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Erin Patterson Is Found Guilty of Murder in Australia M...

Three people died in 2023 after eating beef Wellington made by Erin Patterson, w...

2 Dead and 300 Injured After Typhoon Danas Strikes Taiwan

Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Dan...

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Why the Dalai Lama’s Succession Is Complicated

Why the Dalai Lama’s Succession Is Complicated

Just before the Dalai Lama turned 90, he announced that his successor would be s...

Can Australia Pull Off Barring Children From Social Media?

A law that restricts social media use to people 16 and over goes into effect in ...

The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Al...

The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Ref...

The exile government that was built by the Dalai Lama to preserve Tibetans’ cult...

China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare E...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals po...

China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of...

Violence at Synagogue and Restaurant Unnerves Jews in M...

Local leaders denounced the episodes, which both took place on Friday evening: a...

U.K. F-35B Jet Takes Unplanned Vacation in India, Is Em...

A British F-35B has been stranded for weeks at an airport in southern India beca...

U.S. Science Cuts in Antarctica May Embolden China and ...

The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cut...

Friday Briefing: House Passes Trump’s Big Bill

Plus, North Korea’s new beach resort.

Russia Becomes First Country to Recognize Afghanistan’s...

Afghanistan has remained largely isolated since the Taliban seized power nearly ...

Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill

Beijing has a history of warning Washington about the safety of its Treasury hol...

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A Competition That’s All About Nothing

A Competition That’s All About Nothing

The annual Space-Out Competition in South Korea was created to draw attention to...

Manila’s Returning Mayor Has a Mountain to Climb. It’s ...

Mayor Francisco Domagoso declared a state of emergency in the Philippine capital...

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