Tag: East Asia
With sports paused, life altered, athletes make do, make new
<p>Parker Tuomie and his Minnesota State hockey team were thriving last season, pursuing the program's first NCAA Tournament victory with a fervor that suggested...
China, NKorea loom as Blinken, Austin head to Asia
WASHINGTON — Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration's first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort...
Lost to mountain, Japanese internee’s bones return home
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When Giichi Matsumura arrived at his final resting place in late December, the people who knew him best when he...
With sports paused, life altered, athletes make do, make new
Parker Tuomie and his Minnesota State hockey team were thriving last season, pursuing the program's first NCAA Tournament victory with a fervor that suggested...
Dustin Johnson decides again not to go to Japan for Olympics
<p>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla — One year later didn't make Dustin Johnson change his mind. He's not going to the Olympics.</p>
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Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a...
UK criticizes China for violating Sino-British Declaration
LONDON — Britain's foreign secretary on Saturday criticized China for continuing to violate the Sino-British Joint Declaration as Beijing further tightens control over Hong...
Dustin Johnson decides again not to go to Japan for Olympics
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla — One year later didn't make Dustin Johnson change his mind. He's not going to the Olympics.
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US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India’s vaccine production
President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad are set to announce a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine...
Rights groups and Olympic leaders in Beijing Games stalemate
<p>GENEVA — Activists protesting the 2022 Beijing Olympics hoped China’s record on human rights would get on the agenda this week at a major...