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NEW DELHI—Protests over the handling of the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl spread across India on Sunday as the government came under pressure to ensure justice in a case that has shocked the country.The girl was kidnapped in January and held in a Hindu temple in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir while she was drugged, gang-raped and murdered, according to a police charge sheet posted on a local media website. The...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a federal lawsuit against opioid companies and stiffer penalties for drug dealers, arguing that the government must take a strong approach to combat an opioid addiction epidemic. U.S. President Donald Trump talks to his adviser Kellyanne Conway during an opioid summit being held at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueTrump said that he had urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to take legal action. “Hopefully we can do some litigation against the opioid companies,” Trump said at a summit hosted by the White House on the nation’s opioid crisis. Hundreds of states, counties and cities have sued drugmakers and distributors, saying that manufacturers have deceptively marketed opioids and distributors have failed to take action against indications the painkillers were diverted for improper uses. On Tuesday, Sessions announced that the federal government would seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recoup costs from the opioid epidemic. The Justice Department will file a “statement of interest” in consolidated litigation on opioids. It was not immediately clear whether, in his remarks at the summit, Trump was referring to that Justice Department action or pressing for further steps. The White House convened the opioid summit to highlight administration efforts to address drug abuse. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 42,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016, the last year with publicly available data. Trump complained that people dealing drugs on the streets did not face enough consequences in the United States. “Some countries have a very, very tough penalty - the ultimate penalty,” he said. “And, by the way, they have much less of a drug problem than we do.” He did not specify the type of punishment he would like to see drug dealers face. The White House has indicated it would favor new rules to provide prisoners with more opportunities once they are no longer incarcerated, but has declined to back changes that would reduce mandatory minimums for drug offenders. Additional reporting by Makini Brice; editing by Lisa Lambert and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they have received a formal request to reopen the rape investigation closed in 2017 involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, from the legal counsel representing the alleged victim. “Following today’s media reports that Julian Assange has been arrested in London, the legal counsel in Sweden has requested that the Swedish preliminary investigation regarding rape be reopened,” the authority said. The request has been assigned to Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson, it added. “We will now look into the matter and determine how to proceed. We cannot pledge any time frame for when a decision will be made,” Persson said in the statement. Reporting by Niklas Pollard; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, visiting Brazil to drum up support for his bid to push for a change of government in his country, said on Thursday he will return to Caracas by Monday despite threats of imprisonment. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido waves as he arrives at the European Union headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil Febbruary 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei MarcelinoGuaido said the leftist “regime” of President Nicolas Maduro was “weak, lacking support in Venezuela and international recognition.” Speaking to reporters after meeting with Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, Guaido called for the enforcement of economic sanctions against the Maduro government to continue “so that everything is not robbed in Venezuela.” Guaido, head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, last month invoked constitutional provisions to assume an interim presidency, arguing that Maduro’s re-election last year was fraudulent. He has since been recognized by most Western nations as the rightful leader of Venezuela. But he faces possible arrest if he returns to Venezuela for disobeying a Supreme Court order that he should not leave the country pending an investigation. He said on Thursday that he and his family had received threats, including of prison. He did not provide further details. Following a visit this week to Colombia for the launching of a U.S.