A Chinese man is being investigated for running a "veterinary" clinic on the street that cut the vocal cords of "noisy" dogs for a fee, local authorities announced Monday. Chinese media in Chengdu, the capital of southwest Sichuan province, released footage Sunday of the alleged ...
Labor standard inspectors have determined that a Cambodian man working under a government trainee program suffered depression after he was verbally and physically abused by his Japanese co-workers, a union that helped with the 34-year-old's case said Tuesday. While working as a plumber for a ...
More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law requiring immediate notification. The Health and Human Services inspector general's ...
When Japanese women are physically or sexually abused by their partners, they tend to keep quiet and refrain from reporting the violence to the police. But, in Europe, women who go through the same demeaning experience are more inclined to let the authorities know, according ...
Chinese authorities have released on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands. The three activists walked out of a police station in Ganzhou, a city in southeastern Jiangxi province, ...
A kangaroo has been found shot dead on an Australian roadside, tied to a chair and holding a bottle of booze, sparking outrage over the killing Wednesday. The animal, wearing a leopard-print shawl and propped up with ouzo in its arms, was discovered in Melbourne's ...
A junior lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday indicated her intent to resign following allegations that she physically and verbally attacked one of her secretaries, an LDP source said. The move by second-term Lower House lawmaker Mayuko Toyota comes as campaigning starts ...
A man investigating working conditions at a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes has been arrested and two others are missing, his wife and an advocacy group said Tuesday. Hua Haifeng was accused of illegal surveillance, according to his wife, Deng Guilian, who said ...
Researchers Monday urged tougher laws to protect victims of "revenge porn" in Australia after a survey revealed abuses, including shooting and sharing intimate images without permission, on a "mass scale." One in five Australians have fallen prey to abusive behavior, including having intimate photographs taken ...
A business that claims to help socially withdrawn people is being sued by a mother and daughter for allegedly taking the daughter from home by force and holding her against her will under the threat of violence. According to the suit filed with the Tokyo ...
An Indian state minister has given hundreds of wooden bats to newly-wed brides, urging them to use the paddle as a weapon if their husbands turn alcoholic or abusive. Gopal Bhargava gave the bats — which are used to get dirt out of clothes in ...
Police and townsfolk in Waynesboro, Virginia, are trying to figure out why someone is abducting and shaving pet cats. Since December, at least seven cats have suddenly shown up at their homes with shaved belly, groin and leg areas, Waynesboro Police Captain Kelly Walker said ...
