Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations referred back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after an appeal to a Swiss court, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Court rejects appeal of killer of mother, daughters in home invasion massacre
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Justices issued a 7-0 decision Monday upholding the convictions against Joshua Komisarjevsky. He appealed on several arguments including that the state’s failure to move his trial out of New Haven to counter pretrial...
Early Chinese Americans were blamed for diseases and denied health care. So they built their own hospital
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When diseases have historically spread in the US, so too has discrimination and hate against Asian Americans. Asian Americans have been verbally harassed, spat on and attacked throughout the coronavirus pandemic. M...
21 Chinese coal miners trapped by underground flood
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The mine in Hutubi County in the Xinjiang region flooded at about 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said eight people were rescued. China's coal mines are among the world's deadliest, regularly...
21 Chinese miners trapped by underground flood in Xinjiang coal mine
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Eight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China's Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department. A part...
Too Chinese for the US, too American for China. Where can Asian Americans like me call home?
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Tokyo Last summer, a Chinese man approached me on a crowded Beijing street and asked me in Mandarin if I was Chinese American. It seemed innocent enough, as I was speaking English with expat friends. But after I nod...
Philippines says illegal structures found on reefs near where Chinese boats swarmed
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Hong Kong The Philippine military said Thursday it has discovered illegally built structures on features in the Union Banks, a series of reefs in the South China Sea near where Manila says Chinese maritime militia bo...
Philippine fighters fly over Chinese flotilla in South China Sea
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Manila, PhilippinesThe Philippine military is sending light fighter aircraft to fly over hundreds of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea, its defense minister said, as he repeated his demand the...
Biden’s infrastructure plan is about to put his bipartisan appeal to the test
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A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. With some wind in his sails from the massively popular Covid relief package, President Joe Biden's...
Philippines demands Chinese fishing flotilla leave disputed South China Sea reef
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Hong Kong The Philippines has demanded that China recall more than 200 Chinese boats it said had been spotted at a disputed reef claimed by both Manila and Beijing, describing their presence as a "clear provocative a...
Top Biden officials to sit down with Chinese counterparts in Alaska
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Two of the Biden administration's top national security officials will sit down with their Chinese counterparts Thursday -- a key first meeting in the relationship that the US secretary of state has called "the bigg...
Chinese factories set on fire and at least 38 killed in Myanmar’s deadliest day since coup
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Myanmar security forces killed at least 38 people Sunday in one of the deadliest days since the military seized power in a coup, and declared martial law in six areas after Chinese-funded factories were set on fire....