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China’s Divorce Fee Is Down, however So Are Marriages

HONG KONG — Confronted with a hovering divorce price, the ruling Communist Get together in China launched a rule final yr to maintain sad marriages collectively by forcing {couples} to endure a 30-day “cooling off” interval earlier than finalizing a divorce. The rule seems to have labored, in keeping with authorities statistics launched this week,

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Swiss Voters Approve Regulation Permitting Similar-Intercourse Marriages

Till now, {couples} in same-sex partnerships couldn’t use Swiss sperm banks. They’d additionally been prohibited from adopting youngsters, despite the fact that single folks have been allowed to take action. “It’s clearly discrimination primarily based on sexual orientation,” stated Maria von Känel, who’s a president of the committee main the “sure” marketing campaign and is

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