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Move raises questions as China’s vaccines not approved in many countries to which it is opening travel

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Female children are seen as an economic burden, and tough times are setting back progress by a generation, gender equality charity says

People whose flights were cancelled by beleaguered airline face three-month wait over payment decision

African swine fever led to mass cull of pigs in China and may have increased human-virus contact as people turned to other meat

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Concerns over carbon emissions and food crises are fuelling a move away from meat consumption as a symbol of wealth

Largest such study finds domestic violence experienced by one-in-four teenage girls with worst levels faced by women in their 30s