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A woman uses her phone at Bashantapur Durbar Square, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday after the Nepali government announced it will block access to all unregistered social media platforms.
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Nepal to block some social media platforms, including Facebook
The move came after the companies failed to register with authorities in a crackdown on misuse.
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South Korean doctors end 18-month walkout in relief to hospitals
The return of the trainees marks the end of one of the longest labor disputes in South Korea’s medical sector.
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Floods leave women struggling in Pakistan's relief camps
Pregnant women are vulnerable to infectious diseases, according to doctors in a medical camp set up by a local NGO.
A resident removes sludge from his damaged house a day after flash floods in the Buner district of mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Aug. 16.
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Aug 27, 2025
Pakistan's monsoon misery is nature's fury, but also man's mistake
By Shrouq TARIQ
Unless construction and sewer maintenance are better regulated, annual downpours that have left hundreds dead in recent months will continue to kill.
An employee works at a bar in the City of Dreams, an integrated resort that includes Sri Lanka's first high end casino, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.
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Aug 26, 2025
Sri Lanka rolls the dice on casinos to power post-crisis tourism boom
By Uditha Jayasinghe
The success of the casino strategy is crucial for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who completes one year in office next month.
Begum, a 35-year-old mother of seven children, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 18. Begum will marry off one of her daughters after a funding shortage shuttered thousands of schools in the refugee camps.
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Aug 25, 2025
School closures push Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work
By Ruma Paul
A funding crisis has led to the suspension of many Rohingya learning centers, leaving children to play in the mud or rain.
Six-year-old Pooja shows her indigenous face tattoos at the Jogi Colony in Umerkot, a Hindu-majority district of Pakistan.
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Aug 21, 2025
City girls snub traditional Hindu face tattoos in Pakistan
By Sameer MANDHRO
The practice stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot Pakistan's southern border with India.
New Zealand saw its weakest population expansion since the third quarter of 2022, with immigration slowing as more citizens look overseas for better-paying jobs.
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Aug 19, 2025
New Zealand posts slowest population growth in three years
By Tracy Withers
New Zealand’s economy has struggled to sustain a recovery from a deep recession in 2024 even as interest rates fall.
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
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Aug 18, 2025
Women-only communities flourish in China
By Ludovic Ehret
A growing number of co-living spaces in the country are providing their exclusive clientele with a haven from social pressures and male judgment.
A drone footage shows partially submerged village houses and other buildings after heavy rainfall flooded the Miyun district of Beijing on July 29.
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Aug 5, 2025
Beijing evacuates more than 80,000 over heavy rain: state media
The move follows flooding in the capital's suburbs last week that killed dozens.

SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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