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Valentine's Day: Japan falling out of love with 'obligation chocolates'Valentine's Day: Japan falling out of love with 'obligation chocolates'
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Around the world, people use chocolate treats to express sweet nothings on Valentine's Day.

But in Japan, it's a little more complicated. On Valentine's Day, only women give chocolate, and not just to their partners, but to their male colleagues too.

Critics say the practice sucks all the fun out of Valentine's Day and

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China and India help make planet leafierChina and India help make planet leafier
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China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters, are making it leafier - for now, a report says.

The greening effect stems mainly from ambitious tree-planting in China and intensive farming in both countries.

There are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early

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Uighurs ask China: 'Show me my mother and father are alive'Uighurs ask China: 'Show me my mother and father are alive'
Image copyrightHalmurat HarriImage caption Uighurs are coming out in support for those missing in camps

Since Chinese state media released a video appearing to show a prominent Uighur musician alive, despite reports of his death, Uighur Muslims have flooded social media with requests for news of their missing

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Karol Bagh: Seventeen die in Delhi hotel fireKarol Bagh: Seventeen die in Delhi hotel fire
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The hotel is popular with tourists on a budget

At least 17 people have died in a Delhi hotel fire that broke out early on Tuesday morning, police said.

Eyewitnesses said the dead included a woman and a child who attempted to jump from a window to safety.

Officials said 35

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India's railway minister mocked for sped-up train videoIndia's railway minister mocked for sped-up train video
Image copyrightAFPImage caption Piyush Goyal said the train was 'zooming past at lightning speed'.

The man in charge of India's railways has been mocked for sharing a video of a "high-speed" train that turned out to be a time-lapse of a slower train.

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Coal, tweeted that the

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Huang Xiangmo: China billionaire mocks 'giant baby' AustraliaHuang Xiangmo: China billionaire mocks 'giant baby' Australia
Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption There are growing worries in Australia about Chinese influence

A Chinese billionaire and political donor has dubbed Australia a "giant baby" after he lost residency rights.

It is an "objective fact" that the country has a baby's "innate characteristics", Huang Xiangmo told

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