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Why foreign wives in South Korea are vulnerable to domestic violence
She was 29 years old and her future husband was in his 50s, court documents show. She only spoke...
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Hong Kong postpones legislative elections over coronavirus fears
In a news conference, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the move to postpone the Legislative Council elections,...
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Hong Kong is setting up an election without a real opposition
A special administrative region (SAR) of China, Hong Kong has a partially-autonomous political and legal system, including a limited...
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US national shot dead in Pakistan courtroom during blasphemy trial
Tahir Ahmed Naseem, 47, died on Wednesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, after a member of the public...
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Indian serial killer confesses involvement in more than 50 murders. His gang allegedly dumped the bodies in crocodile-infested waters
Between 2002 to 2004, Devender Sharma was convicted of murdering up to seven taxi drivers and sentenced to life...
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Women in Xinjiang shine a light on a campaign of abuse and control by Beijing
A former resident of Urumqi, the capital of China's western Xinjiang region, the 38-year-old Uyghur woman said she was...
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Japan recognizes dozens more ‘black rain’ victims as Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors
In its verdict, the Hiroshima district court said the 84 plaintiffs, who suffered radiation-related illnesses after the World War...
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Multiple Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates disqualified from upcoming election
At least a dozen candidates were disqualified Thursday, including prominent Hong Kong activist and former leader of the 2014...
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India gets Rafale fighter jets from France, boosting its air force
"The Birds have landed safely in Ambala," Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted. "The touchdown of Rafale combat aircrafts...
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Four Hong Kong student activists arrested for ‘secession’ over social media posts
Police said those arrested were three males and one female, aged between 16 and 21. Though the police declined...
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