LIMOGES (FRANCE): The father of two boys, aged three and four, has been jailed in France for feeding them nearly exclusively on Coca-Cola, the children’s lawyer said. The father, who can “neither read, nor write, nor count, doesn’t realise the seriousness of the situation and spent all his welfare money on alcohol”, Carole Papon, a representative of the association French Victims 87, said. “Within a few days of welfare payments being made, the family had nothing to eat. They only had Coca-Cola to drink,” she said. AFP
Chinese scribe slaps volunteer, charged with assault
London: A female Chinese reporter has been charged with assault after allegedly slapping a volunteer at an event on the sidelines of the UK’s Conservative Party conference last month where they were discussing political freedoms in Hong Kong. Kong Linlin (48), a reporter for the country’s state-run broadcaster China Central Television, was arrested after the incident at the event that featured pro-democracy supporters from the former British colony. Reuters
Sikh judge among most influential Asians in UK
London: Neil Basu, Indian-origin counter-terrorism chief in the Metropolitan Police, and Britain’s first Sikh judge Sir Rabinder Singh are among the most influential Asians in the UK in 2019, next only to Home Secretary Sajid Javid and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, both with Pakistani roots. The names were revealed in the Eastern Eye GG2 Power List released at the GG2 Leadership Awards organised by the Asian Media Group on Wednesday. PTI
Ethiopia’s first female prez
Addis Ababa: Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde (R) receives a book of the Constitution from former President Mulatu Teshomea (L) at the Parliament in Addis Ababa on Thursday. AFP
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