Asia
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Your Wednesday Briefing: New Blasts Shake Crimea
Good morning. We’re covering a major explosion on a Russian target in Crimea and a political scandal in Australia. And…
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Marshall Islands, Nearly Covid-Free, Confronts an Outbreak
As a remote nation in the Pacific, the Marshall Islands had been almost completely spared from Covid-19, registering just a…
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Chinese Military Ship Docks in Sri Lanka Despite India’s Concerns
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — After weeks of uncertainty, a Chinese surveillance vessel docked at a port in Sri Lanka on…
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Clean Toilets, Inspired Teachers: How India’s Capital Is Fixing Its Schools
NEW DELHI — Pradeep Paswan used to skip school for weeks, sometimes months. His classrooms with tin ceilings were baking…
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Your Tuesday Briefing: Kenya’s Next President?
Good morning. We’re covering uncertain election results in Kenya and a possible prisoner swap between Russia and the U.S. A…
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Myanmar Widens Arrests and Slaps Aung San Suu Kyi With More Prison Time
Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is kept by herself in a prison cell measuring about 200…
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Troops, Noodles and Familial Love: China Lays Out Its Ideal Taiwan
BEIJING — As tensions in the Taiwan Strait reached their highest level in decades, China held the world rapt with…
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75 Years Later, the Fading Ghosts of India’s Bloody Partition
AMRITSAR, India — For seven decades, Sudarshana Rani has ached to learn her younger brother’s fate. She was just a…
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India’s Partition: A History in Photos
Polarized by religion, friends and neighbors turned on each other. Hundreds of thousands were killed and millions displaced. The atrocities…
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Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan
Good morning. We’re covering a visit by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan and Salman Rushdie’s road to recovery. More U.S. lawmakers…
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