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Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., center, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., right, are leading the newly-formed House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

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  • Politics

Ahead of China hearing, lawmakers share 'next steps' the U.S. can take for Uyghurs

Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, leaders of the House select committee focused on the threat of China, say raising awareness of human rights abuses is a crucial first step.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
The Japanese flag and Olympic rings are seen at the Japan Olympic Museum near the National Stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 17.

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  • Asia

Japan ad giant and other firms indicted over alleged Olympic contract bid-rigging

The complaints allege that Japan advertising giant Dentsu, its main rival Hakuhodo and four other firms and seven individuals rigged bids for Olympic test events.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
A man walks past a wall mural of Humayun's Tomb under the logo of the Group of 20 summit, in New Delhi on Jan. 4.

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  • World

As G-20 ministers gather in Delhi, Ukraine may dominate — despite India's own agenda

India wants to steer talks away from Russia, with which it's maintained ties despite the Ukraine invasion. Russia's top diplomat walked out of a previous G-20 summit over criticism of the war.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
Commuters wearing face masks browse their smartphones as they ride on a subway train in Hong Kong on Feb. 7, 2023. Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate Wednesday, March 1, 2023, ending the city's last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Asia

Hong Kong's government says it will lift its COVID mask mandate on Wednesday

The city's chief executive said the mask requirement will end outdoors and indoors, but some high-risk premises including hospitals and elderly homes can still require people to wear masks.

February 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Ukrainian journalist-turned-soldier Viktor Dudar's mother (center) grieves at his grave as he's laid to rest in Lviv, Ukraine, last March. Last week the world marked the first anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

Latest in Ukraine: As Russia's war starts its second year, eyes are on China (Feb. 27)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 27, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
In this image taken from video footage run by TVB Hong Kong, journalists film a police van believed to be carrying relatives of murdered model Abby Choi on its arrival at the Kowloon City Law Courts Building in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023.

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  • Asia

Ex-husband and relatives charged in killing of Hong Kong model after body parts found

Police in Hong Kong filed murder charges against the former husband, father-in-law and brother-in-law of a model and influencer after they found what they believe to be parts of her dismembered body.

February 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In December, the Taliban banned female students from attending university. Some of them are turning to online options. Above: Afghan female students attend Kabul University in 2010.

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  • Education

The Taliban ended college for women. Here's how Afghan women are defying the ban

The December ban on college education for women has led some to turn to online options. But that pption comes with its own set of problems.

February 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a launching drill of a cruise missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea on early Thursday.

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  • World

North Korea says it test-fired 4 missiles a day after the U.S. held defense drills

The launch comes a day after the U.S. and South Korea held tabletop exercises simulating a North Korean nuclear attack.

February 24, 2023
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Wang Yi, China's director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 18, 2023. One year into Russia's war against Ukraine, China is offering a 12-point proposal to end the fighting.

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  • World

China calls for a cease-fire and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

As Russia's war in Ukraine enters its second year, Beijing has repeatedly said it would broker any cease-fire talks, a proposal Ukrainians are wary of because of China's close ties with Moscow.

February 24, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch and
  • Emily Feng

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  • Europe

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continue to change the world

A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, the repercussions continue to reverberate.

February 22, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Alyson Hurt
Khalil al-Sawadi holds Afraa, a baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, on Monday in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria.

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  • Asia

A newborn delivered in the rubble of Turkey's earthquake is adopted by her relatives

Her mother died in the quake, along with her father and four siblings. Her aunt and uncle in Syria have taken her in, and named her Afraa after her mom.

February 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Chinese foreign affairs Minister Wang Yi speaks during the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.

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  • World

China's top diplomat visits Moscow as Russia's war on Ukraine nears 1 year

Trade between China and Russia has increased over the past year, especially with Chinese purchases of Russian oil and gas.

February 21, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
So Seong-uk, left, speaks at a press conference while his partner Kim Yong-min looks on in February 2021 as they file a lawsuit against South Korea's National Health Insurance Service at the Seoul Administrative Court.

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  • Asia

In a first, a South Korean court says same-sex partners should get government benefits

The appeals court ruled Tuesday that So Seong-uk can't be denied spousal benefits by the National Health Insurance Service just because his partner is the same gender as him.

February 21, 2023
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
This photo released by the Union Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), shows jewelry on display at a room of Latchford family in London on Feb. 14, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

A collection of rare centuries-old jewelry returns to Cambodia

Cambodia's government said the pieces of jewelry that arrived back in their homeland included items "... precious metal pieces from the Pre-Angkorian and Angkorian period."

February 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022.

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  • World

A year into the Ukraine war, the world's biggest democracy still won't condemn Russia

As the West isolates Russian President Vladimir Putin, India has doubled down on buying Russian oil. India's prime minister calls his country's friendship with Moscow "unbreakable."

February 20, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
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