Name: Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendum
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Description: In a setback to LGBT couples in the country, Taiwan has rejected same-sex marriages by voting in a referendum. The vote goes against a landmark May 2017 ruling in Taiwan, where the Court advocated making same-sex marriages legal within two years. Marriage licensing offices, however, will still be held in violation of the law if they refuse same-sex couples.

In a setback to LGBT couples in the country, Taiwan has rejected same-sex marriages by voting in a referendum. The vote goes against a landmark May 2017 ruling in Taiwa

Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendum

In a setback to LGBT couples in the country, Taiwan has rejected same-sex marriages by voting in a referendum. The vote goes against a landmark May 2017 ruling in Taiwan, where the Court advocated making same-sex marriages legal within two years. Marriage licensing offices, however, will still be held in violation of the law if they refuse same-sex couples.

Hours after India and China issued a joint statement saying they would continue Commander-level military talks to deescalate tensions in eastern Ladakh, Chine

Chinese online users have released footage of the Glawan&nbsp;clashes hours after India and China announced a joint statement on Ladakh&nbsp;de-escalation.

New video of Galwan clash surfaces after India-China statement on Ladakh de-escalation 

Hours after&nbsp;India and China issued a joint statement saying they would continue Commander-level military talks to deescalate tensions in eastern Ladakh,&nbsp;Chinese online users have released footage of the clashes which took place between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh in June last year. The footage shows Chinese soldiers throwing stones at Indian soldiers from heights above the bend of the Galwan river. The clip also shows a few Chinese soldiers adrift in the shallow, fast-flowing river and soldiers of both sides amassed. 20 Indian officers and men were killed in the clashes, the worst since the 1962 war. China says it lost four soldiers, a claim that army sources strongly dispute.

An 11-year-old Indian-American girl has been judged as one of the brightest students in the world. A top US university has ranked Natasha Peri for her exceptional perfo

An 11-year-old Indian-American girl has been judged&nbsp; one of the brightest students in the world. A top US university has ranked Natasha Peri for her exceptional performance in the SAT and ACT standardised tests

11-yr-old Indian American girl is one of the brightest students

An 11-year-old Indian-American girl has been judged as one of the brightest students in the world. A top US university has ranked Natasha Peri for her exceptional performance in the SAT and ACT standardised tests.
Peri, a student at Thelma L Sandmeier Elementary School in New Jersey, has been honoured for her exceptional performance on the SAT, ACT, or similar assessment taken as part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Talent Search, a statement said on Monday.
She was one of nearly 19,000 students from 84 countries who joined CTY in the 2020-21 Talent Search year. CTY uses above-grade-level testing to identify advanced students from around the world and provide a clear picture of their true academic abilities.
Peri took the Johns Hopkins Talent Search test in Spring 2021, when she was in Grade 5. Her results in the verbal and quantitative sections levelled with the 90th percentile of advanced Grade 8 performance.
Both the Scholastic Assessment Test and American College Testing are standardised tests that many colleges use to determine whether to accept a student for admission.
All colleges require students to take either the SAT or the ACT and submit their scores to their prospective universities.

The highly contagious Delta variant of the Covid-19 has raised major concerns in China over the last few days. The virus has been spreading to places that had been viru

The highly contagious Delta variant of the Covid-19 has raised major concerns in China over the last few days. The virus has been spreading to places that had been virus-free for months, including the original epicentre of Wuhan.
The authorities in Wuhan&nbsp;said they would test its entire population for the virus after the city reported 7 local cases on Monday.
The city of 11 million is "swiftly launching comprehensive&nbsp; testing of all residents", a senior Wuhan official said.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/covid-origin-mystery-us-says-wuhan-coronavirus-sequences-removed-from-database-1624614116907" target="_blank">Covid origin mystery: US says Wuhan coronavirus sequences removed from database</a>
New cases have been reported in Wuhan for the first time since China brought its original wave under control by locking down the city in 2020.
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Fierce fighting is going on in a major Afghan city, amid fears it could be the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban. Lashkar Gah in southern Helmand provinc

Fierce fighting is going on in a major Afghan city, amid fears it could be the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban.
Lashkar Gah in southern Helmand province is under heavy assault from the Taliban despite persistent US and Afghan air strikes.
Also See |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/why-china-and-taliban-are-cozying-up-in-afghanistan-and-pakistan-s-terror-game-1627546276349" target="_blank">Why China and Taliban are cozying up in Afghanistan; and Pakistan's terror game</a>
The Taliban are said to have seized a TV station. Thousands of people fleeing rural areas took shelter in buildings.
The Taliban have made rapid advances in recent months as US forces have withdrawn after 20 years of military operations in the country.
If Lashkar Gah fell, it would be the first provincial capital won by the Taliban since 2016. It is one of three provincial capitals under attack.

