Australia's GDP figures for 2020 showed a decrease of 1.1 percent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.
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About 178,000 policemen were on duty nationwide Saturday, the lunar New Year's day, to ensure smooth traffic, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).
Tourism and organic farming will be piloted in limited areas of Sanjiangyuan, "Asia's water tower," following the inauguration of the administrative office for the country's first national park.
The problem of some kindergartens charging excessively high application fees has prompted an official investigation by the Ombudsman after the Education Bureau gave around 40 schools the green light for such charges last year.
The county in Tibet that is home to the world's highest mountain is taking steps to stop graffiti by visitors at the peak's tourism hot spots.
A gay couple's attempt to seek their claimed right to marriage, despite same-sex marriage being illegal, was rejected Wednesday by a court in central China's Hunan Province.
Indonesia's economy expanded at the slowest pace since 2009 in the second quarter as the government spending and exports remain subdued.
South Korea's national police agency on Wednesday established a cyber bureau to strengthen its national cyber security.
Six government officials in central China's Hunan Province have been removed from their posts over sex scandals.
A total of 54 Chinese films, from action blockbusters to low-budget comedies, have been selected for an official screening event meant to tap into the overseas market.
Three people have been killed and another 13 injured after a knife-wielding man attempted to rob a bus in central China's Henan Province Monday afternoon, local police said.
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