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Precious water: As more of the world thirsts, luxury water becoming fashionable among the elite
SAMTSE, Bhutan — Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring. It spews water so fresh that people here call it nectar.
Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim village on the way to Bakhmut
ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine—The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother”—a man known as Courier.
Through personal ups and downs, they’ve waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories
This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest and most beloved rites.
Royal Drama: King’s fractious family on stage at coronation
LONDON — King Charles III lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley and is one of Britain’s richest men, but he’s similar to many of his subjects in one very basic way: His family life is complicated — very complicated.
Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables
A RESTAURANT on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis—a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread—to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken from their diets because they can no longer afford meat. In Hungary, a café pulls burgers and fries off the menu, trying to dodge the high cost of oil and beef.
Jolie, Salonga, Chloe Kim glam up state dinner for SKorea
WASHINGTON — Actor Angelina Jolie, home improvement duo Chip and Joanna Gaines and Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim headlined the list of big names from politics, business, sports and entertainment glamming up a fancy black-tie dinner that President Joe Biden hosted Wednesday for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
World’s water in focus as clean supplies squeezed
It’s one of the world’s most vital resources. In Paraguay, a man displaced by a rising river hauls heavy buckets of it to his temporary home. In the Philippines, a girl uses a manual pump to get just enough to wash. In Venezuela’s neighborhoods, it’s collected in wells to flow into hundreds of homes.
Malabon waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change
Marilene Capentes pushes a cart along the streets of Malabon City just north of Manila every morning except Sundays, collecting bags of segregated garbage.
Oscars fashion: Fan Bingbing, Angela Bassett regal in 2 ways
NEW YORK — Fan Bingbing made a regal entrance in sparkling silver and emerald green on the champagne-colored carpet Sunday at the 95th Academy Awards. Hong Chau wore a high-neck pink Prada column gown with a feathery black train and Malala Yousafzai worked the hood of her silver sparkler from Ralph Lauren like a pro.
Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won?
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines.
At the Oscars a year later, The Slap stays in the picture
The Academy Awards are Sunday, but did last year’s Oscars ever really end?
Indonesia unveils construction site of new capital city
PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia — Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has begun construction of its new capital city.
Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat
Ukraine’s year of pain, death — and also nation-building
Ukraine’s unlikely wartime leader Zelenskyy instills hope
In Kenya, an electric transport plan for clean air, climate
Biden speech takeaways: More conciliation than conflict
WASHINGTON—The State of the Union address tends to have a ritual rhythm. Grand entrance. Applause. Platitudes. Policies. Appeals for Unity, real or imagined.