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The international vaccine aid group agreed to provide developing countries with a new shot to prevent a global resurgence of the paralyzing virus. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/4YWdsU3 via IFTTT

Josephine Komara has redefined a cultural expression that was intricate and lovely but so locked in tradition it bordered on staid. “Tradition is the way we are,” she says. “Modern is the way we think.” from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CNIBwMP via IFTTT

Also, more protests in France and a backlash at Shein. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/cim9ogy via IFTTT

Sweden has been widely condemned for allowing the burning of the Muslim holy book outside a mosque on Wednesday during Eid al-Adha, a major Islamic holiday. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/nlH4uye via IFTTT

After botching a trip to New York, an aspiring architect in New Zealand pretends to be there anyway. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/t1Jm5TQ via IFTTT

The right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken steps to increase the number of homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, prompting international condemnation. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/l8H54pY via IFTTT

While the Taliban have erased most obvious vestiges of the U.S. nation-building effort in Afghanistan, the cultural legacy of two decades of American occupation has been harder to stamp out. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/fCswW8G via IFTTT

Radio telescopes around the world picked up a telltale hum reverberating across the cosmos, most likely from supermassive black holes merging in the early universe. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/R4lSCGr via IFTTT

A South Korea law that went into effect on Wednesday standardized how the government counts ages, instantly making residents one or two years younger. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/WSmrPGd via IFTTT

In some places, educated young people are desperate for steady employment in the world’s most populous nation. In others, factory owners struggle to retain workers. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/S0Vj6kx via IFTTT

It’s widely discussed in China: Employers don’t want you after 35. Some job listings say it plainly, leaving a generation of prime-age workers feeling defeated. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/HaedK9i via IFTTT

Also, American views on China continue to sour. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BcxVnLI via IFTTT

The authorities in Alexandria said three bodies had been pulled from the rubble of the building that collapsed in the city on Monday. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/62AmuIr via IFTTT

In polls, Americans’ views of China are starting to resemble their views of the Soviet Union decades ago. That could make it harder to mend ties. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vqQJ8ax via IFTTT

Also, Pakistan’s military fired three top commanders. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/OEXPiD4 via IFTTT

They were among 18 officers disciplined for their handling of protests by supporters of Imran Khan, a former prime minister, sending a message that support for him would not be tolerated in the ranks. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vCqufcO via IFTTT

Yasufumi Nakamori, a curator at the Tate, will be director of the New York museum showcasing Asian art, artifacts and culture. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/5uAg8Ed via IFTTT

The collapse is one of a several similar disasters in Egypt in recent years. Rescuers were trying to determine if more people were trapped under the rubble. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/VPwYWS0 via IFTTT

Physicists have long explored how phenomena in groups of three can sow chaos. A new three-body problem, they warn, could lead to not only global races for new armaments but also thermonuclear war. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vXyqsDC via IFTTT

In the Philippines, men and women compete in an annual rodeo that celebrates a thriving cowboy culture with roots in the Spanish and American colonial eras. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/2nrkImE via IFTTT

Also, a gunpowder shipment from China and a #MeToo wave in Taiwan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/jAX4u6Z via IFTTT

Arnon Milchan, a movie mogul, billionaire spy and old friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, is a key witness. He gave the Netanyahus gifts, he said, sometimes at their request. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/coW1Xah via IFTTT

A torrent of sexual harassment accusations has prompted questions about the state of women’s rights on an island democracy that has long been one of Asia’s most progressive places. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/06C2yIY via IFTTT

Arnon Milchan, the movie mogul, billionaire spy and old friend of Benjamin Netanyahu, is about to testify at the Israeli prime minister’s corruption trial. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ioGuPO8 via IFTTT

China’s leader has made it a national priority to ensure the country can feed its large population. But weather shocks have disrupted wheat harvests and threatened pig and fish farming. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/n3DKYOL via IFTTT

Citizens of three Pacific Island nations, eligible to serve in the U.S. military, have faced a Catch-22 in gaining access to certain benefits. That may change soon. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ed12K5L via IFTTT

In a fluid new age for the conservative Islamic kingdom, evangelicals have become some of its most enthusiastic visitors. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/LKecxRh via IFTTT

A declassified report says that the illnesses of three laboratory researchers in 2019 do not support or refute the theory that the virus that causes Covid could have slipped out of a lab. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/YdLTzBu via IFTTT

For an audience in India, the prime minister is linking his diplomatic reception abroad, and himself, to the country’s growing importance on the world stage. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/js4xZ8M via IFTTT

