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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Honghe County in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, at 1:27 a.m. on Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.37 degrees north latitude and 102.26 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 8 km, the CENC said. House damages, such as collapsed tiles and wall cracking, were reported in the quake-affected areas, but no human casu...

or centuries, in eastern India, babies have been swaddled in soft kantha quilts made from old clothing such as frayed saris and dhotis, layered and stitched together. And when guests paid a visit, special kantha rugs would be spread on the floor. Kantha is more than one thousand years old, dating back to the pre-Vedic times (prior to 1500 BC) in ancient India, and although it was traditionally a utilitarian, functional style of embroidery, it also had – and continues to have – a unique way of...

Three weeks ago, Aboriginal teenager Cassius Turvey was walking home from his Perth school with friends when a stranger allegedly pulled up in a utility vehicle and told the group to run. What happened next has shocked Australia and posed hard questions, many say, about pervasive racism in the country. Passengers in the car allegedly chased down the Aboriginal boys - who were wearing their school uniforms - before two were violently attacked. One victim was an already injured 13-year-old whos...