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Same-sex marriage now legal in 30 countries

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Several countries in the Middle East still have the death penalty for homosexuality, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Facebook ordered to release anti-Rohingya posts for genocide case

Facebook has been accused of being slow to respond to abusive posts portraying Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims in sub-human...

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EU to ban forced-labour products in tougher China stance

The stance underlined a hardening Western approach to China

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UN calls for end to violence in Afghanistan

The UN says Afghanistan is mired in a humanitarian crisis affecting 18 million people, or half the population.

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Apple update will check iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

The new image-monitoring feature is part of a series of tools heading to Apple mobile devices, according to the company.

By Glenn Chapman

Scuffles in Berlin as Covid sceptics defy protest ban

Demonstrators held up signs saying "Freedom" and "No to the corona dictatorship", with few masks seen among them.

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Melbourne to lift virus lockdown as Delta outbreak contained

The country has recorded more than 33,000 infections and 920 Covid-related deaths in a population of 25 million.

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French Parliament adopts vaccine passports law despite protests

France recorded almost 23,000 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, twice as many as last week, as the Delta variant caused a...

By Stuart Williams

US Senate votes to ban products from China's Xinjiang

Rights groups believe at least one million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in camps...

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LGBTQ rights groups blocked on China's biggest social media app

While no government body has claimed responsibility for the deletions, activists fear the seemingly coordinated actions...

By Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen

EU leaders criticise Hungary over LGBT law

Another point of friction in the summit was a surprise push by Germany and France to revive dialogue with Russia by...

By Christian Spillmann, Marc Burleigh

Canada shaken by discovery of 751 unmarked graves at indigenous school

Searches have already turned up possible unmarked burial sites in Ontario and Manitoba provinces.

By Eric Thomas

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Hong Kong Bar Association 'gravely concerned' by security law

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Human Rights

Same-sex marriage now legal in 30 countries

Facebook ordered to release anti-Rohingya posts for genocide case

EU to ban forced-labour products in tougher China stance

UN calls for end to violence in Afghanistan

Apple update will check iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

Scuffles in Berlin as Covid sceptics defy protest ban

Melbourne to lift virus lockdown as Delta outbreak contained

French Parliament adopts vaccine passports law despite protests

US Senate votes to ban products from China's Xinjiang

LGBTQ rights groups blocked on China's biggest social media app

EU leaders criticise Hungary over LGBT law

Canada shaken by discovery of 751 unmarked graves at indigenous school

'Must do more': British royals reveal staff diversity data

Vatican in 'unprecedented' challenge to Italy homophobia law

No jury as Hong Kong's first 'national security' trial gets under way

Banking can't turn a blind eye to the trafficking-money laundering link

US makes Juneteenth a federal holiday to mark end of slavery

Hungary bans 'promotion' of homosexuality to minors

Blood and beatings: 1961 Paris Algerian massacre recalled

Pakistani TikTok user assaulted, stripped naked by mob of 400 men on I-Day

Closing the gap between the promise of AI and its implementation

Closing the gap between the promise of AI and its implementation

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How decentralisation is expanding the possibilities of finance

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Here is exactly why Trump's supporters like him

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Closing the gap between the promise of AI and its implementation

How decentralisation is expanding the possibilities of finance

Here is exactly why Trump's supporters like him

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