“I saw people eating plants that are usually only used to feed animals,” said one resident of a camp for displaced Syrians that sits in the shadow of an American military base but has been cut off from aid for years. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/aMSdG17 via IFTTT

People across Myanmar wore flowers on Monday to show support for the jailed civilian leader. Since then, the ruling military has been rounding them up. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/2pSDb41 via IFTTT

Mr. Dawood, a British Pakistani businessman, was the vice chairman of Engro Corporation, a conglomerate owned by one of the richest families in Pakistan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/oTgkPHI via IFTTT

In his choices of top officials, and with a leap in interest rates, Mr. Erdogan aims to tame inflation and defuse a looming economic crisis. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/DBu6AQN via IFTTT

In a career that was an inspiration to Iranians and Iranian Americans, he oversaw multiple missions to Mars, including two successful landings. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/QBRODmN via IFTTT

The Palestinian Authority is absent from the hotbeds of militancy while Israeli forces have failed to prevent violent reprisal attacks by Jewish extremists. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/47wKzgN via IFTTT

The MFA Boston shows how one of the greatest printmakers, from Edo Japan, inspired a tidal wave of followers, from Gauguin to Lichtenstein. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FGLA6c1 via IFTTT

The visit has big implications for U.S.-India relations as President Biden seeks to shore up an alliance against Russia’s aggression and China’s economic influence. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/PdcoKXV via IFTTT

The deadly blast, in the northwestern city of Yinchuan, was blamed on a gas leak, and it is likely to prompt closer scrutiny of restaurants that feature gas grills. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/aj6pUBg via IFTTT

About two dozen of those on the fishing vessel that capsized off Greece came from Bandli, a community in northeastern Pakistan with a long history of young men chasing a brighter future abroad. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/sMnqw9z via IFTTT

In response to a deadly shooting, Israeli arsonists set fires in Palestinian villages and the Israeli government advanced plans for new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/CSOo0My via IFTTT

Government officials hope that eliminating the extremely complex test component will ease the financial burden brought on by students’ reliance on private academies. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/b3r1Niz via IFTTT

The Indian leader, who visits Washington this week, has softened his image at home with an old-fashioned radio show, which feeds a vast social media apparatus. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BwjVp9f via IFTTT

Also, a shake-up at Alibaba and a taste of Singapore’s street food. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/R1ZNYst via IFTTT

Trained at the Bolshoi, she became a star of the Cairo Ballet and played a key role in making ballet accessible to people of all classes. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/WjG7Joy via IFTTT

Two Hamas members carried out the attack outside Eli, a settlement in the northern West Bank, before being shot dead themselves. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/CEBi6Wm via IFTTT

Xi Jinping and nationalistic Chinese see recent U.S. actions as an effort to contain another superpower rather than compete with it — and they’re pushing back. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/89xpIqF via IFTTT

The reduction in the rates, which are used to set corporate loans and home mortgages, signal concern that the country’s post-pandemic rebound is stalling. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Pk9xyCF via IFTTT

Also, New Zealand slipped into a recession. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/tU2zNTS via IFTTT

Officials say more than 100 Pakistanis were among those killed when a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized in deep Mediterranean waters. The death toll of the disaster is expected to rise. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/LJSkZF0 via IFTTT

A 15-year-old boy was among the dead and dozens more were wounded, according to Palestinian officials, in fighting after an Israeli raid. Seven Israeli soldiers were also hurt, the military said. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/WVxp8Lo via IFTTT

This week the two countries will restart government consultations after a pandemic hiatus, but amid the war in Ukraine and rising U.S., Chinese tensions, common ground may be elusive. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FaO7U4I via IFTTT

Mud crabs, skewers, frog porridge and more: Expect an overload for your taste buds along Geylang Road, in the city-state’s red light district. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/gn1KOuc via IFTTT

Also, Times graphics show how Russia likely blew up Ukraine’s dam. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/rNAMYSO via IFTTT

Some doctors believe the high number of fatalities is tied to the temperatures. But the authorities are still trying to determine how many people died and what exactly killed them. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/wOZYMkA via IFTTT

The change could accelerate the construction of thousands of new houses in the occupied territory and puts a far-right minister in charge of giving approvals. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Eb3uSBy via IFTTT

A new exhibit in the Netherlands explores how Black musicians have drawn inspiration and pride from the idea that ancient Egypt was an African culture. Egyptians say it distorts their history and identity. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/90RCESW via IFTTT

Families in Indonesia thought they were sending their sons to a rehab facility run by a powerful local official. Those who stayed there say it was a brutal human slavery operation. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ZBCxEsJ via IFTTT

