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President Donald Trump said Saturday he supported “in concept” an arrangement which would see TikTok move to be owned by a new company, TikTok global, which Oracle and Walmart will both have shares in. Within this, he said there will be a $5 billion contribution made by the company towards an education program for “American youth.” “And they’ll be making about a $5 billion contribution toward education. We’re going to be setting up a very large fund toward the education of American youth....

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke over the phone Monday where Wang reportedly said America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was “hasty,” according to a statement from China’s Foreign Ministry statement on Tuesday. The Taliban now controls Afghanistan since seizing its capital Kabul over the weekend. The seizure came ahead of the U.S. military’s planned withdrawal from the country by the end of the month....

In the first match, the Indian forwards let the side down, whereas momentary lapses in concentration are the cause of defeat in the second. In the game against Thailand, the Blue colts played really well and showed great character throughout the match. After Thailand took the lead late in the second half, Vikram Partap Singh brought the Indian U16s right back in the contest with a clinical finish at the beginning of the 2nd half....

Even with only a few cases in mid-March, the government led by prime minister Jacinda Ardern acted quickly, closing the country’s borders, shutting non-essential businesses and schools. The tough restrictions were eased two weeks ago and contributed to keeping the coronavirus infection rate among the lowest in the world. But China did not believe such measures were necessary, according to Peters, who said his first call at the start of the crisis was with his Chinese counterpart....

Schools across China reopened Tuesday, including all of the 2,842 educational institutions in Wuhan, the state-run Global Times reported. Administrators are taking disease prevention measures such as temperature checks and routine disinfections, but it’s not mandatory for students to wear a mask on campuses. Administrators have created emergency plans to switch back to virtual learning if the risk level changes, Wuhan officials said Friday. Schools must submit daily reports to health authorities....

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook is dealing Chile as the -135 favorite, with Uruguay offered at 4-to-1 odds and the draw priced at +260. Uruguay is also available for plus a half-goal (+115) on the two-way spread bet at the Westgate. The total is 2.5 goals (OVER +125, UNDER -145). More soccer betting info: USA-China in Women’s World Cup | Goal.com betting hub It was always going to be a big ask for the Celeste to successfully defend the title they won four years ago....

Graphika, a social media analyst firm, dubbed the effort “Spamouflage” and has found that after two years, the social media posts are beginning to reach real users, including viral influencers. Accounts have been reportedly amplified by Chinese diplomats and with an increased focus on the United States, Graphika predicted Spamouflage could “continue the drumbeat of confrontation” between China and the U.S. In the last year, more than 1,400 unique videos were produced, according to Graphika, and were typically reacting to world events within 36 hours, including the Capitol riots....

Beijing claims Taiwan as one of its provinces, while Taipei says the island is already a de facto nation. Another layer to the cross-strait differences emerged during the weekend after a Bloomberg report said China was privately challenging the legal status of the waters in meetings with the United States, with a view of stopping the now routine transits of American warships. These otherwise closed-door objections were all but confirmed by Beijing on Monday, when Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin declared China’s “sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait....

Diplomatic officials have now called for an investigation into the incident, claiming posts that appeared to have been clicked by its ambassador Liu Xiaoming were the work of “anti-China elements” that used “despicable methods to deceive the public.” Screenshots of the offending Twitter posts, which have since been un-liked, have spread on the site over the past day after being shared by a human rights campaigner. Alongside the adult content, a second post that showed up as ’liked’ included an image taken from drone footage allegedly showing blindfolded Uighur Muslims....

Pro-democracy leaders Joshua Wong, 24; Agnes Chow, 23; and Ivan Lam, 26, were jailed Wednesday for between 7 and 13.5 months for their roles in anti-government rallies over the past year. These are the most significant sentences for pro-democracy leaders since protests erupted last summer against China’s political and legal encroachment into Hong Kong. All three pleaded guilty to charges. Around 100 supporters gathered outside the court ahead of the sentencing, as did a smaller number of pro-Beijing demonstrators calling for harsh sentences....

