When plotted on a graph, the curve of Bhutan’s Covid-19 vaccination drive shoots upwards from the very first day, crossing Israel, the United States, Bahrain and other countries known for vaccinating people rapidly.
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The coronavirus pandemic is showing no sign of letting up and is even accelerating in many parts of the world.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging another “arduous march” to fight severe economic difficulties, for the first time comparing them to a 1990s famine that killed hundreds of thousands.
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A parolee convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago was arrested on charges including felony assault as a hate crime for attacking an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square, police said early Wednesday.
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An Asian American woman was attacked by a man who repeatedly kicked her in front of witnesses who seemingly stood by, according to surveillance footage released by the New York City Police Department.
Read moreA graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.”
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Nepal on Monday ordered schools to close as choking smog enveloped the capital Kathmandu, in the first-ever shutdown of the country’s education sector because of pollution.
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Touting the most expensive Western work of art ever sold in Asia, Christie’s auction in Hong Kong announced Tuesday that Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Warrior” painting sold via live-stream for $41.8 million.
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When the killer took aim at innocent women going about their daily business, many say it wasn’t solely about racism or misogyny; class or America’s gun laws; mental illness. It was about all of them, all at once.
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Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with killing eight people, most of them Asian women, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors.
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The suspect had previously been a patron at three massage parlors targeted in a deadly rampage and he blamed the spas for his sex addiction, police said.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday the U.K. will prioritize diplomatic engagement with Asian countries in the coming decade, as he unveiled a major shift in the country’s foreign policy and defense priorities after Brexit.
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Hundreds of opposition supporters maintained the blockade of the Armenian parliament for a second straight day Wednesday demanding the resignation of the country’s prime minister, who has maneuvered to appease the top military brass.
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The Milan fashion house Dolce&Gabbana has filed a defamation suit in an Italian court seeking over $600 million in damages from two U.S. fashion bloggers who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott by Asian consumers.
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Turkmenistan’s authoritarian ruler has recognized a national dog breed with a state holiday, government media reported Friday, elevating the canine to the same status as the gas-rich country’s beloved horses.
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Dzharatitanis kingi is the first from a group of sauropods that lived some 90 million years ago to turn up in Asia, by way of a fossilized vertebra from its tail.
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A defrocked American priest went on trial Tuesday to face charges he sexually abused young girls at his shelter for orphans and children from impoverished families, in the first clergy sex case to emerge in East Timor — the most Catholic place in the world outside the Vatican.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world’s five most populous cities last
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Police are stepping up their patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians stoked fear in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Chinatowns and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar New Year.
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While much of the world frets over sea level rise as global temperatures spike from climate change, the largest lake in the world is quietly shrinking — and millions are in danger.
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