By Vindu Goel, Suhasini Raj and Priyadarshini Ravichandran July 18, 2018 In India, false rumors about child kidnappers have gone viral on WhatsApp, prompting fearful mobs to kill two dozen innocent people since April. One of the first to be killed was a 65-year-old woman named Rukmani. She and four family members were driving to …
By Raymond Zhong, July 9, 2018 132 查看本文中文版查看本文繁體中文版 XIAOWUSILI, China — For all its economic might, China hasn’t been able to solve a crucial problem. Soybeans. It just can’t grow enough of them. That could blunt the impact of one of the biggest weapons the country wields in a trade fight with the United States. Beijing …
By Julia Wallace July 11, 2018 + “PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — It’s election season in Cambodia, and the fireflies are out. Cambodians use that term — “ampil ampik,” in the Khmer language — to refer to little-known political parties that flash onto the scene shortly before an election, then fade back into obscurity. Twenty parties, some …
“All of the young members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their 25-year-old coach have been rescued from Tham Luang Cave, the Thai Navy confirmed around 6:50 p.m. • Four more people have yet to leave the cave — the Thai military personnel, including a doctor, who stayed with the team in their remote cavern in …
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By Jeffrey Gettleman June 19, 2018 “TURMAKHAND, Nepal — Not long ago, in rural western Nepal, Gauri Kumari Bayak was the spark of her village. Her strong voice echoed across the fields as she husked corn. When she walked down the road at a brisk clip, off to lead classes on birth control, many admired …
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In September 2015, Dr. Filardi and a team of researchers from the museum and the University of the South Pacific ascended the rugged Chupukama Ridge, on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands, which he described in his field journal as “a sky island filled with scientific mystery.” The goal of the mission was not only …
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By Maria Abi-Habib and Hari Kumar “SHIMLA, India — The people of Shimla haven’t agreed on much lately. A drought in the Himalayan resort has had residents blaming farmers, the tourism industry and one another for depleting the strained water supplies. And everyone’s been angry at the key men. Shimla’s decrepit network of water pipes, built under British …
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“An optimistic take on Donald Trump’s historic meeting Tuesday with Kim Jong-un is that it’s Geneva Redux — a reprise of the 1985 summit between Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that established their rapport, fundamentally altered the tenor of relations between the superpowers and led within a few years to the end of …
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