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Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher, left, is turned away by court officials and police as he tried to enter the trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei at the Beijing Number 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday in Beijing.

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China holds espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist

China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng Lei is accused of committing, who has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.

March 31, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Lady Justice statue stands atop the Final Court of Appeal in Hong Kong after a ceremony to mark the opening of the legal year on Jan. 24, 2022 in Hong Kong.

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  • Asia

Britain withdraws its judges from Hong Kong's top court

The two British judges resigned after citing concerns about the court being as endorsing "an administration that has departed from values of political freedom, and freedom of expression."

March 31, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Candidates prepare for an exam review at the library of Hebei University of Technology in Handan, North China's Hebei Province, Dec. 6, 2021.

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  • Asia

China tightens restrictions and bars scholars from international conferences

Academics based in China must apply for permission to attend online exchanges, even on topics that once were considered nonpolitical.

March 30, 2022
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  • Emily Feng
The silhouettes of people are seen as they stand outside the War Memorial of Korea museum in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017.

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  • World

South Korea has key rocket launch, days after North's ICBM test

The launch comes six days after North Korea conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test since 2017 in an apparent attempt to pressure on the Biden administration amid stalled talks.

March 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Activists hold posters against the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singapore High Commision in Kuala Lumpur on March 9, 2022.

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  • Asia

A man with a mental disability loses his appeal and will be hanged in Singapore

The Malaysian man recognized as having an intellectual disability has been on death row since 2010 for trying to smuggle less than 1.5 ounces of heroin into Singapore.

March 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
19-year-old Pradeep Mehra on his 5-mile run home after his shift ends at McDonald's. A chance encounter with a filmmaker led to a video that's gone viral.

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  • Global Health

Nightly midnight jog by Indian teen inspires millions on Twitter

19-year-old Pradeep Mehra works 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., then runs home to keep in shape for his goal: joining India's highly selective army. A video of his nightly jog has become a Twitter sensation.

March 28, 2022
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Traffic police wearing protective suits check on a vehicle before an underpass tunnel that has closed following the coronavirus outbreak in Shanghai, China, on Monday.

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  • Asia

China is locking down most of Shanghai, its largest city, to fight COVID

Many areas within the city of 26 million were already under restrictions, with residents required to submit to multiple tests for COVID-19. It's the most extensive campaign since Wuhan, two years ago.

March 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo taken in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 25, 2022, students of the Pyongyang Jang Chol Gu University of Commerce watch footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un along with news of the previous day's launch of the Hwasong-17 missile — Pyongyang's first ICBM test since 2017.

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  • World

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to develop more powerful means of attack

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to develop more powerful means of, days after the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years

March 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Search and rescue workers pause for a moment of silence for the 132 people killed at the China Eastern flight crash site in Tengxian County on March 27, 2022, in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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  • Asia

Rescue workers have found the second black box from the China Eastern crash

The discovery of the flight data recorder is raising hopes that it might shed light on why the passenger plane nosedived into a remote mountainous area, killing all 132 on board.

March 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A villager brings a yak into the classroom so the new teacher will understand how important the animals are to the village of nomadic yak herders. Yak dung is important too — used to warm homes.

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  • Movies

The inspirational story of Bhutan's first Oscar nod: 'Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom'

The movie is up for best international feature. It's about an urban teacher who's ticked off about being sent to work in a remote village with no electricity. Enlightenment ensues!

March 27, 2022
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Chef Peter — he doesn't want his full name used because he wants to keep his restaurant out of the limelight — prepares duck, which will be finished off with his special Lu sauce (with soy sauce, ginger, garlic and a special ingredient donated by his late mother).

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  • Food

The secrets of China's 'secret sauce'

It's called Lu sauce. It dates back 1,500 years (at least) and for chef Peter in Beijing, it's new as the brew of soy sauce, ginger, garlic he cooks up each night — with a special touch from his mom.

March 27, 2022
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  • Emily Feng and
  • Aowen Cao
Being a female journalist and a Dalit, Meera Devi is no stranger to discrimination and threats of violence. "I have got threats against my life. There have been threats against shutting down our newspaper. They raise doubts about my reporting and investigate if I'm really a journalist."

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  • Movies

'Writing With Fire' is up for an Oscar. But its subjects say they're misrepresented

The documentary tells the story of a news outlet run by women from marginalized communities. The directors are thrilled by the nomination. But the reporters say their full story wasn't told.

March 26, 2022
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  • Sushmita Pathak
Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, last month.

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  • Asia

Pakistan's Imran Khan faces a political showdown — without the army for support

Amid a series of missteps, the cricket star-turned-politician faces a no confidence vote after the country's all-powerful generals signaled that they would no longer back him.

March 26, 2022
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 9, 2019.

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  • Asia

Document indicates China could boost military in Solomons

One Asia-Pacific security observer says Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. would all be "very concerned" about the draft agreement.

March 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.

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  • Asia

North Korea fires suspected long-range missile toward sea

Experts say the North's fast pace in testing activity shows its dual goal of advancing its weaponry and applying pressure on Washington over a deepening freeze in nuclear negotiations.

March 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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