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Business owners in Nepal’s Solukhumbu region, which draws mountaineers from all over, are buried in debt, with almost no income and no relief in sight.
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The two Republicans are battling for the future of their party.
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China’s space agency says a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives and most of it has burned up.
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Tens of thousands of Virginians are casting ballots to choose GOP nominees for governor and other statewide offices this weekend.
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The federal government is working with the company that shut down a major pipeline transporting fuel across the East Coast after a ransomware attack.
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A blast ripped through an area near a high school in the Afghan capital Saturday, government officials said, killing 50 people.
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The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension.
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NASA’s new administrator is big on tackling climate and diversifying the agency’s workforce
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Legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is running aground in the Senate.
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A macaw that zookeepers in Rio named Juliet is believed to be the only wild bird of its kind left in the Brazilian city where the birds once flocked.
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In planning their graduation ceremonies, many colleges are trying to balance public health and tradition. They’re tripping with every step across the stage.
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It was unclear what set off the violence at Al Aqsa Mosque, which erupted when Israeli police deployed while Muslim worshipers were holding evening prayers.
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NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
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High-rise apartment towers are hotbeds of infections, whereas some slums are proving resilient after enduring the first wave of the virus last year.
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The authorization potentially paves the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a U.N.-backed program rolling out vaccines.
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A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers on civil rights charges in the arrest and killing of George Floyd last year.
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Jonathan Bush, the younger brother of the late President George H.W. Bush and uncle of former President George W. Bush, has died at 89.
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will not seek a second term, in a surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black female leader.
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Sanctioned tent encampments have become a key part of San Francisco’s homelessness response — and a lightning rod for debate among activists, politicians and homeless people.
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Asian Americans in healthcare feel the jarring anguish of being racially targeted because of the coronavirus while working to save people from it.
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
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China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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Business owners in Nepal’s Solukhumbu region, which draws mountaineers from all over, are buried in debt, with almost no income and no relief in sight.
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High-rise apartment towers are hotbeds of infections, whereas some slums are proving resilient after enduring the first wave of the virus last year.
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Just 900 U.S. troops remain in Syria, working with allies in a nation torn by civil war. The Biden administration appears in no rush to leave, fearing an Islamic State resurgence.
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The unraveling of the Schwarzenegger-Shriver marriage
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The massive effort to round up those who stormed the U.S. Capitol has not been without problems, including a potential instance of mistaken identity.
