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| Falcon says will help Swiss authorities in 1MDB criminal probe | |  ZURICH (Reuters) - Falcon Private Bank said on Wednesday it would look for a speedy resolution of a Swiss criminal probe into its alleged failure to prevent suspected money laundering linked to Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). "The bank has cooperated with the OAG (Office of the Attorney General) already in the past and has voluntarily submitted relevant information and documentation," Zurich-based Falcon, owned by Abu Dhabi's IPIC fund, said in a statement. ...
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| My oath - new generation of Hong Kong lawmakers defies Beijing | |  By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three newly elected Hong Kong legislators used their swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday to raise the contentious issues of independence and more democracy, highlighting growing defiance of Beijing among the city's young activist politicians. The three are among a new generation in the city, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, demanding greater self determination, at least six of whom won seats in its 70-member legislature in an election last month. Two of the new lawmakers pledged allegiance to a "Hong Kong nation" and displayed a "Hong Kong is not China" banner as they took their oath.
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| Lawyers drop defence of top suspect in Paris November 13 attack | |  Lawyers defending the man believed to be the sole living suspect in Islamist militant attacks that killed 130 people in France last November have resigned from the case after months in which their client has refused to talk. Salah Abdeslam, who has been held in solitary confinement near Paris since he was captured earlier this year, does not want to talk and no longer wants legal representation, his lawyers Frank Berton and Sven Mary said on BFM Television. Berton, a high-profile French criminal lawyer, said that Abdeslam was refusing to talk because of the 24-hours-a-day camera monitoring in his high-security jail, conditions which the lawyers have repeatedly tried and failed to get changed.
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| Gunman kills 14 at shrine in Afghan capital, police say | | | At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday when a gunman in a police uniform opened fire on worshippers gathered at a shrine in the Afghan capital of Kabul for a Shi'ite holy day, officials said. Thirteen civilians and one police officer died and 36 people were wounded, said Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi. Ministry of Public Health officials said at least 43 people had been injured in the incident and had been taken to hospitals in the city for treatment. |
| INVESTIGATION - Baby traffickers thriving in Nigeria as recession bites | | | By Anamesere Igboeroteonwu and Tom Esslemont ENUGU, Nigeria/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As 16-year-old Maria strained under the anguish of labour in southeastern Nigeria, a midwife repeatedly slapped her across the face - but the real ordeal began minutes after birth. A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigative team spoke to more than 10 Nigerian women duped into giving up their newborns to strangers in houses known as "baby factories" in the past two years or offered babies whose origins were unknown. Although statistics are hard to come by, campaigners say the sale of newborns is widespread - and they fear the illegal trade is becoming more prevalent with Nigeria heading into recession this year amid ongoing political turbulence. |
| Russian Olympic chief to step down | |  By Jack Stubbs and Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, intends to step down, in the biggest change at the top of Russian sport since a doping scandal led to the country's track-and-field athletes being excluded from the Rio Olympics. President Vladimir Putin said late on Tuesday that Zhukov had told him he wanted to leave the role so he could concentrate on his other job as first deputy speaker in the lower house of the Russian parliament. "This is without doubt the right thing, we support it completely," Putin said at a meeting of sports officials in Vladimir region, about 250 km (150 miles) east of Moscow, that Zhukov was attending.
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| China angered as U.N. rights chief attends ceremony for jailed academic | | | China expressed anger on Wednesday after the United Nations human rights chief spoke at an award ceremony for a prominent Chinese academic jailed for life two years ago for campaigning for the rights of the Muslim Uighur people. Ilham Tohti, who is an ethnic Uighur, was selected from three finalists for the Martin Ennals Award, whose jury is composed of 10 activist groups, including Amnesty International, where Ennals was an early secretary-general. China has dismissed the award, saying Tohti's crimes were clear. |
| Turkey arresting 215 more police officers in post-coup investigation - NTV | | | Turkish authorities on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for 215 police officers, including 147 police chiefs, broadcaster NTV reported, in an operation linked to July's attempted coup. Thirty from the group have been arrested so far, NTV said. Turkey has seen two mass arrests in the police force since Oct. 7, that the government says aims to root out supporters of U.S-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara blames for masterminding the abortive coup. |
| British parliament will not vote on triggering EU divorce - PM's spokeswoman | | | There will not be a vote in Britain's parliament on triggering formal divorce talks with the European Union, a spokeswoman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday. Earlier, sterling firmed after May offered lawmakers some scrutiny of the government's Brexit plans, agreeing to demands for a debate before triggering Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which starts a two-year process for Britain to leave the bloc. "There will not be a vote on triggering Article 50," May's spokeswoman said. |
| Trump would be 'dangerous' from global viewpoint - U.N. rights boss | | | If Republican candidate Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, it would be "dangerous from an international point of view", the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein cited Trump's views on vulnerable communities and his talk of using torture, banned under international law, as "deeply unsettling and disturbing". "If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already - and unless that changes - I think it is without a doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view," Zeid told a news briefing in Geneva. |
| Police failures undermine UK slavery fight, says commissioner | |  By Timothy Large LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Poor coordination and a failure to prosecute traffickers is undermining progress in Britain's fight against modern slavery, even as groundbreaking legislation starts to bite, the UK's anti-slavery tsar said. Kevin Hyland, appointed independent commissioner two years ago as part of Britain's widely lauded Modern Slavery Act, said early in the job that he would measure success by a rise in the number of traffickers put behind bars. "There aren't enough prosecutions, and that's in the UK and internationally," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview before the release of the 2015-16 review.
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| UK's May always saw parliament playing important Brexit role - spokeswoman | | | Prime Minister Theresa May always wanted parliament to play "an important role" in Britain's departure from the European Union and her agreement to demands for a "full and transparent" debate in the chamber reflects that, her spokeswoman said. "We've always said that parliament has an important role to play, and the amendment reflects that," her spokeswoman said. |
| Britain's May offers lawmakers some scrutiny of Brexit process | |  British Prime Minister Theresa May has offered to give lawmakers some scrutiny of the process to leave the European Union on condition they did not "undermine" her negotiations with 27 other members of the bloc. Lawmakers from the opposition Labour Party proposed a motion in Parliament that called for a full debate on the government's plan to leave the EU and demanding Parliament be "able properly to scrutinise that plan for leaving the EU before Article 50 is invoked." In an amendment proposed under May's name and posted on the Parliament website, the government said: "The process should be undertaken in such a way that respects the decision of the people of the UK when they voted to leave the EU." Any scrutiny must "not undermine the negotiating position of the Government as negotiations are entered into which will take place after Article 50 has been triggered," according to a copy of May's amendment.
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