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India's watchmen question whether Modi embrace will improve their lot
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - For over a decade Arvind Singh has worked as a watchman in New Delhi, doing the rounds of the streets with a whistle and a wooden stick to keep vigil at night.
Proper training needed for watchmen
SECURITY guard trainer C. Regunathan is concerned that the lack of proper training is putting the lives of security guards at risk.
Militia members, others charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor; she says Trump complicit
(Reuters) - Thirteen men, seven of them associated with an anti-government militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen, have been arrested on charges of conspiring to kidnap the Michigan governor, attack the state legislature and threaten law enforcement, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Council to draft standards for low-paying jobs
Low-paying jobs such as that of watchmen and hotel chambermaids will soon have their own 'standards' along with other blue-collar jobs.
Palestinian vigilantes patrol villages amid fear of more arson attacks
QUSRA, West Bank (Reuters) - Armed men stopping cars at checkpoints in the West Bank are usually Israeli security forces policing the occupied territory, but in some areas they are Palestinian civilians patrolling their own villages.
Adaptations lack personalisation
BOOKS — not only do they serve as repositories of knowledge, but they can also serve as keys to escape the mundane, humdrum world of everyday. Of late, however, there seems to be a rising trend in turning words on paper into images on the silver screen.
Lausanne watchman rings cathedral bell anew to signal hope amid pandemic
LAUSANNE (Reuters) - In Lausanne, a Swiss city on the shores of lake Geneva, the coronavirus outbreak has revived a tradition of centuries past: The cathedral watchman climbs the 153 stone steps to his tower at night, puts on a black hat, lights a lantern and rings the "La Clemence" bell to stir residents' solidarity and courage.
No gifts, Philippine cops told
MANILA: The Philippine National Police reminded its officers that they cannot accept gifts from the public, but said it would defer to the “better wisdom” of President Duterte, who earlier said it was okay to receive gifts as long as there was no corruption involved.
Accused militia members arraigned on domestic terrorism charges in Michigan
(Reuters) - Six men arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot by armed extremists to kidnap Michigan's governor have been arraigned on domestic terrorism and weapons charges, while a seventh awaits extradition from South Carolina, authorities said on Friday.
As election looms, U.S. authorities seek to separate bluster from threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When former special agent Tom O'Connor held a training session for new recruits this month at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Virginia headquarters, he turned to a key example to underscore the threat of domestic extremist attacks: the October 2018 mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
