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A display case of photos is seen outside the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands, April 2, 2022.

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  • Asia

Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Under the Solomon Islands' terms of a draft agreement, China could send police, military personnel and other armed forces to the Solomon Islands "to assist in maintaining social order."

April 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Residents are evacuated by rescuers in a flooded village in Panitan, Panay island, Philippines on Tuesday. Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least a few dozen people in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides, officials said.

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  • Asia

Search efforts intensify as Philippine death toll from floods rises to nearly 60

A summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain in the central and southern Philippines. Rescuers were struggling with mud and unstable heaps of earth and debris to find missing people.

April 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A priest and relatives on Tuesday stand near the exhumed body of Gostomel's mayor, Yuriy Prylypko, who had been buried near a church in the village in the Kyiv region. Prylypko, 62, was killed on March 7 after Russian forces rolled into his village.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 12)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, speaks during a rally as he campaigns for the presidency in February in Manila.

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  • Asia

A dictator's son runs for Philippines president in a bid to revive his family's power

Ahead of presidential elections taking place in May, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is banking on voters' nostalgia for his late father's period of dictatorial rule in the 1970s and 1980s.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
A man waves a Sri Lankan national flag as he stands on a barricade blocking the entrance to president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Monday.

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  • World

Sri Lanka is suspending payments on its foreign debt as its economic crisis worsens

Sri Lanka is suspending payments on bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion of a loan restructuring program with the International Monetary Fund.

April 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Workers unload supplies including boxes of masks in Shanghai on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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  • Asia

U.S. orders consular staff to leave Shanghai amid COVID surge

The order from Washington covers "non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members from U.S. Consulate General Shanghai."

April 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Four years into her life in the U.S., Aria Young has realized she wants more balance between the two halves of herself — Yáng Qìn Yuè of Shanghai and Aria Young of New York City.

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  • Education

A Chinese student Americanized her name to fit in. It took more to feel she belonged

When Aria Young moved to the U.S., she adopted an Americanized name. Now, she's wondering how to hold on to the version of herself she left in China.

April 11, 2022
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo and
  • Anya Steinberg
Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, speaks while other opposition parties leader watch during a press conference after the Supreme Court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 7, 2022.

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  • Asia

Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster

An opposition lawmaker and a brother of disgraced former prime minister appears as a leading contender to replace Khan.

April 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Supporters of an opposition party celebrate the success of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday.

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  • World

Pakistan's prime minister vows to fight on after Parliament ousts him

Supporters of Imran Khan took to the streets in protest while the political opposition prepared to install his replacement.

April 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Charithra Chandran is cast as Edwina Sharma, who comes to England where her mom and half-sister in search of love and marriage.

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  • Television

Two Indian half-sisters are the talk of 'Bridgerton' — and of modern-day India, too

Kate and Edwina Sharma are having quite an impact on 19th century English society — and 21st century India. Their role in the Netflix show has sparked talk of colorism, colonialism and women's rights.

April 10, 2022
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By:
  • kamala thiagarajan
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted by a no-confidence vote.

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  • Asia

Imran Khan has been ousted as Pakistan's prime minister

The no confidence vote came after the speaker of the house resigned, saying he could not oversee the ouster of his close ally of 30 years, and after Khan's own lawmakers delayed the vote.

April 09, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
Former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng (center) leaves Brooklyn federal court with attorney Marc Agnifilo on May 6, 2019, in New York. On Friday, Ng was convicted of bribery and other corruption charges accusing him of participating in a $4.5 billion scheme to ransack the Malaysian state investment fund.

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  • Business

A former Goldman Sachs banker is found guilty in a plot to loot Malaysia's 1MDB fund

Roger Ng was convicted in a New York federal court of bribery and other corruption charges accusing him of participating in a $4.5 billion scheme to ransack the Malaysian state investment fund.

April 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul in 2020.

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  • Asia

After a week of political chaos in Pakistan, more turmoil lies ahead

The county's Supreme Court said a move by Prime Minister Imran Khan to dissolve parliament rather than face a no-confidence vote was unconstitutional. What happens next isn't entirely clear.

April 08, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
Feng "Franklin" Tao stands in front of a church in Lawrence, Kan., on March 20.

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  • Education

A jury finds a Kansas scholar guilty of fraud and hiding ties to China

The jury also found Feng "Franklin" Tao not guilty of four related counts in the case, which spurred by the Trump Justice Department's controversial "China Initiative" effort.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Neighborhoods are separated by barriers as part of lockdown measures in Shanghai to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant.

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  • Global Health

Voices from Shanghai: The trials of living through a massive COVID lockdown

China's lockdown and quarantine policy is testing the limits of the city of 26 million. Parents were separated from kids. And there's not enough staff for the elderly residents of care centers.

April 07, 2022
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  • Emily Feng
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