-led plan to get humanitarian aid into Venezuela, Guaido is visiting Brazil to build diplomatic pressure against Maduro. He is set to leave on Friday for Paraguay and said he would plan his route back into Venezuela over the weekend. Related CoverageU.S., Russia fail in rival bids for U.N. action on VenezuelaSenators propose bill to let thousands of Venezuelans remain in U.S.“We continue to strengthen relations with countries that have recognized our efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela and hold free elections,” Guaido said in a Twitter message, after meeting in Brasilia with diplomats from about 20 European Union member states. He said there was no chance of dialogue with the Maduro government without discussing elections as a pre-condition. Bolsonaro said in a joint statement after meeting with Guaido that the opposition leader was the hope for restoring a “free, democratic and prosperous Venezuela.” Brazil was one of the first to recognize Guaido, after the United States and Colombia. It is hosting one of the Venezuelan opposition’s collection points for aid, and together with the United States has funded some 200 tonnes of food and medicine being stockpiled in the northern city of Boa Vista. Venezuela’s opposition failed to get that aid across the border as planned last weekend after Maduro closed it, sparking protests that killed one person and injured others. Russia and China, which back Maduro, vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-authored resolution at the United Nations Security Council calling for free and fair presidential elections and open access for the aid efforts. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was still working on plans to get the aid delivered to Venezuela, which is suffering from a deep economic crisis marked by widespread shortages of basic necessities. Slideshow (5 Images)“We are hopeful that over the next couple of weeks, we can really begin to make a dent in that problem,” Pompeo told reporters while flying to the Philippines from Vietnam. Maduro denies his oil-rich nation has any need of aid and accuses Guaido of being a coup-mongering puppet for Washington. Reporting by Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassú, additional reporting by David Brunnstrom in Manila,; Editing by Paul Simao and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Asian markets sank in morning trading on Wednesday but bounced back slightly later in the day. The Seoul KOSPI index deflated about 0.3 percent by the end of trading, while in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1 percent. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong ended the day down about 0.6 percent.In Germany on Tuesday, the DAX index had gained 21.5 points, or 0.18 percent, to 12,123.71. But in London, the FTSE 100 metric fell 38.55 points, or 0.52 percent, to 7,372.92.The 10-year benchmark Treasury yield dropped 8.7 basis points to 2.07 percent as investors sought haven assets.Benchmark United States crude gained $1.37, or 2.9 percent, to settle at $48.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose $1.04, or 2 percent, to close at $53.38 a barrel in London.

Brazil's President Michel Temer has accused his country's judiciary of using allegations of corruption to destroy reputations.Mr Temer's statement came just hours before a Supreme Court justice authorised a new corruption investigation into the president.The president, like dozens of other Brazilian politicians, is already implicated in Operation Car Wash.Mr Temer has denied all accusations of corruption. A quick guide to Brazil's scandals Who is Michel Temer? In a statement released ahead of the anticipated announcement of the new charges, Mr Temer's office slammed those investigating alleged corruption.The biggest investigation of all is known as Operation Car Wash, said to involve bribes at the highest level. Among those implicated in the three-year investigation are two former presidents."We have reached the point where they try to convict people without even hearing them - without ending the investigation, without uncovering the truth, without verifying the existence of real proof," Mr Temer's office said. "Individual rights are being violated every day without the slightest reaction."The statement went on to question prosecutors' methods, which favoured the use of wire taps and statements from those who make plea deals.The latest investigation is hinged on a recording of one of Mr Temer's former aides, according to news agency Reuters."Reputations are shattered in conversations founded on clandestine actions," the president's statement said. "Bandits concoct versions based on hearsay in exchange for impunity or to obtain a pardon, even partial, for their innumerable crimes."Supreme Court justice Roberto Barroso decided on Tuesday investigators could probe Mr Temer's link to corruption allegations surrounding a decree regulating ports that the president signed.

