Amid a construction slowdown, China's economic growth weakens
Concerns about a faltering property company and widespread power shortages have resulted in China's slowest economic growth figures in a year.
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She barely made it out of Kabul. Now she's welcoming Afghans with a familiar meal.
A restaurant in Washington, D.C., is offering donated welcome meals of traditional food to newly arriving Afghans. The chef cooking those meals knows what it's like to leave home and family behind.
Anti-Asian violence creates a void for non-Asian parents of Asian adoptees
Following the Atlanta spa shootings in March, many Asian adoptees reported feeling unable to express their fear and sadness to their white families. Adoption agencies are trying to bridge the gap.
How life has changed for Afghan women and girls since the Taliban takeover
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Pashtana Durrani, a political rights activist based in Kandahar, Afghanistan, about what life is like for females under the Taliban regime.
What 'Squid Game' gets right and wrong about Pakistani migrant workers
One of the characters in the global Netflix hit is Ali Abdul, a Pakistani migrant working (and exploited) in South Korea. Pakistanis are weighing in on the character — and the casting.
Feel like you're missing something in 'Squid Game'? Here's a rundown
Everyone's talking about the Netflix series Squid Game, about debt-ridden South Koreans playing deadly kids' games for cash — and if you feel like you're missing some cultural context, we can help.
U.S. will provide condolence payments to families of Kabul drone strike victims
The Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike was supposed to target ISIS-K members, but the attack killed 10 Afghan civilians. Now those victims' families will get unspecified condolence payments.
A Kandahar mosque attack exposes the Taliban's security challenges
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with George Washington University's Andrew Mines on what the suicide blast at a mosque in Afghanistan which killed dozens says about the Taliban's ability to maintain security.
Afghan Uyghurs whose families fled China now fear the Taliban could deport them
Many Uyghurs living in Afghanistan want to leave now that the Taliban are back in control. They fear that the Chinese government could push the Taliban to deport them to China.
China has sent a female astronaut for a 6-month stay on its new space station
Wang Yaping, 41, will become China's first female spacewalker. She and two male colleagues successfully launched aboard Shenzhou 13 to spend six months aboard the Tiangong station.