Canadian citizen detained in eastern China

A Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, a city in northeastern China, Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CNN.

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This 6-year-old from India died in the Arizona desert. She loved dancing and dreamed of meeting her dad

It's been a month since Border Patrol agents found 6-year-old Gurupreet Kaur's remains just north of the US-Mexico border. But for her family, no matter how much time passes, the pain is fresh.

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Kim Basinger joins protest against the dog meat trade in Seoul

One animal rights activist holds a dead puppy outside South Korea's Parliament in the capital Seoul Friday, calling for an end to the dog meat industry.

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Chinese police rush to find missing girl as case grips nation

Search crews on Friday raced to find a missing 9-year-old Chinese girl in caves and waters along the East China Sea, as the deepening mystery of her weeklong disappearance continued to grip the nation.

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Four UK citizens arrested in China days after drug crackdown

Four British citizens have been arrested by Chinese authorities in eastern Jiangsu province, the UK Foreign Office said Friday, two days Chinese police announced a drug raid there involving 16 foreigners.

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A Japanese pop star was stabbed by an obsessed fan. Now she's suing the government for its 'careless attitude' to protecting her

A Japanese pop star who was stabbed dozens of times by an obsessed fan-turned-stalker is suing the government for not doing enough to protect her.

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Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen warns against 'overseas forces' at beginning of US trip

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in the United States Thursday, warning that democracy in her homeland faced renewed threats from "overseas forces," in comments seemingly aimed at China.

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Monsoon floods hit Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

About 4,000 families living in flimsy structures have been affected by heavy rains in the Cox's Bazar camps as monsoon season kicks in.

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Philippines slam UN human rights probe of drug war

The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to investigate the thousands of killings in the Philippines tied to President Rodrigo Duterte's ongoing war on drugs, a move which the country's foreign minister quickly denounced as unjust.

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9 deer in a sacred sanctuary in Japan have been found dead with plastic in their stomachs

Nine deer in Nara, Japan, have been found dead with plastic bags in their stomachs, according to the group that monitors the welfare of the deer.

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Japan lands spacecraft on distant asteroid to collect samples

Japanese scientists have successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on the distant asteroid Ryugu for the second time as part of an ongoing mission to help explore the origins of the solar system.

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22 countries sign letter calling on China to close Xinjiang Uyghur camps

More than 20 countries, including Japan and the United Kingdom, have issued a joint statement condemning China's mass detention of Uyghur and other minorities in the country's Xinjiang region.

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China has made major progress on air pollution. Wuhan protests show there's still a long way to go

When world leaders arrive in Beijing, the city typically lays on beautiful blue skies.

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Report: LGBTQ soldiers say they were abused in South Korean military

After months of watching the abuse, Park felt he had to act.

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Chinese city introduces hotel sheets that tell you when they were last washed

A city is China is giving tired travelers some peace of mind, launching a high-tech system that reveals when bed linen was last washed.

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16 people killed in 'barbaric' Papua New Guinea attack

Sixteen women and children were killed in the remote town of Tari in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea in an attack described by police as "barbaric and inhumane."

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Meet the rebel Thai composer taking music to unheard heights

Thai composer Piyawat Louilarpprasert draws inspiration from seemingly random, non-musical sources -- from the noises he hears on the street to the tubes from air conditioners.

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Indian airline technician dies after getting trapped in plane door

A technician for Indian airline SpiceJet died in a freak accident in Kolkata on Wednesday morning, after accidentally getting trapped in a plane door.

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Alleged manga pirate arrested in the Philippines

The alleged operator of a popular website that allowed users to read pirated copies of Japanese manga comics has been arrested in the Philippines.

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Chinese multimillionaire's wife fined leaving $20M Vancouver mansion empty

The wife of a Chinese multimillionaire is suing the Vancouver government over a $200,000 tax bill she was served for allegedly leaving a $20.4 million mansion empty, highlighting the staggering wealth Chinese investors have parked in the Canadian city.

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Xi Jinping says anti-corruption campaigns are no excuse to be 'lazy'

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told officials not to use his signature anti-corruption campaign as an excuse to slack off and avoid difficult decisions, according to Chinese state media.

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Recovered GoPro video shows final moments of Himalayas climbers

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Family feuds and social media spats: Hong Kong's generational divide

Young people in Hong Kong today feel priced out of the city. Their parents' generation grew up in a relative land of opportunity. That goes a long way to explaining the political divide.

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Peace might be breaking out in America's longest ever war

It may feel like the closed-door talks about peace in Afghanistan have been going on almost as long as the Afghan war itself, but now they are actually going somewhere.

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Student arrested in North Korea tweets he's 'obviously' not a spy

The Australian student who was arrested in North Korea has tweeted for the first time since being deported from the country to say that he is "obviously" not a spy.

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US would be 'stupid' to treat China as an enemy, senior diplomat says

A senior Chinese diplomat told an international forum in Beijing Monday there could be "disastrous" consequences if the US treats China as an "enemy."

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Trump administration approves major arms sale to Taiwan

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Hong Kong leader says China extradition bill 'is dead' but still refuses to formally withdraw it

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said that a controversial extradition bill, which has spurred weeks of protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, "is dead" -- but stopped short of a formal withdrawal.

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China interrupts Hong Kong pop star Denise Ho at UN

Chinese diplomats repeatedly interrupted a Hong Kong pop star and activist as she accused Beijing of "preventing our democracy at all costs" in a speech to the United Nations on Monday.

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Amal Clooney will represent Philippines journalist Maria Ressa

International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC will lead a team representing Maria Ressa, the award-winning Philippines journalist who has been repeatedly arrested this year on charges that her lawyer described as "politically motivated."

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Japan's daycare crisis is breeding a new kind of activist

When Japanese politician Yuka Ogata decided to bring her seven-month-old child into Kumamoto's city assembly, she was hoping to set a precedent for working mothers.

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Hong Kong protesters take to Kowloon, in bid to appeal to mainland Chinese tourists

Tens of thousands of people marched through the Kowloon side of Hong Kong on Sunday in the latest of a long series of protests against a proposed law that would allow extradition to China.

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