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You’re reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest for freeGet the latest news from around the world, plus the most interesting ideas and opinions you need to know, delivered straight to your inbox on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.Taipei and Kiev are about 5,000 miles apart, but in Washington, the two conflicting capitals seem almost like geopolitical neighbors.Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022 and Ukraine’s subsequent struggle to repel the invaders and reclaim lost ground have shocked Taiwan, which lives in China’s shadow. The increasingly assertive Asian superpower mocks the self-governing island’s sense…

My friend Alexandra asked me the same question every day until I started college in the fall of my sophomore year.”How is things going with Crimson?”After two and a half years, I was finally able to answer her.It’s chaotic, it’s stressful, and yet it’s beautiful.* * * * *As I reflect on my four-year journey with the Crimson, the date that sticks in my mind is Jan. 17, 2024, the day Harvard University football head coach Tim Murphy steps down.I was at home in Los Angeles that morning, three hours behind the news cycle, and woke up to receive the…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. A Long March 4C rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-23 was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 12, 2024. Chinese private space company Tianbing Aerospace Science and Technology announced on June 30 that its Tianlong-3 rocket had been launched by mistake during an engine test. Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua via Getty Images Chinese space company Tianbing Aerospace Science and Technology announced that it had accidentally launched a test rocket.The Tianlong 3 is designed as a rival to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, with a similar takeoff mass and…

Biles Finds Her “Why””Nobody is forcing me to do it, so I choose to get up every day, work in the gym and come out here and perform for myself, to remind myself that I can still do it,” Biles said after the trials.But for Biles, success is about “how she makes it.””I feel like I’ve succeeded right now,” Biles said. “Going to the Olympic Trials and making the Paris Olympic team, I accomplished that on my own.”Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles selected for U.S. Olympic Gymnastics TeamHazly Rivera, Jocelyn Roberson, Suni Lee, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Childs…

Fresh off a disappointing first-round playoff exit, the Orlando Magic signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to a three-year, $66 million contract on Sunday to improve his defense, durability and outside shooting, league sources said.Caldwell-Pope, 31, will almost certainly be installed as the Magic’s new starting shooting guard, replacing Gary Harris, whose tenure in Orlando was plagued by injuries.Caldwell-Pope could be an ideal role player to join a young core that also includes All-Star power forward Paolo Banchero, small forward Franz Wagner and combo guard and defensive star Jalen Suggs.The 6-foot-5 Caldwell-Pope hasn’t ranked highly in NBA All-Defensive Team voting in recent years,…

James Harden will remain with the Clippers.The 10-time All-Star and former league MVP agreed to a two-year, $70 million deal to remain in Los Angeles, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The deal includes: Second Season Player OptionsAccording to reports.News of Harden’s deal came Sunday, hours before the Clippers announced the departure of Paul George in free agency. It’s not clear where he will go, but George told the Clippers he won’t be returning after the two sides were unable to come to terms on a new contract. The Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly the favorites to acquire the nine-time All-Star…

Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hesley Rivera were named to the U.S. Olympic team for women’s gymnastics on Sunday night at Target Center. At 27 years old, Biles will be competing in her third Olympic Games. Lee, 21, of St. Paul, drew an especially loud ovation from the crowd as she competed in her second Olympic Games after winning the all-around gold medal in Tokyo three years ago. Childs, 23, and Carey, 24, complete the quartet of Tokyo Olympians who will return for the next Games. The 16-year-old Rivera from New Jersey is the youngest member…

China is grappling with a series of murders of girls committed by boys as young as 12 years old. But the communist country’s treatment of juvenile killers is almost as shocking, often sparing them prison time and instead sending them to psychiatric hospitals for short periods. In some cases, juvenile offenders are allowed to return to school immediately after committing their crimes, according to a New York Post report.While China tries to address the issue of holding children accountable for these notoriously heinous acts perpetrated against other children, victims’ parents are left waiting for justice that may never come. For…

Local officials said the first attack was carried out by a woman.June 30, 2024 at 10:45 PM ET• 2 min readMultiple suicide bombings occurred across Nigeria over the weekend, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100, sources said on Sunday.The Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timuta, told reporters that the first attack on Saturday was carried out by a woman.”The first suicide attack was carried out by an unidentified woman who took her two children and sneaked into a popular youth wedding party in Gwoza and detonated an improvised explosive device (IED), killing herself and many…

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Former President Evo Morales on Sunday accused his political ally-turned-rival Luis Arce of misleading Bolivians by staging a “suicide coup” last week to gain voter support, sparking a sharp deterioration in already tense relations between the two countries. Morales was initially one of the most influential voices in the country, but was later replaced by around 200 members of the military. On Wednesday, they marched with armored vehicles to the Bolivian government palace. He claimed they were plotting a “coup” and called for “the arrest and trial of all those involved in this unrest.”But on…