A 19-year-old TikTok star, Anthony Barajas, on Saturday died after being shot at a movie theatre in southern California of the United States.&nbsp;
Barajas&nbsp;died&nbsp;after the shooting that also killed his 18-year-old friend Rylee Goodrich.
The victims were shot on Monday at a theater that was showing "The Forever Purge,".&nbsp;
Authorities have described&nbsp;it as a "random and unprovoked" attack.
The suspect reportedly acted alone, and there&rsquo;s no indication he knew the victims or of&nbsp;Barajas&rsquo; role as a TikTok influencer.&nbsp;
Barajas was popular on social media for his humor, with almost 1 million followers on&nbsp;TikTok.&nbsp;

19-year-old Shehroze Kashif from Pakistan has become the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2 – the 8,611-meter (2,625 feet) peak that is the wo

19-year-old Shehroze Kashif from Pakistan has become the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2 &ndash; the 8,611-meter (2,625 feet) peak that is the world's second-highest mountain.
"At the top of peak, there was a sense of achievement. I dreamed to summit K2. I would say dream big and achieve them. So in this way I dreamed to summit K2 and Allah blessed me with success", he said.
Earlier this year in May, Kashif became the youngest Pakistani to scale the Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
But unlike Mount Everest, which has been scaled by thousands of climbers young and old, fewer mountaineers attempt K2.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/nepal-to-convert-everest-trash-into-art-for-a-gallery-1611217769231" target="_blank">Nepal to convert Everest trash into art for a gallery</a>
Located in the Karakorum Mountain range, K2 is one of the most dangerous climbs. K2 has harsh conditions &ndash; winds can blow at more than 200 kilometres per hour (124 miles per hour) and temperatures can drop to minus 60C (minus 76 Fahrenheit).
"The K2 is a savage mountain. I faced many hardships. I was without a porter, I carried all my equipment and luggage. The Nepali sherpas helped me a lot, the Pakistani management also helped me", said Kashif.

Over a dozen homes, farms and olive groves were destroyed as wild forest fires raged in western Greece, due to a heat wave. People were hospitalised with breathing

Over a dozen homes, farms and olive groves were destroyed as wild forest fires raged in western Greece, due to a heat wave.&nbsp;People were hospitalised with breathing problems on Sunday as firefighters fought a forest fire near Patras, Greece&rsquo;s third-largest city.
Some 145 firefighters, 50 trucks, eight fire-fighting planes and helicopters have been mobilised to battle the blaze.&nbsp;The fire, which started on Saturday, was in a mountain forest 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Patras.&nbsp;Aided by strong winds, the fire raced down the slopes and threatened seaside villages.&nbsp;
Greece is hit by forest fires every summer, but experts have warned that global warming increases both their frequency and intensity.

Mushrooming outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the world is forcing govts to rethink relaxations in curbs. The World Health Organization has announ

Mushrooming outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the world is forcing govts to rethink relaxations in curbs. The World Health Organization has announced an 80% average increase in Covid cases, over the past four weeks.
The US is topping the list of the world's worst-hit nations, followed by India and Brazil.
In India, the reproduction rate, or R value, of Covid-19 has inched up from 0.96 to 1 over the past few days and it is a matter of concern, according to experts.
In the United States, Covid cases are climbing steadily. The country's top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned that more &ldquo;pain and suffering&rdquo; is on the horizon. The CDC has&nbsp;recommended that even vaccinated people must return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the delta variant is causing a spike in cases. 
Authorities in Canada say the country is at the start of the Delta-driven fourth wave. With ongoing vaccination and reopening, experts say the balance is very delicate.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/china-mass-testing-millions-put-under-lockdown-as-delta-variant-spreads-1627822390802" target="_blank">China: Mass testing, millions put under lockdown as Delta variant spreads</a>
China is also battling a fresh wave of Covid cases, fuelled by the Delta variant. In what is being called its worst surge since the first outbreak in Wuhan in December 2019, the Delta variant has now spread to over 18 territories in China. China has announced partial lockdowns in several places, and has also suspended public transport.
In Australia, where only about 14% of the population have been vaccinated, Brisbane and parts of Queensland entered a snap Covid-19 lockdown on Saturday, as more cases of the Delta variant were recorded.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/amid-rise-in-fresh-cases-japan-extends-covid-state-of-emergency-in-tokyo-1627722424655" target="_blank">Amid rise in fresh cases, Japan extends Covid state of emergency in Tokyo</a>