For anyone who has had legitimate anger disavowed, who has had to sublimate feelings in order to appease, who has had to tamp down their rage as a means to function and questioned whether their experience of trauma was really that bad, the Kavanaugh hearings and subsequent confirmation unleashed a pyroclastic cloud of salty ash into our wounds. It has activated and re-traumatized a lot of people and for many of us, the coping mechanism for survival is defiance.When I wrote a memoir in 2016 about chronic gaslighting at the hands of my mother and its lingering effects, I was frequently asked to explain what the term meant. I wrote about it in 2017, and in the years since, I’ve heard from hundreds of people who have shared their stories of having been on the receiving end of such psychological manipulation. Trump’s presidency has ignited a cobalt triggered state and helped give this term a global platform. Gaslighting is now part of our common vernacular.One of the most sinister components of gaslighting is the denial of a reality you know to be true. When Dr Ford’s compelling testimony was mocked, challenged, doubted and disputed, when in the end, it didn’t alter the outcome, the emotional bullet that pierced our collective flesh carried the message: you won’t be believed and even if you are, it’s not going to matter.The vibrations of this dismissal were deeply felt. And when anger is disavowed, defiance kicks in. Acts of defiance, in various forms and sizes, have taken place every day.Recently, the author and journalist Deborah Copakan, unable to tolerate her rage, when she saw, on the day before Yom Kippur – the solemn Jewish holiday of atonement – one of the first online posts of Kavanaugh’s senior yearbook page, with its misogyny, slut-shaming, and alcoholic antics, wrote a letter to the man who had raped her the night before graduation from college over 30 years ago. She received an immediate (and unexpected) apology and turned it into a powerful piece for the Atlantic.In the wake of her article, I watched an interview she gave on CNN. When she was asked how this unexpected apology affected her, she spoke about the power of restorative justice.Restorative justice is, quite broadly, an approach to healing. A way to relieve the burden of anger, pain, shame and helplessness with the aim of finding forgiveness. By uniting the victim with the perpetrator, the torment is ameliorated when the perpetrator takes responsibility for their actions, faces their victim, and makes amends. This act of recognition is often transformative for both victim and perpetrator and is frequently mediated by someone trained to manage the meeting.At its core, restorative justice is predicated on the value of human communication. But also, that the perpetrator of the offense is capable of recognizing the harm they have caused and experiencing remorse.Towards the end of Deborah’s interview, I was struck by the question that wasn’t asked. What if her rapist hadn’t responded with regret? If he hadn’t repeated, “I’m so sorry” but had said, “I can’t remember what happened … how do I know it happened …” If he had obfuscated and evaded? Essentially, if he had not been accountable. How would she have felt?Since we are friends, I put the question to her directly.“The act of writing the letter provided the most relief,” she said. “The apology was the icing on the cake. I’m used to not getting apologies in my life from those who’ve wronged me. Apologies are the exception, not the norm. I’d placed the ball in his court. That was the whole point of writing the letter. Relieving myself of having to carry the burden of his crime alone.”Writing the letter was in itself, the catharsis. The restorative element of her experience was taking the action, not the result. She didn’t need his recognition of what happened and how he harmed her to move on. She was, in fact, prepared for him to deny it and when he didn’t, it was a bonus. And intrinsic to this scenario not having gone awry was the fact that the expectation for accountability was not there.Restorative justice is a complex issue and having an expectation can be emotionally dangerous. When expectation exists, there is too much room for disappointment and re-traumatization. It’s a perilous situation for the victim to be in when the potential for gaslighting is so high.For people who have been on the receiving end of gaslighting, the wish for it to be different is so durable and intractable, that it insulates them to trauma. You desperately want it to make sense. Logic will prevail. The belief that the gaslighter will see the error of their ways and they will change is a hardwire that is difficult to unplug.Confronting one’s abuser can backfire if you’re not prepared. How is restorative justice possible with sociopaths, pathological liars, blackout drinkers who rely on fractured memory for truth? How is it possible with malignant narcissists who are empathy-impaired?I see the merits in it as an alternative to the criminal justice system which often fails to deliver and I’m not against it, but it’s not universally relevant. And when it comes to violent sexual assault, chronic abuse over sustained period of time, emotional and psychological abuse … what does it restore, exactly?Gabriella Lettini, a professor of theological ethics and a dean at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, is someone who has worked with grassroots truth commissions, restorative and transformative justice models.“Restorative justice is helpful in many situations,” she says, “as it asks people to look at the larger picture of why the harm was perpetuated, and how it somehow affected everyone. However, that is exactly why for me it is not always helpful with sexual violence. Why would you have a woman have to understand and see the reasons that have brought a man to commit violence? We already know them. We have already been trained to excuse. If anything, we need the opposite.”She does not believe women should necessarily focus so much energy on understanding the perpetrator, caring for him, waiting for him or needing him to acknowledge what he has done to move on with healing.