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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup in March was a protest against Tehran. The first media interview with Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, 34, and Fatemeh Pasandideh, 22, since they abandoned their team to become refugees was broadcast Sunday on Australia’s “60 Minutes” current affairs program. “We […]

LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister, John Healey, will use his first major speech since taking office seven weeks ago to set out how Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plan to devolve power away from central government can help revive growth across the country. In a speech at a manufacturing site on Monday, Healey is expected to announce plans to give city regions greater powers to develop local industrial […]

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Aaron Donald’s retirement in 2024 sparked cheers at the San Francisco 49ers but his return to the LA Rams had the opposite reaction, coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday. Three-time Defensive Player of the Year Donald will travel with the Rams for their season-opener against the 49ers in Melbourne on Friday, less than two weeks after announcing his return from two years out […]

VIENNA, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Austria’s ban on headscarves for under-14s faces an initial test on Monday as schools reopen in Vienna and other states, with groups including the country’s main Muslim organisation denouncing it as discriminatory and legal challenges likely. Austria’s ruling coalition of three centrist parties proposed the ban in schools, arguing it was acting to protect girls’ freedom. The legislation was passed in parliament in December with […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia kept several airports closed and shifted schools to remote learning Monday though the volcanic eruption that has halted 2,300 flights and coated areas with ash was subsiding. The continuous, 25-hour eruption of Anak Krakatau that produced a fountain of lava and a boom heard 700 kilometers (435 miles) away ended Sunday, the country’s Geological Agency said. But it remained active Monday with moderate, intermittent eruptions, […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal held a day of mourning Monday to remember people who died in the Aug. 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals. Monday is the 13th day since the flooding that has killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal and Tibet and left some 5,000 missing including foreigners, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency. In Hindu-dominated Nepal, mourning periods last […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Search and rescue teams combed through the debris of a collapsed building in New Delhi on Monday as the death toll climbed to six, officials said. The five-story building, which housed a boys’ hostel, collapsed on Sunday in Satya Niketan, a densely populated neighborhood known for its private student accommodations near a Delhi University campus. Police, firefighters and crews from India’s disaster response agency continued their […]

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Indian activists spearheading calls for food labelling said a government proposal to have red warnings only when two concerning nutrients are high created an “industry-friendly loophole” disregarding public health, marking the first formal court objection to the plan. India’s proposal to implement red warning labels has jolted the more than $100 billion packaged food and drink industry that long opposed such […]

Sept 7 (Reuters) – Bubs Australia said on Monday it secured permanent authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell three infant formula products in the country, putting the stock on course for its biggest one-day gain since May 2022. Here are the details: • Shares of the infant formula maker jumped as much as 45% to A$0.145, its highest level since January 14. • The company said […]