A’ja Wilson scored 19 points, Kelsey Plum added 17 and the United States beat China 83-61 on Saturday to win their fourth consecutive gold medal at the women’s basketball World Cup. This was one of the most dominant teams in the Americans’ storied history in the World Cup that now has won 11 gold medals....
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US crush China to win women’s basketball World Cup for 11th time
A’ja Wilson poured in 19 points as the all-conquering United States crushed China 83-61 to win their fourth straight women’s basketball World Cup and 11th overall in Sydney on Saturday. Kelsey Plum added 17 points and Jewell Loyd 11 as the Chinese were overpowered by a formidable team that stretched their unbeaten streak in the competition...
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Oldest Teeth Ever Found In China Fish Fossil Catch
NEW YORK (AP) — A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite. The finds offer new clues about a key period of evolution that’s been hard to flesh out because until now scientists haven’t found...
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The New Yorker Wins Its First Emmy, for “Reeducated”
The New Yorker won its first Emmy Award on Thursday, in the Outstanding Interactive Media category, for “Reeducated,” a virtual-reality documentary that takes viewers inside one of China’s “reeducation” camps in Xinjiang. The award was presented on the documentary-focussed second night of the News and Documentary Emmy Awards. Guided by the recollections of three men...
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518-Million-Year-Old Armored Worm Fossil Found in China
Wufengella bengtsoni, an extinct species of tommotiid worm that lived during the Cambrian period, resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animals. A reconstruction of how Wufengella bengtsoni would have looked like in life. Image credit: Roberts Nicholls, Paleocreations.com. Wufengella bengtsoni lived in what is now China during the Cambrian period, approximately 518...
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Solomon Islands rejects Biden’s Pacific outreach amid China challenge
SYDNEY — American efforts to rally Pacific island leaders at a White House summit this week were dealt a blow when the Solomon Islands said it would not endorse a joint declaration that the Biden administration plans to unveil. As President Biden prepared to host the leaders of a dozen Pacific countries on Wednesday and...
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VP Kamala Harris expresses support for Taiwan, torches China while addressing Navy sailors in Japan
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President Kamala Harris called out China during a speech she made at a U.S. Naval base in Japan on Wednesday, accusing the Asian superpower of “disturbing” activity towards Taiwan. Harris arrived at United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka – a U.S. Naval base – and toured the...
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VP Kamala Harris expresses support for Taiwan, torches China while addressing Navy sailors in Japan
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President Kamala Harris called out China during a speech she made at a U.S. Naval base in Japan on Wednesday, accusing the Asian superpower of “disturbing” activity towards Taiwan. Harris arrived at United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka – a U.S. Naval base – and toured the...
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Meta shuts down covert influence campaigns it says were run from China and Russia
New York CNN Business — Facebook parent company Meta announced Tuesday it had detected and shut down two separate networks of fake accounts engaged in covert influence operations run from China and Russia. The Chinese network was small and received barely any attention, but it did include some accounts that posed as Americans on both...
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Meta shuts down covert influence campaigns it says were run from China and Russia
New York CNN Business — Facebook parent company Meta announced Tuesday it had detected and shut down two separate networks of fake accounts engaged in covert influence operations run from China and Russia. The Chinese network was small and received barely any attention, but it did include some accounts that posed as Americans on both...