MONTEVIDEO - Argentina and Chile solved nothing in their respective bids for World Cup qualification after the South American heavyweights stumbled again on Tuesday.
China's dream of World Cup qualification has once again been dashed, but the nation's pursuit of a soccer renaissance is headed in the right direction, with beefed-up initiatives for youth promotion and league development.
With the Chinese national team struggling in World Cup qualifiers, there's a new focus on enhancing the fortunes of city-sponsored squads at the grassroots level in order to boost the nation's chances of becoming a future soccer power.
Of the 674 companies listed on the ChiNext, a NASDAQ-style board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, one in 10 chairmen is an overseas returnee, National Business Daily reported Wednesday.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open its doors to the public in November, bringing to the Gulf artifacts and post-impressionist masterpieces in the first Louvre-branded museum outside of Paris.
GAZA, Middle East - Ibrahim Ghunaim, or MC Gaza as he likes to be called, raps to a different beat in a Palestinian enclave rocked by internal conflict and three wars with Israel over the past decade.
LUXEMBOURG - The European Union's top court roundly dismissed complaints on Wednesday by Slovakia and Hungary about EU migration policy, upholding Brussels' right to force member states to take in asylum-seekers.
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow does not recognize the nuclear status of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as its missile program threatens the security in Northeast Asia.
ANKARA - Turkey is seeking the return of thousands of historical artifacts that were smuggled out of the country during the Ottoman Empire.
ANNA PAULOWNA, Netherlands - Suspended from a large butcher's hook, a prime piece of raw steak glides and then zigzags through the air in a big arena under the watchful eye of Dumi, the lioness.
LONDON - A biodegradable yoga mat and an eco-friendly dog bed are just some of the items on show at the immersive "Naked House" exhibition in London that aims to challenge throwaway consumerism.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ended an amnesty for almost 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought illegally to the United States as minors, triggering protests in Washington and across the nation.
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