Britain Rethinks Letting China Enter Its Nuclear Power Industry
LONDON — A few years ago, Britain agreed to let China take an ownership stake in its newest nuclear power plants, figuring Beijing had the...
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Belarusian Sprinter Who Feared for Her Safety Is Offered Asylum in Poland
TOKYO — Kristina Timanovskaya, the Belarusian Olympic sprinter who sought protection at a Tokyo airport as her nation tried to forcibly send her home from...
Zoom Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Zoombombing’
Zoom Video Communications, the videoconferencing company whose internet app became a mainstay of American life during the coronavirus pandemic, has agreed to pay $85 million...
Key Afghan City in Danger of Falling to the Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan — An important city in Afghanistan’s south was in danger of falling to the Taliban on Saturday as their fighters pushed toward its...
Olympic Sprinter From Belarus Seeks Refuge in Japan, Fearing Jail at Home
A Belarusian sprinter said Sunday that she was under the protection of the Japanese police after her country’s Olympic Committee tried and failed to deport...
Italians Stun Even Themselves in 100 Meters and High Jump
TOKYO — The man in Lane 3 was a mystery to nearly everyone, including the world-class sprinters who had lined up next to him for...
These Herders Lived in Peaceful Isolation. Now, War Has Found Them.
They set out at night with their camels, yaks, and yurts in search of safety from a war finally arriving in their mountain homeland. In...
Tesla Reports a Big Jump in Profit
Tesla on Monday reported a big increase in profit for the three months ending in June because it sold more than twice as many cars...
As China Boomed, It Didn’t Take Climate Change Into Account. Now It Must
China’s breakneck growth over the last four decades erected soaring cities where there had been hamlets and farmland. The cities lured factories, and the factories...
Russia Is Banned, Yet It’s Everywhere at the Games
For a country officially barred from the Olympics, Russia is very much a presence at this summer’s Tokyo Games....