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The first freight train on the Lancang-Mekong Express departs from Kunming in China on Jan. 10, 2022, headed for a 26-hour journey to Vientiane, capital of Laos.China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBEIJING — In the last two years, China has announced the opening of new freight train lines, while cross-border railways have become a feature in President Xi Jinping’s meetings with regional leaders.It’s all part of Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative, a complex network of infrastructure projects connecting China to its trading partners.Here’s a look at where the rail lines are being built across the Asian…

The enterprising president of the Harriet Holland Social Club just wants the cotillion to be successful. The floral centerpieces are in place, a band is onstage, and the draperies are neatly tucked in and tied. The debutantes are primped and primed. By night’s end, she hopes, these young women will set off into their bright futures.Presented by New Georges and the Movement Theater Company at A.R.T./New York Theaters, “The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents the 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel,” written and directed by Colette Robert, mimics the proceedings of debutante balls. There’s…

Wherever you’re watching the Eurovision grand final, you’re about to see a lot of the show’s hosts.So who is in the foursome that will be guiding you through the 26 performances?The most well-known to American viewers is the Emmy Award-winning actress Hannah Waddingham, who plays Rebecca Welton in the TV soccer comedy “Ted Lasso.”Waddingham, who has also appeared in “Sex Education” and “Game of Thrones,” has this week been charming British Eurovision fans during the semifinals with her mastery of French, which is one of the official languages of this year’s competition. Tonight, she might just try out some Ukrainian,…

BRANDON, Miss. — Before she became a three-time Olympic medalist and before she earned the title of world’s fastest woman, Frentorish Bowie welcomed a camera crew to her hometown, Sandhill, Miss.“This is where I found my strength,” Bowie, who was nicknamed Tori, said of the small town 30 minutes northeast of Jackson.It was 2016, and at age 26 Bowie was about to make her Olympic debut as part of the U.S. sprinting team at the Rio de Janeiro Games. But first she stopped at Pisgah High School to visit teachers and staff and found herself wiping away happy tears. She…

Sundar Pichai speaking at the Google I/O Developer’s Conference in Mountain View, Calif. on May 10, 2023.Courtesy: GoogleGoogle employees were paying close attention to the company’s annual developer conference this week as well as to Wall Street’s overwhelmingly positive reaction.When in it came to doling out credit for the 4.3% stock pop that followed Google I/O, many staffers favored the company’s engineers over its executives, according to internal conversations viewed by CNBC.related investing newsOn Google’s internal site, Memegen, the most popular meme that came from the event showed side-by-side images of parent company Alphabet’s stock price. The slide, which has…

THE JAPANESE, OF course, aren’t the only culture that loves cats, nor can one argue that they love them more than anyone else. But one might be able to say that they’ve spent more time mythologizing them than anyone else.One might even say that the Japanese regard the cat with something more complicated and therefore powerful than love: fondness, yes, but also fear and awe. There are sacred animals in Japan — most notably the deer, which in Shinto, the most dominant of the country’s native belief systems, is often believed to be the messenger of the gods — but…

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UBC law professor Carol Liao is highly skeptical about Atira’s promise to launch a third-party review of its policies and practices in the wake of this week’s bombshell audit into BC Housing. Atira, BC Housing and the provincial government have all come under fire after the much-anticipated financial audit of the Crown corporation was released.The Ernst and Young report uncovered a conflict of interest connected to Atira CEO Janice Abbott and former BC Housing CEO Shane Ramsay, who are married, and who held the top jobs at the same time.On Friday, Atira said it will be creating a taskforce that…

Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth almost $3bn, including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition, the government announced ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s arrival in Berlin. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday that Berlin wanted to show, with its latest military aid package worth 2.7bn euros ($2.95bn), “that Germany is serious in its support” for Ukraine. “Germany will provide all the help it can, as long as it takes,” he said. Though initially slow to provide military aid to Kyiv, Germany has since become one of the biggest suppliers of arms to Ukraine, crucially giving…

Veteran defender Nathan Wilson admits Peel Thunder need to find a way to turn their slow starts around after another early scare from West Coast on Saturday.It follows a month of losing first quarters for the ladder-leaders, with Peel conceding 20 goals to nine over the past four weeks.