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Rindon Johnson’s Odyssey Throughout the Pacific

SHANGHAI — In late September 2024, an avatar...

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Iran Carries Out Second Execution Linked to Protests

Some Iranians describe a growing climate of fear. Mina, a 26-year-old resident of Tehran, said her parents had cried after the first execution and...

Brittney Griner Released to US After Russia Swaps Her For Viktor Bout 

Two days ago, Russians moved Ms. Griner from the penal colony to Moscow, in preparation for a possible swap, according to a senior White...

News Analysis: In Brittney Griner Deal, Putin Used Pain, a Familiar Lever

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia wants to prosecute his war in Ukraine in the same way he secured the freedom on Thursday of...

Hosting Climate Summit Is Both Opportunity and Risk for Egypt

CAIRO — Biodegradable drinking straws and recycling bins, beach strolls and electric shuttles, a complete ban on plastic bags: For months, Egypt has...

Can Bill Richardson Free Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan?

WASHINGTON — It was days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Paula and Joey Reed were losing hope of seeing their son, Trevor, freed...

Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his photography shop near Angkor...

Saudi Princess Is Released, but Other Royals Are Still Locked Up

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi princess, a critic of her country’s government who was jailed nearly three years ago after publicly questioning government policy,...

Jawar Mohammed to Be Released From Prison by Ethiopian President

NAIROBI, Kenya —Ethiopia’s government said Friday it would release several prominent political prisoners, including members of the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front, as a...

Russia Strengthens Its Internet Censorship Powers

Russia’s boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms.The messages,...

Detention of an Afghan at Guantánamo Bay Is Ruled Unlawful

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man at Guantánamo Bay because...

American Siblings Barred From Leaving China for 3 Years Return to U.S.

While the Biden administration said there was no deal tying the resolution of Ms. Meng’s case to the release of the siblings, their prolonged...

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