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U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun has had his World Cup ban suspended by FIFA, making him free to play in the United States' ...

Women make up a miniscule 3% of construction workers in Kenya. But a nonprofit group is offering them a way to get into the ...

A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after ...

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NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial ...

The shake-up is believed to be an effort to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.

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As America turns 250, voters from our Swing Shift project talk about the state of the country. Their views ranged from ...