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6d ago
A strange finish at the Beijing Half Marathon on Sunday led to an investigation and penalties ..read more
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6d ago
A new generation of democracy fighters has taken up arms in Myanmar. If they push into the nation’s heartland, the rebels could unseat a military that’s had the country in its grip for decades. Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter, embedded with one of the rebel groups on the front lines in Karenni State, where resistance forces said they held more than 90 percent of the territory ..read more
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Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse ..read more
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But in this year’s elections, the scion of India’s most storied political family is still trying to unseat Modi — and change the nation’s course ..read more
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A devastating, yearslong civil war is heating up, but it still hasn’t attracted broad international notice ..read more
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The case, involving multiple swimmers who seven months later won medals at the 2021 Games, prompted accusations of a cover-up and concerns over why antidoping regulators chose not to intervene ..read more
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After months of delay at the hands of a bloc of ultraconservative Republicans, the package drew overwhelming bipartisan support, reflecting broad consensus ..read more
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The short answer may be nothing. The world’s top doping regulator said there was “no credible evidence” to take further action ..read more
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2w ago
Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub of chip manufacturing with enormous government support ..read more
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2w ago
The visit came days after the U.S. threatened new sanctions against Chinese companies if they aided Russia’s war in Ukraine ..read more