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World Cup crowds will test Boston’s roads, rails and wallets

Former Congressman Barney Frank's urgent message for Democrats

States consider laws blocking AI personhood

The Iraq vet redefining mindfulness, one bourbon at a time

Uncovering Scott Tong's grandfather's story, a hidden family history brought to light

Scott Tong investigates the suppressed history of his grandfather, Carlton Sun, who died in a Chinese labor camp after being convicted of collaborating with Japanese occupiers during World War II. Historian Pochek Fu argues that such wartime decisions were often driven by survival and necessity rather than political id...

What does the new Fed Chair mean for interest rates?

Trump shakes up forest management ahead of a potentially destructive wildfire season

On 'Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace,' poetry and jazz shake hands

Taiwan on the menu: China's Xi tells Trump U.S.-China relations hinge on Taiwan

Netflix to release Greta Gerwig’s 'Narnia' in theaters

JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty says airline will survive, despite volatile industry and rising jet fuel costs

From pickup games to packed stadiums, the Bay gets World Cup ready

Courts rebuke Trump administration on immigration

Iran implements new system to collect fees from ships in Strait of Hormuz

U.S. business leaders, tech bros look to China for opportunities during Beijing talks

Longtime Beijing residents recount the transformation of China over the past 3 decades

Melinda Liu, Newsweek’s long-standing Beijing bureau chief, reflects on China’s dramatic transformation from a society with few private cars or telephones to a tech-saturated landscape where mobile apps dominate daily life. Despite rapid modernization and ambitious space programs aimed at solving resource scarcities, a...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is now at the center of a culture war

Podcast subverts China's conformist culture by getting people to share private-yet-human stories

StoryFM, a Chinese podcast founded by former journalist Kou Aizhe, challenges traditional cultural moderation by broadcasting raw, first-person accounts of sensitive topics like addiction, factory labor, and LGBTQ+ identities. Modeled after This American Life, the program prioritizes human introspection over narration,...

How Atlanta is preparing to host World Cup games

Why Trump brought several U.S. CEOs to China for a high-stakes summit