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Brooklyn Nets' Cam Thomas dribbles past Phoenix Suns' Oso Ighodaro during the NBA pre-season basketball game at the Venetian Arena in Macau on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2025

The NBA’s return to China is no slam dunk

From a commercial point of view, re-engaging with its second-biggest market is an obvious move.
The award-winning Existing is Exhausting beer is a crisp and bitter West Coast IPA with a hint of sweetness.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 14, 2025

A bitter pale ale from Yokohama finds a sweet win at World Beer Awards

Libushi Bashamichi brewery's award-winning IPA, Existing is Exhausting, was born out of a collaboration with a Shibuya craft beer bar and a local English wrestler.
Young Nepalis register for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kathmandu on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 14, 2025

After uprising, Nepal's Gen Z rush to register to vote

For many, it will be their first time participating in an election, and they see it as a chance to shape the future of their country of 30 million people.
Amina (L), a household helper, sits beside her mother as she speaks during an interview in Karachi on July 31.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 14, 2025

'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan

One in four households in a country of 255 million people employs a child as a domestic worker, mostly girls aged 10 to 14.

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
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