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China’s leader, Xi Jinping, presided over a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday featuring fighter jets, missiles and marching troops as he issued a defiant warning to rivals not to challenge his country’s sovereignty. Read more: nyti.ms/4naYIQL

‘When you get old, you become young again’: remembering Fauja Singh, the marathon man After a life shaped by grief and resilience, Singh began running at 89 and became an icon of endurance and joy

‘When you get old, you become young again’: remembering Fauja Singh, the marathon man

Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries The Russian opposition leader’s account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.

Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.

‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light He has been tarred as a French colonialist who spread syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But, writes the author of an acclaimed new book, fresh discoveries challenge this view of the artist – and even show him as a hero

‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light

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