5 Takeaways From China's Big Leadership Announcement
Shannon Tiezzi, Diplomat
The 20th Party Congress has closed, with Xi Jinping's grip on power even tighter than expected.

Shannon Tiezzi, Diplomat
The 20th Party Congress has closed, with Xi Jinping's grip on power even tighter than expected.
Roger Boyes, The Times
Roger Boyes; Finland and Sweden's admission to the alliance is being held up by Turkey at the Kremlin's behest
Katie Stallard, New Statesman
China's new leadership line-up shows how the country's leader has consolidated control to an extraordinary degree.
Henry Gao, Foreign Policy
Xi Jinping's unified vision is taking the country into a dead end.
For decades, the courts and Congress have taken the lead in expanding the legal right to vote, but the founders never explicitly included it.
Peter Clement, Foreign Affairs
The logic of escalation in an unravelling war.
The Democrat in a key US Senate race hoped to prove he'd recovered from a stroke. It did not go well.
A Wisconsin jury found Darrell Brooks Jr. guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday after he drove a vehicle into a parade, killing six people last November.
The Union Railways Minister said that the railways have started over 250 trains and approximately 14 lakh berths are not available for passengers to travel during Chhath Puja
The Navy’s goal in creating an “autonomy baseline” is to provide itself the flexibility to plug and play with different industry capabilities onboard the same unmanned vehicles.
Police now want to speak to a man they believe has links to Coventry
Researchers created a technique for precisely arranging nanoparticles onto surfaces in arrays with arbitrary shapes that does not cause damage to the material's surface. The scalable technique could help make higher-performance devices like lasers, LEDs, sensors, and actuators.
Scientists plan to use their new map of the Lassa virus surface glycoprotein to design a much-needed vaccine.
It is reported that the Serbian government is led by acting Prime Minister Ana Brnabic
Due to this, nearly 41,000 NCC cadets who were enrolled may not appear for ‘B’ and ‘C’ certificate examinations next year
Brooks was found guilty of numerous charges including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
The new investigation threatens to cloud Menendez’s expected reelection campaign in 2024.
UC Davis has canceled an event hosted by a conservative student group after a 100-person brawl broke out between alleged members of the far-right Proud Boys and left-wing groups who were on the scene, SFGate reports.
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The bear broke in through locked but not deadbolted French doors of a Gatlinburg cabin. A bear fitting the description was caught and euthanized.
SHOPPING online can be a gamble when it comes to sizing.
A plus-size TikToker modeled her Shein haul, including an item that did not fit her properly.
TikTok/sherrihealyTikTok user Sherri Healy tried on her Shein haul from the extended sizing collection[/caption] TikTok/sherrihealySherri modeled a white shirt dress from her haul[/caption]TikTok user Sherri Healy shared her Shein haul from the brand’s extended sizing collection.
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Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown have cut ties with Donda Sports
NFL star Aaron Donald and NBA basketballer Jaylen Brown have terminated their contracts with rapper Kanye West's Donda Sports marketing agency after his anti-Semitic comments.
Now known as Ye, the popular producer and musician posted anti-Semitic com