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London's diverse food-truck scene a lesson to Hong Kong

With no limit set on their number, regulations few and registration easy, food trucks have multiplied in the British capital, serving a variety of fare at markets and in office districts, writes Ayesha Sitara

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Hong Kong's sex education crisis: why people turn to sex workers for knowledge

Deeply ingrained prudishness has bred widespread ignorance of how to have pleasurable sexual relationships; a sex worker group has stepped into the breach, and found its workshops oversubscribed

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Ex-domestic helper Xyza Bacani on her Hong Kong photo show about human trafficking

Magnum Fellowship winner’s new exhibition depicts the human cost of modern-day slavery but with a focus on the hope amid the horror. ‘Victims do not have to look sad,’ she says

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"Pyonghattan": where the rich kids of DPRK sip cappuccinos

They like fast fashion from Zara and H&M. They work out to be seen as much as to exercise. They drink cappuccinos to show how cosmopolitan they are. Some have had their eyelids done to make them look more western.

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Fate of "lost" asylum seekers investigated in Finland

​The Finnish authorities are trying to verify the security risks caused by the disappearance of some 2, 500 asylum seekers.

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Cambodian pride was on display in Cannes

Hearing Rithy Panh talk about his nerves before the screening of his latest film at the Cannes Film Festival in France, it’s hard to believe how frequently his work has been shown on the Croisette. Not once, not twice, but actually eight times since Rice People was invited to unspool at the annual event in 1994.

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How Pyongyang's elite live now?

DPRK's new elite dress in designer clothes, sip cappuccinos and get plastic surgery, in stark contrast to the meager living conditions of their compatriots who make less than US$10 a month, the Washington Post reported Sunday.

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Australian authorities charge five men attempting to reach Syria by boat with terror related offences

​Australian authorities are expected to seek the extradition of five men charged with terrorism offences for allegedly planning to travel to Syria via Indonesia and the Philippines in a fishing boat from northern Australia after being arrested last week.

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Arbitration case ticking time bomb against Philippines: columnist

​The South China Sea arbitration case the Philippines filed is like a ticking time bomb working against the country, a columnist wrote on Saturday.

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Disney trial run shows kinks

Visitors can't take the souvenir balloons they purchased at Shanghai Disneyland on the metro train when they leave-that's one of the bugs discovered during the trial run of the 389.7-hectare park.

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The strange aftermath of the largest gang bust in New York history

In the early hours of a cold spring morning last month, residents at Eastchester Gardens, a public housing project in the Bronx, were awakened to a sight out of an action movie. NYPD officers and federal agents, some adorned with helmets and bulletproof vests, entered the buildings with battering rams—and a list of names.

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All the things YOU hate about Hong Kong taxis, and words of praise for city cabs too

Our gripes about Hong Kong taxis rang a bell with readers, who complain drivers are rude, refuse rides, or feign ignorance. But compared to taxis in Macau, China, and Malaysia they’re a pleasure, one says

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Six reasons why everyone is hating on Call of Duty

The trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare title has been disliked more than a million times. What has happened to the world’s favourite shooter?

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Vietnamese woman and Malaysian lover arrested for human trafficking

​A 26-year-old woman from Vietnam's southern Tay Ninh province and her 39-year-old Malaysian lover were arrested by the provincial police on Wednesday for having cheated Vietnamese girls to Malaysia to work as prostitutes.

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Facebook denies censoring conservative stories from trending topics

Social network has found no evidence that allegations it ignores news from right-wing sites are true, says head of search

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How to pick your child's first computer

When should children get a computer? Mac or PC? Chromebook or iPad? What to know when facing the milestone

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Police foil terror suspects' bid to leave Australia via boat to join IS

​Five would-be terrorists have been taken into custody by Australian police after allegedly hatching a plan to sail from Australia to Indonesia, and then join Islamic State (IS).