue reading
Mar 06 Dalai Lama opens Senate with prayers By Justin Scuiletti The Dalai Lama opened U.S. Senate proceedings with prayers Thursday, marking the first time the Tibetan spiritual leader has performed the traditional prayer that opens each session. Speaking in both Tibetan and English, the Dalai Lama offered several prayers and… Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch Leading coal producer agrees to pay record fine to clean polluted waters across Appalachia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Covering conflict and corruption, journalists face rising threat of violence and imprisonment By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Protesters, human rights groups demand release of Al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Fishing for data in the radioactive waters off Fukushima By PBS News Hour With help from fisherman and citizen scientists, researchers in Japan and the U.S. are tracking the nucleotides in the ocean creatures who swim in the plume of water tainted with radiation from Fukushima. Their research is part of a long-term… Continue watching
Mar 05 China plans to boost defense spending by 12 percent By Andy Swab The Chinese government announced Wednesday that their defense budget will increase by 12.2 percent, nearly 808 billion yuan, for the 2014 fiscal year. In U.S. dollars, China will be boosting its defense budget from $117 billion to approximately $132 billion,… Continue reading