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China is seeking to boost economic links with two Democrat-led cities in the United States, according to Chinese state media reports. Yang Wanming, president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), said there was “vast room” for collaboration between the southern Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area …

A woman on TikTok says Brittany Mahomes, wife of two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes, has had her “character assessed” after not tipping restaurant staff. In November, Jessica O’Connor described her experience with the Kansas City Chiefs star’s wife while she worked at the 1 Hotel as a server in West …

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday that it believes Hamas terrorists have developed cruise missile capabilities with help from Tehran. In a press release that was obtained by the Times of Israel, the Israeli military said that it found evidence of the advanced capabilities during a raid in …

Indiana high school sports star Noah Knigga went viral over the last few weeks – but it wasn’t for his athletic abilities on the basketball court or football field. The Lawrenceburg High School athlete was the talk of social media because of his unusual last name. While other football players …

Widespread floods in the Republic of Congo have pushed hundreds of thousands of people to be in urgent need of assistance, said the United Nations Friday. Unusually heavy rainfall has caused nine of the countries 12 departments to be affected with floods damaging health facilities and schools and submerging farmland, …

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian lawmakers have approved a proposal to end presidential re-election. Opposition congresswoman Tatiana Cabello told The Associated Press that lawmakers in the House of Representatives, after the eighth and final debate in both legislative houses, voted 90-10 in favor of prohibiting presidents from seeking re-election. The bill …

BEIRUT – The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says “millions” of Israelis will be displaced in case of a new conflict between the Shiite group and the Jewish state. Friday’s remarks by Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, during a rally in southern Beirut, were in response to a comment from Israel …

WARSAW, Poland – Hundreds of NATO troops with heavy equipment are taking part in the Noble Jump military exercises in Poland, the first one that tests the alliance’s rapid response readiness in the face of new security challenges on its eastern flank. The so-called spearhead force was agreed upon at …

MILAN – American Amanda Knox, who was exonerated by Italy’s highest court of her roommate’s brutal murder after multiple trials, is facing a new trial in Italy on a charge of slandering police. Knox is charged with slander for testifying that her false accusation that a Congolese bar owner murdered …

NIAMEY, Niger – The International Organization for Migration says the bodies of 18 migrants who likely died of dehydration have been found in the Sahara desert in northern Niger. Giuseppe Loprete, the IOM’s chief of mission in Niger, said in a statement Sunday that the migrants were believed to have …