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Impact of the urban atmospheric environment on otolaryngologic disease outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China

Lanzhou, an industrial city in northwestern China, is prone to air pollution due to its unique valley basin topography. The incidence of otolaryngologic diseases is closely related to the air…

John McCarthy December 9, 2025

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At least 36 dead, nearly 300 missing in Tai Po as blaze engulfs apartment buildings

HONG KONG — The death toll from a massive fire that ripped through multiple high-rise residential blocks in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district has risen to 36, the city's…

John McCarthy November 26, 2025

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US to label Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. The designation is…

John McCarthy November 24, 2025

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China guarantees Venezuelan ‘sovereignty’ amid US war buildup

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping said he will continue to support Venezuela in “safeguarding its sovereignty and national security, national dignity and social stability.” In a letter sent to President Nicolás Maduro on the eve…

John McCarthy November 23, 2025

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Missouri seeks federal help in pressing China for $25 billion in COVID damages

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri has escalated its attempt to seize Chinese government-owned property across the United States, asking the Trump administration for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court…

John McCarthy November 20, 2025

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US strikes in Caribbean, Pacific have killed 69 as calls mount for investigations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. has reported carrying out 14 strikes since September on vessels near the Venezuelan coast and, more recently, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing at least…

John McCarthy November 8, 2025

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Why blowing up Venezuelan boats won’t stop the flow of drugs

CARACAS (NYT) — The U.S. military has killed at least 43 people in recent strikes on small boats that it says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. President…

John McCarthy October 27, 2025

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China provides intelligence to Russia on Ukraine targets, Ukrainian intelligence says

BEIJING (Reuters) — China is providing intelligence to Russia to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes inside Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official was quoted as saying on Saturday.…

John McCarthy October 12, 2025

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Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a…

John McCarthy September 10, 2025

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The US Navy is building a drone fleet to take on China. It’s not going well.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — During a U.S. naval test off the California coast last month, which was designed to showcase the Pentagon’s top autonomous drone boats, one vessel stalled unexpectedly.…

John McCarthy August 20, 2025