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Indian police details several people over abduction, rape of actress

Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala have detained several people after a popular movie actress complained to them that she was abducted and subsequently raped, officials said.

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Attention, Hollywood: It's time to give these 11 Asian stars their due

The Oscars may not be so white this year, but there's still a long way to go before the industry that supports the glamorous awards show champions diversity across the board. With many noting the lack of Asian standouts among this year's nominees (Dev Patel was the sole Asian honored in an acting category), USA TODAY takes a look at a host of talents who deserve to be embraced by Hollywood's star-making machine.

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Ivanka Trump's perfume is a big winner on Amazon

If you've lost sleep worrying that Ivanka Trump's brand is in jeopardy, take comfort -- her perfume is a now a best seller on Amazon.

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Artist Valentina Loffredo’s photography passion develops into first Hong Kong solo exhibition

Italian mother of two’s show at LIGHTSTAGE in Sheung Wan features images from her popular LITTLE series, which she says is a work in progress

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‘One Week Friends’: Groundhog day in the ‘friend zone’

Someday soon someone is going to come up with an algorithm for commercial seishun eiga (youth films). Plug in the variables — teenaged love in its more innocuous variations being first and foremost — and pop out a script for another hit.

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Tiffany Trump's style journey with her Chinese fashion designer

It was such a pleasant surprise for Tao Wang to see Tiffany Trump, the youngest of U.S. President Donald Trump's two daughters, sitting in the front row at the Chinese designer's New York fashion week show.

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Moms reach out to newbies / Volunteers ready to support childcare in local communities

Higashi-Yodogawa Ward in the city of Osaka has started a project in which women with experience raising children volunteer to help prevent new mothers from feeling isolated.

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Sold into marriage: how Rohingya girls become child brides in Malaysia

The slight girl in a turquoise headscarf held back tears as she recalled what happened when she fled to Malaysia from Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine state. Just 12-years-old at the time, she was forced to wed a man she did not know, and who was more than a decade older than her.

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How beer brewed 5,000 years ago in China tastes today

Stanford archaeology students recreate recipe based on discovery at the Mijiaya site in Shaanxi province

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How beer brewed 5,000 years ago in China tastes today

Stanford archaeology students recreate recipe based on discovery at the Mijiaya site in Shaanxi province

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How Park Geun-hye plans to outlast her enemies, beat impeachment and see out her term as South Korean president

Scandal has laid bare cosy ties between business and politics in South Korea and embroiled many of its leading companies, including Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone maker.

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Emma Watson: the feminist and the fairytale

She’s about to star as the heroine of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, but post-Potter she has received more plaudits for her activism than her acting

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Global Risk Briefing

Politics is roiling markets as the Trump era dawns, Chinese leadership turns over and major elections sweep through Europe. Bloomberg’s risk map signals where danger lurks.

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France's Le Pen launches election bid with vow to fight globalization

France's far-right party leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday told thousands of flag-waving supporters chanting "This is our country!" that she alone could protect them against Islamic fundamentalism and globalization if elected president in May.

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China Focus: Spring Festival enchants foreigners

​Since arriving in Beijing to study in 2014, every Chinese New Year Sabaa Ali El-Tayeb has bought a stuffed toy animal.

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Theresa May delivers New Year message of friendship

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday sent her wishes through the government’s website and her own Weibo account to those who celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year worldwide, pledging to further strengthen China-UK relations.

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Impeached S.Korean president plans to be interrogated by prosecutors

​Impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said on an Internet TV that she plans to be interrogated by an independent counsel team investigating a scandal that led to her impeachment.