China’s new security agency in the city will operate out of a four-star hotel that offers a vantage point over key protest zones — and a rooftop pool.
Beijing’s secret police get a room with a view in Hong Kong
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Bubonic plague triggers health alert in China after herder is infected
Officials are stepping up precautions, banning the hunting, skinning and transportation of rodents that can carry the deadly bacteria.
Chechen exiles are being hunted down. Often, the trail leads back to Russia.
A blogger gunned down Saturday in Austria was the latest victim. Russia denied charges of involvement in the wave of killings.
China detains Xu Zhangrun, leading critic of President Xi
The professor’s arrest comes at a time when the Communist Party is forcefully reasserting itself domestically as well as globally.
Death of triathlete Choi Suk-hyeon sparks a reckoning in South Korea
The young athlete had endured what she and others indicated was years of physical and verbal abuse from coaching staff.
How has the pandemic affected global poverty? Here’s what’s happening — and what may follow.
The World Food Program says it needs to reach more people than ever before.
Khashoggi murder trial begins in Turkey, without the accused
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributing columnist, was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018 by Saudi government agents sent from Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has refused to extradite the suspects.
How the founder of the Telegram messaging app stood up to the Kremlin — and won
Russia’s surrender to Pavel Durov shows the challenges for states seeking to control social media.
How the split over face masks sums up America’s chaotic coronavirus response
Americans embrace of a partisan dispute about face masks is internationally exceptional.
Trump to send some troops he is withdrawing from Germany to Poland
The president made the announcement during a Rose Garden appearance with Polish President President Andrzej Duda, who is heading into his country’s election Sunday.
Mexican officials raise Oaxaca earthquake death toll to seven
Aftershocks from the 7.4-magnitude earthquake continued overnight.
Philadelphia native named as victim in Britain terrorist stabbing
U.S. citizen Joe Ritchie-Bennett was one of three people who died in Saturday’s attack.
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