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Weiqi Zhu, an equity derivatives trader in Hong Kong, is one of an increasing number of financial sector employees from mainland China who are dominating the city's banking sector.

As China celebrates the 20th anniversary of Great Britain's handover of Hong Kong to Chinese control, it can celebrate another type of takeover: the city's financial sector.

Green Party's gay rights activist Volker Beck, center, and fellow faction members celebrate with a confetti popper after Germany's Parliament voted on Friday to legalize same-sex marriage.

German Lawmakers Approve Same-Sex Marriage

The legislation was backed by 393 lawmakers, while 226 voted against and four abstained. Same-sex couples in Germany were previously permitted to form civil unions but they were not allowed to marry.

Doctors, nurses, patients and activists listen as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at Bellevue Hospital in New York last week, just after the Senate Republicans released their health care bill to the public.

Obamacare Has Problems. The Senate Health Care Bill Doesn't Solve Them, Experts Say

We asked top health care experts to tell us America's biggest health care problems. Then we asked: Does the current Republican plan fix them? For the most part, the answer was no.

Fight Against World's Worst Cholera Outbreak Continues

Cholera is spreading rapidly across Yemen, where civil war has decimated the public health services needed to contain the outbreak.

Nashville's Fireworks Show Has Its Own Maestro

In some fireworks displays, the symphony follows the lead of a pre-programmed launch sequence. In Nashville, Larry Trotter calls the shots in real time for one of the largest shows in the U.S.

A GAO report questions the quality of a number of Medicare Advantage plans after large numbers of sicker enrollees dropped them.

As Seniors Get Sicker, They're More Likely To Drop Medicare Advantage Plans

Medicare Advantage plans say they offer good value and aim to keep patients healthy, but sicker people are far more likely than others to drop out because of lack of access to specific doctors.

A video clip shows China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo on a computer screen, lying on a bed receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Beijing. China says it has invited U.S. and German liver cancer experts to join a medical team treating Liu.

China Allows Foreign Experts To Treat Terminally Ill Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

Cancer specialists from the United States, Germany and other countries will join the medical team treating a political dissident detained by China since 2008. He has late-stage liver cancer.

U.S. Soldier Killed, 2 Others Wounded In Southern Afghanistan

A 19-year-old U.S. soldier, Pfc. Hansen B. Kirkpatrick, has been killed in an attack in Helmand province while taking part in counterterror operations. Two other service members were injured.

Greta Elliott, who manages a health clinic in Canby, Calif., says she didn't buy health insurance for herself because she thinks it's too expensive.

In A Conservative Corner Of California, A Push To Preserve Obamacare

A coalition of health clinics in northeast California is asking local officials to defend the Affordable Care Act. And some are, despite the area's conservative politics.

Eugene Kaspersky, founder and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab, at his office in Moscow last December. Kaspersky and his firm have ties to the Russian government but say that should not be cause for concern in the West, where the company's cybersecurity software is widely used.

Congress Casts A Suspicious Eye On Russia's Kaspersky Lab

The renowned Russian cybersecurity firm's anti-virus software is used by millions of Americans. Congress does not want military service members to be among them.

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