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Rate of Aussie dads taking paid paternity leave continues to stay low: report

​Just one in 50 Australian fathers are taking the option of paid paternity leave, a figure well behind the rate of other leading Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, a report has said on Friday.

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South Korean 'superdads' on paternity leave break with tradition

It's a weekday morning and Chung Sang-hoon, 34, is at home with his two small children, classical music playing in the background.

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Tibet Airlines to open two new air routes

Tibet Airlines will begin operating two new air routes linking Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, with two other domestic cities on Friday, authorities said.

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Syrian gov't offers to let women, children leave besieged city: mediator

Representatives of the Syrian government said that women and children are allowed to leave the besieged area in the city of Homs, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said on Sunday.

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HK women group petitions for statutory paternity leave

A local women group submitted a petition to Hong Kong government officials on Thursday, calling for accelerating the legal process of granting paternity leave to male employees.

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Lack of leisure leaves Chinese languid

Wen has been working in a securities company in east China's Shandong province for two years. But he has never taken his paid annual leave of five days...