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Swiss voters say big 'yes' to same-sex marriage

Robin Millard with Eloi Rouyer in Bern, Agence France-Presse
Sep 27 08:00 AM | Updated Sep 27 04:20 PM

Nearly two-thirds of Swiss voters backed the introduction of same-sex marriage in a referendum held Sunday. Read more »

Egypt to tax social media stars

Agence France-Presse
Sep 27 07:56 AM | Updated Sep 27 11:43 AM

CAIRO - Egypt said it will tax social media content creators in a revenue raising exercise as more citizens look to online platforms to make a living. Read more »

China's Xi warns of 'grim' situation with Taiwan

Agence France-Presse
Sep 27 07:35 AM | Updated Sep 27 08:42 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that relations between Beijing and Taipei were "grim" on Sunday. Read more »

China's Xi congratulates Taiwan opposition's newly elected leader

Kyodo News
Sep 26 09:27 PM

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to Eric Chu, newly elected leader of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, Chinese state media reported. Read more »

Rush to Pakistan border

Bulent Kilic, AFP
Sep 26 07:00 PM

Islamabad restricted entry at the key international intersection following a rush toward the entry checkpoint of the Pakistan border as tensions between the two countries rise. Read more »

Israeli troops kill four Hamas militants in West Bank raids: military

Ali Sawafta and Rami Ayyub, Reuters
Sep 26 06:54 PM

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli troops killed four Hamas militants in gun battles during raids on Sunday against one of the group's cells in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military spokesperson said. Read more »

Australia's Victoria state records second-highest daily rise in virus cases

Melanie Burton, Reuters
Sep 26 12:08 PM | Updated Sep 26 12:15 PM

Australia's Victoria state reported 779 new COVID-19 infections and two deaths on Sunday, off the previous day's record high as the country's prime minister presses state leaders to be ready to reopen once they meet vaccination targets. Read more »

China’s coronavirus cases fall to 2-week low

Alice Yan, South China Morning Post
Sep 26 08:33 AM

Ten cases, 8 of them in Harbin city, were reported on Friday. Health authorities tell people not to travel to high and medium-risk areas of Heilongjiang and Fujian during upcoming holiday. Read more »

What comes next after release of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou?

Laura Zhou and Rachel Zhang, South China Morning Post
Sep 26 07:52 AM

Chinese observers say the case and the release of two Canadians show there is still room for compromise despite ongoing tensions. Some expect a movement on lifting of tariffs, but other issues are likely to be much harder to resolve. Read more »

North Korea: Hope alive for peace with the South

Heekyong Yang, Reuters
Sep 25 11:51 PM

North Korea is willing to consider another inter-Korean summit if mutual respect between the rivals can be assured, state news agency KCNA reported. Read more »

India to export 8 million COVID-19 jabs in October

ABS-CBN News
Sep 25 05:39 PM

India halted exports in May after a devastating coronavirus wave lifted its vaccine export ban this week with new infections and deaths slowing down. Read more »

Haitian migrants arrive in shelter

Pedro Pardo, AFP
Sep 25 12:49 PM

Haitian migrants are seen at the Terraza Fandango shelter after leaving a makeshift camp in the Braulio Mendoza Park in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico on Friday Read more »

Theranos founder wooed believers in 'parallel universe'

Glenn Chapman and Julie Jammot with Joshua Melvin in Washington, Agence France-Presse
Sep 25 11:02 AM

Here's how Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes duped investors into believing her blood testing startup was the next big thing. Read more »

China releases 2 Canadians: Trudeau

Agence France-Presse
Sep 25 09:52 AM | Updated Sep 25 11:32 AM

Two Canadians held in what China's Western critics branded "hostage diplomacy" were headed home Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Read more »

Catholic Church apologizes for abuses vs indigenous

Michel Comte, Agence France-Presse
Sep 25 07:44 AM

The Catholic Church apologized "unequivocally" on Friday to Canada's indigenous peoples for a century of abuses at church-run residential schools. Read more »

Boy, 2, accidently kills self with relative's gun

Agence France-Presse
Sep 25 07:39 AM

A 2-year-old died in Texas after shooting himself with a gun he found in a family member's backpack, officials said. Read more »

Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in West Bank: ministry

Agence France-Presse
Sep 25 07:34 AM

Another eight Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets, the Palestinians' official Wafa news agency reported. Read more »

'Quad' leaders meet in White House as China looks on

Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom, Nandita Bose and Michael Martina, Reuters
Sep 25 03:13 AM | Updated Sep 26 10:54 AM

Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia vowed on Friday to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific region "undaunted by coercion" at their first in-person summit, which presented a united front amid shared concerns about China. Read more »

Biden to discuss COVID response as CDC backs boosters

Reuters
Sep 24 10:33 PM

US President Joe Biden on Friday will deliver remarks on the nation's COVID-19 response, including vaccinations,. Read more »

Chinese police take away HNA chairman, CEO

ABS-CBN News
Sep 24 10:30 PM

China's HNA Group said on Friday that its chairman and its chief executive had been taken away by police due to suspected criminal offenses. Read more »

Swiss to vote on same-sex marriage

Rachel Savage, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Sep 24 10:09 PM

Sunday's referendum could make Switzerland one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalize same-sex marriage. Read more »

EU denounces Russian hacking ahead of German vote

Agence France-Presse
Sep 24 09:32 PM

The European Union on Friday condemned alleged Russian cyber attacks that have targeted Germany. Read more »

Uber unveils pension scheme for UK drivers

Agence France-Presse
Sep 24 09:26 PM

US ride-hailing giant Uber on Friday launched a pension scheme for its UK drivers after a court ruled they were entitled to workers' rights. Read more »

Sri Lanka vaccinates children over 12 against COVID-19

Ishara S. Kodikara, AFP
Sep 24 06:30 PM

A health worker inoculates a child against COVID-19 at a children's hospital in Colombo on Friday as the country began inoculating children over 12 Read more »

Japanese man ordered to pay 70M yen over murder of girl

Kyodo News
Sep 24 06:28 PM

Presiding Judge Tsuyoshi Momosaki ruled that Yasumasa Shibuya committed the crime. Read more »