Asia

A newspaper's front page featuring President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is displayed on a sidewalk in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday.

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Japan And South Korea Congratulate Biden, Hope For Steadier Relationship With U.S.

7:35am November 09, 2020

by Anthony Kuhn

After four years of a president who challenged the worth of the U.S.-East Asia network of alliances, leaders in the region expect a return to traditional relations.

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What Might Biden's Presidency Mean For U.S. Foreign Policy?

7:32am November 09, 2020

Foreign leaders are assessing what a Joe Biden presidency will mean for their relations with the U.S. We examine how Biden's presidency could affect U.S. relations with China, Russia and Iraq.

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Residents hold placards with the portrait of of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, as they celebrate her election victory in her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.

'Euphoria': Residents Of Harris' Ancestral Village In India Celebrate Her Win

5:02am November 09, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

Firecrackers erupted Sunday in a tiny village surrounded by lush green rice paddies in southern India, where Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather was born.

Players from the Herat Storm celebrate after winning the championship of the Afghan women's soccer league on October 16 in Kabul.

Women Of Afghanistan Won't Give Up Their Soccer Dreams

7:00am November 08, 2020

At the championship of the Afghan women's soccer league, players sprint across the field. Hoodie-style hijabs cover their hair. The scene was once unthinkable. But now the players face new obstacles.

Children play on the street in a village outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Need A Reminder Of How Gorgeous Earth Is? Peep These Photo Award Winners

3:04pm November 07, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

Awash in color, texture and movement, the winners of the Siena International Photo Awards offer a nostalgic glimpse of life before the pandemic.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, casts an early ballot for the Nov. 8 general election in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Oct. 29.

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Suu Kyi's Party Expected To Win Myanmar Election Amid Minorities' Disenfranchisement

7:01am November 07, 2020

by Michael Sullivan

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won in a 2015 landslide and is expected to win again. But with voting denied or canceled in some areas, more than a million voters are disenfranchised.

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Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Is Expected To Win Myanmar's Election

6:33am November 06, 2020

by Michael Sullivan

The Southeast Asian nation holds a general election this weekend — the second time since the military ceded absolute power in 2011. There's little doubt the National League for Democracy will win.

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Canada-China Relationship Is Quickly Deteriorating After Huawei CFO's Arrest

4:06pm November 05, 2020

by Jackie Northam

China-Canada relations are getting increasingly tense, with both sides hurling insults and threats. The feud ignited after Canada agreed to a U.S. request to extradite a Huawei executive.

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Health & Safety

Child Marriages Are Up In The Pandemic. Here's How India Tries To Stop Them

4:06pm November 05, 2020

Local sources say there's been a spike in child marriage during the pandemic. A key reason: By marrying off girls early, poor families have one less mouth to feed in desperate times.

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People look at a dead pilot whale Tuesday on the beach in Panadura, Sri Lanka. Rescuers and volunteers raced to save more than 100 pilot whales stranded on Sri Lanka's western coast.

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Sri Lankan Navy, Villagers Save 120 Whales After Mass Beaching

2:43pm November 03, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Sri Lankan navy and local villagers rescued more than 100 short-finned pilot whales that became stranded on a beach south of the capital, Colombo.