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China expels senior official in anti-corruption campaign
BEIJING — A senior official has been expelled from China’s ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, the latest to fall in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s long-running anti-corruption campaign.
Ma Xingrui is one of three members of the current Pol…
Tai chi practitioners seek balance and well
BEIJING (AP) — One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like birds spreading their wings at the heart of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven.
It’s a movement in tai chi, a physical and philosophical practice developed more t…
US Senators unveil sweeping Russia sanctions bill; name India among nations facing possible tariffs
Washington: A bipartisan group of US senators has unveiled a long-awaited bill imposing sweeping sanctions on Russia, naming India among five countries that could face tariffs for continuing to buy Russian oil.…
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New US bill proposes up to 100% tariffs on India for Russian oil purchase
A bipartisan group of Senators announced a new sanctions bill that proposes tariffs up to 100% on exports from India, China and three other countries for purchasing Russian oil. The bill – which has been backed by the White House – could b…
Why tai chi remains a daily path to balance and well-being in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like birds spreading their wings at the heart of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven.
It’s a movement in tai chi, a physical and philosophical practice developed more th…
Tai chi practitioners seek balance and well-being in fast-paced Beijing
BEIJING – One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like birds spreading their wings at the heart of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven.
It’s a movement in tai chi, a physical and philosophical practice developed more than 3…
Ex-CSIS officer briefs U.S. congressional staff on India and transnational crime
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Former senior CSIS intelligence officer Dan Stanton told a Capitol Hill briefing that foreign states are using criminal organizations to target diaspora groups because it gives them plausible deniability.…
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Ukraine war briefing: Spotlight on ‘hundreds’ of alleged PoW executions by Russia
The Russian army has executed hundreds of Ukrainian PoW since 2022 under a deliberate policy, Kyiv says, with the exact number of victims unknown. A Ukrainian intelligence official told Agence France-Presse they have tracked “more than 900 military …
US senators propose Trump-backed Russia sanctions bill, India among 5 nations that could face tariffs
A bipartisan group of US senators has unveiled a long-awaited bill that could give President Donald Trump powers to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia. India has been named among five countries that could face tariffs for continuing to buy Russian o…
Not OpenAI or Anthropic: DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is world’s richest creator of AI models
Hong Kong – DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng’s net worth more than doubled after his firm’s most recent fundraising round, making the Chinese entrepreneur the world’s richest among creators of AI models – beating ChatGPT’s OpenAI and Claude maker…