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Featuring rare behind-the-scenes access, 101 East goes inside the secretive world of Japanese sumo.

Local media say residents of northwest town used guns, knives, firebombs as security forces attempted to quell protests.

Out of the country’s 81 provinces, 58 are 'red' or 'very high-risk' zones.

The US quickly set up facilities for unaccompanied migrant youth crossing the border amid a recent uptick.

Amid a pandemic, huge sections of the global population still do not have access to water, sanitation and hygiene.

So many are dying in America and beyond because 'white men' think they carry a 'burden' to civilise the world.

Players, coaches blast rival group that took over Pakistan Football Federation HQ last month.

A photojournalist describes capturing some of the most memorable moments of the war in Libya.

Tiny Himalayan nation says 470,000 out of 770,000 people administered first shot of a two-dose vaccine donated by India.

SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying the attacks wounded four soldiers.

We investigate claims that the church and state in Poland have become too close.

Following Al Jazeera report, Coalition to Stop Genocide in India demands probe into US federal funds 'sponsoring hate'.

New rules will come into effect from Friday after the country reported more than 900 positive cases again.

Following success of audio chat service Clubhouse, Facebook and Twitter are testing their own live audio products.

Router makers face the same chip shortage suffered by car companies, as tech firms struggle with supply disruptions.

Move comes after New Zealand records 23 new coronavirus cases at its border, of which 17 were from India.

Former medal-winning boxers struggling with mental health issues with no help coming their way.

PM says politicians and judges will no longer be exempt from rules against sexual harassment in the workplace.

New cases overtake Wednesday’s 115,736 infections as several states complain of vaccine shortages.

John Kerry says US president plans to order firms to reveal climate change risks, as IMF launches climate dashboard.

US raises concerns over presence of Chinese vessels near Philippines, entry of Beijing's jets into Taiwan's air zone.

The new initiative would focus on 'systematically changing whole economies,' a source tells Reuters.

'Different mood' in Samoa as a former deputy challenges Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi's 23-year rule.

Indian PM tells US climate envoy New Delhi is committed to meeting pledges under 2015 Paris climate change agreement.

Conservative opposition won landslide victories for the mayors of the country's two biggest cities of Seoul and Busan.

Walmart shook up the banking world earlier this year when it announced plans to set up a financial technology firm.

Former Hong Kong legislator fled to the UK in July 2020 in the weeks after China imposed the National Security Law.

Ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn locked out of embassy in London as violence continues in his country with more than 600 dead.

Authorities in Sao Paulo say they plan to open a 'vertical cemetery' to handle continuing surge in coronavirus deaths.

Afghan woman says she was sexually assaulted, forced to strip naked and held at knifepoint by Croatian officers.

The Fed's policymaking committee voted in March to continue bond purchases and keep a near-zero interest rate.

Canada's largest province declares state of emergency amid a rise in coronavirus infections and hospitalisations.

Latest round of talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia concluded with no resolution to long-running disputes over GERD.

US president says he is open to negotiating corporate tax increases to pay for $2 trillion in new public investments.

'This issue is not political,' executives from four major companies wrote in an open letter published Wednesday.

Private prisons in the US are facing a slew of financing issues, but new allies seem to be emerging on Wall Street.

Timing to be established in upcoming technical talks and foreign forces to stay to train Iraqi army, statement says.

COVID cases are mounting across the Americas with more than 37,000 people dead in the past week.

Investigators believe Woods inadvertently hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal while speeding around a curve.

The Russian president has signed laws that could keep him in office until 2036.

Local doctors' committee says five days of fighting between Arab and Masalit tribesmen have also wounded 191 people.

Russian opposition leader's health is deteriorating as he keeps up his hunger strike in prison, his lawyers say.

The Biden administration will restore more than $200m in Palestinian aid and restart funding to UNRWA.

Both the IMF managing director and World Bank president warned of growing global economic inequality on Wednesday.

Decline raises many questions, especially since the number of violent incidents has remained the same.

In first statement since political crisis, King Abdullah says Prince Hamzah is 'in his palace under my protection.'

Expert witness describes Derek Chauvin's conduct as 'excessive force' as defence claims he was trained to do so.

Audio-chat app is being touted by some as a beacon of democracy and freedom of expression. It's not that simple.

Young Russians explain which politician they think is better for the country - or why neither of them may be.

Title 42, invoked last year amid COVID pandemic, allows US to immediately return adults and families at the border.