Activism
Indonesia will review its minimum wage and other labor rules after the country was rocked by nation-wide protests over an increase in petrol prices.
Activism
Two teenage sisters have been found raped, murdered and hanging from a tree in India.
Featured
A massive fire broke out at a skyscraper in Changsha, a southern central city in China’s Hunan province, on Friday Sep. 16.
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Soccer legend David Beckham waited in line for over 13 hours, like everyone else, to pay respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who is lying in state in Westminster Hall.
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A woman held up a bank in Lebanon’s capital Beirut with a toy gun and demanded to withdraw her own money from her frozen savings account to pay for her sister’s medical bills, one of the many incidents happening in the country as it experiences a major economic crisis.
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Li Yifeng, a popular Chinese actor, has been detained by police for allegedly soliciting sex workers.
Cute
Tinder Japan has opened a Tinder-themed convenience store where users can hangout or meet matches in Japan.
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Hungarian women will have to listen to the fetus’ heartbeat before they are allowed to seek an abortion starting Thursday Sep. 15 as part of the government’s new measures to restrict abortion.
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This week, women called for an end to femicide in Mexico, protested against the monarchy in Thailand and spoke up for LGBTQ rights in Iran.
Activism
A Thai court has found an activist guilty of “mocking” the monarchy after she dressed up like the Thai queen during a protest in 2020.
Climate
Seven people have died in South Korea after heavy rains from Typhoon Hinnamnor flooded an underground parking lot, increasing the death toll to ten people.
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A TV presenter who was reading the new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ itinerary for her first week on the job has gone viral for making it sound like British singer Craig David’s hit “7 Days.”