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Maria Toorpakai, a top squash player from Pakistan, is the star of a PBS documentary airing on July 23.

The Taliban Couldn't Quash This Pakistani Squash Champ

8:03am July 22, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

For much of her life, Maria Toorpakai has been threatened by extremist groups like the Taliban. Now the subject of a PBS documentary, she tells how she found the courage to keep playing sports.

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Turkey's Crackdown On Suspected Opponents Continues 2 Years After Attempted Coup

8:53am July 21, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Two years after a military uprising attempted to topple Turkey's leader from power, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has consolidated more power than ever.

South Korean ousted leader Park Geun-hye was sentenced on Friday to an additional eight years in prison.

Former South Korea President Sentenced To 8 More Years In Prison

7:25pm July 20, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Park Geun-hye was already serving 24 years in jail. On Friday a court convicted the disgraced leader of illegally receiving funds from a state agency and breaking election laws.

North Korean viewers watch a giant television screen outside the central railway station in Pyongyang, which was broadcasting news of the Singapore summit last month between Kim Jong Un and President Trump.

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North Korean Economy Suffered Sharpest Drop In 2 Decades, South Says

1:18pm July 20, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Not since 1997 has the country's gross domestic product shrunk at such a large rate in a single year, according to a report by the Bank of Korea. And the bank says sanctions are responsible.

A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

8:02am July 20, 2018

by Laura Ratliff

The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.

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Previewing Pakistan's Election

5:18am July 19, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan heads to the polls next week. But critics allege the election campaign has been marred by interference to ensure one party's victory.

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Thai Boys And Their Soccer Coach Recount Trauma Of Being Trapped In Cave

8:14pm July 18, 2018

Twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach, who spent over two weeks trapped in a cave in Northern Thailand, described the time spent underground and their dramatic rescue.

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Harssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from bein

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Viral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In India

2:17pm July 18, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps.

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Twelve boys and their soccer coach, rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, described their ordeal at a news conference in Chiang Rai on Wednesday, after they left the hospital.

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Thai Cave Rescue: Boys And Coach Speak To Press As They Leave Hospital

12:28pm July 18, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach, who were trapped in a cave together for two weeks, are set to go home from the hospital.

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Thai Boys Speak Out On Cave Rescue

9:40am July 18, 2018

by Michael Sullivan

The group of Thai boys who were trapped in a cave have spoken to the media for the first time in a news conference.

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