News Headlines - 03 October 2019

▽Shot Hong Kong protester prosecuted for assaulting police, rioting

The high school student who was shot by police during a clash on Tuesday was prosecuted for assaulting police and rioting, according to police Thursday.
Tsang Chi-kin, 18, the first victim shot at by police with a live round since the anti-government demonstrations began in June, and six other men were being prosecuted in court for rioting and other crimes in relation to the Tuesday protest... The male teenager was critically wounded in the chest when he was shot by a riot police officer at close proximity, but he has been in stable condition since Wednesday after surgery, according to local media.

▽Cambodian court convicts 2 Japanese in murder of taxi driver - The Mainichi

Two Japanese men in their 20s were on Thursday convicted in the murder of a taxi driver in Cambodia's northwestern province of Siem Reap earlier this year and sentenced to at least a decade in prison.
Handing down the verdict, Um Chanthol, presiding judge of the Siem Reap Provincial Court, meted out a 13-year term to Ryuji Nakakuki and a 10-year term to his friend Reimon Ishida.
The pair were also ordered to pay compensation of 100 million riels (about $25,000) to the bereaved family.

▽North Korea says it test fired a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile - CNN

North Korea said it test fired a new type of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang and Washington agreed to resume nuclear talks.
The launch marks a departure from the tests of shorter range missiles North Korea has carried out in recent months.
State-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the new-type of SLBM was a "Pukguksong-3."

▽Appeals court orders former French president Sarkozy to stand trial for illegal campaign financing

France’s highest appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by former President Nicolas Sarkozy to avoid facing trial over the alleged illegal financing of his failed re-election campaign in 2012.
The decision by the French “Cour de Cassation” means the case will now return to prosecutors who will decide whether Sarkozy should be tried. He denies any wrongdoing.

▽Trump administration targets Russians over attempted 2018 election interference - CBS News

The Trump administration has issued new sanctions against Russia over attempted interference in the 2018 midterm elections, a move that comes as the president faces increased pressure from an impeachment inquiry over his call with Ukraine's president. The new sanctions are the first imposed under an executive order the president signed a year ago warning countries against interfering in elections.