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A petition urging the Church of England to scrap its controversial transgender guidance for primary schools was given to the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on Monday. The petition, which has garnered more than 15,000 signatures, asked the Church of England to reconsider “Valuing All God’s Children” (VAGC), its guidance …

China is facing a “very tough” time as it dismantles its rigid “zero-COVID” policy and allows people to live with the virus, posing challenges preparing hospitals and ensuring people are sufficiently protected, the World Health Organization said. Beijing abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance stance last week after protests against its often-draconian …

Onlookers scratched their heads at a peculiar scene just off the coast of Havana on Monday — Cuba’s coast guard intercepted nearly a dozen passengers from a scrappy blue handmade raft with an American flag painted along the bow. Handmade rafts are hardly out of the ordinary in Cuba, where …

China on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible,” following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul. The Chinese advisory appeared to be a setback for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers who seek …

Ukraine’s economy is on track to take a $700 billion hit following 10 months of war with Russia by the year’s end, according to its prime minister Tuesday. “According to our estimates, which have been verified by the World Bank, the amount of damage caused to the Ukrainian economy as …

New Zealand’s prime minister apologized to the opposition party leader after a microphone caught her insulting him during a parliamentary session.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called opposition leader David Seymour an “arrogant p—-” during an exchange in which Seymour asked if Ardern could “give an example of her making a …

FIRST ON FOX – The family of Ken DeLand, an American college student missing in France for the past several weeks, is fielding tips from a website as to what might have happened to the 22-year-old, including from people pointing to a borderless European zone where travelers aren’t required to …

A violent clash between soldiers from India and China was reported on Friday along a disputed part of a border that the two nations have sparred over for decades. India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, who addressed lawmakers in Parliament, said Friday’s encounter along the Tawang sector of eastern Arunachal Pradesh …

The American college student who went missing while studying abroad in France was “insufficiently prepared” for life overseas and may have left voluntarily, according to a French prosecutor. Ken DeLand Jr., a senior at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, last contacted his parents on Nov. 27 on …

Defense officials in Taiwan said they were monitoring Chinese military aircraft and vessels that had veered close to the island and had its military respond to “these activities,” they said.  “29 (People’s Liberation Army) PLA aircraft and 3 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today, Taiwan’s Ministry …