The Washington Postflipped into WorldNowNorth Korea, family and soup: The inspiration for a 26-year odysseyverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Michelle LeeTOKYO — Yang Yonghi’s parents devoted their lives to the North Korean regime. They were not North Korean. They sent their three sons to North Korea in the 1970s and helped persuade thousands of others living in Japan to do the same, believing they would live a more prosperous life in Pyongyang. Her …
The Washington Postflipped into WorldNowHong Kong offers 500,000 free plane tickets to lure tourists backverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Joyce LauThe Hong Kong government is offering 500,000 free airplane tickets to visitors willing to travel to the city, in an effort to reverse four years of plummeting tourism numbers and to revive the economy. Hong Kong also announced on Friday that it would fully open its border with mainland China this …
The Washington Postflipped into SportsNowHow a Tom Brady-loving grandma inspired the making of ‘80 for Brady’verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Scott AllenIf you watched the NFL playoffs over the past month, you couldn’t have missed the trailer for “80 for Brady,” the new comedy starring Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin about a group of friends who travel to Super Bowl LI in Houston to see their hero, then-New England Patriots …
The Washington Postflipped into NationalNowShe skied alone through Antarctica for 70 days, covering 922 milesverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Daniel WuMarathons just weren’t doing it for Preet Chandi. She’d completed one of the hardest — an ultramarathon that sends competitors on a grueling six-day, 156-mile trail across the Sahara Desert. She still wanted more. “I knew for a while I wanted to do something big, I just didn’t know what that was …
The Washington Postflipped into World3 hours agoUkraine live briefing: Zelensky and Putin seek to rally support at home; E.U. leaders visit Kyivverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Andrew JeongUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin both sought to rally their countries as the first anniversary of the invasion neared. Zelensky said Thursday in his nightly address that Russia’s strategic defeat is “already clear,” though he acknowledged it could still …
The Washington Postflipped into World3 hours agoKilling of top ISIS militant casts spotlight on group’s broad reach in Africaverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Katharine HoureldU.S. Special Forces targeted Bilal al-Sudani, who allegedly played a central role in ISIS financial networks NAIROBI — The killing of a senior Islamic State operative by U.S. troops in a Somali cave complex last week has cast a spotlight on a shadowy financial network stretching from the Horn of …
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