Asia

Traffic Cam In China Mistakes Bus Ad For Real Human Face

6:17am November 27, 2018

If you're caught jaywalking in China, your photo could be put on display as punishment. Just like a woman whose face was on a bus ad when it went by the camera. Police are fixing the technology.

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Rhino horns are prized in Asian countries and can garner tens of thousands of dollars per pound. Wildlife conservationists argue that the appetite for the endangered species' appendage in legal and illegal markets has decimated the population across Afric

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Sotheby's and Bonhams Bow To Pressure, Ban The Sale of Rhino Horn Artifacts

6:42pm November 26, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Both companies announced they are canceling separate auctions featuring antique carvings made of the endangered species' horns. The sales would have taken place in Hong Kong this week.

NPR producer Furkan Latif Khan doesn't like to leave her home in New Delhi without her breathing mask — although one doctor told her it might not help all that much.

What It's Like To Breathe Some Of The Most Polluted Air In The World

11:00am November 25, 2018

by Furkan Latif Khan

In New Delhi, the air has a dusty, burnt taste, says NPR's Furkan Latif Khan. And sometimes the air is so bad she wears a face mask.

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Kolkata Woman Helps Children Of Sex Workers Break The Cycle

1:14pm November 23, 2018

by Windsor Johnston

In the slums of India, one woman is trying to help the children of prostitutes avoid repeating that life. By providing care, food and education, these children are being given keys to a better life.

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A Pakistani ranger stands in front of a damaged gate at the Chinese consulate after an attack in Karachi on Friday.

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Militants, Police Killed In Failed Attack On Chinese Consulate In Karachi

9:58am November 23, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

At least seven people were killed in the attack, but none of the 21 Chinese nationals in the compound were harmed. In a separate attack in northwest Pakistan, dozens were killed in an open-air market.

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An ethnic Kazakh woman tried to cancel her Chinese citizenship after she married and moved to Kazakhstan. When she crossed back into China last year, the problems began.

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'They Ordered Me To Get An Abortion': A Chinese Woman's Ordeal In Xinjiang

7:01am November 23, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

An ethnic Kazakh Chinese woman says Chinese authorities in Xinjiang forced her to undergo an abortion. Government minders were assigned to monitor her at home. Finally, she left China for Kazakhstan.

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Tribe On Remote Indian Island Accused Of Killing An American

5:54am November 23, 2018

John Allen Chau was killed last week as he tried to make his way onto a remote island off India's coast. The Sentinelese people are one of the last groups to reject contact with the outside world.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after a guest book signing at the Malacañang presidential palace in Manila on Tuesday. Duterte called Xi's visit to longtime U.S. ally the Philippines a "milestone

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Will Political Strains Pull The China-Philippines Cozy Relationship Off Course?

10:12pm November 22, 2018

by Julie McCarthy

China's leader seeks to bring an old U.S. ally into his sphere. But the Philipine people are sceptical that China will deliver on its promise of billions of dollars in aid.

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Nearly 10 Years After The Mumbai Terror Attacks, Maritime Security Has Improved

4:29pm November 22, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Nearly 10 years have passed since more than 160 people were killed in the Mumbai terror attacks. They lasted four days and left residents and foreign tourists traumatized.

Newlyweds Saumil and Zarina Shah stayed at a safe house in New Delhi run by the Love Commandos, a group that rescues interfaith and inter-caste couples from potential violence and helps them hide from their families.

When India's Interfaith Couples Encounter Threats, 'Love Commandos' Come To Their Aid

7:24am November 22, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Couples who marry against their parents' wishes sometimes risk their lives in doing so. That's where the Love Commandos come in. They run 500 safe houses and help couples elope or hide from relatives.

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