In “By All Means Available,” the veteran strategist Michael G. Vickers tallies achievements and missteps across the Cold War and the war on terror. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/j48kJW2 via IFTTT

There’s much to talk about, but it’s not clear if it will be constructive. Meetings in Beijing will offer clues as to whether the two nations can smooth over tensions. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/I2H5EOy via IFTTT

The president and his aides are pressing an aggressive diplomatic effort as Riyadh makes significant demands in exchange for normalization, including a nuclear deal and a robust U.S. security pact. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/tJd5iZK via IFTTT

The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the nascent government because of U.S. sanctions. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/wDo4Bda via IFTTT

Chief executives in the U.S. have long pushed for closer ties between the two countries. Now they just hope a rocky situation won’t get worse. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Op7QK1d via IFTTT

Republicans rebuked the secretary of state for visiting China for diplomatic talks as they advocate a hard-line, military-first approach to Beijing. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/01q38gy via IFTTT

Japan’s previous laws on sexual assault did not mention permission and required that the crime include physical force. The new law also raises the age of consent to 16, from 13. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/3r82n7A via IFTTT

When reflecting on their Arab Spring revolution, Tunisians often say that freedom of expression was the only concrete achievement. As the country slides back toward autocracy, that, too, is being quickly eroded. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ExOU8VW via IFTTT

Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s videos and sculptures uncover haunting artifacts and stories from the Vietnam War. They’re now on view at the New Museum. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/zs17ajb via IFTTT

The former Naples beauty queen became famous as the companion to the playboy Farouk I of Egypt, then carved out a successful opera career. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/vb27skr via IFTTT

Critics say the law gives an unfair advantage to e-commerce companies from other countries, including some where forced labor is an issue. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/crlZObX via IFTTT

The charges against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, follow months of protest by prominent female wrestlers, who complained that the authorities had turned a deaf ear to their allegations. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/fi6SIKp via IFTTT

The launch of the short-range projectiles came the same day the United States and South Korean militaries conducted a joint live-fire drill. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/OyznAtw via IFTTT

The shows of bonhomie between the two leaders reflect the bond between Russia and China, which could become more fraught as Russian dependence deepens. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/TRt8hoe via IFTTT

Companies are moving headquarters and factories outside the country and cleaving off their Chinese businesses. It’s not clear the strategy will work. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/cLmHfnj via IFTTT

The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/FOlfnop via IFTTT

As chief executive of Diageo for a decade, he presented alcohol as an attainable luxury and helped brands like Smirnoff, Guinness and Johnnie Walker grow. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/E8JlfZD via IFTTT

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, who leaves Friday, could meet with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, during a visit he had postponed because of a Chinese spy balloon. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/IdLxuNa via IFTTT

In meeting with the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, Xi Jinping is pushing Beijing as an alternative to the U.S. for diplomatic leadership. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/U7hwjTy via IFTTT

When wasted food rots in landfills, it pollutes soil and water — and warms the planet. Here’s how one country keeps that from happening. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/VUhRG18 via IFTTT

The snaggletoothed cetacean used teeth projected from its snout to stun prey, much like modern sawfish do. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/uf90raD via IFTTT

The Treasury secretary, speaking to a House committee, said trade and investment were crucial in U.S.-Chinese relations. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/PvwOYbT via IFTTT

Ten members of the Army’s elite Delta Force unit were flown to Germany for medical treatment after a helicopter accident. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/oWsFT1I via IFTTT

The rare — and tightly constrained — outreach is a sign that President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi may be feeling the pressure of rising discontent and a sinking economy. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/iwWgn3B via IFTTT

A web editor for RNZ has been put on leave and the station has apologized for changes to articles by Reuters and the BBC that had been published on its website. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BzRQISO via IFTTT

Thousands of Indian women have been abandoned by men working overseas, leaving them trapped in their in-laws’ homes and often defrauded of dowry money. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/39HYopE via IFTTT

The military provided few details about the accident, saying the troops had sustained “injuries of various degrees.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/c21RqHN via IFTTT

The kingdom hosted a lavish Arab-China business conference days after a visit from the American secretary of state, inviting companies blacklisted by the United States. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/1o5mRIM via IFTTT

The kingdom hosted a lavish Arab-China business conference days after a visit from the American secretary of state, inviting companies blacklisted by the United States. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/1o5mRIM via IFTTT

The government, seeking a broad order to stop the internet distribution of “Glory to Hong Kong,” will return to court next month to address a judge’s questions. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/c9P1CBK via IFTTT

