Asia
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Hong Kong subway arson attack injures 18, three criticalPolice rule out possibility of it being a terrorist attack and arrested one man for the crime
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Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beachUrgent plea issued for locals to drop work and school commitments and head to the remote beach to save surviving whales
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'Christianity theme park' in Mao Zedong's home province sparks outrageNeo-Maoists express fury online over project in city of Changsha regarded as Chinese communism’s answer to Mecca
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Images reveal three more Japanese WWII shipwrecks torn apart for scrapExclusive: Metal salvaging off Borneo was originally authorised as ‘research’ by Malaysian university
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Australian man whose girlfriend died in Thailand jetski collision to be interviewed by policeLocal media says Thomas Keating will be formally charged with reckless driving after Emily Collie’s death
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If the body isn't sacred, nothing is: why menstrual taboos matterMenstrual seclusion was once about giving women a safe space – hunter gatherer cultures can teach us how women’s blood is potent, not polluting
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These cruel assaults are more often linked to patriarchal societies. But in Britain, where sulphuric acid was first manufactured, cases are once again on the riseAcid attacks were a stain on Victorian Britain. Now they are returning
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Roving clinics tackle TB among Myanmar's poorest people – in picturesAn initiative sending teams into isolated communities to X-ray patients and give treatment is improving diagnosis rates, in a country where TB is one of the leading causes of death for people aged 15-49
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'There will be more deaths': NGOs on Trump's anti-abortion ruleWe asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses
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Indonesian illegal gold mining – in picturesIndonesian miners painstakingly sift through the waste for scraps from the largest gold mine in the world: the Grasberg mine in West Papua
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US warns North Korea of 'overwhelming' response if nuclear arms used – videoOn a visit to South Korea, Donald Trump’s defence secretary, James Mattis, warns North Korea of an ‘effective and overwhelming’ response if Pyongyang chooses to use nuclear weapons
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Turkmenistan president sings to group of workers – videoGurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan, sings to a group of workers in the Ahal region of the country on 30 January
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Republic Day in India - in picturesIndia marks the 67th anniversary of its constitution coming into effect with an elaborate displays of military might and cultural events across the country
China expels South Korean missionaries amid missile defence tensions