The general who took power in a coup in Myanmar in February has named himself prime minister and said that emergency rule may now extend to August 2023. In an hour-long

The general who took power in a coup in Myanmar in February has named himself prime minister and said that emergency rule may now extend to August 2023. In an hour-long televised speech, Min Aung Hlaing pledged to hold free and fair elections.
Hundreds have died in protests against the military coup. At least 939 people have been killed by the authorities since February, according to a tally by the independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 
Myanmar is also struggling with its worst Covid-19 outbreak, which has crippled the country's healthcare system. There are widespread allegations that the military is directing oxygen and drug supplies to government supporters and military-run hospitals.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/un-resolution-calls-for-halting-arms-supply-to-myanmar-months-after-coup-1624080802526" target="_blank">UN resolution calls for halting arms supply to Myanmar, India abstains from vote</a>
The state of emergency was declared in Myanmar when troops moved against the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. The military had claimed her landslide victory in last year&rsquo;s national elections was through massive voter fraud. National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since the coup and faces a range of criminal charges.

The WHO and several experts have advised against taking jabs of two different Covid-19 vaccines it due to lack of studies and data but some countries have allowed

&nbsp;The WHO and several experts have advised against taking jabs of two different Covid-19 vaccines due to lack of studies and data but some countries have allowed it under exceptional circumstances.&nbsp;
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China has begun mass testing to contain the most widespread Covid-19 outbreak in months due to the highly-contagious Delta variant. 75 news cases with 53 local transmi

China has begun mass testing to contain the most widespread Covid-19 outbreak in months due to the highly-contagious Delta variant.
75 news cases with 53 local transmissions were reported on Sunday linked to a cluster that has spread to over 20 cities and over 12 provinces. This is the largest outbreak to hit the country in several months.
Zhangjiajie in Hunan province has put 1.5 million residents under lockdown and shut all tourist attractions.
Flood-ravaged Zhengzhou also reported 27 locally transmitted cases following which the city ordered mass testing of all 10 million residents.
Hundreds of thousands were put under lockdown in the eastern Jiangsu province as well.
Authorities are blaming the recent outbreaks on the fast-spreading Delta variant and the peak tourist season.

India and China held the 12th round of the Corps Commander-level talks on Saturday to find a possible resolution for the nearly 15-month-long military standoff in easte

India and China held the 12th round of the Corps Commander-level talks on Saturday to find a possible resolution for the nearly 15-month-long military standoff in eastern Ladakh. The meeting was held on the Chinese side of Chushul-Moldo Border Personnel Meeting point.
During the talks that concluded after 9 hours at 7.30 pm on Saturday, the two sides reportedly discussed ways to resolve the ongoing military standoff between India and China in the eastern Ladakh sector.
Also Read&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/chinese-presidentxi-jingping-makes-surprise-visit-to-tibetan-city-near-india-border-1627100151315" target="_blank">Chinese President Xi Jingping makes surprise visit to Tibetan city near India border</a>
The purpose of the high-level military talks was to take forward the disengagement process in some friction areas including the Hot Spring and Gogra post areas.
The 12th round of talks took place after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar firmly conveyed to his Chinese counterpart that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a &lsquo;negative manner&rsquo;.

