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News Articles: Asia

Cinnamon and cardamon bun served in a Swedish cafe, often eaten at <em>fika </em>– a Swedish word that's often translated as "coffee and cake break." <em></em>

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  • World

#SwedenGate sparks food fight: Why some countries share meals more than others

A Reddit user claimed that while visiting a friend's house in Sweden, he had to sit in another room while the family ate dinner. The story ignited a conversation about how the rest of the world eats.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jacky Habib and
  • Malaka Gharib
Cinnamon and cardamon bun served in a Swedish cafe, often eaten at <em>fika </em>– a Swedish word that's often translated as "coffee and cake break." <em></em>

Tagged as: 

  • World

#SwedenGate sparks food fight: Why some countries share meals more than others

A Reddit user claimed that while visiting a friend's house in Sweden, he had to sit in another room while the family ate dinner. The story ignited a conversation about how the rest of the world eats.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jacky Habib and
  • Malaka Gharib
A firefighter works to contain a fire that broke out at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, early Sunday.

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  • World

A fire at a depot in Bangladesh has killed at least 49 and injured more than 100

The blaze in the city of Chittagong broke out around midnight Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals. The cause could not immediately be determined.

June 05, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Police officers on Friday set up a cordon as Hong Kong authorities announced a temporary closure of the Victoria Park where the candlelight vigil used to be held to commemorate the June 4, 1989 military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on a pro-democracy student movement.

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  • News

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Police patrolled Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

June 04, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Police officers on Friday set up a cordon as Hong Kong authorities announced a temporary closure of the Victoria Park where the candlelight vigil used to be held to commemorate the June 4, 1989 military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on a pro-democracy student movement.

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  • News

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Police patrolled Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

June 04, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Female community health care workers protest in New Delhi, India, in August 2020. The women are part of a government program called Accredited Social Health Activists — and are demanding higher pay and better working conditions. In May, the program won an award from the World Health Organization.

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  • Global Health

These female health-care workers won a huge WHO honor. They'd like a raise, too

India's all-female task force of community health-care workers won the World Health Organization's Global Health Leaders Awards. But instead of recognition, some want a better salary and benefits.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Sushmita Pathak
Taliban officials eradicate a poppy field on Sunday in Washir, a district of Helmand province in Afghanistan. The country's Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country's massive production of opium and heroin, even as farmers fear their livelihoods will be ruined at a time of growing poverty.

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  • Asia

Afghanistan dominates global opium production. The Taliban is shutting that down

After the group retook power in the country in 2021, it banned poppy cultivation. Now it's tearing the plants out, field by field. But farmers and workers worry there's no money in other crops.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ahmed Quraishi (second from left), a Pakistani TV news anchor, stands at the Western Wall prayer site in Jerusalem in May. His participation in the rare Pakistani visit sparked a backlash back home, prompting Pakistani state-run TV to fire him.

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  • World

A rare visit by Pakistanis to Israel has caused furor in Islamabad

Pakistan doesn't recognize Israel. After a delegation visited Israel and even met with its president, Pakistani senators were outraged and one visitor got fired.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Diaa Hadid
Ahmed Quraishi (second from left), a Pakistani TV news anchor, stands at the Western Wall prayer site in Jerusalem in May. His participation in the rare Pakistani visit sparked a backlash back home, prompting Pakistani state-run TV to fire him.

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  • World

A rare visit by Pakistanis to Israel has caused furor in Islamabad

Pakistan doesn't recognize Israel. After a delegation visited Israel and even met with its president, Pakistani senators were outraged and one visitor got fired.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Diaa Hadid
Gua Sha, a facial massage technique in traditional Chinese medicine, has reached viral fame, thanks to social media influencers in the West.

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  • Arts & Life

Asian founders work to steer the narrative as beauty trends pull from their cultures

The latest obsessions in America's wellness craze are rooted in South Asian practices. Industry leaders who grew up with those rituals are caught between joy and a battle against cultural erasure.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Delivery men sort out their parcels outside a community on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Beijing.

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  • Asia

Shanghai eases into gradually reopening from its COVID-19 lockdown

China's largest city and global financial hub plans to restore mass transit and gradually reopen schools

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Villagers gather outside the residence of Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known around the world by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, in a village near in Mansa, India on Monday.

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  • Asia

Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead at 28

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known around the world by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was killed Sunday evening while driving his car in Mansa, a district in northern India's Punjab state.

May 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Smokes and flames billow from burning narcotic drugs during a destruction ceremony of seized narcotic drugs in outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on June 26, 2018.

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  • World

1 billion pills: The number of seized drugs reaches ominous record in Asia

A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, appears on stage at the Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers' meeting with Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Monday, May 30, 2022, in Suva, Fiji.

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  • Asia

China falls short on big deal in South Pacific but finds smaller wins

Beijing's hopes to developing a marine plan for fisheries holding police training fell short over some countries' concerns over increasing geopolitical tensions and threatening regional stability.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A team of climbers prepare to leave for rescue operations from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 29, 2022, following reports of a Tara Air flight that disappeared.

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  • Asia

A plane carrying 22 passengers was found crashed on a mountain in central Nepal

Photos of the crash, released by the army, show the plane's parts scattered across a mountainside.

May 30, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
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