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Okinawa's first female karate grandmaster

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Nobuko Oshiro: Okinawa’s only female karate grandmaster

Ukrainians watching US elections almost as closely as Americans

Ukraine

Ukrainians watch closely as the US votes for a new president

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Out of Eden Walk

Sheds play a greater role for men in the UK

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In the UK, a man’s shed is his castle. For some, it’s also a lifeline.

Controversial Taiwanese laws struck down as unconstitutional

Politics

Facing an escalating threat from China, Taiwan could head into a constitutional crisis

Bougainville: The world's next country?

Business, Economics and Jobs

Bougainville: The world’s next new country?

Jamaican immigrants picking apples in New York

Immigration

Meet the Jamaicans who harvest the Champlain Valley’s apples

War weighs heavy on everyone in Ukraine

‘We have to care for every soldier, for every civilian’: Ukraine faces major mental health challenges as a result of war trauma  

Britain's huge hand-painted COVID memorial wall

Sacred Spaces

‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19

Contested election in Georgia could lead to a political crisis

Elections

‘Like living in a parallel universe’: Some fear the contested election in Georgia could lead to a political crisis 

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Beat Feuz of Switzerland takes a jump during the second training run for the men's downhill of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 9, 2018.

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