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China's campaigners call for education on sexual abuse

​Sun Xuemei had no time to celebrate Women's Day on Tuesday as she spent it fielding interviews about a campaign to protect a particularly vulnerable group of women.

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Daughter of MH370 chief steward expresses sorrow online on 2nd anniversary, other families seek closure

​The eldest daughter of chief steward Andrew Nari, who was on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has taken to Instagram to express her sorrow on the eve of the second anniversary of the plane's disappearance.

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Maria Sharapova announces she failed a drugs test at Australian Open

Russian will be provisionally suspended for using banned substance, She has taken meldonium for years but it was banned in January

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Hillary Clinton defeats Bernie Sanders to win South Carolina primary

·Resounding victory gives Clinton momentum for Super Tuesday ·Sanders leaves state early to focus on Texas and Minnesota

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Hong Kong teachers cleared over leaking entrance exam questions to parents

One teacher said she was not aware the questions she leaked were intended for the eventual exam

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Austria planning further reductions to asylum seeker intake limit

​Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner announced further planned reductions to the asylum seeker intake limits imposed on Friday.

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PM Lee hits 1m Facebook likes: 5 other Singapore personalities who have hit the milestone

​Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has become the first Singapore politician to hit 1 million likes on his Facebook page.

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E-Commerce: Convenience built on a mountain of cardboard

Ruchit Garg, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, says that he worries that something isn’t right with his Internet shopping habit.

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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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British mother convicted of joining IS in Syria with young child

A British mother has been convicted of terrorism offences after fleeing Britain with her one-year-old child to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, Britain's West Midlands Police announced Friday.

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Zhang Shuai moves fans after qualifying for Australian Open quarterfinals

Chinese tennis fans had an emotional night as Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai, who contemplated retirement after losing all 14 of her previous Grand Slam matches before arriving in Melbourne this year.

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Zhang reaches Australian Open quarter-finals with merciless win over Keys

​Australian Open surprise packet Zhang Shuai of China has shown no mercy to injury-ravaged American Madison Keys, recovering from a set down to progress to the quarter-finals.

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Greek Revival: How One Architect Is Refurbishing 15th-19th Century Homes

For contemporary architect Katerina Tsigarida, the island of Patmos is the perfect escape. Having restored several ancient houses to their original glory, she has also made it her home away from home.

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Cuban migrants with children waiting to board next flight out of Costa Rica

After the first 180 of 8,000 stranded Cuban migrants reached Mexico from Costa Rica on Wednesday, the next group will be made up of families with young children, although the date of the next flight has not yet been set.

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Malcolm Turnbull under pressure as kissing scandal worsens

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a deepening political scandal over an incident in which a government minister allegedly kissed a female diplomat in a Hong Kong bar.

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Refugee urges thousands at hacker congress to use skills to help newcomers

Chaos Communications Congress, Europe’s largest hacker conference, opened with call to action from Fatuma Musa Afrah: ‘Things are solved by human beings’

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Macau Baroness offers advice for surviving the gambling downturn

The Las Vegas Strip has characters like billionaire tycoons Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn. In the world’s largest gambling market of Macau, there’s Angela Leong.