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Image copyright Reuters Image caption LeBron James is known for speaking up about social issues like police brutality Basketball superstar LeBron James has weighed in on a row between the NBA and China, saying a team manager who caused uproar with a tweet about Hong Kong “wasn’t educated” on the …

Joe Biden is facing baseless — but persistent — allegations of wrongdoing overseas that could undermine his argument that he’s best positioned to defeat the president. Bernie Sanders is recovering from a heart attack that raised questions about his ability to withstand the vigour of a presidential campaign. And Elizabeth …

Migrant labourers working outdoors in Qatar face “high” or “extreme” risk of heat stress for more than half the working day during the four hottest months of the year, according to a UN report. The findings come just weeks after the Guardian revealed that hundreds of workers may be dying …

KORIYAMA, Japan — The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water. Fifteen people remain missing nearly …

The UK has suspended arms sales to Turkey following the country’s military offensive in Syria. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told MPs on Tuesday: “The UK government takes its arm export control responsibilities very seriously and in this case, of course, we will keep our defence exports to Turkey under very …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police said the pupils had been subjected to “inhuman and degrading treatments” Police in northern Nigeria have freed 67 people who had been found shackled at an Islamic boarding school, officials say. The pupils, between the ages of seven and 40, told police they had …

The toll of death and destruction from a typhoon that tore through central and northern Japan climbed Tuesday, as the government said it was considering approving a special budget for the disaster response and eventual reconstruction. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a parliamentary session that the number of deaths tied …

Michel Barnier has set Boris Johnson a midnight deadline to concede to EU demands and agree to a customs border in the Irish Sea or be left with nothing to take to the Commons. According to sources, the EU’s chief negotiator told ministers that, as it stood, there was no …

About 18 months before a violent video of a fake President Donald Trump superimposed on a violent action movie became national news Monday, a video creator who goes by TheGeekzTeam uploaded a similar video to a rabid pro-Trump community on Reddit, the discussion website. The video was an edited clip …

Police are hunting for a drug lord “in the same league as El Chapo” whose multibillion-dollar meth operation has made him the most wanted man in Asia. Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian national born in China, is suspected of heading up an enormous drug trafficking syndicate spanning several countries in …