Many have a brush with death, but how many have a brush with life?

ARCHAEOLOGY

Huge fossil discovery made in China's Hubei province

Archaeologists Identify Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America

Drone Captures Thousands of Years of Archaeology on Remote Scottish Islands

Oldest Evidence of Winemaking Discovered at 8,000-Year-Old Village

NATIONAL SECURITY

National Security Group Reestablished With Focus on China Threat

Former DIA Officer Who Spied for China Hated Trump

At meeting of top spies, the focus is on China, not Mueller

Ex-NSA contractor set to plead guilty for theft of top secret information

GREEN NEW DEAL

The Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal

California Already Has a Green New Deal. Here's How It Works

US Banks Pledged to Fund Renewable Energy, But They Still Spend Way More on Fossil Fuels

READ

Thousand Years of Inequality: The Archaeology of Wealth Differences

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

The Threat: How the F.B.I. Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

Manchu FICTION

Nothing to Lose FICTION

The Satanic Verses: A Novel FICTION

TURKEY

Erdogan faces serious setbacks in Turkish local elections

Turkey local elections: Setback for Erdogan in big cities

Turkey launches airstrikes against PKK terrorists in N. Iraq

Wiretaps: Turkey Aided Passage of Militant ISIS Terrorists Into Syria

JAPAN

Lobbying firms offer outsiders access to Japan’s policy machine

Why Eating Meat Was Banned in Japan for Centuries

Forget Everything You Know About Sake

A Japanese bank created the world’s biggest contemporary art prize.

End of an era, literally: Japan to name new imperial epoch on April 1

INDIA

Teen dies from tapeworm infection in brain

WHY BLOOD-SOAKED ADVERTISEMENTS FAILED TO SWING AN INDIAN ELECTION

India shoots down satellite, joining space 'super league': Modi

India should heed a teenager’s historic fight for lifesaving tuberculosis treatment OPINION

The Meaning Behind the Many Colors of India’s Holi Festival

CHINA

Taiwan scrambles jets to confront Chinese fighters after rare incursion

China Building Long-Range Cruise Missile Launched From Ship Container

China Is Burning Books Again

How China's new media offensive threatens democracy worldwide

Trump is reportedly ready to sell dozens of new fighter jets to Taiwan, and China is already furious

DAILY SPECIALS

Most Americans don't think Trump is in the clear yet on Russia, new poll finds

Biden responds to Lucy Flores' allegation, says 'not once' does he believe he acted inappropriately

A Rural County Owes $28 Million for Wrongful Convictions. It Doesn’t Want to Pay.

China announces new crackdown on fentanyl in win for US President Trump

New York Lawsuit Claims Sackler Family Illegally Profited From Opioid Epidemic

House Judiciary to Authorize Subpoenas for Full Mueller Report

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