More than 900 flights, or about 40% of those expected, were cancelled in Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports after about 1,300 were canceled the day before, according to Shanghai Airport Group.
The secretary general of FIFA has expressed his support for the controversial president of world football's governing body. This is inconsistent with an internal email Grafström sent on August 4, in which he distanced himself from the plan to create a commercial company – a project he had previously approved.
As Donald Trump has made clear his intention to place Venezuelan oil production under US control, experts have condemned the opacity surrounding the management of revenues from the industry. Civil society groups have also denounced the lack of economic benefits for oil and gas-producing regions.
Guinea is seeking to reclaim the skulls of the last ruler of the theocratic state of Fouta-Djallon and those of three of his close companions, nearly 130 years after their murder by French colonial troops.
Though vital to their trade, licenses have become increasingly difficult to secure in the region. Local fishermen have criticized an opaque allocation system, while prices for second-hand boats have skyrocketed.
Competitors from France and abroad gather in the village of Trie-sur-Baïse for its annual pig-squealing championship, a quirky festival that draws thousands of visitors.
'Growing up in hostile environments' (3/7). Tunisian photographer Zied Ben Romdhane has documented his country since the fall of Ben Ali and the Arab Spring in late 2010. His work captures the deep malaise of a generation that has known only political turmoil and a lack of economic opportunities.
France and Léon Marchand took silver on the men's 4x200m freestyle relay.
Blanche won Senate confirmation by 50 votes to 49 after the White House persuaded a handful of Republican holdouts to join the "yes" column.
Trump this weekend said he was "low-keying" his approach to the conflict, suggesting that he was prepared to let economic pressure mount in place of further military strikes.
With three months to go before the midterms, persistent inflation and disappointing job numbers have led to a slump in the Grand Old Party's poll numbers. Cracks have begun to show within the MAGA sphere.
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