“I don’t think victims of sexual violence owe the perpetrators anything, and I don’t think they need a confrontation with them to engage with their healing (unless they really want to). Most often, an incredible amount of energy goes into preparing the perpetrator to acknowledge the harm so they can even be in the same space with their victim for restorative justice processes. That can still be traumatizing.”All of which provokes a bigger question. Why is an apology even necessary?When the Catholic church formally apologized to the Jews for failing to take more decisive action during the Holocaust, what good did it do? My father said: “It’s better than nothing” and I replied: “Really? How so?” Did it change anything for the victims? It was an act of repentance (53 years after the war) and they condemned and repudiated a genocide. It’s now on the record, in a document that acknowledges Christians have been guilty of antisemitism over the past two millennia. OK. It’s fine. But was anyone needing this apology in order to move on?I understand the desire for an apology. It’s about being seen and being heard. But needing the apology to move on, or lift a burden, is counting on an outside source for emancipation. There are other ways of accessing power for oneself.Apologies, as one friend points out, are for bumping into people. Sure, they’re appreciated, but frequently meaningless. People afraid of confrontation will apologize to avoid it. People apologize if they spill wine on a couch. People apologize for forgetting a birthday. I’m not sure an apology for gaslighting has any real traction because an apology is only significant if the person apologizing has the ability to recognize they have done something wrong. It is what a five-year-old learns: there’s a difference between saying sorry and meaning it. Gaslighters are capable of being accountable one minute, denying it the next, so the apology can be disorienting as well.Over two decades ago, when I was in my late 20s, I confronted my mother and, while making sure not to sound confrontational, used the words “child abuse”. She responded with, “What about Mommy abuse? No one ever talks about that!” It quickly escalated into a verbally and physically violent scene in a public place.Many times before and after, I would reflexively assert the reality of what had been said or done and the denial that these incidents occurred and the accusation I was looking to punish her with my unjustified anger, made it worse. Remarkably it never made me doubt my perception of the truth, but it was harmful because I was seeking confirmation of a reality which was consistently canceled. The deprivation of what was needed most held me in its grip.Now, that is no longer necessary. Writing the book was its own act of reclamation. To free myself was to be in control of my narrative. To know what you know and feel what you feel does not require outside validation.Relinquishing that need is restorative in its own right. Topics Sexual harassment Domestic violence features

As Brexit negotiations continue in Brussels, the clock is ticking and the deadline for an agreement is looming. But when the dotted line is signed, Theresa May will then have to sell the package to parliament – where she no longer commands a majority. That’s when all hell could break loose as MPs split into ideological groups that don’t necessarily follow traditional party lines. The Guardian’s Heather Stewart describes a febrile atmosphere in parliament as each Brexit tribe attempts to assert its authority, despite none having the numbers to strike a knockout blow. And if parliament can’t agree a deal, Britain could quickly enter a new crisis that could lead to new elections, a second referendum, a new prime minister or a disorderly, chaotic Brexit. The stakes could barely be higher. Also today, as Prince Charles prepares to celebrate his 70th birthday, the Guardian’s Caroline Davies describes what it’s like to cover the heir to the throne.

“It’s great that the court made a stand for its independence, but we need institutions to buttress it,” Mr. Gathara said, adding that two of the judges who sided with Justice Maraga sat on the Supreme Court in 2013 and rejected a similar petition by Mr. Odinga.“With these reversals, you never know what happens five years from now,” he said.In the days after the latest presidential election, Mr. Kenyatta’s government tried to shut down civil society groups. Just hours after his re-election was annulled, Mr. Kenyatta expressed his anger toward the court, saying that “six people” had ruled “against the will of the people.” Speaking to his supporters, he called Justice Maraga and the other justices “thugs” who had been “paid by foreigners and other fools.”Despite those inflammatory remarks, Mr. Kenyatta has respected the country’s laws and not called on the security forces to thwart the court’s ruling, said Patrick Lumumba, the lawyer representing Mr. Kenyatta in the latest Supreme Court case.“Ultimately it is his actions that should be given meaning,” Mr. Lumumba said. Kenya is well past the point of using the military to settle electoral disputes, he said.“The Kenyan judiciary is maturing and continually doing things in the country’s best interests,” he said. “They make mistakes, so it will have its days that will appear to be politically serving, but that is a process of growth.”Before the election, the government accused Justice Maraga of siding with the opposition.At one point, Mr. Kenyatta tried to woo voters in Justice Maraga’s hometown by saying the government had given “their son” a plum job as chief justice.To Mr. Kenyatta’s surprise, Justice Maraga fought back, accusing the president of “peddling” false claims. Those claims, the chief justice said, had a “corrosive effect on the perception of the independence of the judiciary.”

