Winston Watts

Woody Allen is in the spotlight again over old accusations

February 5, 2014Global Scan

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof brought new media attention to Woody Allen’s past over the weekend, when Kristof published a letter from Allen’s adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, restating her claim that Allen had molested her. In Russia, Jamaica’s bobsled team arrives in Sochi without their equipment. And a UN committee denounces the Vatican’s handling of child sex abuse, all in today’s Global Scan.

Is this China’s environmental future?

January 17, 2014Global Scan

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