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Opinion: Olympic Flame Of Suffering

The National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon, is the venue for speed skating events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Qianlong.com/VCG via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Olympic Flame Of Suffering

With the Winter Olympics set for next year, NPR's Scott Simon talks about the push by some human rights groups to move the games out of Beijing.

Opinion: Olympic Flame Of Suffering

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Friday

Indonesia Excludes Older People From First Round Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccine strategy focuses on inoculating young people and those of working age first. The most vulnerable group — older people — have to wait for the second round of vaccinations.

Indonesia Excludes Older People From First Round Of COVID-19 Vaccine

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Pakistan's Vaccine Worries: Rich People And Conspiracy Theorists

The Khaliq Dina Hall and Library building in Karachi, Pakistan, has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination center. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Pakistan's Vaccine Worries: Rich People And Conspiracy Theorists

The fifth most populous country has put strategies in place to address anti-vaccine sentiment and prevent elites from using their influence to obtain government vaccines.

Pakistan's Vaccine Worries: Rich People And Conspiracy Theorists

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China Will No Longer Recognize British Hong Kong Travel Document

A British National Overseas passport (right) and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport. China said Friday it will no longer recognize the BNO passport as a valid travel document or form of identification. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption

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China Will No Longer Recognize British Hong Kong Travel Document

Britain had offered Hong Kong holders of overseas citizenship a path to residency and citizenship in the U.K. China rejects the move as an infringement on its sovereignty.

Thursday

China And Russia Want To Be Vaccine Leaders. How's That Going?

The Sinovac vaccine is produced at this newly built factory in China. Sinovac is one of 11 Chinese companies carrying out clinical trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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China And Russia Want To Be Vaccine Leaders. How's That Going?

The two countries are vying for a role in ending the pandemic by offering their vaccines to countries that can't afford or obtain other vaccines. And a new study reports a promising efficacy rate.

Pakistan Court Orders Release Of Man Accused Of Killing 'Wall Street Journal' Reporter

Wall Street Journal newspaper reporter Daniel Pearl was killed by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. A video of his interrogation and death was sent to the U.S. Consulate in Karachi and posted on the Internet. Getty Images hide caption

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Pakistan Court Orders Release Of Man Accused Of Killing 'Wall Street Journal' Reporter

Journalist Daniel Pearl's beheaded body was found in a shallow grave in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in 2002. The murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was overturned last year.

Wednesday

Tuesday

Residents Protest As China Demolishes Some Of Beijing's Wealthy Suburbs

Beijing is demolishing parts of its wealthy suburbs, and their well-connected residents are protesting. It's the latest sign of rising dissatisfaction with China's government from unexpected sources.

Residents Protest As China Demolishes Some Of Beijing's Wealthy Suburbs

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Farmers In India Storm Historic Fort And Clash With Police

Tens of thousands of farmers rolled into New Delhi on tractors festooned with tricolor flags, overshadowing the traditional military parade that is the centerpiece of Republic Day celebrations.

Farmers In India Storm Historic Fort And Clash With Police

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Animals

Cher Aims To Get Gorilla Released After 30 Years In Thai Zoo

After Cher's success freeing an elephant from a Pakistani zoo, she now wants a gorilla kept in a private rooftop zoo in Thailand freed. Activists have been trying to close that zoo for years.

Cher Aims To Get Gorilla Released After 30 Years In Thai Zoo

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Monday

Pakistanis Won't Get To Watch Their Country's Oscar Submission

Pakistan's Oscar submission for the best international feature category is a film that Pakistanis cannot watch — as gatekeepers weed out media that are seen as violating the country's moral code.

Pakistanis Won't Get To Watch Their Country's Oscar Submission

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Sunday

11 Miners Rescued In China After 2 Weeks Trapped Below Ground

Rescuers carry a worker who was trapped in a gold mine to an ambulance in the city of Qixia in China's Shandong province. Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside the mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday. Chen Hao/AP hide caption

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11 Miners Rescued In China After 2 Weeks Trapped Below Ground

The workers became trapped on Jan. 10 following an unexplained explosion at a gold mine in the eastern province of Shandong. One miner has died and another 10 remain missing.