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Australia set up domestic violence task force

Australia's Victoria Police has commissioned a task force responsible for tackling the issue of family violence, the first of its kind to be created in Australia.
Source: Xinhua | 2015/3/17 10:08:58

NGO helps translate empathy into action for disaster risk reduction

The world is connected and there is a need to operate as a global family, said Sally L. Begbie, founder of a non-profit organization based in Hong Kong.
Source: Xinhua | 2015/3/17 10:07:16

Removing barriers top priority to help women, girls: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that it must be a top priority for the international community to remove the barriers that women and girls on the margins of the society.
Source: Xinhua | 2015/3/11 10:18:48

Sudoku

Fill in the grid with numbers from 1 to 9 so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9 only once. www.sudokuchina.com
Source: Global Times | 2015/2/3 20:38:01

iOrphans

In an era of mobile Internet, more and more people are becoming fascinated by what a smartphone can provide. Addicted to it, they play with it no matter what they're doing, either dining, chatting with friends, at a meeting or even using the bathroom.
Source: Global Times | 2015/1/20 18:58:01

Youth make buying homes low priority

Unlike her older friends who went out of their way to purchase a home in Beijing, Xing Yashu, 22, decided not to rush into buying a home and carry a heavy mortgage.
Source: Global Times | 2015/1/4 19:53:01

Kindergarten abroad

“Today, I am a fireman!” shouted 4-year-old boy Zhang Jixuan, wearing a professional-looking miniature fireman's uniform. He and his classmates' task for that day was to put out a 'fire' made up of red paper on the lawn and to learn about fire safety.
Source: Global Times | 2014/12/7 19:43:01

The bigamy trap

After 4 years of setting up a life with the women he loved and having a 1-year-old son together, American Matt Garner found out his Chinese partner had been married to another man the whole time.
Source: Global Times | 2014/10/12 19:53:01

To have loved and lost

According to an article published in South Reviews magazine, more than 3.5 million couples were divorced last year.
Source: Global Times | 2014/8/31 17:08:02

Why are you crying, dad?

Postpartum depression is a well-known condition suffered by some new moms after giving birth. Given the psychological and physical strain women endure during pregnancy and childbirth, experiencing emotional turmoil is perhaps unsurprising. New dads, by contrast, are supposed to be pillars of happiness and support during this time. But the reality is postpartum depression affects some men, too.
Source: Global Times | 2014/7/20 18:13:01