Lander said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange that it had signed an agreement with Southampton’s owner, Katharina Liebherr, to buy a stake in the soccer club’s holding company, without disclosing financial details. The size of the stake in the club, which on Wednesday night beat Liverpool to reach the final of England’s League Cup, was not known. Chinese entities and individuals have ploughed more than $3 billion into overseas soccer investments over the past year or so, encouraged by avid fan President Xi Jinping who wants the country to become a soccer superpower....

Lyle Goldstein, the director of Asia Engagement at the Defense Priorities think tank, shared pictures from the Chinese television channel CCTV-7 on Twitter Friday that he said showed the MLRS being fired in the Taiwan Strait on August 4. “They might not look as impressive as the missiles shot over Taiwan, but these systems could be the game changer,” he wrote, referencing China’s ongoing military drills around Taiwan in response to U....

In his first media appearance for 10 days since causing a fresh diplomatic row with Australia with a controversial viral tweet, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the incoming Biden administration to return bilateral relations to “the right track.” Zhao said “some people in the United States adhere to old Cold War thinking and ideological prejudice.” He accused the U.S. government of treating international relations like a “zero-sum game”—a phrase Chinese officials often used to describe President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s tough stance on China....

According to analysts cited in the state-run Global Times, such retaliatory measures from China towards large American companies such as Apple, Cisco and Qualcomm could be akin to a “nuke bomb.” “China will launch rounds of endless investigations on those firms, just like swords hanging over their head. It will dampen investors’ confidence and squeeze their income in the Chinese market,” an anonymous insider told the outlet. Global Times also reported Friday that government sources informed them of plans to add U....

The result enabled second-placed Roma, who defeated Empoli 2-0 on Saturday, to close the gap to league leaders Juve to six points with eight games remaining. Marek Hamsik cancelled out Sami Khedira’s opener to earn Maurizio Sarri’s side a share of the spoils, and, despite seeing their advantage at the summit cut, Chiellini sees no reason for pessimism. “We know it was not our best performance of the year, but we are an intelligent, practical team and we showed our strength,” Chiellini told the club’s official website....

Despite polls indicating the UK would vote to remain in the EU, it was the leave camp that triumphed in a result that could have seismic ramifications. The verdict has already had a damaging impact on financial markets, and Italy and Juventus defender Chiellini - who has a degree in economics - was asked about the vote ahead of the Euro 2016 last-16 clash with Spain. “It’s a story which shocked everyone this morning,” he said at a media conference....

While the dangers of leaving children in too-hot vehicles are well-documented, a too-cold vehicle also poses a threat to one’s well-being. “Just like a child’s body can heat to a deadly temperature in a matter of minutes, the reverse effect can happen in the cold,” said Sharon Rengers, R.N. from Norton Children’s Prevention & Wellness. She added that due to their small size, children are at a heightened risk for developing hypothermia....

Emergency services arrived at the H2O Xtream Aquatic Centre in Upper Hutt, north of the capital city Wellington, on Thursday afternoon to treat the children. A registered nurse, who declined to give her name, told the Kiwi news outlet Stuff that she saw about 40 children go down a slide and then become ill. One boy, aged about nine, fainted. “The students were coughing with red eyes, vomiting and fainting,” she said....

Everton Ribeiro came off the bench to score the winner for the Copa America runners-up. The result meant the Selecao extended their winning run in the qualifying campaign to seven games. Brazil endured a largely poor game, struggling to create clear-cut chances and regain possession from Chile. But the goal arrived in the 64th minute when Neymar’s effort was parried by Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. The ball fell perfectly for Ribeiro to tap home the rebound....

Footage of the chimpanzee exploring the streets of Kharkiv has also gone viral on social media. Outriders journalist Hanna Liubakova shared footage of the chimpanzee on her Twitter page on Tuesday and it has been viewed more than 350,000 times. “Ukraine in Kharkiv, a chimpanzee escaped from a zoo. It was walking around the city while zoo employees tried to convince it to return,” she tweeted. “Suddenly it started to rain, and the ape ran to a zoo employee for a jacket and then agreed to return to the zoo....