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A two-year-old photo shoot with a Cree model wearing an Anishinaabe designer’s dress that was dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) has ignited pain and trauma, and raised thorny questions for Indigenous women’s advocates. The images were posted to social media last week by Enoch Cree Nation member Ashley Callingbull. They were from a 2019 Toronto Fashion Week shoot. Anishinaabe designer Lesley Hampton, a member of Temagami First Nation, said she hoped to send a strong message about MMIWG. Both the model and the designer, who also advocate on Indigenous women’s issues, have apologized to families who called the images disrespectful. Some of the critics said whatever good intentions were behind the photo shoot or the dress design — which featured hundreds of red dots on a sheer fabric — it only triggered more trauma for them. Some remarked on social media the red dots, which Hampton said were meant to represent missing or murdered Indigenous women, … [Read more...] about That Dress: Fashion shoot by Indigenous artists sparks trauma, apologies—and reflection

A teenager was beaten up and stabbed for allegedly opposing three boys who were stalking his sister and passing 'indecent remarks' on her in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji area, police said on Saturday. Image only for representation. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo The incident took place near the girl's school on Friday, when she was returning home along with her 17-year-old brother after attending classes, they said. The injured boy, a resident of Kalkaji, was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Trauma Centre, police said. In her statement, the victim's sister said while she was with her brother on Friday, three boys followed her and passed indecent remarks on her. When her brother objected to it, they all started beating him and one of them stabbed him in the abdomen and fled the spot, a senior police officer said. The victim is still unfit to record his statement, he said. The victim's sister, who is a class 12th student, told reporters … [Read more...] about Delhi boy beaten, stabbed for confronting sister’s stalkers

SINGAPORE: A doctor who filmed a nurse while she was using a toilet has been suspended from practice for four months by a disciplinary tribunal. Dr Lum Yang Wei placed his mobile phone under the door of a handicapped toilet at a hospital and filmed the nurse on Feb 19, 2016, said the tribunal's grounds of decision on Thursday (Jul 2). He took the video while the nurse was relieving herself, causing her to panic, said the tribunal. She remained hidden in the toilet for a period of time because she was afraid the person filming her was still in the area, it added. Dr Lum later admitted to the police that he had taken two videos of the victim on that day. He also said that he started taking such videos during his previous job at another hospital. Dr Lum was charged on May 29, 2017, with insulting the woman’s modesty and later sentenced to six weeks’ jail. He completed his housemanship on Feb 28, 2019 after his release from prison and was offered employment at a hospital, … [Read more...] about Doctor who filmed nurse in toilet suspended from practice for 4 months

CANBERRA: Worldwide demand for South Korea’s “drive-thru” COVID-19 test kits and other precision contact tracing methods boosted the country’s image as a leading global health care and technology powerhouse. Early success in managing the pandemic also gave South Korean voters more confidence in President Moon Jae-in’s administration. On Apr 15, Moon’s public approval rating reached a 17-month high of 54.4 per cent and his Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections. The election victory was partly a matter of luck. Moon’s leadership began to shine during the COVID-19 crisis, especially by swaying public opinion toward his administration’s all-out campaign for pandemic management. Until then, he had faced a lame-duck situation, with a record-low public approval rating of 39 per cent, partly due to the Cho Kuk scandal . He presided over South Korea’s slowest economic growth in decades and stalled nuclear talks with North Korea. READ: Commentary: … [Read more...] about Commentary: South Korea has pulled off a stunning coronavirus turnaround

MANCHESTER: To those who knew him, Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga was an “engaged member of society” who was studying for a PhD at Leeds University. But behind closed doors, the 36-year-old student preyed on more than 190 men in Manchester, drugging them before sexually abusing them while filming the attacks. Over two and a half years, Sinaga remained unknown to the police until one of his victims woke up during an assault and fought him off, before reporting the Indonesian student to the police. READ: ‘Kind, quiet man turned monster’: Friends of Indonesian serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga shocked by crimes Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said on Monday (Jan 6) – after Sinaga was sentenced to life imprisonment for 159 counts of sexual offences against 48 men – that there were about 70 victims who have yet to be identified. Investigation teams found evidence linking him to more than 190 victims, police said. “NOT MUCH WAS KNOWN ABOUT SINAGA” Assistant Chief … [Read more...] about Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga went unnoticed for more than 2 years in UK rapes of 190 men

