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Swedish tennis player suspended, fined for bets on matches

Mar 18, 2019

A Swedish tennis player who is a sophomore at the University of San Diego has been suspended and fined after admitting to having bet on tennis matches, the Tennis Integrity Unit says

China says 13,000 Xinjiang 'terrorists' arrested since 2014

Mar 18, 2019

China has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in Xinjiang since 2014, the government said in a report issued to counter criticism of internment camps and other oppressive security in the traditionally Islamic region

China says Muslim 'training' centers will slowly disappear

Mar 12, 2019

China says heavily guarded internment camps for Muslims which it calls vocational training centers will gradually disappear if there comes a time that "society does not need" them

Police link Scotland university device to London mail bombs

Mar 6, 2019

British police said a suspicious package destroyed by bomb-disposal experts at the University of Glasgow on Wednesday contained an explosive device and was linked to three letter bombs sent to two London airports and a railway station

Teen deaths stir knife crime debate in UK, which limits guns

Mar 5, 2019

Stabbing deaths of two teenagers ignite U.K. debate about violent crimes committed with knives, the most common homicide weapon in a country where guns are tightly restricted

For sake of pupils' pupils, China to ban homework on apps

Feb 18, 2019

An eastern Chinese province plans to ban teachers from assigning homework to be completed on cellphone apps as part of efforts to preserve students' eyesight

Olympic volunteers: One-time chance, or exploitation?

Feb 15, 2019

Olympic volunteers: Is it a case of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, or economic exploitation

China questions warning to Duke students to use English

Jan 29, 2019

A Chinese government spokesman has questioned the appropriateness of an email sent by a Duke University medical school administrator warning Chinese students to speak in English

China says Australia writer held on national security charge

Jan 24, 2019

China says it has detained a Chinese-Australian writer on charges of involvement in "criminal activities endangering China's national security"

Oxford suspends research funding from China's Huawei

Jan 18, 2019

Oxford University suspends research grants, funding donations from Huawei, amid growing security concerns about the Chinese telecom giant