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HONG KONG (AP) — At her wedding, Jaedyn Yu felt her father’s tears marked a subtle yet touching shift in his attitude toward love between two women.Yu’s family initially struggled to accept her partner after they fell in love in 2019. Seeking both family recognition and legal rights, the couple decided to marry. But rather than waiting for Hong Kong to establish its framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships, citing the uncertain timeline, they opted to marry via Zoom with a U.S. officiant in May and held their ceremony in Bali, Indonesia.Their concern proved prescient. Despite the top court ruling in…

TOKYO (AP) — It certainly wasn’t Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s greatest race. But in getting to the core of who she is and how to define the most decorated female 100-meter sprinter to ever put on spikes, that race earlier this year against other parents at her son’s sports day at school says a lot. Fraser-Pryce beat all those parents in the short sprint by a veritable mile. The drone footage of the scene is hilarious. At 38, with enough medals, trophies and other hardware to fill a warehouse, Fraser-Pryce surely didn’t have to line up for that one. But she was…

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government lifted its ban on social media platforms Tuesday a day after police killed opened fire on mass street protests against the ban, killing 19 people.The district administration ordered an indefinite curfew in the capital and schools were closed. A curfew was also imposed in two other cities.Several widely used social networks, including Facebook, X and YouTube were blocked in the Himalayan nation last week after failing to comply with a new requirement to register and submit to government oversight.Rallies against the ban swelled to tens of thousands of people in Kathmandu and crowds surrounded…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For decades, Kent Broussard had dreamed about joining Louisiana State University’s prestigious marching band. But, as dreams far too often go, it fell to the wayside. That is, until Broussard retired. After years of hard work — including taking up running with a weighted vest, marching through his neighborhood while hauling a 30 pound (14 kilograms) sousaphone, applying and getting accepted to LSU as a student and re-learning his instrument — the retired accountant made his debut on the field of Tiger Stadium during the football team’s home opener Saturday. The 66-year-old LSU freshman, is…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games announced a fundraising effort on Monday that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history.The initiative, branded as Podium34, has raised more than $200 million and will fund community engagement programs surrounding the Games. It covers roughly a tenth of the $2.84 billion operating budget projected by organizers.“We now launch what is the most impressive start to a Games this country, this world has even seen,” Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said at…

“One voice message I got from a journalist in Gaza… that’s worth more to me than anything I did with Reuters.”For eight years, Valerie Zink worked as a photojournalist for Reuters. But after Israel killed her colleagues in Gaza, and western media coverage led to accusations of complicity in Israel’s genocide, she could no longer stay silent.Valerie publicly resigned and cut up her Reuters press card, speaking out against the double standards in western media’s treatment of Palestinian journalists. She shares the breaking point she reached after reading Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif’s final words, the silence she faced from…

Harry Kane has confirmed England players held a meeting to discuss their response to the possibility of racist abuse in Serbia and said they will follow the UEFA protocol should an incident arise during Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Belgrade.The Serbian FA issued a statement pleading with their supporters for good behaviour after a series of problems that led to fines totalling more than €700,000 ($823,000) in the last five years alone for “various prohibited behaviours, insults, and discrimination directed from the stands during matches of the senior national team and other selections.”When the two teams met at Euro 2024,…

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace on Monday Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi and a medical team specialized in remote robotic surgeries. They briefed HH the Amir on the international medical achievement of conducting 10 highly intricate remote surgeries efficiently, which embodies Kuwait’s progress in the field of robotic surgeries.HH the Amir praised their achievements, scientific excellence, ability to keep up with modern developments and keenness on adopting the latest technologies. HH the Amir wished them success in the service of Kuwait and to represent it in all regional and international medical…

Sandro Tonali scored a stoppage-time winner as Italy won a chaotic nine-goal thriller against Israel 5-4 and dodged another big setback in their bid to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Monday.A 3-0 loss to Norway in June left Italy’s qualification campaign in trouble. More difficulties were in store when Israel twice took the lead in a game held in neutral Hungary.Moise Kean found space among the Israeli defense to score each side of halftime, leveling the score on both occasions. Matteo Politano finally gave Italy the lead in the 59th minute off a backheeled flick assist from Mateo…

Scotland didn’t miss the Tartan Army too much as they picked up a crucial World Cup qualifying win against Belarus. The fans who made the trip to Hungary were locked out of the ZTE Arena, with the hosts ordered to play games behind closed doors in a neutral venue due to the country’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was quiet but Steve Clarke’s side made their presence felt as Scott McTominay fired wide before Billy Gilmour’s effort was turned onto the post. Image: Belarus’ Zakhar Volkov scores an own goal to make it 2-0 Scotland Che Adams stabbed…