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It might be an albatross around the neck of taxpayers, but debt-laden Air India is keen to show its resolute commitment to the nation—in its own idiosyncratic way.On March 04, the state-owned airline issued an advisory to its crew to raise the slogan “Jai Hind”—with “much fervour” and “a slight pause”—after every in-flight announcement. The directive, issued by Amitabh Singh, director of operations, is in line with the “mood of the nation,” said officials, according to the news agency PTI.To be sure, this is the second time the airline has issued such a communication to its cabin crew.In May 2016, during his first stint as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, Ashwani Lohani had issued a similar directive: “The captain of a flight should often connect with passengers during the journey and, at the end of (the) first address, using the words ‘Jai Hind’ would make a tremendous impact.” Lohani began his second tenure as CMD last month, after serving as the railway board chairman for over a year.The “tremendous impact” he had envisioned with the 2016 communique, though, remains elusive. Cost-conscious passengers continue to shun the full-service Air India in favour of the no-frills airlines IndiGo and SpiceJet.Data from India’s civil aviation watchdog, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), for January 2019 showed Air India’s market share (12.2%) slipping below that of SpiceJet (13.3%), which is now India’s third largest carrier based on the numbers.Market leader IndiGo, meanwhile, did a greater service to the nation by expanding operations. It advanced its market share to 42.5% in January this year from 39.7% a year ago, all without the need to say “Jai Hind”. SpiceJet, too, served the country well by expanding regional operations under the government’s UDAN scheme to bring connectivity to underserved towns.With a falling market share, debt pile exceeding Rs52,000 crore (around $7.3 billion), and a burden of excess staff thanks to indiscriminate hiring, the government has been keen to privatise the airline. But plans to find a suitor last May received no response.Consequently, the carrier has been a drain on the government’s coffers as it is currently staying airborne thanks to repeated fund infusions from the government. The airline posted a net loss of Rs5,348.7 crore for 2017-18.Passengers on their next Air India flight may rest assured that the airline is as patriotic as ever, but the flag carrier will do well to know that its own seatbelt sign is on.

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They appeared to be posted on bulletin boards for specific programs, including boards dedicated to the Center for Israel Studies and to American Studies month, as well as one outside the university’s center for diversity and inclusion. Ms. Burwell said that the posters were found in four separate buildings on the university’s Washington campus.Dr. Kendi, a historian and author who joined the university this year, released a separate statement in which he tried to comfort students, “especially students of color and Jewish students, who may be feeling yet another rush of fear from tonight’s posters.”“I want you to know that you are a model of triumph,” he wrote. “And when you triumph you become a threat to people who would rather you fail.”He continued, “If they can’t keep you down by discrimination, then they have attempted to keep you down by terror, by instilling fear in you, in me.”This is at least the second time this year that racist symbols were discovered on the school’s campus. In May, bananas were found hanging from nooses on campus the same day that a student, Taylor Dumpson, became the first black woman elected student body president. The F.B.I. said at the time that it was helping the university investigate.Ms. Dumpson and other student government leaders released a statement Tuesday, calling the Confederate posters “horrifying.”“The significance of this occurring as our country continues to struggle with its history of white supremacy also cannot be ignored,” they said, expressing their support for the investigation “to bring whoever committed this act to justice.”

