asia & pacific

More Indians are Choosing to Hide Their Real Identities on Social Media

12.14.20

By Snigdha Bansal
Media Freedom in the Indian Subcontinent

01.28.19

By Pallavi Pundir
Mass Student Protests Planned Against Australia Training Myanmar’s Military

03.07.18

By Liam Armstrong
Health

Counterfeit Skin-Whitening Creams Are Ruining People’s Faces

08.08.17

By Cristina Maza
In Hong Kong, Farming Is a Political Statement

07.25.17

By Christopher DeWolf
Free West Papua protestors

Indonesia’s Alleged Human Rights Abuse in West Papua Is Getting International Attention

03.02.17

By Maddison Connaughton
News

Thailand detained teenage activist Joshua Wong because China asked it to

10.06.16

By Laurel Chor
News

Thailand confirms first microcephaly cases linked to Zika

09.30.16

By Kayla Ruble
News

Duterte drops f-bomb on EU over criticism of Philippines drug war

09.21.16

By Brendan James
News

Thailand’s government is using child ‘Cyber Scouts’ to monitor dissent

09.19.16

By David Gilbert
News

Hillary Clinton’s probably too late to keep her word about North Korea’s nukes

09.13.16

By Keegan Hamilton
News

Philippine president warns that terrorists could ‘really kill’ American troops

09.12.16

By Hilary Beaumont

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News

Cult Members Who Forced Kids to Work 16-Hour Days Convicted in Kansas

Members of the former United Nation of Islam (UNOI) told children they would burn in “eternal hellfire” if they tried to escape their inhumane conditions.

09.18.24

By Sammi Caramela
Courtesy St. Bonaventure University.

Life

Woj’s Last Bomb: NBA Insider Trades Breaking News for College Hoops

Longtime NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN to manage college basketball at St. Bonaventure University.

09.18.24
Image Credit: Natalli Amato

Shopping

I Laid on 6,000 Plastic Spikes Every Day for a Week. Here’s What Happened.

TL;DR; absurdly vivid dreams, feeling all of my organs, and curing my mom’s insomnia.

09.18.24

By Natalli Amato
International Overdose Awareness Day 2023. Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Shutterstock.

Life

US Overdose Deaths Declined for the First Time in Decades

Provisional drug overdose death counts by the CDC show a 10.6 percent decline in overdose deaths in the 12-month ending period in April 2024.

09.18.24

By Luis Prada
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Tech

Meet DebunkBot, The AI Chatbot that Will Debunk Any Conspiracy You Believe

DebunkBot uses personalized evidence-based arguments to effectively reduce belief in conspiracies, according to a recent study in Science.

09.18.24

By Luis Prada