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Jiang Zemin led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth.

The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.

The missed opportunities against the Welsh and the English — the U.S. outplayed both opponents for long stretches of those matches — puts Gregg Berhalter's squad in a tricky situation heading into their group-stage finale.

Researchers said that after around the year 2000, the rate of decline in the quality of sperm and sperm count in male patients accelerated.

The World Health Organization said it was concerned by the “racist and stigmatizing language” that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries.

Alvarez says video from inside Argentina's locker room shows Messi disrespecting the Mexican team.

Kris Wu rose to fame as a former member of a popular South Korean group.

Lionel Messi played in front of 88,966 spectators on Saturday when Argentina beat Mexico 2-0, the largest attendance at a World Cup match in 28 years.

France saw a big World Cup win Saturday, becoming the first defending champions to reach the round of 16 since 2006.

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The force of the mud sliding down mountainsides was strong enough to send cars and buses into the sea.

The 9-minute job seemed straight out of a Hollywood movie. In order to avoid triggering the alarm, the thieves cut telecommunications cables which caused internet and telephone outages throughout the area.

Germany's players covered their mouths for their team photo before their opening World Cup match in an apparent rebuke of FIFA’s clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar.

The drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon last Tuesday off the coast of Oman appears to be part of the long-running shadow war between Israel and its archenemy Iran.

The toll is expected to rise further, but no estimates were immediately available. Officials say another 1,083 people were injured in the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Monday near the city of Cianjur.

Researchers said that they wanted to bring attention to those who may be under the misconception that smoking marijuana is somehow better for you than tobacco.