Asia
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Police rule out possibility of it being a terrorist attack and arrested one man for the crime
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Neo-Maoists express fury online over project in city of Changsha regarded as Chinese communism’s answer to Mecca
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Exclusive: Metal salvaging off Borneo was originally authorised as ‘research’ by Malaysian university
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Local media says Thomas Keating will be formally charged with reckless driving after Emily Collie’s death
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Menstrual seclusion was once about giving women a safe space – hunter gatherer cultures can teach us how women’s blood is potent, not polluting
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These cruel assaults are more often linked to patriarchal societies. But in Britain, where sulphuric acid was first manufactured, cases are once again on the rise
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An initiative sending teams into isolated communities to X-ray patients and give treatment is improving diagnosis rates, in a country where TB is one of the leading causes of death for people aged 15-49
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On a visit to South Korea, Donald Trump’s defence secretary, James Mattis, warns North Korea of an ‘effective and overwhelming’ response if Pyongyang chooses to use nuclear weapons
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Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan, sings to a group of workers in the Ahal region of the country on 30 January
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India marks the 67th anniversary of its constitution coming into effect with an elaborate displays of military might and cultural events across the country
China expels South Korean missionaries amid missile defence tensions