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Chinese media including the Communist Party’s flagship newspaper toned down their criticism of the games industry on Wednesday, helping Tencent Holdings Ltd. and its peers recoup some of their losses from a market rout a day earlier. Instead of calling

Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, believes the clerical state that toppled his father is on the brink of crumbling. What Iranians need now, he says, is stronger support from the West. As ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi was sworn

“You’re running against grown men, so you’ve got to do everything you can to beat them,” Erriyon Knighton said. He’s had a dramatic rise in track, beating a long-standing record set by Usain Bolt. (Image credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

The delta variant is ‘ripping through the unvaccinated’ and crowding hospitals in Florida, Texas  USA TODAY Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defends unvaccinated people who are catching COVID-19: Media is being ‘judgmental’  Business Insider Florida poll: DeSantis falls behind Crist as COVID-19 cases

The prospect of a Taliban takeover has people inside and outside Afghanistan worried about a return to an oppressive past. As the U.S. nears a full withdrawal, those fears are rapidly growing. (Image credit: Wali Sabawoon/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

InstaCarro, a digital marketplace that connects used car sellers to dealers in Brazil, has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding. Notably, U.S.-based firms co-led the investment, including J Ventures, FJ Labs and Rise Capital. Spain’s All

Nearly a month after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was killed, the circumstances are just as murky, with no shortage of suspects and speculation—and more new questions than answers.

These past few years have seen the emergence of buy now, pay later services worldwide, with leading players raising buttloads of cash to serve an insatiable young adult population who don’t fancy credit cards or paying interest. In what seems

2 missiles hit open areas near city, sparking fire; IDF fires artillery into Lebanon in response to attack

More than 300 people have died after disastrous flooding hit central China, including 14 who perished after getting trapped in a flooded subway line.