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Indonesia protests enter second week as vote on sex-ban bill delayed
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Monday officially agreed to delay to a next term a vote on a criminal code that bans sex outside marriage and penalises insulting the president's honour as protests against the bill entered a second week.
Could China’s strict cyber controls gain international acceptance?
Beijing recommends right to control Internet and tech for ‘social stability’, and make cyberspace a branch of sovereignty. Growing influence could help it shape international cybersecurity rules alongside countries that favour free, open cyberspace.
Alibaba’s luxury venture with Richemont goes online in China
Richemont and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s luxury joint venture is going live in China, presenting 130 brands in one location on the Tmall e-commerce site.
India's Rohit auditions as opener as South Africa face spin test
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Limited-overs batting stalwart Rohit Sharma will have another chance to resurrect his stop-start test career, but this time as an opener, when India kick off their three-match home series against South Africa at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
Special Report: China quietly doubles troop levels in Hong Kong, envoys say
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Last month, Beijing moved thousands of troops across the border into this restive city. They came in on trucks and armoured cars, by bus and by ship.
Twin Somali attacks hit U.S. special forces base, Italian convoy
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali insurgents on Monday mounted an ambitious attack on a base where U.S. special forces train Somali commandos, while an Italian military convoy was hit in a separate blast in the capital Mogadishu.
Russian anti-doping chief calls for dismissal of state sports officials
DOHA (Reuters) - The head of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA has called for a full overhaul in the country's sports management that would include the dismissal of state officials involved in an ongoing doping scandal, a letter seen by Reuters shows.
Greece steps up migrant transfers after Lesbos clashes
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - Greece will keep moving asylum seekers from overcrowded camps on its islands to the mainland, government officials said on Monday, after a woman died following clashes and a fire at a refugee camp on the island of Lesbos.
Turkey's Erdogan says some of Khashoggi's killers enjoy 'impunity'
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Monday that Turkey will keep pushing for the truth behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year, saying some of his killers appeared to be evading justice.
Floods kill 113 in north India in late monsoon burst, jail, hospital submerged
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Heavy rains have killed at least 113 people in India's Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states over the past three days, officials said on Monday, as flood waters swamped a major city, inundated hospital wards and forced the evacuation of inmates from a jail.