India election 2019: The key statistics

With general elections due by May, India will embark on the world's biggest exercise in democracy over the coming months.

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India's most important election in decades in looming. Here's what you need to know

India is just months away from general elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party facing what looks like an increasingly close contest.

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Maria Ressa's arrest spells more trouble for press freedom in increasingly illiberal Asia

The arrest of Maria Ressa, a Time Person of the Year, award-winning journalist and frequent critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, has renewed fears for the future of press freedom in the southeast Asian nation and around the region.

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Xi Jinping's global dreams hit a wall amid growing backlash against China

With the shock election of anti-globalist Donald Trump to the US presidency still fresh in their minds, international leaders watched with anticipation as Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped up to the podium at Davos in January 2017.

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Kashmir attack: Why the timing could drive tensions in South Asia

Once again, geopolitical tensions are rising on the Indian subcontinent. And the timing, just ahead of India's general elections, could drive the mercury even higher in the coming days and weeks.

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Chinese Communist Party propaganda? There's an app for that

If you feel your understanding of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism With Chinese Characteristics for the New Era" is a bit rusty, you're in luck.

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India says Pakistan had 'direct hand' in Kashmir attack

India said there was "incontrovertible evidence" that Pakistan had a "direct hand" in an attack on a convoy that killed 37 paramilitary soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Indian couple wants Modi votes as wedding gifts

Indian weddings can be extravagant affairs with couples often showered with lavish gifts and money on their big day.

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The remote island with 1 resident, aged 81

In 1991, Kim Sin-yeol and her husband made the unusual decision to move to a lonely set of island at the heart of a long-standing territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea.

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Holy cabbage! Couple grows giant vegetable

An Australian couple staved off pests for more than nine months to grow a giant cabbage almost as big as a person.

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Kashmir attack kills 40 Indian paramilitary members

At least 40 people were killed Thursday afternoon when a bomb exploded near a convoy of Indian paramilitary personnel in Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to Kashmir police.

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Rappler boss Maria Ressa released from jail

Maria Ressa, an award-winning Philippines journalist and frequent critic of the country's president, has been released on bail following her arrest on "cyber libel" charges.

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Will smash hit The Wandering Earth change China's film industry?

Millions of moviegoers watched breathlessly over the Lunar New Year week as Beijing and Shanghai were destroyed for the first time in modern Chinese film history.

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Japanese women are rebelling against Valentine's Day

Japanese women are rebelling against a decades-old Valentine's Day tradition that obliges them to give chocolates to the men in their lives.

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Trophy hunter 'pays $110k' to kill and pose with rare mountain goat

An American trophy hunter has sparked outrage after reportedly paying $110,000 for a permit to kill a rare mountain goat in Pakistan, before posing with the dead animal after the hunt.

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Journalist Maria Ressa served arrest warrant in Philippines

Maria Ressa, one of the Philippines' most high-profile journalists, was served with an arrest warrant Wednesday.

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Sri Lanka advertising for executioners

Sri Lanka has started advertising for executioners after the country's President declared he would reinstate the death penalty.

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New Zealand PM denies rift with China after Huawei ban

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has denied any diplomatic rift with China despite the postponement of a joint tourism event and media reports that her planned visit to Beijing is in limbo.

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Chinese couples can't afford a second child, no matter what Beijing wants

Before her son was born, Chen Huijuan was happy to splash out on skincare products, clothing and socializing with friends. Now, she even hesitates to buy a new dress.

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Wreck of Japanese World War II battleship found

The first Japanese warship sunk by US forces during WWII has been found in Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands and the location of brutal fighting during the Pacific War.

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Britain to send new aircraft carrier to Pacific on maiden mission

Britain's new aircraft carrier will go to the Pacific on its first operational mission, Defense Minister Gavin Williamson has revealed.

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At least 17 dead in New Delhi hotel fire

At least 17 people died in a fire that ripped through a budget hotel in the Indian capital New Delhi early Tuesday, police said.

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Former Malaysian PM Najib's corruption trial delayed at the last minute

Disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak was due to appear in the dock Tuesday on multiple corruption charges related to the 1MDB financial scandal, but the country's Court of Appeal issued a last minute stay Monday afternoon, his lawyer Shafee Abdullah told CNN.

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Thai princess disqualified from election

Officials have disqualified a Thai princess from running for prime minster in next month's general election after her brother, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, said her nomination would be "inappropriate."

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Polar bear invasion: Parents scared to send children to school

Parents in a remote Russian archipelago are scared to send their children to school after a "mass invasion" of polar bears into residential areas, state news agency TASS reported.

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Bonsai thief steals $118,000 of tiny trees from garden

Among the loot was a rare 400-year-old shinpaku tree, a star of the bonsai world, which was due to be entered in a Japanese beauty competition this month.

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Acting US Defense Secretary makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan landed in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit Monday amid increasing uncertainty about the future of the longest-running US war in history.

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How 1MDB finally caught up with Najib Razak

On Tuesday, former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will appear in court, facing years in prison on corruption charges which seemed impossible less than a year ago.

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Hong Kong is being invaded by wild boars

Last May, Australian Liz Walsh, her husband and their two-year-old twins, moved into a 30-story apartment block in an upmarket residential area near Hong Kong's financial and business district.

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100 vehicles crash in China, leaving 2 dead, 50 injured

At least two people were killed and more than 50 others injured when more than 100 vehicles piled up in China on Saturday, according to state-run broadcaster CGTN.

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Turkey condemns China's 'torture and political brainwashing' in Xinjiang

Turkey has denounced Beijing's controversial mass "re-education" camps in China's western region of Xinjiang, calling them a "great shame for humanity."

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