The UN committee on the Rights of the Child said in its latest paper that the Vatican under Pope Francis has yet to take actions to the growing number of sexual abuse cases, and requested the Church to conduct a much-anticipated internal investigation to prosecute abusers and award compensation to victims.
The US Food and Drug Administration is currently in the process of drafting a proposed legislation to regulate e-cigarettes, the popular alternative to tobacco and nicotine patch.
A Businessweek report said federal and state legislators are having difficulty on addressing accounting concerns of businesses dealing legal marijuana. Four US senators recently submitted a proposal for the state to create a dedicated bank that will accept transactions of legal marijuana businesses.
Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest effort to curb free speech and seize control of media in Turkey has been successful when parliament members passed a law that allows a government agency to shutter websites without a court order on late Wednesday, a Wall Street Journal report said.
