A booming tourist and expat community is in shock after the campsite murder of three foreign surfers.

Zimbabwe's parliament has started nationwide consultations after the Cabinet in February agreed to abolish the death penalty to conform with international standards. Columbus Mavhunga has the story from a public hearing in Bindura, Zimbabwe.

dhaka, bangladesh — Activists and human rights groups in Bangladesh are raising alarms over the government's culture of impunity for human rights abusers, as detailed in the U.S. State Department’s recently released annual human rights report. Bangladesh made no significant progress in improving its human rights situation, the department said in its 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The report said arbitrary killings, enforced disappearances and torture by government forces… Read Full Article

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries in the continent’s eastern half, a region that Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe. Following a stop in Paris on Monday to kick off his first European trip in five years, Xi will travel to Hungary and Serbia, two nations with autocratic leaders that are seen as China-friendly and close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As… Read Full Article

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warsaw, poland — Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into human skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because the advanced state of decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death, a spokesman said Monday. The remains were found February 24 at Wolf's Lair, which served as Hitler’s chief headquarters from 1941 to 1944, when the area was part of Germany. The compound of about 200 Nazi bunkers… Read Full Article

There are six months left in the U.S. presidential race between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Donald Trump. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns looks at what is ahead for the campaigns in the run-up to Election Day.]