China probes police over attack on women that stunned nation

A man assaults a woman at a restaurant in Tangshan, China, on June 10. China is launching an investigation into a group of police officials over their handling of the attack. | REUTERS

China is launching an investigation into a group of police officials over their handling of an attack on female diners at a restaurant, an incident that prompted an outpouring of stories from women around the Asian nation who said they’d been badly mistreated in the past. Ma Aijun, the police chief of the district in

Filmmakers in Japan push for industry reform amid harassment allegations

Directors Takuya Uchiyama (from left), Yukiko Sode, Nobuhiro Suwa, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Atsushi Funahashi, Miwa Nishikawa and Koji Fukada at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday | KYODO

Hirokazu Kore-eda and some other Japanese directors said Tuesday they have established a group to push for the creation of an organization to improve the working environment in the domestic film industry amid increasing cases of harassment allegations. The group is seeking to establish a specialized organization similar to France’s National Center for Cinema and

Australia’s #MeToo movement puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history

Australia's Parliament House in Canberra. Over the past 18 months, thousands of women have exposed a culture of bullying and abuse in mining, the country's economic engine, as well as other workplaces, provoking public outrage and pledges of decisive action from politicians and executives. | REUTERS

SYDNEY – Australia’s mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders, who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment scandals stretching from the arid Outback to Parliament House. Over the past 18 months, thousands of women have exposed a culture of bullying and abuse in mining, the country’s economic engine,

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