Globally new covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise after 2 months of declines in deaths, delta is driving a new uptick. It’s now a life-and-death

Globally new covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise after 2 months of&nbsp;declines in deaths, delta is driving a new uptick. It&rsquo;s now a life-and-death contest between vaccine and virus. Here are the top global headlines you need to take note of-
<ul>
<li>US reports&nbsp;194,608 new cases as Delta variant becomes more prevalent&nbsp;</li>
<li>Record high cases in Florida as it becomes US epicentre;&nbsp;accounts for one in five new case in the U.S.</li>
<li>Masks are back on; Disney orders masks to be back on in parks; Yale &amp; Cornell instruct all students to mask up&nbsp;</li>
<li>CDC study shows 74% of people infected in Massachusetts Covid outbreak were fully vaccinated</li>
<li>China witnessing its worst outbreak since Wuhan;&nbsp;China's outbreak now spans 14 provinces</li>
<li>China has put over 1 million&nbsp;people under lockdown and reinstituted mass testing campaigns.</li>
<li>CDC&nbsp;warns: War against Covid&nbsp;has changed, Delta variant more infectious than original strain.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Canada is headed towards a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. The pandemic trajectory shows serious threat the highly-contagious Delta variant is posing.</li>
<li>Vietnam&nbsp;to extend lockdown for 2 weeks as covid&nbsp;cases soar, reports 145,686 new cases and 1,306 deaths&nbsp;</li>
<li>Africa, official figures put the daily death toll at 1,000 a day on average over the last seven days: 17 percent up.</li>
<li>Israel to give Pfizer Covid booster shots to people over 60 as efficacy appears to wane amid delta spread.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

A video of pandas has gone viral on social media, and it is definitely the cutest thing on the internet today. The 30-second clip, in which four pandas were seen

A video of pandas has gone viral on social media, and it is definitely the cutest thing currently on the internet.
The 30-second clip, in which four pandas were seen making the most of their time&nbsp;as they played on a slide in a park. They tried climbing up the slide as well and played with each other. Turn by turn, each of them played on the slide and had great fun.
The video with a&nbsp;caption of the post reads, "Panda slide'', has collected over 4,000 likes and several retweets. Social media users gushed over the pandas in the comments section of the post.
&ldquo;God was in a good mood when he made&nbsp;pandas,&rdquo; a user said. Another comment reads, &ldquo;panda keeper&nbsp;is like the best job ever!"
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On Friday, the Japanese government extended the Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo, where the Summer Games is being this year. This comes as the capital ci

The Japanese government has extended the Covid-19 state of&nbsp;emergency in Tokyo, where the Summer Olympic&nbsp;Games are being held currently. The capital city is witnessing a record surge in the number of Coronavirus&nbsp;infections.
PM Yoshihide Suga&nbsp;also announced the imposition of the state of emergency to 4 more areas apart from Tokyo. Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Osaka will come under the new declaration which will come into effect from Monday until August 31st.
The emergency measures that are already&nbsp;effective in Tokyo will remain as is until the end of the&nbsp;Paralympics&nbsp;that is scheduled to start on August 24th. Also read&nbsp;<a title="Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Aussies in isolation after an American athlete tests positive&nbsp;" href="https://www.editorji.com/story/tokyo-2020-olympics-aussies-in-isolation-after-an-american-athlete-tests-positive-1627539147020" target="_blank">Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Aussies in isolation after an American athlete tests positive&nbsp;</a>
Tokyo has registered a record increase in fresh cases for 3 days in a row, this week. The Olympic host city recorded 3,300 cases on Friday. With 10,687 new cases registered on Thursday, Japan breached the 10,000-mark of fresh cases for the first time since the pandemic struck.&nbsp;

US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that the war on coronavirus has changed as the Delta variant is far more contagious and can even be passed on by vaccina

US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that the war on coronavirus has changed as the Delta variant is far more contagious and can even be passed on by vaccinated people. CDC in an internal document has reportedly stated that the Delta strain&nbsp;may cause more serious disease than earlier coronavirus strains.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/masks-back-on-in-the-us-cdc-reverses-stance-white-house-instructs-staff-to-mask-up-1627436591834">Masks back on in the US! CDC reverses stance, White House instructs staff to mask up</a> Delta, now in at least 132 countries and already the dominant form of the disease in the United States, is more transmissible than the common cold, the 1918 Spanish flu, smallpox, Ebola, MERS and SARS, according to the document The CDC's internal&nbsp;document, entitled "Improving communications around vaccine breakthrough and vaccine effectiveness", said the variant required a new approach in spreading awareness and imposing protocols as as&nbsp;unvaccinated people were more than 10 times more likely than those who are vaccinated to become seriously ill or die. CNBC&nbsp;reports that&nbsp;CDC has said 5,914 fully vaccinated people have been hospitalized or have died with Covid infections as of July 19, the most recent data available.&nbsp;

