China Is Raising Bullet Train Fares as Debts and Costs Balloon
The politically fraught move comes as part of a broader push in China to stem losses at subsidized public services.
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The politically fraught move comes as part of a broader push in China to stem losses at subsidized public services.
About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible.
The world’s top-ranked canines travel to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show mostly by car and plane. They don’t exactly travel light.
A new set of Times/Siena polls, including one with The Philadelphia Inquirer, reveal an erosion of support for the president among young and nonwhite voters upset about the economy and Gaza.
Supergiant Games, a small independent studio, had always tackled new projects. Then its dungeon crawler featuring the Greek pantheon became an enormous success.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 8, 2024, covering May 13, 2024.
Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen
Future & Metro Boomin
Beyonce
Noah Kahan
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