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The Beijing Olympics open at the end of this week, but the publicity battles are already well underway. The United States government is leading a diplomatic boycott of the games — but China’s government says leaders from 25 other countries will attend Friday’s opening ceremonies. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

A chance meeting in a German airport resulted in a CD collaboration between Israeli pop star Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Toure, the guitarist from Mali. The result, The Tel Aviv Session, is magic.

Bananas, papaya and coffee were also affected, according to Puerto Rico's agriculture secretary. The plantain is one of the island's top commodities — and a key ingredient in many traditional dishes.

The former prime minister was sentenced to three years for violating the official secrets act, on top of a 20-year sentence already handed down by the military junta that took power in 2021.

People who measure risk and uncertainty ranked in the top spot of the survey by CareerCast.com. At the bottom of the list with reporters are flight attendants, roofers, mail carriers, meter readers, dish washers and lumber jacks.

Food inflation is hitting the prices of everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to meat. It’s also affecting the price of instant noodles — especially in the Asia Pacific. HPR’s Bill Dorman has an update on that story in this Asia Minute.

Many of your favorite musicians of 2018 (so far) defy genres and expectations, from the idiosyncratic wonder of Superorganism to the stirring, swirling ballads of serpentwithfeet.

It’s a busy travel summer in many parts of the country, and that includes Hawaiʻi. While most visitors here are coming from the West and East coasts of the United States, there’s some news this week about international travel. And HPR’s Bill Dorman has it in this Asia Minute.

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In World War Z, Bradd Pitt saves the world from a zombie apocalypse. When Pitt's character gets stuck in a Philadelphia traffic jam with his family, that's when the apocalypse begins.