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BANGKOK (AP) — It’s a big week for LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand.On Thursday, they will be able to legally register their marriages, making it only the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, where they have such a right. A grand celebration is planned in central Bangkok to facilitate hundreds of same-sex couples who plan to register their marriages on the very first day.Thailand has a reputation for acceptance and inclusivity but has struggled for decades to pass a marriage equality law. Thai society has broadly conservative values, and members of the LGBTQ+ community say they face discrimination in…

It’s official: a weak La Niña came into fruition in late December and is expected, with significant uncertainty, to last until sometime between February and April, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. La Niña often brings wetter conditions to Southeast Asia and the Brazilian Amazon, while cooling global temperatures overall, potentially easing recent extreme heat. Over the past nine months, climate scientists observed an odd phenomenon. The atmosphere showed signs of a La Niña, with above-average winds blowing from east to west and drier conditions in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But the cooler ocean…

(Bangkok) – Afghanistan’s human rights situation worsened in 2024 as the Taliban intensified their crackdown on women and girls and minority groups, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. The Taliban authorities detained journalists and critics and imposed severe restrictions on the media. Afghanistan’s economic crisis left 23 million in need of humanitarian assistance, disproportionally affecting women and girls.For the 546-page world report, in its 35th edition, Human Rights Watch reviewed human rights practices in more than 100 countries. In much of the world, Executive Director Tirana Hassan writes in her introductory essay, governments cracked down and wrongfully arrested and imprisoned…

After Colorado’s most costly wildfire, hundreds of residents in Louisville—one of the communities that burned—protested in front of city hall over building codes meant to make new homes more green and sustainable, arguing they would make the rebuilding process longer and more expensive. To rebuild, new homes would have to be built to updated energy standards that had been passed by the city months before the fire. But in the chaos and confusion after the fire, a local home builders association estimated the new codes would increase the cost of rebuilding $100,000 per home. Many of the residents who lost…

Bengaluru, India —  Within five hours, while sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters impersonating police. The cybercrime known as “digital arrest” — where fraudsters pose online as law enforcement officials and order people to transfer huge amounts of money — has become so rampant that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued warnings. Singh told AFP that money was his life savings. “Over the years, I have skipped having tea outside, walked to avoid spending on public transport,” the 62-year-old said, his voice breaking. “Only I know, how I…

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, arrive for shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, on Sunday. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption toggle caption Fernando Vergara/AP BOGOTÁ, Colombia — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said. Twenty others were injured in the violence that has forced thousands to flee as…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Three hostages held by Hamas were released Sunday after 471 days in captivity as part of a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. A gradual release of dozens of captives over the next several weeks has been agreed on.The truce and release of hostages sparked hope and trepidation among Israelis. Many fear that the three-phase deal could collapse before all the hostages return, or that they will arrive in poor health. Others worry that the number of captives who have died is more than predicted.Some 250 people were kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack…

ATLANTA (AP) — Before the first 12-team College Football Playoff even started, there were already plenty of people suggesting changes for determining future national champions.Ohio State (13-2) and Notre Dame (14-1) aren’t quibbling, at least not this year. Had it remained a four-team playoff, the Buckeyes’ loss to a middling Michigan team and the Irish’s defeat against Northern Illinois would likely have been deal-breakers.“Our season would be over,” Notre Dame defensive lineman Howard Cross III said. “Now we have a chance to play in this game.”Two of the biggest brands in the sport will square off in the CFP championship…

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women, the chief of a top aid agency warned Sunday. Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said women and girls were bearing the brunt of dwindling financial support for nongovernmental groups and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. The NRC helped 772,484 Afghans in 2022. That number fell to 491,435 in 2023. Last year, the aid agency helped 216,501 people. Half of its beneficiaries are women. Egeland, who has made several visits to Afghanistan since 2021, said: “We see one after the other peer organization cutting programming…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern Californians are bracing for gusty winds and a heightened risk of wildfires less than two weeks after deadly blazes that have killed at least 27 people and ravaged thousands of homes broke outThe National Weather Service has issued a warning of a “ particularly dangerous situation ” for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties from Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning due to low humidity and damaging Santa Ana winds. Gusts could peak at 70 mph (113 kph) along the coast and 100 mph (161 kph) in the mountains and foothills.Windy weather and single-digit humidity…