LONDON: A British teenager on Friday (Dec 6) pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a six-year-old French boy, who was thrown from the 10th-floor viewing platform of London's Tate Modern art gallery. Jonty Bravery, 18, admitted to the charge during a hearing at the Central Criminal Court. He was remanded in custody pending psychiatric reports and sentencing on Feb 17. The young boy suffered a broken spine, legs and arm in the attack, which happened in front of horrified visitors to the riverside contemporary art gallery on Aug 4. Bravery, who was 17 at the time of the attack, appeared in court via videolink and spoke only to confirm his name, adding that his nationality as "white British". Asked how he pleaded, he said: "I plead guilty. Guilty, yeah, correct." READ: Child thrown from London's Tate Modern gallery has broken spine, legs and arm His lawyer, Philippa McAtasney, told the court her client had autistic spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and … [Read more...] about Teen admits to attempted murder of French boy at London gallery

Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) On many weekends late last spring and early summer, with his football future very much in doubt, Brigham Young quarterback Zach Wilson pulled his Mazda 6 onto an I-15 on-ramp in Provo, Utah. It would be a Friday, mid-afternoon, and Wilson would be road-tripping to see his quarterback tutor, John Beck, in southern California. On these trips, Wilson alternated between podcasts and an audiobook. (Steve Young’s lessons of the benefits of adversity in “ QB: My Life Behind the Spiral ” resonated strongly.) Wilson put his body on mind-clearing autopilot, driving through southwest Utah, skirting through 28 miles of northwest Arizona, then into the Pacific Time Zone, through the Vegas sprawl in southern Nevada, into the High Desert of southeastern California, into the SoCal ‘burbs and crashing at the home of … [Read more...] about FMIA: New Insight On NFL’s 17-Game Schedule. Plus The Story Of One QB’s Quick (Door) Dash To Top 5 Prospect

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man living in Johor Bahru was sentenced to jail for assaulting his half-sister after he moved in to live with her in Singapore before Malaysia's Movement Control Order started. The 65-year-old victim, who suffers from schizophrenia, was found covered with bruises on all limbs, and had swollen and blackened eyes after her half-brother punched her and hit her with a leather belt. Zulkefly Yusof, 56, was sentenced to eight months' jail on Tuesday (Jun 23). He pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a vulnerable person. Another charge was taken into consideration for sentencing. The court heard that Zulkefly, who is unemployed, came to Singapore on Mar 16 before the Movement Control Order took effect in Malaysia. He stayed in the flat with his father and half-sister, 65-year-old Mariam Yusof. Ms Mariam had moved in to take care of their father, who had suffered a fall. Ms Mariam suffers from schizophrenia and has been receiving … [Read more...] about Man moved in with half-sister before Malaysia’s Movement Control Order and assaulted her, gets jail

THE Walking Dead fans were thrilled when it was revealed that their favourite show would be returning for six more bonus episodes. Season 10C brings with it another new nasty, in the form the Reapers. Who are the Reapers in The Walking Dead? At the moment we still don't know who the Reapers are as they don't feature in the comic books and haven't appeared on screen yet. They will be introduced at the end of the premiere episode of season 10C. Speaking about the Reapers, The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang told Den of Geek how the writing staff goes about crafting a new villain group, she said: “Whenever we’re dealing with a group from the comics, there’s usually a pretty well-defined kind of concept to them. "When we go to create groups that supplement material we’re taking from the comics, we try and take that same approach, which is to kind of say, what is their philosophy about how to survive? What did it come from? What is their background?" What happens … [Read more...] about Who are the Reapers in The Walking Dead?

Chairman of Hanoi City’s People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on March 01, 2021 promptly signed Decision No. 995/QD-UBND on granting the award. A letter from Hanoi Party Secretary Vuong Dinh Hue also acknowledged Nguyen Ngoc Manh’s brave act. On the evening of February 28, the unsupervised toddler named N.P.H climbed over the balcony of her family’s home on the 13th floor of Nguyen Huy Tuong Apartment Complex, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi. She managed to grab the railings but let go just several seconds after. At the time, Nguyen Ngoc Manh, who was on a courier run in the complex, spotted the girl and quickly climbed onto the first floor’s roof to catch her. The girl was rushed to the hospital where X-ray results showed she had a dislocated hip joint and several broken bones, but no further trauma. Source: SGGP News … [Read more...] about Man saving toddler from falling death awarded merit certificate