The Buzz | China to release two coders who built virus news archive

Two amateur Chinese computer coders who were jailed after archiving deleted news articles about the pandemic’s initial outbreak are set to be released next week after more than a year

This day in history | 1961 Berliners wake to divided city

  Troops in East Germany have sealed the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the escape route for thousands of refugees from the East. Barbed wire fences up to six

Afghanistan | Taliban take 10th provincial capital, squeezing Kabul

The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul yesterady, the 10th the insurgents have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan just weeks before the end of the American

The Buzz | More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents since pandemic began

The frequency of anti-Asian incidents — from taunts to outright assaults — reported in the United States so far this year seems poised to surpass last year despite months of

K-pop star sentenced to three years in prostitution case

A South Korean military court sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison yesterday for crimes including providing prostitutes to foreign businessmen. The Defense Ministry said the former member

This day in history | 2003 Gilligan: language ‘wasn’t perfect’

Andrew Gilligan, defence correspondent for the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, was giving evidence to the Hutton Inquiry on its second day. He stood by the main thrust of his report

Iran | Slow vaccinations fuel anger in unending pandemic

Iranians are suffering through yet another surge in the coronavirus pandemic — their country’s worst yet — and anger is growing at images of vaccinated Westerners without face masks on

The Buzz | Chinese outbreak traced to mahjong, testing site

State media said one of China’s most serious recent outbreaks of COVID-19 partly stemmed from people gathered at mahjong parlors and at a virus testing site. The city of Yangzhou in

Gaming | In-person gamblers lifting US casino market to its best year

Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S. casino industry to its best year ever. But the

This day in history | 1984 Zola Budd in race trip controversy

The South African-born British athlete, Zola Budd, is again the centre of controversy following a disastrous accident during the women’s 3,000m final at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. During the

USA | Fake Covid-19 vaccine cards online worry college officials

As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person

The Buzz | Poles to protest bill that would silence US-owned TV network

Nationwide demonstrations are planned across Poland yesterday against a bill widely viewed as an effort by the country’s ruling nationalist party to silence an independent, U.S.-owned television broadcaster critical of

Hong Kong leader supports retaliatory sanctions law

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam expressed support yesterdayfor legislation allowing retaliatory sanctions after the U.S. and other Western governments punished city officials over the ongoing crackdown on democracy activists. Lam said

This day in history | 2003 Britain swelters in record heat

Britain has recorded its hottest day ever as the temperature soared to 38.1C (100.6F) in Gravesend, Kent. The record has actually been broken twice today. The first place to beat the

Contractors who powered US war in Afghanistan stuck in Dubai

Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending layover in Dubai without a way to get

The Buzz | Australia to get first Moderna doses next month

The Australian government says Moderna next month will become the third COVID-19 vaccine available in Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Australian vaccine regulator approved the Moderna shot yesterday for

Breaking News | ‘Nowhere to run’: UN report says global warming nears limits

Earth's climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a

This day in history | 1969 Film star stabbed in ‘ritualistic’ killings

Actress Sharon Tate has been found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home, along with three high-society friends and a fifth, as yet un-named, victim. All five died from shooting and

Culture | Rice pizza, noodle ices: Food shows Japan’s punk rock soul

Countries’ foods are also windows on their souls. Take hamburgers. Hand-held, quick to assemble and wolf down, they embody a quintessentially American idea that founding father Benjamin Franklin put to paper

The Buzz | Zuckerberg’s cash fuels GOP suspicion and new US election rules

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to help fund election offices as they scrambled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic late last summer, he said he hoped he would never

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