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China employees fined for walking fewer than 180,000 stepsChina employees fined for walking fewer than 180,000 steps
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Staff members were penalised more the further away from the target they were

A company in China has come under fire for fining employees if they don't walk at least 180,000 steps a month, it's reported.

According to Information Times, employees at an unnamed real estate

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Hundreds caught cheating in China marathonHundreds caught cheating in China marathon
The annual half marathon in Shenzhen attracts about 16,000 runners - there is no suggestion that any of the runners pictured was involved in cheating

Almost 250 runners in a half marathon were caught cheating when traffic cameras captured them taking shortcuts through bushes.

Organisers of the race in Shenzhen, China, also discovered 18 runners

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Katarpur corridor: A road to peace between India and PakistanKatarpur corridor: A road to peace between India and Pakistan
Image caption Gurcharan Singh welcomes the opportunity to unite Indians and Pakistanis

Seventy-five-year-old Gurcharan Singh was just a child during Partition in 1947, when his family left their home in the city of Sialkot, in modern day Pakistan, to head to India.

Now on a visit to the Sikh temple in the

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India outrage as mall shames woman for breastfeedingIndia outrage as mall shames woman for breastfeeding
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption It's not uncommon to see women breastfeeding in public

There has been outrage in India after the management of a shopping centre in the eastern city of Kolkata told a mum wanting to breastfeed her baby not to do such "home chores" in the centre.

The comments were made on

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Queensland bushfires: The town spared an 'uncharted' catastropheQueensland bushfires: The town spared an 'uncharted' catastrophe
Image:Queensland is battling more than 100 fires across the state

The first ever "catastrophic" bushfire warning in Queensland, Australia, prompted a large-scale evacuation on Wednesday. The main town under threat was spared, but the intensity of fire conditions has caused concern.

As the sky blackened and her horses whinnied in the smoke, Fayleen

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The last moments before the Lion Air crashThe last moments before the Lion Air crash
Image copyrightEPAImage caption The wreckage was found 370m from the plane's last known position

Indonesian investigators have released a preliminary report on the Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed on 29 October, killing 189 people.

It details what is known by the authorities about the short time the Boeing 737

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