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Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch is pictured in June 2016. Her brother, who strangled her to death that year, has been acquitted.

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A man who strangled his celebrity sister has been acquitted in Pakistan

1:40pm February 15, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

Qandeel Baloch has become an icon for feminists in the country who see her as a woman who lived her life on her own terms. Her killing in 2016 drew international attention.

Follow the perilous course of Afghan refugees with this firsthand account

1:32pm February 15, 2022

by Dave Davies

Journalist Matthieu Aikins shed his own identity and traveled with his Afghan interpreter along smugglers' routes to reach Europe and escape the Taliban. His book is The Naked Don't Fear the Water.

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'The Trojan Horse Affair' is Serial's best podcast since 'S-Town'

1:32pm February 15, 2022

by Nick Quah

In 2014, an anonymous whistleblower leaked a copy of a letter that allegedly revealed an Islamist plan to take over schools in one English city. A new podcast tells the story behind the fake document.

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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic he says he'd rather skip tournaments like the French Open than get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Novak Djokovic says he will skip tournaments rather than get the COVID vaccine

12:19pm February 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The Serbian tennis star says he understands he may miss the French Open and Wimbledon as a result. He adds that his decision is personal and he shouldn't be lumped in with anti-vaccination activists.

A positive drug test denied U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson a chance to compete in the Tokyo Games; Russian skater Kamila Valieva had a different experience.

Sha'Carri Richardson sees a double standard in allowing Kamila Valieva to compete

11:02am February 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"The only difference I see is I'm a black young lady," U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson said, after the Russian figure skater is allowed to compete at the Olympics despite a failed drug test.

Teresa Xu holds up cards, one of which reads "My Womb, My Choice," before attending a court session at the Chaoyang People's Court in Beijing, Sept. 17, 2021. Xu is suing a public hospital for the right to freeze her eggs after it refused to do so because

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Not a married heterosexual woman? You might not get certain reproductive care in China

8:10am February 15, 2022

by Emily Feng

Rules around the country cut out unmarried women and LGBT people of maternity benefits, even as China's leaders try to get citizens to have more babies to reverse the declining birthrate.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15, 2020: Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, hold up signed agreements of phase 1 of a trade deal between the U.S. and China, in the East Room at the White House.

China promised Trump a better deal for America; it didn't actually deliver

6:58am February 15, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

In 2020, President Trump signed a deal with the Chinese government to improve trade relations. China, for the most part, has not followed through.

Visitors enjoy the ice rink in Red Square at the Moscow GUM State Department store with the Spasskaya Tower to the left and the Kremlin Wall in Moscow on Monday.

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Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion

5:55am February 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

More than half of respondents in recent polls in Russia say the U.S. is responsible for the current standoff over Ukraine.

Canada's government invokes Emergencies Act to try to quell COVID protests

5:26am February 15, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

Three weeks after truckers occupied downtown Ottawa, Canada's prime minister invoked the Emergencies Act. It grants the federal government special powers to address security issues.

Afghan wait to enter a bank, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022.

Afghans say they feel safer but less hopeful under Taliban rule

4:39am February 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

After six months of Taliban rule, many Afghans say they fear for their economic future of lack of personal freedoms.