BEIJING — China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed,” and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding.

ANKARA — Turkey officially withdrew on Thursday from an international treaty to prevent violence against women, enacting a decision that drew condemnation from many Turks and Western allies when President Tayyip Erdogan announced it in March. 

TOKYO — Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. 

NEW YORK — Former US President Donald J. Trump’s namesake company and its chief financial officer were indicted on Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter said, the first charges to arise from a more than two-year probe by New York prosecutors of Mr. Trump and his business dealings. 

HONG KONG — Hong Kong has returned to order from chaos since China imposed a sweeping national security law on the global financial hub last year, the city’s acting chief executive, John Lee, said on Thursday. 

VANCOUVER/PORTLAND — A heat wave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the US Northwest has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling weather and the threat of wildfires. 

GENEVA — International tourism arrivals are set to stagnate this year, except in some Western markets, causing up to $2.4 trillion in losses, a U.N. study said on Wednesday, adding the sector is not expected to rebound fully until 2023.

MODERNA, Inc. said its vaccine produced protective antibodies against the delta variant spreading in the US and many other parts of the world.

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the move to a more digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment, according to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021. 

ASIA’S stock listing aspirants will likely face a less generous market following a first-half sales boom, as bubbly valuations and nervousness about US monetary policy make investors more cautious. 

Chinese ride hailing company Didi Global Inc. raised $4.4 billion in its US initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, pricing it at the top of its indicated range and increasing the number of shares sold, according to two sources familiar with the matter. 

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chastised top ruling party officials for failures in anti-epidemic work that led to an unspecified “great crisis” and put the safety of the country and people at risk, state media reported on Wednesday.