Special Report-Inside the downfall of embattled property developer China Evergrande
By Engen Tham, Julie Zhu and Clare Jim SHANGHAI/HONG KONG - In the beginning, Hui Ka Yan followed a simple
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Chinese people are living two years longer thanks to 'war on pollution,' report says
Ten years ago, China's capital was often covered in dense yellow and gray smog, so thick it shrouded nearly everything from view.
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Biden administration makes the case for organized labor with potential autoworkers strike looming
The Biden administration made its most detailed argument to date on the benefits of organized labor with a potential autoworkers' strike looming as negotiations between the United Auto Workers and auto companies continue and the president works to convince Americans to support his "Bidenomics" vision.
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Japan improves view on exports for first time in three months
TOKYO Japan's exports have been "picking up recently", the government said in its latest monthly economic assessment, its
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Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel
Libya's foreign minister is suspended because of talks with Israel, which Tripoli does not recognise.
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Four million children in Pakistan have no safe water, a year after deadly floods
One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children's agency has warned.
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Soccer-Spain down England to win Women's World Cup for first time
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY Captain Olga Carmona scored the winner in the first half as Spain won the
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Before hundreds of protesters were killed, Egypt debated less lethal options, report says
A decade after hundreds of Egyptians were killed in a single day when security forces dispersed a sit-in protest in Cairo, a new report released by a human rights group to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre has claimed that authorities debated but ultimately rejected potentially less lethal options to break up the demonstration.
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Trump cancels news conference to release report on 2020 election
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had canceled a press conference scheduled for next week
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The world shed 3.5 million millionaires in 2022 as market losses drained wealth at the top
Last year, as interest rates rose and inflation stayed stubbornly high, total household wealth declined for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Charges against Alec Baldwin could be refiled as forensic report shows trigger on gun used in 'Rust' shooting had to be pulled
Independent testing on the weapon used in a fatal shooting on the set of the film "Rust" shows the trigger had to be pulled, the gun fired normally and did not malfunction, according to a report filed in court, raising the possibility that charges could be refiled against actor Alec Baldwin.
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Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured at Russian prison
Former prisoners of war tell the BBC they were abused by Russian guards inside a detention facility.
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