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News Articles: Asia

Mao Yanfeng, the director of the accident investigation division of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (left), and He Rong from the Guangxi Fire and Rescue Force attend a press conference in Wuzhou city on Wednesday in southwestern China's Guangxi province. China says one of two so-called black boxes from Monday's plane crash was found in severely damaged condition.

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  • Asia

A black box from the fatal Chinese plane crash has been located, officials say

The equipment was extremely damaged, however, so it's unclear how much information it will provide. There were 132 people aboard the flight, which crashed on Monday.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
In this July 17, 2021, file photo, candles lit by journalists in New Delhi pay tribute to photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan covering clashes between the Taliban and Afghan security forces.

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  • World

Family of killed photojournalist Danish Siddiqui take Taliban leaders to ICC

The family of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, killed during a Taliban attack in Afghanistan last year, are seeking legal action at the International Criminal Court

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Robert Griffiths
Tents with the characters that read "Disaster rescue" are erected at the entrance to Lv village which leads to the site of the crash site of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that went down Monday in southwestern China's Guangxi province.

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  • Asia

China's search for survivors from crashed jetliner turns up nothing so far

The flight, with 132 passengers and crew aboard was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed in a forested area of southern China on Monday.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Aowen Cao
In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to address Japanese parliament

The online address extends work by the Ukrainian leader to rally international support against Russia's invasion of his country.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In May 2019, residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off on a test flight from the new Beijing Daxing International Airport. State media are reporting a Chinese airliner from China Eastern with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday.

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  • Asia

A Jetliner crashed with 132 aboard in southern China, officials say

Authorities have not yet determined the total number of casualties or why the plane went down as debris is seen littered across a mountainside in Guangxi's Teng county.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Shararah's 2021 Nowruz feast isn't possible this year because of a ban on the holiday by the Afghan government.

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  • Arts & Life

Nowruz is banned in Afghanistan, but families continue to celebrate

One woman living in Kabul describes how, despite food shortages and repression, her family is celebrating the Persian new year with what they have.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Simran Sethi
A tourist strolls along the white sand of Maya Beach in Thailand. The destination was once overrun by visitors, but thanks in part to the pandemic, its ecosystem has had time to recover.

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  • Asia

In Thailand, the pandemic helped a famous beach recover from an onslaught of tourists

The Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach helped put Maya Bay on the "must see" list of every visitor to Thailand. But that proved too much for its delicate ecosystem. The pandemic helped change that.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Sullivan
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Hong Kong, on Monday.

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  • Asia

Hong Kong to lift flight bans and cut quarantine for arrivals

The local government also says it will suspend plans for a city-wide mass-testing exercise.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Lee Yong-soo, a South Korean sexual slavery survivor who has been demanding since the early 1990s that the Japanese government fully accept culpability and offer an unequivocal apology, wipes her tear during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on March 16, 2022.

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  • Asia

South Korean slavery victim seeks U.N. justice as time runs out

The grievances over sexual slavery, forced labor and other abuses stemming from Japan's WW II-era colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula have strained Seoul-Tokyo relations in recent years.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • Europe

Australia bans the export of aluminum ores to Russia

Australian officials said the restrictions, which include a ban on bauxite, is designed to curtail Russia's ability to produce aluminum — a vital ingredient in arms and munition manufacturing.

March 20, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-U.S Vice President Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People on December 4, 2013, in Beijing.

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  • Politics

Biden tells China's Xi of the implications of assisting Russia in call, official says

A White House official declined to lay out the specifics of any potential U.S. response, but said that Biden was "detailed" and "direct" with the Chinese leader.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
This photo taken on Feb. 20 shows a foreign worker in Hong Kong sheltering with her belongings during the city's current coronavirus surge.

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  • Global Health

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
Local security personnel try to grab a banner from supporters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Thursday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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  • World

Convictions of Cambodian opposition leaders draws criticism from rights groups

Human rights advocates have decried the accusations as "baseless" and say the trial is meant to sideline political opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power for more than 30 years.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
People wait in line for taxis in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, early Thursday following a powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima.

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  • Asia

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits northern Japan

The powerful quake struck off the coast of Fukushima on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and cutting power to more than 2 million Tokyo homes. No casualties have been reported so far.

March 16, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A mob set this train car afire as they protested railway jobs that set increasingly demanding requirements, shutting out many applicants. What the media called a "job riot" took place in Gaya in the northeast Indian state of Bihar on Jan. 26.

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  • Global Health

This burning train is a symbol of the anger of India's out-of-work youth

The country is in the midst of a job crisis. The rate of unemployment is about 13% among educated youth. Those who work in the informal sector vie for jobs with no security. Why are things so bad?

March 16, 2022
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By:
  • Raksha Kumar
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