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How Did China Become The World's Dominant Polysilicon Producer?

6:26am July 06, 2021

by Emily Feng

China is a leader in the manufacture of polysilicon — the basic material that goes into making solar panels. China has cracked the code for how to make high quality, cheap polysilicon.

Police officials hold a news conference with confiscated evidence at police headquarters in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Police say they arrested nine people on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activity, after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and plant

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9 Arrested Over Alleged Plot To Plant Bombs Around Hong Kong

5:37am July 06, 2021

by The Associated Press

Police made the arrests after uncovering an attempt to make explosives and plant bombs across the city. Of the nine arrested, six are secondary school students.

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Unpacking The 100-Year History Of The Chinese Communist Party

4:42pm July 05, 2021

As the Chinese Communist Party turns 100 this month, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with historian Andy B. Liu about the mark it's made on the country.

Health workers arrive in a tuk-tuk to administer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to elderly citizens in their homes in Lima, Peru, in April.

It's A Tricky Balancing Act For Countries Awaiting Vaccine Doses

9:29am July 05, 2021

by Will Stone

They have to figure out how to distribute the vaccines — and keep their citizens interested in getting their jab — without knowing when supplies will arrive.

Sinet An had never touched a basketball before 2013. The key to her success: "train again and again and practice again and again, to be better and better." Because of pandemic lockdowns, she can only practice at home.

Cambodia's Star Wheelchair B-Baller Is An Unstoppable Force

9:29am July 05, 2021

by Saqib Rahim

Sinet An and her teammates are using Zoom to keep their hoop skills sharp during the pandemic. Sometimes she practices with an invisible ball. And she can't wait to get back on the court.

Dozens Of People Are Killed After A Military Plane Crashes In The Philippines

7:55am July 05, 2021

by Julie McCarthy

A Philippines Air Force C-130 troop transport plane carrying more than 90 people crashed, killing at least 47 soldiers plus three civilians on the ground. Forty-nine troops were reported injured.

Indonesia Leads Southeast Asia In COVID-19 Cases And Deaths

5:52am July 05, 2021

by Michael Sullivan

Indonesia's president announced new measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 in his country. The new restrictions only apply to parts of the main island Java and the resort island of Bali.

Mohamad Nor Abdullah, born without arms, looks out from a window near a white flag outside the window of his rented room in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 3. When Mohamad Nor put a white flag outside his window late at night, he didn't expect the swift ou

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Malaysians Suffering Amid Lockdown Fly White Flag For Help

4:14am July 05, 2021

by The Associated Press

The campaign emerged on social media last week and urges people to hoist a white flag or cloth to signal they needed immediate help. Food retailers and celebrities alike have responded.

Rescuers search for bodies from the site where a Philippine military C-130 plane crashed in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines on Sunday, July 4, 2021.

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A Military Plane Crash In The Philippines Has Left At Least 45 People Dead

12:09pm July 04, 2021

by The Associated Press

At least 49 soldiers were rescued from the wreckage of the crash in southern Sulu province. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules was one of two ex-U.S. Air Force aircraft given to the Philippines this year.

Poornima Peri, who lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her two sons. Aarit (left), now age 4, is India staying with his grandmother. His mother had planned to pick him up but "from March [2020] onward it was total lockdown," she says. Because of continuin

Health & Safety

Aussies Stranded Abroad Include Hundreds Of Kids, Folks Short On Cash

6:51am July 04, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

Pandemic travel regulations are frustrating parents whose children are visiting family in other countries and those who can't afford the cost of a ticket and a two-week hotel quarantine upon return.