10 December 2019
A study finds 77 per cent of Nepalese girls are being banished to "menstruation huts", where they face extreme weather, animal attacks and sexual violence, despite the custom having been outlawed.
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10 Dec: New Zealand police say they do not believe they will find any more survivors after a devastating volcanic eruption engulfed tourists on the country's White Island.... more
10 Dec: A geology expert says there was "very little warning" of a volcano eruption on White Island, despite New Zealand authorities upgrading the volcanic alert level less than a month ago.... more
10 Dec: There are fears for the safety of a group of hikers photographed walking near the edge of a White Island's crater just before the New Zealand volcano erupted, killing at least five people.... more
9 Dec: Malaysian Government figure Anwar Ibrahim remains determined to become the country's eighth prime minister, despite allegations from a former staffer of sexual assault emerging late last week.... more
9 Dec: From star-lit skies to mountain vistas, and crayfish claws to glow-in-the-dark fungi — these award-winning photos from ecologists in Australia are stunning.... more
9 Dec: More than 63 children in Samoa have died from measles. After a mass vaccination campaign, authorities are hopeful the spread of the highly contagious virus has been contained, but remain on edge. How did it come to this?... more
9 Dec: A 10-year resident of Hong Kong, domestic worker Yuli Riswati, is deported after expressing her sympathy for the pro-democracy movement and reporting on the protests in her spare time.... more
9 Dec: An artist causes a ruckus in the art world after he grabs a prized banana that had been taped to a wall and sold for $US120,000 and eats it in what he declares his own performance art.... more
9 Dec: Survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence say too many men in UK politics have been accused of mistreating women. Their solution? Take their seats in Britain's Parliament.... more
