In its fervor to fight Covid-19, China has gone all out with a now-familiar protocol of mass testing and lockdowns. It now has to worry that many of its elderly and most vulnerable citizens haven’t gotten vaccinated.
read more...Respondents in a Pew survey see Beijing primarily as an economic rival but worry about its friendship with Moscow.
read more...Jihadists based in eastern Afghanistan have increased attacks in Pakistan since the Taliban’s takeover and have acquired American military equipment from weaponry left as U.S. troops departed last year.
read more...Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s case sparked criticism from human rights groups who had called for clemency on the grounds that he was mentally disabled.
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