Three years after she dropped out of the Tokyo Games with a mental block, she is back at the Olympics with a defiant attitude — and a sense of where she is in the air.
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Africa’s Donkeys Are Coveted by China. Can the Continent Protect Them?
Governments are seeking to curb donkey skin exports to China, where demand for traditional medicine and other products is threatening animals that rural households need.
Russian Women Protest Long Deployments for Soldiers in Ukraine
“Make way for someone else,” a new grass-roots movement demands as women challenge the official argument that the mobilized troops are needed in combat indefinitely.
In Ukraine, 3 Childhood Friends Became Brothers in War Against Russia
Three friends met as boys in western Ukraine. When Russia invaded, they enlisted in the same unit. There was comfort, and dread, in serving together.
For the Lost Children of Tuam, a Proper Burial at Last
Hundreds of small bodies were buried under a playground at a home for unwed mothers, many in a disused sewage system. Years after Ireland acknowledged the tragic discovery, a resolution is finally near.