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How to stop robocalls … or at least fight back

Pestering prerecorded calls are reaching record highs, and even hit our cellphones; here are ways you can try to stop them

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These are the athletes opting out of the Olympics amid zika concerns

​More athletes — nearly all of them golfers — are bowing out of the Summer Olympics in Brazil as concerns over the Zika outbreak continue.

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WOW|The elders and youngsters in my hometown

I was sitting at the back of the bus, listening some English songs with the headset, on my way to my hometown- Xian tao. It has been nearly five years since the day I went to Beijing start my university life.

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Rape case involving Stanford student triggers uproar against white privilege

​A recent public letter recounting the author's harrowing experience after being raped by a Stanford University student has caused an uproar against white privilege in the United States and prompted compassionate replies by people from different backgrounds.

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Hong Kong's first legally employed refugee makes the case for allowing asylum seekers to work

The legally working refugee, who would prefer not to reveal his identity for reasons of personal security, tells Polly McGovern why Hong Kong's asylum seekers need jobs.

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At 63, yoga-based training on Hong Kong rooftop a shock for lifelong sportsman

Wanting to get back his physical edge, but determined to avoid gyms, Anthony Root signed up for outdoor training classes – and quickly changed his view of yoga as mild exercise for the lazy

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My 20 years in Kennedy Town, a Hong Kong dump turned destination

From the waves that used to strike the Praya to the barbers and their 100-year-old chairs, Fionnuala McHugh reflects on the vivid life and changing face of a gentrifying neighbourhood and the symbolism of the fight to save its 'temporary' garden

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Meet Alexandra Shipp, the X-Men’s new Storm

“Growing up in a family of athletes, they were like, ‘Alex, choose a sport.’ I tried every single one and it was all bad. I wanted to act. I loved everything about the theater.”

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Bolt: Rio will be my last Olympics

Usain Bolt has confirmed he will retire after this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro despite calls to prolong his career.

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A diplomat's tales of three Chinese cities

I thought that one day I would like to write a book to recordin detail those impressions and rich experiences I gained through living and working in thisgreat land.

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Will Sylvester Stallone win his first Oscar?

hen Sylvester Stallone met with the Hollywood Foreign Press in November last year, who knew then that he would be a cinch to win this year’s Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rocky Balboa in Creed (a sequel of sorts to Rocky).

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Chinese New Year: A marriage of mirth and misery

The lunar new year gives many young Chinese a lot to look forward to, and at least one thing to dread.

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In search of Japan's hidden culinary revolution

From Tokyo to Kanazawa in this food-obsessed nation,sampling the culinary wizardry of a new wave of creative chefs.

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"Missing" Hong Kong bookseller turns himself in to police

Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong bookseller hyped as "missing" by media overseas, had already turned himself in to police in the Chinese mainland in October 2015, after fleeing more than ten years ago while still in probation for convicted drunk driving.

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Getting Old? This High-Tech Suit Simulates Aging

R70i Age Suit, made by Applied Minds and shown at CES, is designed to make you feel 40 years older

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Pastrami on rye: The 6 best places to eat new york’s signature sandwich

A guide to the juiciest pastrami on rye in the city that invented the deli classic

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Romantic rules dilute Christmas cheer for some Tokyoites

"In the past it's always been just Christmas eve that was the super romantic day of the year but as Christmas falls on a Friday this year, meaning the next day is a day off, many are focusing all their attention on the day itself and it's mortifying," explained Tomo Hasegawa, a 29-year-old singleton working for a trading company near Tokyo's Akasaka.