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Vancouver, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- The United States dropped its request for the extradition from Canada of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on fraud charges after the parties agreed on a deferred prosecution deal, the US Department of Justice said Friday.Soon after the accord was announced, a Canadian judge signed an order allowing Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, to leave for China after spending nearly three years under house arrest.Meng, now 49, was detained by Canada on Dec. 1, 2018, during a stopover in Vancouver en route from Hong Kong to Mexico City. (Camera: BOB FRID).SHOT LIST: HUAWEI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MENG WANZHOU SPEAKS WITH MEDIA AT BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. SOUND BITES: HUAWEI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MENG WANZHOU (IN ENGLISH).
TORONTO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Canada has reintroduced a bill on Thursday that will criminalize LGBT conversion therapy, a federal minister said after an earlier effort to ban the practice failed as the parliament was discontinued due to the coronavirus pandemic. Conversion therapy is any practice designed to change a person’s sexual orientation, which especially harms and stigmatizes those belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans community. (Reporting by Mahad Arale; Additional reporting Steve Scherer in Ottawa; Editing by Aurora Ellis) LGBTQ TikTok Users Fear Losing ‘Safe Space’ As Trump Bans Downloads Youth Ministry Accused Of Deceiving Queer Teens With ‘Bait And Switch’ Mexico City Lawmakers Vote To Ban ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy