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HONG KONG — China conducted large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Monday in what it said was a warning to “independence forces” on the Beijing-claimed island. The exercises had been expected after Beijing criticized a speech last week by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. In the speech marking Taiwan’s National Day, Lai said China had no […]

At the beginning of the Biden presidency, many of us serving in the National Security Council gathered to read the intelligence and reached a key conclusion: The 2020s would be what we called the “decisive decade” in U.S. competition with China. Beijing seeks to displace the United States from its global leadership position and is […]

As many as one in four adults in the U.S. may suspect they have undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. ADHD is a mental health condition that has typically been diagnosed in children, usually boys, who struggle to concentrate at school. Videos […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused North Korea of sending not only weapons but also soldiers to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea,” Zelenskyy said in his video address on Sunday night. “This is no longer just about transferring weapons. It is […]

Connections, The New York Times puzzle, is back with another offering today, Monday October 14. Connections is a daily puzzle that consists of 16 words that need to be separated into four categories. The challenge for players is to identify a common thread between the words in each category: yellow, green, blue, and purple. The […]

The first—and last—time Indonesia participated in the FIFA World Cup finals was in France in 1938. Competing as the Dutch East Indies, the team was eliminated in the first round with a 6-0 loss to Hungary. The media was ultimately more interested in the fact that captain Achmad Nawir, a doctor, took to the field […]

If desperation hasn’t necessarily set in by Week 6 of the NFL season, then it isn’t far off, either, for the league’s struggling teams. The Cincinnati Bengals are one of those teams. Entering “Sunday Night Football” on NBC with a 1-4 record, their margin for error to rebound and make the playoffs was slim, to put […]

John Oliver kicked off Last Week Tonight with an extended segment on the natural disasters that have hit the eastern coast of the United States in recent weeks amid hurricane season. Throughout the introductory bit, Oliver joshed everything and everyone from Dancing With the Stars to president Joe Biden, with a number of minutes dedicated […]

The world’s 26 poorest countries are deeper in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and other shocks, the World Bank has said. The poorest economies are worse off today than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, even though the rest of the world has largely recovered, the Washington, […]

Wordle, a popular game from run by The New York Times, is back with another brainteaser. Wordle first became a worldwide sensation in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. Created by British software engineer Josh Wardle, the simple-yet-entertaining word guessing game went on to achieve such popularity that it was acquired by The New York Times […]