Asia
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Three people on a motorcycle attacked Ananta Gopal Ganguly, 70, as he was on his way to temple in Jhenaidah district
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Treatment of Yamato Tanooka, whose parents abandoned him in a forest as punishment for being naughty, will be referred to social services
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Khurram Zaki was killed for campaigning against extremists but his fellow activists plan to continue risking confrontation
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Two people questioned over the death of Jean-Pierre Deteix, a long-time rights campaigner for the Pacific island’s indigenous population
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Artists’ group says it has been told to paint over ‘show of solidarity’ between Indigenous Australians and West Papuans
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Passengers and crew treated for minor injuries after flight from London to Kuala Lumpur was hit by severe turbulence over Bay of Bengal
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Startup company claims to have been inundated after launching a service to clear up after parties – including bringing painkillers
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Appeal planned after Nay Myo Lin was given three months’ hard labour for trying to intervene when riot police knocked man off motorbike during protest
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Employment abroad offers women the chance of a better salary. But attempts to stop them after cases of abuse have increased the risks of exploitation
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Chin is the poorest state in Myanmar and it is experiencing an exodus as young women from the region migrate to find work. But sometimes, they don’t come home
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The dance troupes of Karnataka, the formidable hunting tribes of Nagaland, the revered qawwali singers of Rajasthan – these musical groups, once essential to and symbolic of their regions, are dying out and may no longer exist in 15-20 years. Filmmaker and photographer Souvid Datta shot these whilst producing documentary, Tuning 2 You: The Lost Musicians of India
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A monkey is caught on CCTV robbing 10,000 rupees - around $150 - from a jewellery shop in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
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Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka is found alive and unharmed after being missing for almost a week in a forest in northern Japan
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The father whose son went missing in bear-inhabited forests for six days makes an emotional apology after the boy is found alive
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China’s foreign minister Wang Yi vents his frustration when reporter Amanda Connolly, of online news site IPolitics, asks a question about the country’s human rights record.
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‘Lorna’ was seven years old when her abuse started. She was introduced to the world of online child sex abuse by a neighbour and would perform three acts a day for online predators before she was rescued by the police. Here, she tells her story in her own words.
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Chinese laundry detergent brand Qiaobi have released a controversial advert that has caused widespread outrage online
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Netflix to produce first original series for India based on Vikram Chandra novel