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Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

An Iranian government spokesperson added that Iran did not "have any other information more than what the American media has reported."

August 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Kabul airport was a chaotic mess in the weeks leading up the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as Afghans tried to flee the country.

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  • Politics

For Biden, the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was a turning point in his presidency

President Biden was elected on a promise of competency. The bungled exit from Afghanistan undercut that image. His approval ratings took a big hit, and have never recovered.

August 15, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
U.S. Democrat Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, left, and Democratic House member John Garamendi of California, second left, back, arrive with their wives at the parliament building in Taipei, on Aug. 15, 2022.

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  • Asia

China announces new drills around Taiwan as a U.S. delegation visits the island

The visit comes less than two weeks after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China.

August 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man takes a picture of a poster paying homage to veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala in Mumbai, India, on Sunday. Jhunjhunwala, died at the age of 62.

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  • Obituaries

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India's Warren Buffett, dies at 62

Jhunjhunwala, a chartered accountant from the northern state of Rajasthan, began investing in the stock market while he was still in college, starting off with capital of just 5,000 rupees ($63).

August 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, air force and naval aviation corps of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) fly planes at an unspecified location in China on Aug. 4.

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  • Asia

China is sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises

The training will include strikes on ground targets and troop deployment, the Chinese Defense Ministry said. China's expanding military activities have alarmed the U.S. and its allies.

August 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ishar Das Arora, 83, watches a 3-D video of his birthplace in Pakistan, through a virtual reality device.

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  • World

75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

August 13, 2022
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  • Lauren Frayer
Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years ago.

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  • World

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

August 12, 2022
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  • Diaa Hadid,
  • Lauren Frayer,
  • and 2 more
The bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States has been a top priority of the Biden administration.

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  • Technology

Why Biden's plan to boost semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S. is so critical

The law will allocate more than $50 billion to bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S. and away from its current production hub in East Asia.

August 12, 2022
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  • Ailsa Chang and
  • Justine Kenin
Brothers Jake and Adam Cowart show off a magnet fishing haul. They are among many who picked up the hobby during the pandemic.

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  • National

Magnet fishing got people hooked, but China and green tech are threatening its future

Magnet fishing spiked in popularity thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Now China and the demand from other industries for the material used to make the magnets is threatening the hobby's future.

August 11, 2022
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  • Fernando Alfonso III
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  • World

A prominent Taliban cleric is killed in an explosion in Kabul

Afghan cleric and senior Taliban leader Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in an apparent suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday.

August 11, 2022
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  • Diaa Hadid
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with a health official in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.

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  • Asia

Sister says North Korea's Kim suffered a fever from COVID

The North's official news agency also reported that Kim's sister blamed the COVID outbreak on leaflets flown from across the border from South Korea, while warning of deadly retaliation.

August 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A vehicle is submerged in a flooded road in Seoul, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.

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Historic rainfall turns Seoul's roads into rivers and leaves 8 dead

Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea's capital region, turning Seoul's streets into car-clogged rivers and leaving at least eight people dead and seven others missing.

August 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee arrives for a news conference in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.

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  • Economy

Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals

Hong Kong's COVID lockdown measures have devastated the city's tourism industry and disrupted business travel in a city known for being an international financial center and a business hub.

August 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The former UniEnergy Technologies office in Mukilteo, Wash. Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.

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  • Investigations

The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.

August 06, 2022
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  • Courtney Flatt and
  • Laura Sullivan
The seashore on southwest Japan's Yonaguni island.

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  • World

On Japan's Yonaguni island, fears of being on the front line of a Taiwan conflict

Japan's westernmost island lies in sight of Taiwan, less than 70 miles away. On Thursday, a Chinese missile landed near Yonaguni. Japan has been strengthening defenses across its southwest islands.

August 05, 2022
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  • Anthony Kuhn
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