I was 'fighting against my own government' in drug war, Philippines President Duterte says

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said that when he asked for six months to end the country's drug problem in 2016, he didn't appreciate the levels of pushback and corruption he would find in the government.

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China arrests two men for alleged involvement in Hong Kong protests

Two men have been arrested by Chinese authorities for their alleged involvement in the Hong Kong protests, according to Southern Daily, the newspaper controlled by China's Guangdong provincial government.

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Four men confess to gang rape of woman they later burned alive, Indian police say

Four men have confessed to the gang rape and murder of a 27-year-old woman whom they later set on fire, according to police in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

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Two K-pop stars jailed for sexual assault

Two high-profile K-pop stars have been sentenced to prison for sexual assault, the latest development in a sex abuse scandal that has shocked South Korea and its music industry.

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South Korea is shutting coal plants to tackle winter pollution

Air pollution is a serious problem in South Korea and in an effort to curb its dangerous effects this winter, the energy ministry said that between eight and 15 coal power plants will go idle from December 1 to February 29

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Scientists find 'monster' black hole so big it shouldn't exist

Scientists have discovered the black hole LB-1, so massive that it shouldn't exist.

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Borneo is burning

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North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South Korea says

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile Thursday afternoon Korean time, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

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Protesters hail Trump's 'Thanksgiving present' for Hong Kong

Protesters in Hong Kong will hold a celebratory, pro-US rally Thursday after President Donald Trump gave them what one prominent activist termed a "timely Thanksgiving present."

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51% of Indians paid a bribe in the past year, survey finds

At least one in every two people in India have paid a bribe in the past year, according to a new national corruption report, which branded the practice "part and parcel of daily life."

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Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a law supporting Hong Kong's months-long protest movement, handing anti-government demonstrators in the semi-autonomous Chinese city a moral victory and likely complicating trade negotiations with Beijing.

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A man ate hotpot and ended up with tapeworms in his brain

A 43-year-old man in China who was having seizures in his sleep turned out to have tapeworms in his brain -- the result of undercooked meat in a hot pot meal.

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7 men sentenced to death over Bangladesh terror attack

Seven men were sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Bangladesh after being found guilty of helping to organize the country's deadliest ever terrorist atrocity.

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Hong Kong had a brief reprieve from protests. That's about to end

You couldn't ask for a better symbol of Hong Kong returning to relative normality after two weeks of chaotic unrest than traffic flowing through the Cross Harbor Tunnel.

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China overtakes US to become world's largest diplomatic power

China has overtaken the United States as the country with the most diplomatic posts across the world, a stark indication of Beijing's growing international ambitions, a new report published by an Australian think tank has revealed.

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Beijing won't back down despite Xinjiang revelations

The Chinese government's carefully constructed narrative around its Xinjiang detention centers appears to have been shattered by hundreds of pages of leaked documents published by Western media over the last two weeks.

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A deer found dead in a Thai national park had 15 pounds of plastic in its stomach

Thai officials say there were plastic bags, rubber gloves, coffee and condiment packages in the animal's stomach. It's the latest discovery to highlight the impact of plastic waste on the country's wildlife.

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A scammer posing as a detective called a police station. It didn't end well

Inspector Yang Il-mo says he knew something was up when a man with a strange accent asked him to empty his life savings and put it all in his refrigerator.

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Student creates plastic brick to cut down on waste

After an Indian student visited a traditional brick kiln, he was inspired to create the Plastiqube -- an alternative brick made from recycled plastics.

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Leak reveals alleged operating manual for Xinjiang re-education camps

A series of leaked documents threatens to shine a spotlight on the Chinese government's Xinjiang detention centers, indicating what Beijing claims are voluntary training schools for Muslim-majority Uyghurs are in fact heavily policed re-education camps.

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Hong Kongers deliver stinging rebuke to Beijing

Hong Kong's protest movement grabbed the world's attention with million-strong rallies and city-stopping unrest. But it won big last weekend by staying silent.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy parties make major gains in de facto protest referendum

The elections, which have been framed as a de facto referendum on the past months of protests in the semi-autonomous territory, saw a historic voter turnout of more than 70 percent.

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Goo Hara, K-pop star of Kara fame, found dead

The South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara was found dead on Sunday, Gangnam District Police in Seoul told CNN.

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Koalas are likely dying by the hundreds as Australian wildfires tear across their habitat

The wildfires torching southern Australia have wiped out much of the koala population, stoking fears that the national icon is getting closer to extinction.

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