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South Korean men taking paternity leave hit record high
Published on 24/01/2020
» The number of South Korean men on paternity leave hit an all-time high last year, an encouraging sign for a country battling one of the world’s lowest birthrates.
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Powerful typhoon pounds western Japan, leaving 1 dead
Published on 15/08/2019
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon made landfall in western Japan on Thursday, leaving one man dead and at least 40 people injured, while greatly disrupting summer holiday traffic.
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Quake swarm jolts Indonesian islands, killing at least 13
Associated Press, Published on 20/08/2018
» SEMBALUN, Indonesia: Multiple strong earthquakes killed at least a dozen people on the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa as the region was trying to recover from a tremblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people.
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Japan female mayor battles men-only sumo rule
AFP, Published on 19/04/2018
» TOKYO: A female mayor at the centre of a fierce debate over allowing women into the sumo ring vowed Thursday never to back down as she prepared to lodge a formal protest.
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Bomb kills 2, wounds 23 in Philippines
Published on 23/11/2014
» KIDAPAWAN, PHILIPPINES — A bomb exploded Sunday in a billiard hall near a crowded town carnival in the southern Philippines, killing two people and wounding 23, the town's mayor said.
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All aboard a floating jungle supermarket
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban's front deck. The Tomarahos had taken the boat downriver to vote in Paraguay's national elections and then had slept outside for four days, waiting for the Aquidaban to take them home.
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Growth forecast cut, Iran cases surge by 50%: Virus update
Published on 02/03/2020
» Iran reported a 50% increase in coronavirus infections, while New York City, Brussels, Berlin and Indonesia all reported their first cases. New cases were reported in Thailand and across the US. Hard-hit South Korea saw its total climb past 4,200.
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Life and death on the Dnieper River
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» The thunder of artillery echoes night and day over the mighty Dnieper River as it winds its way through southern Ukraine. With Russian and Ukrainian forces squared off on opposite banks, fighters have replaced fishermen, surveillance drones circle overhead and mines line the marshy embankments.
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'White Lotus' actor would do it all again
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/12/2022
» Not long ago, venerable actor F Murray Abraham wanted to get lunch at a favourite restaurant in Greenwich Village. Unfortunately, the place was overrun by New York University students shooting a film.
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A floating shelter for the displaced
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/03/2023
» The dinner theatre is now a day care centre, where children rifle through boxes of donated toys. The beauty salon has turned into a one-man barbershop.
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