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Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border
Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute. But now two-thirds of the lodge, including most of the beds and the restaurant, is technically perched in southern Switzerland.
Alibaba seeks dual-primary listing in Hong Kong
E-commerce giant Alibaba said Tuesday it will seek a primary listing in Hong Kong, potentially giving access to China's vast pool of investors, as mainland officials indicate a long-running crackdown on the tech sector could be coming to an end. Domestically, Alibaba is still reeling from the tech crackdown as well as China's slowing economy caused by the fallout from strict Covid curbs.
Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka's hospitals empty
Entire wards are dark and nearly empty in Sri Lanka's largest hospital, its few remaining patients leaving untreated and still in pain, and doctors prevented from even arriving for their shifts.
Asian traders cautious ahead of results, Alibaba lifts Hong Kong
Markets fluctuated in Asia on Tuesday as traders nervously geared up for a slew of earnings from the world's biggest firms and an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike. After a mixed performance in New York, Asia struggled to gain traction.
Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage
Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a truck ramming and stabbing rampage in Tokyo's popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008, the justice ministry said. Kato went on the stabbing spree on June 8, 2008, telling police: "I came to Akihabara to kill people.
Croatia opens bridge around Bosnia to get to Dubrovnik
Croatia opens Tuesday a long-awaited bridge linking its southern Adriatic coast including Dubrovnik with the rest of the country, bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory. As a result, around 90,000 people, including residents in the country's tourism hotspot of Dubrovnik, remained cut off from the rest of the country until now.
Macron arrives in Cameroon on first leg of west Africa trip
President Emmanuel Macron arrived late Monday in Cameroon at the start of a three-nation tour of western Africa as he seeks to reboot France's post-colonial relationship with the continent.
Abuse survivor's ordeal sheds light on Malaysia 'unilateral conversions'
Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong says her husband brutally abused her, battering her over the head and breaking her ankle, before running off with their children and converting them to Islam. He later converted to Islam and had the children converted, according to Loh and her lawyers.
'Overwhelming': Survivors reflect on pope's Indigenous abuse apology
Some seemed far away, others wept or applauded: a great wave of emotion swept through the crowd on Monday in western Canada's Maskwacis when the pope himself begged forgiveness for the "evil" done to Indigenous people. "I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples."
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