The Centers for Disease Control in the US has said that the delta variant of coronavirus is much more contagious, and more likely to break through protections affo

The Centers for Disease&nbsp;Control in the US has said that the delta variant of coronavirus is much more contagious, and more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines and may cause more severe disease than all other known versions of the virus.
An internal presentation circulated within the CDC&nbsp;reported by the Washington Post and the New York Times, says that vaccinated people with so-called breakthrough infections of the delta variant carry just as much virus in their nose and throat as unvaccinated people, and may spread it just as readily.
The internal memo also lays out a broader and grimmer view of the variant. It says, the Delta variant is more transmissible than the viruses that cause MERS, SARS, Ebola, the common cold, the seasonal flu and smallpox, and it is as contagious as chickenpox.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/us-covid-surge-biden-tells-federal-employees-to-get-vaccinated-states-to-incentivise-jabs-1627608531271" target="_blank">US Covid surge: Biden tells Federal employees to get vaccinated, states to incentivise jabs</a>
The CDC&nbsp;will be publishing additional data on the Delta variant soon, but the document has alarmed the scientific community. Experts at the CDC&nbsp;admit, we 'must acknowledge&nbsp;that the war has now changed.'

Three people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in southern Turkey on Thursday as strong winds fanned wildfire in the forest area near Manavgat, the Mediterra

Three people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in southern Turkey on Thursday as strong winds fanned wildfire in the forest area near Manavgat, the Mediterranean coastal town in the south of the country.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said some people were being evacuated from the area as a precautionary measure.
The Agriculture and Forestry Minister said a firefighting plane and five helicopters were involved in efforts to bring the blaze under control.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/us-wildfires-over-300k-acres-burned-across-6-states-worst-on-record-1626229901339" target="_blank">US wildfires: Over 300K acres burned across 6 states, worst on record</a>
Further, more than 4,000 firefighters are also dispatched across the region to help contain the damage and search for people.
While it was not immediately clear what caused the fire, wildfires are common in Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean regions during the dry summer&nbsp;months, although some forest fires have been blamed on arson.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan, nor was he simply collateral damage, but was "brutall

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/indian-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-killed-while-covering-war-in-afghanistan-1626423709655" target="_blank">killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan</a>, nor was he simply collateral damage, but was "brutally murdered" by the Taliban after verifying his identity, according to a report published in a US-based magazine on Thursday.
Siddiqui was on assignment in Afghanistan when he died. The award-winning journalist was killed while covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city.
Also See |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/candle-light-vigils-held-to-pay-homage-to-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-1626543279322" target="_blank">Candle light vigils held to pay homage to photojournalist Danish Siddiqui</a>
According to the Washington Examiner report, Siddiqui travelled with an Afghan National Army team to the Spin Boldak region to cover fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban to control the lucrative border crossing with Pakistan.
During this assault, shrapnel hit Siddiqui, and so he and his team went to a local mosque where he received first aid. As word spread, however, that a journalist was in the mosque, the Taliban attacked. The local investigation suggests the Taliban attacked the mosque only because of Siddiqui&rsquo;s presence there, the report said.
&ldquo;Siddiqui was alive when the Taliban captured him. The Taliban verified Siddiqui&rsquo;s identity and then executed him, as well as those with him. The commander and the remainder of his team died as they tried to rescue him,&rdquo; it said.

In a bid to expedite vaccination across the United States, President Biden has mandated that all federal employees must attest to being vaccinated against Covid-19

In a bid to expedite vaccination across the United States, President Biden&nbsp;has mandated that all federal employees must attest to being vaccinated against Covid-19 or face strict protocols. &ldquo;If tomorrow I can wave a wand and every American was vaccinated, then, in fact, we would be out of the woods,&rdquo; Biden said. The federal government employs more than 4 million people, including more than 2 million in the civilian workforce.
US President also urged states to provide&nbsp;incentives for more people to get vaccinated.&nbsp;The latest data from the CDC indicates that 49.4% of the total US population is fully vaccinated vs the aim of 70% coverage set by the Biden&nbsp;administration.&nbsp; The US reported over 68,000 new covid&nbsp;cases with a majority concentrated in the central part of America where vaccine hesitancy is widely prevalent.&nbsp;

Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendum

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