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Workers remove flowers from a makeshift memorial outside the Zhuhai Sports Center in Zhuhai in south China's Guangdong province on Nov. 13, two days after 35 people were killed in one of the country's deadliest car attacks in years.

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Nov 20, 2024

Mass casualty attacks in China put focus on mental health as economy slows

By Casey Hall

The events have led to a spike in worries about the health of society in China, where attacks have occurred with alarming regularity throughout 2024.

Protesters gather on parliament grounds in Wellington on Tuesday.

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Nov 19, 2024

New Zealanders rally against bill to alter Indigenous rights

By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson

The Treaty Principles Bill was introduced earlier this month by legislators who want to reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty signed between the British and Indigenous Maori.

Chinese police have cracked down on an internet craze that saw thousands of cyclists throng a highway under cover of night to gorge on dumplings in a nearby city.

ASIA PACIFIC / Society

Nov 12, 2024

China makes a U-turn on night biking, opting to crack down on it

Thousands of cyclists flooded a six-lane highway in China for the chance to "go crazy once.”

A parent pushes a baby stroller in Shanghai on April 2, 2023.

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Nov 6, 2024

China's latest cry for more babies may fall on deaf ears

By Farah Master

Events aimed at encouraging couples to marry and have babies were criticized for being regressive, disparaging toward women, and reinforcing gender roles.

A recovering drug addict from Myanmar gets a therapeutic massage during a rehabilitation program run by the nongovernmental organization Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Network at an undisclosed location in Mae Sot along the Thai-Myanmar border.

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Oct 31, 2024

As Myanmar conflict rages on, drug escape leads thousands to addiction

By Stuart Graham

The civil war in Myanmar since 2021 has killed thousands, displaced nearly 3 million people and triggered a boom in drug production.

Tens of thousands of South Korean Christians attend a massive worship service in protest of the legislation of anti-discrimination bills and same-sex relationships, in central Seoul on Sunday.

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Oct 28, 2024

South Korean Christian groups protest against same-sex couples rights

As many as 230,000 people attended, the Yonhap news agency reported

A street in Zakir Nagar, a Muslim neighborhood in New Delhi, last month.

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Oct 19, 2024

In Modi's Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security

By Charlotte Greenfield and Aftab Ahmed

There is no official data on segregation in India, but it appears to be increasing among Muslims in recent years due to rising Islamophobia.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.

Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat

By Greg Dvorak

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Overcoming disaster, Hagi grows in Fukushima

Overcoming disaster, Hagi grows in Fukushima

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