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Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket will slam into the far side of the moon Friday. Experts think it is from a China launch from 2014, but China is…

Hong Kong’s new COVID cases top 10,000

By News Desk

Hong Kong has reported another sharp jump in new COVID-19 cases to more than 10,000 in the latest 24-hour period.

China avoids criticism of Russia attack, calls for talks on Ukraine

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

China has called for talks to resolve the Ukraine crisis and avoided criticizing President Vladimir Putin's attack.

World leaders condemn Russian invasion, take steps to make Moscow pay a high price

By Raf Casert, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press

The West and its allies showed no inclination to send troops into Ukraine — a non-member of NATO — and risk a wider European war. But they began to take steps aimed at isolating Moscow and forcing it to pay…

Hong Kong says it will test its entire population as COVID-19 outbreak grows

By Zen Soo, Alice Fung, Associated Press

Hong Kong's leader says the city will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant.

Beijing’s Olympics close, ending a safe but strange global moment

By Ted Anthony, Associated Press

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior. A new Chinese champion — from California. An ace American skier who faltered and went home empty-handed.

What’s keeping Olympic athletes from speaking out against China’s human rights record?

By Nick Schifrin

Unlike the 1.4 billion Chinese citizens, international athletes competing at the Winter Olympics do have free internet access. But through 12 days of sports, no Olympic athlete has criticized the host country for what advocates call horrific human rights violations.

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Gu skis her way to gold and the history books in the women’s halfpipe final

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games.

Hong Kong faces its worst outbreak of the pandemic even as sticks with ‘zero-COVID’ strategy

By Alice Fung, David Rising, Associated Press

Hospitals in Hong Kong are struggling to keep up with an influx of coronavirus patients amid record numbers of new infections as the city doggedly adheres to its "zero-COVID" strategy.