The company’s top boss, a real estate industry veteran, abruptly left in May after growing frustrated with SoftBank, its largest shareholder and lender. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CrY1gd0 via IFTTT

Beijing’s patrol vessels often resemble warships. Now other nations are trying to compete with tougher coast guards of their own. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/b2KaiW1 via IFTTT

In India’s worst railway disaster in decades, nearly all of the 288 dead were in three crowded cars where passengers stand for long stretches. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ohyNmKj via IFTTT

Two female journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, covered some of the first reports of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, which ignited nationwide protests against Iran’s clerical rulers. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Zb8qXvs via IFTTT

A new understanding of how to search for ancient remains has reinvigorated a region of western Queensland, with tourists flocking to paleontological digs. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/snKY4v0 via IFTTT

A Biden administration official said that the Chinese spy base was an issue inherited from President Donald J. Trump, and that Biden aides have been using diplomacy to try to counter it. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/uog0T8H via IFTTT

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly leveraged Saudi Arabia’s wealth and influence to overcome international condemnation of the kingdom’s human rights violations. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Tab2v1q via IFTTT

Washington is trying to raise the pressure on Tehran and make it more difficult to complete the work on the factory, which would enable Russia’s military to produce drones domestically. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/L2TFfYh via IFTTT

The arduous six-hour rescue in May came during an especially deadly spring climbing season on the world’s highest mountain. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vd8Xzti via IFTTT

China’s largest state-run banks lowered interest rates on deposits, reflecting a growing concern that the economy has not rebounded as strongly as expected. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/XN1YmCh via IFTTT

In Thailand, companies and people in positions of power often use libel suits to intimidate and punish activists and critics. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/yIHUsj8 via IFTTT

The planned facility could amplify Beijing’s technological capacity to monitor military operations across the Southeastern states. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/2T4YQAO via IFTTT

Biden aides are closely watching Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s overtures to China, his attitude toward Israel and his balancing act with Russia and Ukraine. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/4kbvTNR via IFTTT

Biden aides are closely watching Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s overtures to China, his attitude toward Israel and his balancing act with Russia and Ukraine. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/4kbvTNR via IFTTT

Also, a victory for voting rights in the U.S. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/73YJZ2L via IFTTT

China is destroying Arab-style architectural features of mosques, such as domes and minarets. The tightened control on religion has been met with rare resistance. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ier3NgB via IFTTT

The secretive $700 billion investment fund has set its sights on tourism, job creation, private equity and, now, golf. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/80pduiS via IFTTT

Also, evacuations from flooding in Ukraine. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BDRphq9 via IFTTT

The deal to merge LIV Golf with the PGA Tour is a big win for the oil-rich kingdom, headlining a banner week that also includes a visit from the American secretary of state. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/VoBwY8W via IFTTT

Efforts to ban “Glory to Hong Kong,” a song popularized during pro-democracy protests in 2019, could set up a legal battle between tech giants and Hong Kong. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/RsrToZO via IFTTT

Air-quality readings like the ones expected across parts of New York State on Wednesday would not be seen as particular cause for alarm in some parts of the world. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/KVnEs6d via IFTTT

The new alliance between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is the latest example of how the former president’s relationship with Saudi Arabia has yielded gains, and criticism, for both. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/igyHWua via IFTTT

Also, a victory for the Saudi-backed golf tour. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/UlRN7qr via IFTTT

Tropical reefs, safaris, the pyramids: L.G.B.T.Q. travel companies deliver dream vacations, even to places where being out and proud could land you in prison. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/RusnegE via IFTTT

Tropical reefs, safaris, the pyramids: L.G.B.T.Q. travel companies deliver dream vacations, even to places where being out and proud could land you in prison. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/RusnegE via IFTTT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia to discuss the idea at a time when the politics in the three countries may make normalization difficult. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/K7oXYp3 via IFTTT

Also, train service resumes near India’s crash site. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/nibwLS7 via IFTTT

Arab countries re-establishing diplomatic ties with Syria are making repatriation of Syrian refugees a top priority. “Even if they shoot me, I won’t go back,” a refugee in Lebanon said. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/rWsmDFc via IFTTT

The restoration of service could help more families reach the area to identify the dead. Officials said about 100 victims were still unclaimed. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/hBgMUt9 via IFTTT

Students and staff members at two schools in northern Afghanistan fell ill with respiratory and neurological symptoms. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/x18CXKk via IFTTT

A court ruled that “substantial and grave injustice” was done to Choy Yuk-ling, an investigative journalist who also goes by the name Bao Choy. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/DadS07I via IFTTT