WAITING TO BE ARRESTED AT NIGHT: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide, by Tahir Hamut Izgil. Translated by Joshua L. Freeman.
The Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil’s new memoir, “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night,” is an outlier among books about human…

I understand the driving need to prove to people that you are right, which is why I am to some degree sympathetic to Elon Musk’s ill-advised plan to rename Twitter and turn it into his long-dreamed-of financial heavyweight.…
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Iran has announced a nationwide shutdown due to "unprecedented heat".
A two-day national holiday will start tomorrow with governmental offices, banks and schools all closing.
The health ministry said hospitals will be on high alert, as it w…

Your questions answered: Does Putin risk alienating Africa?
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BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China's export controls on some gallium and germanium products take effect on Tuesday, with traders braced for a drop in international supply in August and September while exporters sort out newly required permits…

China is to limit the export of long-range drones over fears they are being converted for military use in Ukraine.
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Your questions answered: Does Putin risk alienating Africa?
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Joe Biden has decided to keep US space command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the administration of his presidential predecessor Donald Trump to move it to Alabama while also ending months of politically fueled debate, a…

Open this photo in gallery: Two sun bears interact in their enclosure at Hangzhou Zoo in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Aug. 1.STR/AFP/Getty Images
Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China’s Zhejiang province after a video…

Off Beat Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are ‘humans in disguise’ "Some people think I stand like a person," said the posting, written from the bear's point of view.…
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Open this photo in gallery: Rescue workers in a boat go through a flooded street in a neighbourhood where days of heavy rain from remnants of Typhoon Doksuri cause heavy damage in Beijing, on Aug.…
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Beijing — A Chinese zoo has been forced to deny that its sun bear is actually a human in a costume, after video of one standing on its hind legs raised online accusations of a furry imposter.…
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China is to limit the export of long-range drones over fears they are being converted for military use in Ukraine.
Beijing says it will limit the export of some high-performance civilian devices due to the "increasing risk" that they are be…

MUMBAI, Aug 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Noel Quinn is giving up his modesty. On Tuesday, on the back of estimate-beating earnings for the second quarter of the year, HSBC’s (HSBA.L), (0005.HK)…
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The Kremlin said on Tuesday that expanding the BRICS group of nations would be a topic high on the agenda of the group’s upcoming summit in South Africa on Aug. 22-24.…
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Florida universities may start accepting a college admissions test favored by homeschoolers and private Christian universities.…
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A challenging outlook for Estee Lauder 's Asia business has pushed Citi to the sidelines on its stock. Analyst Filippo Falorni downgraded the beauty company's stock to neutral from buy and cut his price target by $45 to $195.…
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HONG KONG — A zoo in eastern China has denied suggestions that its bears are in fact people dressed in costumes, after a video of one standing like a human went viral on social media.…
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SHANGHAI, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China's currency regulators have been asking some commercial banks to reduce or postpone their purchases of U.S. dollars, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.…
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China's currency regulators are asking some commercial banks to reduce or postpone their purchases of U.S. dollars in order to slow the yuan's depreciation, two people with direct knowledge of the m…