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Teachers to step aside for virtual learning

Education experts are pressing the case for online learning programs, to improve traditional classroom teaching by helping students to absorb and retain course materials more readily.

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Behind China's rising divorce rate: impulse or relief?

"In the past people wanted to divorce mostly because of domestic violence and affairs, now it is increasingly common among young couples to separate after trivial disputes or interference of their parents," she said.

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The Friends reunion was a total car crash

No one told us life was going to be this way – or that a much-hyped special about TV’s best sitcom would be so awful

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U.S. Supreme Court could swing left after conservative justice's passing

With the passing of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court could shift to the left, which will impact a number of upcoming decisions, experts said.

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Texting while walking isn’t funny anymore

As pedestrian injuries rise, what responsibility do tech companies have to address our addiction?

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U.S. dominance of int'l monetary governance to recede: expert

​Emerging markets will play a greater role in the international monetary governance as a parallel system outside of the established framework seeks to limit the ripple effects of the U.S. dollar.

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Topless children in wintry cold raises online furor

Chinese children are often portrayed as spoiled little brats raised by over-protective parents, but some of them are trying to rectify their image, in a controversial way.

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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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Traumatized Syrians astonished over new deadly bombings

Syrians in the Shiite Sayyidah Zaynab district south of Damascus expressed deep sorrow over the triple bombings that deprived 70 lives of their fellows and relatives earlier on Sunday.

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Editor's Note of the inaugural column "APD Campus Reporters"

Young students are lively and passionate, especially in this diverse and ever-changing world filled with exploded information.

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Vietnam ruling party boss re-elected, cements hold on power

Vietnam's Communist Party Wednesday re-elected its 71-year-old chief for a second term, an expected outcome that sees the conservative pro-China ideologue cementing his hold on power.

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Spring Festival travel made easier for motorcyclists

For migrant worker Huang Zilie, this year's travel back home for the Spring Festival holiday will be different.

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China, Egypt oppose linking terrorism with specific nations, religions

China and Egypt reaffirmed Thursday that they both oppose linking terrorism with specific nations, ethnic groups or religions.

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Radicalisation of Bangladeshi workers arrested under ISA dates back to 2013

In April 2013, terrorist group Islamic State announced it would expand its operations beyond Iraq as the civil war in Syria worsened.

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HK's share of Chinese mainland tourists to drop: survey

​Hong Kong's share of tourists from Chinese mainland is predicted to drop to 27 percent in 2020, down from a peak of 42 percent in 2012, according to the brokerage firm CLSA.

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Indonesia at risk of bigger IS-linked attacks: Police chief

​Indonesia is bracing for the return of experienced Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (IS) fighters from the Middle East who would be capable of carrying out attacks far more deadly than the assault on Jakarta last week, the country's police chief said on Monday (Jan 18).

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Grieving kangaroo actually just wants sex: Australian experts

Photos shared across Australian social media reportedly showing a male kangaroo grieving over its dying mate have been debunked by experts claiming the endemic marsupial was just looking to have sex.