STARTING LINE IN HOPKINTON? THIS TOWN OF AROUND 19,000, JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF ITS ANNUAL STAR TURN IN THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS MARATHON, ONE CAN HARDLY TURN A CORNER IN HOPKINTON WITHOUT BUMPING INTO ANOTHER MARATHON MONUMENT. THERE’S EVEN A STATUE TO A HOME GROWN HOPKINTON IAN, A LEGEND MARY LOCAL SPRINTER WHO VAULTED TO INTERNATIONAL FAME A FEW YEARS AGO. THE LEGEND OF EMILY THE COW BEGAN ON A CHILLY NOVEMBER DAY IN 1994 AT A HOPKINTON SLAUGHTERHOUSE, WHEN A HEIFER IN THE HOLDING PEN DECIDED THE TIME WAS RIGHT...

Here's a guide to help audiences find original movies this week to get psyched for cinema again. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video Once cord-cutting became commonplace, studios had to move away from traditional television marketing, making sequels and remakes a safer bet for their investment. To date, there have been over 200 releases this year, of which the most popular films or the films that received the widest releases have been sequels or based on existing intellectual...

More than 15 years after Nepal officially became a secular democracy, the former Hindu monarchy may have a religious extremism problem, incited and aggravated by its closest neighbor. In an “alarming” development, Indian Hindutva ideology and politics have begun to spread throughout the country, as local experts and journalists report. This proliferation has resulted in a recent spate of attacks and restrictions on Christians reported within the country of 30 million.

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India is bracing for soaring temperatures in the coming weeks, potentially straining power grids and posing a threat to life at a time when the number of election rallies will surge.

China Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back China seeks to project military power in the seas around its coastline, yet also faces pressure to mend relations with neighbors for the good of its economy. President Biden with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the White House on Thursday. Yuri Gripas for The New York Times President Biden’s effort to build American security alliances in China’s backyard is likely to reinforce the Chinese leader Xi...