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On Monday 11th June 2012 I ventured nervously into my first Sandgropers Toastmasters meeting. Toastmasters is an international organisation that helps people develop effective communication and leadership skills. I really wanted to hone my speaking skills because I have a dream of speaking professionally one day so I wanted to

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As adolescents’ social lives have migrated online, so too has a digital manifestation of self-harm

Republicans backed off their attempt to get the Senate's Trump impeachment trial wrapped up in two days of arguments for each side.

Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their way. Fewer than 100 remained in the no-man's land along the river between

(Bloomberg) -- Sign up here to receive the Davos Diary, a special daily newsletter that will run from Jan. 20-24.Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered personal assurances that he won’t use the protests in Hong Kong as an excuse to tighten Beijing’s controls on the region, Chief Executive Carrie Lam

The cruel PR grab at Meixin Red Wine Town, a theme park, drew outrage in China as well as abroad.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has written to Pope Francis to complain about Chinese pressure on the island Beijing claims as its own, saying China seeks to threaten its democracy and freedom. The Vatican is one of just 15 countries that has diplomatic ties with Taiwan and the only one in Europe.

Sixty eight-year-old You Wenfeng is braving the icy Chinese winter. She's part of a small ethnic minority who live on a river known in China as the Black Dragon, hugging the Russian border. According to legend, they descend from mermaids. But that's not all the Hezhen are known for. For generations, the Hezhen people have passed down an ancient craft: Making clothes from fish. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) YOU WENFENG, 68, SAYING: "You don't discover anything about the fish skin if you are just eating it as food. […] If you dry it then you'll see, there's a kind of fiber at the back of the skin that looks like the criss-cross web pattern. So, it's the texture that keeps the skin from wear and tear." It was You's mother who taught her the ancient technique. She's now one of the few Hezhen women left who are keeping this legacy alive. First she skins the fish. And once it's been dried she kneads it in a wooden press, softening the skin into a leather. It takes around 50 fish to create a top and trouser suit. And around two months to put it all together. But no one in You's family have learnt the special skill. And while she's teaching her craft to a handful of local women, this years-old tradition risks vanishing into the history books: (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) YOU WENFENG, 68, SAYING: "My mum tried so hard to bring it from old society to the new society, and the skill was preserved even when the Hezhen people were almost extinct. How can I not be worried? That's why I'll teach whoever comes to learn." Fish leather has inspired luxury brands like Dior and Prada. But here in deep rural China - it's more ingrained in the Hezhen's unique culture, language and song. One that some fear is at risk of dying out.

Intuitive eating is the process of deciding what, when, and how much to eat by relying on your body's unique needs and natural cues.

Boeing officially pushed back the timeframe for the 737 MAX's return on Tuesday, saying the jet will not win regulatory approval to resume service before mid-2020.

The huge Yarrabubba crater has been dated to 2.229 billion years ago in a new geological study.

London (AFP) - Asian stock markets slumped Tuesday as a SARS-like virus taking hold in China spooked investors, while sentiment suffered a knock also from a credit-ratings downgrade to major financial hub Hong Kong, analysts said.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- As a new coronavirus spreads within China and to other countries, I’m reminded of my time in Hong Kong during the SARS outbreak of 2003. Back then, I spent an otherwise beautiful spring wearing masks in public but mostly working from home, as I reported on the disease and the struggle

The new virus strain, which can spread from human-to-human contact, has killed at least six people in China and sickened hundreds.

European luxury stocks slumped across the board on Tuesday on fears that the coronavirus virus outbreak in China could hurt sales of high-end brands that had managed to weather months of protests in Hong Kong. Chinese shoppers account for 35% of global luxury goods sales and 90% of last year's growth

German prosecutors on Tuesday said they were searching business premises across the country as part of an investigation into suspected diesel emissions cheating involving Mitsubishi cars.

The US military claims to have "successfully" disrupted the online propaganda efforts of the Islamic State in a hacking operation dating back at least to 2016, according to declassified national security documents released Tuesday.