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One province with an outsized number of cases has seen a collision of politics and public health policy.

The structure was being demolished when it collapsed. Two people were rescued, one was found in the rubble and six more were believed to still be buried.

As the death toll for Typhoon Kalmaegi rose into the triple digits, the country braced for another tropical storm expected this weekend.

Cases of domestic violence in China point to a legal system that looks good on paper but is failing victims because of a lack of resources and political will.

Climate change enabled the storm to churn faster and grow more quickly, a rapid analysis found.

President Trump’s policy has shut the door on all but a tiny fraction of people across the world seeking refuge in the United States from conflict, persecution or both.

In Ukraine, unmanned weapons hunt the wounded and medics alike. Moving injured soldiers to safety has never been more difficult.

The multibillion-dollar fund would essentially pay countries to keep forests standing, hoping for success where earlier forest-protection ideas have struggled.

Kataib Hezbollah, a hard-line Iraqi militia linked to Iran, held Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, hostage for more than two years.

Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.