((Corrects paragraph 10 of Dec. 10 story to Molly-Ann Leikin from Emmy Leiken. The error first occurred in Update 4)) By Phoenix Tso SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters) - A massive California wildfire that has already destroyed nearly 800 structures scorched another 56,000 acres on Sunday, making it the fifth largest such blaze in recorded state history, as it ran toward picturesque coastal cities.But fire officials said as darkness fell that with the hot, dry Santa Ana winds not as fierce as expected, crews had been successful in building some fire lines between the flames and the towns of Montecito and Carpinteria. “This is a menacing fire, certainly, but we have a lot of people working very diligently to bring it under control,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told an evening press conference. Still, some 5,000 residents remained under evacuation orders in the two communities, near Santa Barbara and about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles. Some 15,000 homes were considered threatened. The Thomas Fire, the worst of six major blazes in Southern California in the last week and already the fifth largest in the state since 1932, has blackened 230,000 acres (570,000 hectares), more than the area of New York City. It has destroyed 790 houses, outbuildings and other structures and left 90,000 homes and businesses without power. The combination of Santa Ana winds and rugged terrain in the mountains that run through Santa Barbara and Ventura counties have hampered firefighting efforts, and officials said the Thomas Fire was only 10 percent contained on Sunday evening, down from 15 percent earlier in the day. But wind gusts recorded at 35-40 miles per hour were less than those predicted by forecasters, giving crews a chance to slow the flames’ progress down slopes above the endangered communities. The fires burning across Southern California have forced the evacuation of more 200,000 people and destroyed some 1,000 structures. Among them are residents of Montecito, one of the state’s wealthiest enclave and home to such celebrities as Oprah Winfrey. Firefighters knock down flames as they advance on homes atop Shepherd Mesa Road in Carpinteria, California, U.S. December 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department/Handout via REUTERSMolly-Ann Leikin, an Emmy-winning songwriter who was ordered to evacuate her Montecito home at 9 a.m. on Sunday, said she fled with only her cell phone, medication, eyeglasses and a few apples. Leikin, 74, said she doesn’t know the condition of her home and belongings but “none of that means anything when it is your safety.” The fires that began last Monday night collectively amounted to one of the worst conflagrations across Southern California in the last decade. They have, however, been far less deadly than the blazes in Northern California’s wine country in October that killed over 40. In the last week, only one death has been reported, a 70-year-old woman who died Wednesday in a car accident as she attempted to flee the flames in Ventura County. Scores of horses have died, including at least 46 at a thoroughbred training facility in San Diego county. Residents and firefighters alike have been alarmed by the speed with which the fires spread, reaching into the heart of cities like Ventura. At the Ventura County Fairgrounds, evacuees slept in makeshift beds while rescued horses were sheltered in stables. Peggy Scissons, 78, arrived at the shelter with her dog last Wednesday, after residents of her mobile home park were forced to leave. She has not yet found out whether her home is standing. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen next or whether I’ll be able to go home,” she said. “It would be one thing if I were 40 or 50, but I’m 78. What the heck do I do?” James Brown, 57, who retired from Washington State’s forestry service and has lived in Ventura for a year, was forced to leave his house along with his wife last week because both have breathing problems. “We knew a fire was coming, but we didn’t know it would be this bad,” said Brown, who is in a wheelchair. Slideshow (9 Images)Some of the other fires, in San Diego and Los Angeles counties, have been largely controlled by the thousands of firefighters on the ground this week. Both the Creek and Rye fires in Los Angeles County were 90 percent contained by Sunday morning, officials said, while the Skirball Fire in Los Angeles’ posh Bel Air neighborhood was 75 percent contained. North of San Diego, the 4,100-acre (1,660 hectare) Lilac Fire was 75 percent contained by Sunday and most evacuation orders had been lifted. Reporting by Phoenix Tso; Additional reporting by Mike Blake in San Diego and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Writing by Joseph Ax and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Scott Malone and Mary MillikenOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The authorities said that in this case the village head and some of his relatives had bought the land from a private seller a few years ago and the Gond people had refused to give it up. Several police complaints were filed in the time since, implying other standoffs. But the authorities said there had never been a clash even close to what erupted on Wednesday.Mr. Gond, pointing to powerful “land sharks” who routinely pay off local officials to manipulate land records, raised doubts over the legality of the land purchase.“On this particular piece of land, hundreds of tribals were earning their livelihood for several generations,” Mr. Gond said. “But the land mafias manipulated the land records and got it registered in their own names.”For generations, India’s 100 or so million tribals have populated the country’s dense forests. But colonial-era laws eroded their claims to the land, and tribal people were considered encroachers. The forests have also been shrinking as India’s population grows and wild land is cleared for dams, mines and farms.In 2006, the government tried to aid tribal groups by enacting the Forest Rights Act, a law that allowed traditional forest dwellers to remain on their land. But as India has developed, enforcement has been difficult.Mining and infrastructure projects continually threaten these populations, including members of the Gond tribe, who live in some of India’s poorest and most conflict-prone areas — a factor that has contributed to their landlessness.Ms. Malik, who works for the All India Union of Forest Working People in New Delhi, said that several tribal people were killed in nasty land disputes in the early 2000s.

