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How the tiny kingdom of Bhutan out-vaccinated most of the world
Bhutan's rate of vaccination is nearly six times the global average and more than seven times that of India, from where all of the doses were donated
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Feeding hate with video: A former alt-right YouTuber explains his methods
Tech companies, regulators, and individuals across the globe are struggling to understand and control the enormous power of YouTube and other social media services
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Will Japan confront China? A visit to Washington might offer a cue
Ever since the United States forged an alliance with Japan during its postwar occupation, Tokyo has sought reassurance of protection by Washington, while Washington has nudged Tokyo to do more to secure its own defence
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China's economy Is booming. Shoppers are skittish anyway
China reported on Friday that its economy grew by a jaw-dropping 18.3% in the first three months of the year compared with the same period last year
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Biden's Afghan pullout is a victory for Pakistan. But at what cost?
A return of the Taliban to some form of power would dial the clock back to a time when Pakistan's military played gatekeeper to Afghanistan, perpetually working to block the influence of its archenemy, India
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Bernie Madoff, architect of largest ponzi scheme in history, is dead at 82
Madoff's enormous fraud began among friends, relatives and country club acquaintances in Manhattan and Long Island but ultimately grew to encompass major charities, universities, institutional investors, and wealthy families in Europe, Latin America and Asia
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Biden says US troops will be out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11
The roughly 2,500 American troops on the ground there would be gradually withdrawn starting May 1, with the process complete by Sept. 11, bringing an end to a largely failed chapter in American foreign policy
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Japan's plan for Fukushima wastewater meets a wall of mistrust in Asia
Japan has dismissed criticism of its plan as unscientific, saying that the treated water is well within safety standards, and pointing out that such releases into oceans are routine around the world
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What's good about tech bubbles
Unlike the housing market bubble, technology bubbles aren't typically inflated by borrowed money that can cause cascading effects
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It's time to rethink the Olympics
The Tokyo Games could end up being a three-week superspreader event that leads to illness and death across Japan and far beyond
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Biden backs Taiwan, but some call for a clearer warning to China
As China's power and ambition grow, and Beijing assesses Washington to be weakened and distracted, a debate is underway whether the United States should make a clearer commitment to the island's defence