From Reuters Daily Briefing
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By Robert MacMillan, Reuters.com Weekend Editor
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- ‘They follow you’: Women sleeping outdoors after crossing into the Spanish enclave have reported sex crimes to local authorities, including a minor who allegedly was penetrated and forced to sell drugs. “A lot of guys are trying to attack the girls every night, sometimes just when you go to the toilet.” Another said police told the women there was little they could do.
- Hunger in Somalia: UNICEF expects nearly 1.9 million children to face malnourishment this year and forecasts a 32% jump in the number of children to facilities with severe acute malnutrition and complications. More than 200 health and nutrition facilities have closed because of Western aid cuts.
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- Fedorov’s gamble: Ukraine’s ousted defense minister tried to broaden a political fight with Volodymyr Zelenskiy by calling for wartime elections. It didn’t work, so Mykhailo Fedorov is off to the United States to try his hand at investment funds and Ukrainian startups, a source said.
- Denial: Kim Jong Un’s sister denied Zelenskiy’s claim that North Korea plans to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia.
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- Sicily: The town of Floridia recorded Europe’s hottest temperature, 48.8C/119.8F, in August 2021. Residents thought it would be an isolated event, but now it’s a way of life, one that some compare to the pandemic lockdowns.
- The bill: The bulk of the losses from wildfires and floods throughout Europe over the past few years are uninsured. That means the public will pay unless countries come up with another solution.
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- Close calls: Australia’s transport safety regulator is investigating a fourth incident at the airport in less than a month after air traffic control directed two planes toward the same intersection on the ground.
- Australia roundup: A court began hearing the appeal of Erin Patterson, who was convicted of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by feeding them toxic death-cap mushrooms. And police recovered the body of a missing teenage hiker near Sydney. New South Wales’ premier apologized for initially reporting that 18-year-old Lily Hooper had been found alive.
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- An 18-year-old man armed with a sword attacked students at a Swedish high school, killing one person and injuring three.
- Harvard University will pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits from families after the former manager of its morgue sold their relatives’ body parts on the black market.
- Authorities warned that there are tens of thousands of potentially unsafe condoms floating around France’s shops and pharmacies.
- Bolivian police detained Argentine consultant Fernando Cerimedo, an adviser to President Rodrigo Paz, as a suspect in the shooting of political commentator Nadia Beller.
- The Milky Way may be our home and all, but make sure you keep your hands and feet away from its mouth.
- The editor of this newsletter for nearly four years left us to run the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s newsroom. Good luck, Simon.
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