By Updated Nov. 9, 2017 11:54 pm ET Investors in Outcome Health on Thursday said in a court filing that they were receiving subpoenas from the Justice Department as part of a fraud investigation into the prominent Chicago advertising startup. The filing, submitted to the New York State Supreme Court in New York County, said Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other investors, which are suing Outcome for allegedly defrauding them, were receiving the subpoenas on Thursday. The investors also said “additional inquiries” were expected from the Securities and Exchange Commission,... To Read the Full Story Subscribe Sign In

Days after claiming credit for ensuring that three UCLA college basketball players were released after being arrested for shoplifting in China, Donald Trump tweeted that “I should have left them in jail!”The US president lashed out at LaVar Ball, the father of one of the arrested players, for questioning how instrumental the president was in resolving the incident. Asked on ESPN Friday about Trump’s role in getting his son and two other players home, Ball said, “Who?” “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out,” Ball said. In response to an American father being “unaccepting of what I did for his son”, Trump tweeted that he should have left the three college students in jail in China.Trump had previously tweeted that he wondered if the three players would thank him, saying that they “were headed for 10 years in jail!” Although the three players, LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, were detained and questioned by police, they were never actually put in jail. Upon returning to the US, they were suspended indefinitely from the UCLA team. At a press conference this week, the players apologized and thanked the president. “A lot of people like to say a lot of things that they thought happened over there,” Ball had said on ESPN Friday. He defended his son, saying, “I’ve seen a lot worse things happen than a guy taking some glasses. My son has built up enough character that one bad decision doesn’t define him.”Ball is known for promoting his children’s careers: his eldest son, Lonzo, was drafted No2 overall by the LA Lakers this year. Rather than sign a multimillion-dollar contract with Nike, Adidas or Under Armour, LaVar released Lonzo’s signature shoe through his Big Baller Brand, with the sneakers retailing at up to $495.Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino, attacked Ball for those remarks on Saturday, tweeting on his personal account, “if it weren’t for President @realDonaldTrump, his son would be in China for a long, long, long time!” The president’s Twitter feed followed with a tweet criticizing Ball early on Sunday afternoon. Trump has previously used his Twitter account to attack black athletes who protested about police brutality against black Americans by kneeling during the national anthem. Last month, Trump used his official account to attack ESPN’s Jemele Hill, a prominent black sports commenter who has called the president a “bigot” and “a white supremacist”. “With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder ESPN ratings have ‘tanked,’ in fact, tanked so badly it is the talk of the industry!” the president tweeted. The White House press secretary had previously called on Hill to be fired for her criticism of the president. Topics Donald Trump Basketball China Asia Pacific College basketball US sports news

While an index might include an equal share of each company or might be weighted based on the market capitalization of each company, a mutual-fund manager attempts to beat market indexes by owning more of the winners and less of the losers than their comparable index.Recently, fund managers have been most “overweight” in the booming tech industry. But that may be changing.Fund managers have reduced their allocation to tech for four of the past five months, according to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. Their holdings are now at the lowest level since February 2017.As we watch for signs that investors might be getting less bullish, it’s interesting to see fund managers start backing away from the best performing sector in the market.Of course, you have to look at these changes skeptically, especially since the majority of fund managers have underperformed their benchmarks for years. But these managers say that their best performance will be when the market gets volatile as many expect may happen in 2018. The question is whether they are right in reducing their expectations for how well the tech sector will perform versus the rest of the market.With earnings reports from the likes of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft this week, we’ll soon have an idea if the fund managers are on the right track.

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