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In fourth grade, Catherine Haena Kim could not muster the courage to audition for the female lead of her school's production of William Shakespeare's “The Tempest.” But her teachers saw something in ...

The latest standoff has sparked international hysteria. But the more countries know about friends and enemies, the better
Long ago, in May 1960, an American U-2 spy plane took off from Pakistan to fly at high altitude across the Soviet Union as part of a mission to photograph key facilities and military sites on behalf of the CIA. The Russians saw it and . The pilot, Gary Powers, managed to descend by parachute and was arrested. In Washington, the Eisenhower administration lied about his mission, claiming the U-2 was a “” that had strayed off course after its pilot had “difficulties with his oxygen equipment” (sound familiar?).
The incident caused a temporary poisoning of US-Soviet relations as the Kremlin turned it into political theatre. Moscow subjected Powers to a and gave him a 10-year sentence.
Jonathan Steele is a former Guardian correspondent in Moscow

DC Comics recently announced the release of three upcoming comic book titles aimed at highlighting the talents and stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) creators. Set to debut under ...

A top DOJ official accused the Chinese government of colluding with technology companies to access user data that could harm U.S. national security.

As a UFO investigator, it’s my job to be sceptical and rigorous. Yet an air of mystery remains – and I hope it always will
Sometimes they appear in the form of an orb of light, high in the sky, that seems to pass through solid objects such as trees and buildings. Sometimes it’s a strange mist that descends out of nowhere. In an increasing number of cases, an object that can’t be seen with the naked eye shows up clearly in a photographic image.
These are examples of UFOs – literally, unidentified flying objects – that are spotted in UK skies every day. In the wake of the US shooting down a suspected , plus three other objects it has yet to identify, experts say there are going to be a lot more of . As a UFO researcher, I treat these things with scepticism and scientific rigour, but part of me hopes they will never be fully explained.

Most Americans believe that President Joe Biden made the right decision in shooting down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that passed over U.S. territory. The balloon was shot down off Myrtle ...

The protest in Wuhan highlights the strain on the finances of local governments, made worse by heavy spending on “zero Covid” measures.

Crowds of retirees gather in cities of Wuhan and Dalian to protest against cuts as local government coffers feel strain of years of Covid policies
Crowds of hundreds of older people took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednesday in escalating protests against changes to the public health insurance system.
The protests were sparked by cuts to monthly allowances paid to retirees under China’s vast public health insurance system. The changes, gradually introduced since 2021, come as local government finances are strained following years of strict and .

US deputy secretary of state says Beijing is claiming ‘a gazillion balloons by the US over China … That is absolutely not true’
Diplomatic friction has worsened between the United States and China after Beijing claimed, without evidence, that US high-altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions, and threatened unspecified measures against US entities for undermining Chinese sovereignty.
Washington and Beijing are locked in a tussle over flying objects after the US military this month shot down what it called a over the coast of South Carolina. Beijing said it was a civilian research vehicle mistakenly blown off course, and that Washington overreacted.

US’s most vital trade partner and main long-term competitor presents a sticky ‘pacing challenge’
If you want to solve a problem, it helps to be able to define it, but when it comes to a problem like China, western leaders have been struggling to find the right words.
to designate China as a “threat” to Britain, but did not stay prime minister long enough for that to become established policy. Her successor, Rishi Sunak, has opted for the less combative “systemic challenge” but he is under to follow Truss’s path and call Beijing a “strategic threat”.

A new analysis found that the University of Delaware and University of Pennsylvania received millions from Chinese donors after establishing centers in the president's name.

The foreign affairs committee of China’s ceremonial parliament is accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the United States passed a measure condemning a ...