China Stocks Soar in Biggest Single-Week Jump Since 2008
Economic stimulus moves triggered a broad rally in trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen. CSI 300 Index Source: FactSet By The New York Times 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 An abrupt move by China’s leaders…
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Japan’s Power Brokers Listen to Public in Choice for Prime Minister
Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister more popular with the rank and file than with his lawmaker colleagues, had sought his party leadership four times before. The elite power brokers…
This Is What Can Land You in Jail for Sedition in Hong Kong
Three men were the first to be convicted under the city’s recently expanded national security law, which has greatly curtailed political speech. Wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan. Scrawling…
Myanmar’s Military Asks Rebels to Stop Fighting and Join in Elections
Though the offer was quickly rejected by several commanders of the opposition forces, it was still seen as a significant development in the three-year civil war. For the first time…
Friday Briefing: New York City’s Mayor is Indicted
Plus, the control behind K-pop goes public. Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, was indicted on federal charges The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, was indicted on…
Dozens, Mostly Children, Drown During a Hindu Festival
At least 46 died in a ceremony that involves bathing in local rivers and streams in Bihar State, where recent rains had raised water levels. At least 46 people drowned…
Hong Kong Editors Sentenced in Landmark Case
The two journalists for Stand News were convicted in August of conspiracy to publish seditious articles, in a case signaling new limits on press freedom. A judge in Hong Kong…
After 44 Years on Death Row, Japanese Man Is Exonerated at Age 88
Iwao Hakamada is believed to be the world’s longest-serving inmate given a death sentence. An 88-year-old man believed to be the world’s longest-serving death row inmate was exonerated by a…
First It Was Lynch Mobs. Now Police Kill Pakistanis Accused of Blasphemy.
The deaths of two men have reverberated across Pakistan, where the charge of insulting Islam has long been a sensitive issue. The entrance to the district police headquarters in southern…
House Condemns Biden and Harris Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
Ten Democrats joined the G.O.P.-led effort to rebuke 15 senior members of the Biden administration for the failures of the Afghanistan withdrawal in a symbolic vote. A bipartisan House majority…