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| Hong Kong vetoes China-backed electoral reform proposal | |  By Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-vetted electoral reform package criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic, easing for now the prospect of fresh mass protests in the financial hub. It will, however, be a blow to Beijing's Communist leaders, who had pressured and cajoled the city's pro-democracy lawmakers to back the blueprint that would have allowed a direct vote for the city's chief executive, but with only pre-screened, pro-Beijing candidates on the ballot. "This veto has helped Hong Kong people send a clear message to Beijing...that we want a genuine choice, a real election," said pan-democratic lawmaker Alan Leong.
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| Gunman at large after killing 9 at black South Carolina church | |  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A white gunman was still at large after killing nine people during a prayer service at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, the city's police chief said on Thursday, describing the attack as a hate crime. Gunfire erupted inside Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, Police Chief Gregory Mullen said. "To have an awful person come in and shoot them is inexplicable, obviously the most intolerable and unbelievable act possible," Charleston Mayor Joe Riley told reporters.
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| Four hurt in knife attack at Chinese market - police | | | A knife-wielding man injured four people, including one seriously, in southern China's Guangxi region on Thursday, police said, the latest in a series of such attacks that have raised public concern. Police in Beihai city detained a 30-year-old suspect over the early morning attack at a market, a statement on the city's police microblog said. Public sensitivity to knife attacks in China has heightened following a series of incidents, including a mass stabbing at a train station in March 2014 in the southwestern city of Kunming that left 31 dead. |
| Israel accuses U.N. children's rights envoy of 'improper conduct' | |  By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel has accused a senior U.N. official of misconduct in preparing a report that harshly criticized the Israeli army over the 2014 Gaza war while leaving it off a blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children's rights in conflict. The U.N. Security Council will hold a public debate on Thursday to discuss the latest United Nations report on children and armed conflict. In it, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said "the unprecedented and unacceptable scale of the impact on children in 2014 raises grave concerns about Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law ... (and) excessive use of force." Although formally presented in Ban's name, the report was prepared by his envoy on children and armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui of Algeria.
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| Shooting reported at church in Charleston, South Carolina | | | By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire on Wednesday evening at a historic African-American church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, and was still at large, a U.S. police official said, but there were no immediate confirmed reports of casualties. The suspect was described as a 21-year-old white man wearing a sweatshirt, jeans and boots, Charleston police said in a message on Twitter. Charleston Police Department spokesman Charles Francis said the shooting occurred at the Emanuel AME Church around 9 p.m. local time (0100 GMT). |
| China calls on police to use guns lawfully after shootings | |  A top Chinese security official has called for police to use their guns properly weeks after a shooting by police stirred controversy and raised questions about excessive use of force. Violent crime and shootings by police are relatively rare in China compared with some other countries but the police killing of a man during an altercation at a railway station in May provoked outrage on social media with many people complaining of police impunity. Chinese Vice Public Security Minister Huang Ming has urged police to use their guns lawfully to ensure both their safety and the security of the public.
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| South Korea parliament approves Park's pick for PM after scandal | | | South Korea's parliament approved President Park Geun-hye's choice for prime minister on Thursday after the incumbent stepped down following an allegation he accepted illegal campaign funds from a businessman. The post of prime minister is largely ceremonial in South Korea with the main responsibility being the head of the cabinet. Park's nominee is Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, a career prosecutor whom Park's office said was the right person to clean up corruption and help bring about political reform. |
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