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The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered the world’s second-biggest economy. Beijing’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Wednesday announced a nationwide loosening of its zero-Covid restrictions, reducing the scope of mandatory testing, allowing some …

Indonesia’s legislation banning sex outside marriage represents a major new threat to the LGBTQ community’s rights in the conservative country, where same-sex unions are not recognized. “It’s another nail in the coffin at the moment. A big nail,” Dede Oetomo, an activist with the LGBTQ rights group GAYa NUSANTARA, told …

A piece of machinery at a factory owned by Chinese firm Sunway Bike Co. Ltd in Long An Province exploded and killed a technical staff. The company in Duc Hoa District of the province, which borders Ho Chi Minh City, said the accident took place on Wednesday night, killing Wang …