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Simone Biles needs three more medals in the World Championship to become the most decorated gymnast, among both men and women athletes. 

China is destroying burial grounds where generations of Uighur families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group's identity in Xinjiang.In just two years, dozens of cemeteries have been destroyed in the northwest region, according to an AFP investigation with satellite imagery analysts Earthrise Alliance.Some of the graves were cleared with little care -- in Shayar county, AFP journalists saw unearthed human bones left discarded in three sites. In other sites tombs that were reduced to mounds of bricks lay scattered in cleared tracts of land.

Chinese state media accused NBA Commissioner Adam Silver of 'willing to be another handy tool for US interference' after he insisted the league would not apologise for a tweet supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong

The girl was playing at her aunt’s home when the dog, a pit bull, attacked her. The girl was rushed to the hospital by a medical helicopter with severe injuries to her leg.

Apple has a huge presence in China

NASA admitted that they detected three space rocks hurtling through Earth. Was the response too slow?

Here are some key excerpts from Costco's earnings call, including a look at the company's impressive membership renewal rate and its thriving jewelry business.

Some places in California are now charging over $5 for a gallon of gas.

Johnson & Johnson said it was "confident (the ruling) will be overturned," calling the $8bn jury award against it "grossly disproportionate"

It's generic packaging that can be bought cheaply and have a homebrew e-liquid added.

Nearly 200 workers at three Amazon facilities in North Carolina will lose jobs after Inpax Final Mile Delivery, a delivery company working with Amazon until recently announced the layoffs.

Uighur men dance before sightseers after Eid al-Fitr prayers in June 2019 in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the global body is in dire financial straits

Former US army sergeant DeWitt Osborne, who was wounded by a bomb blast near Baghdad in 2006, points to a painting of himself by former president George W. Bush

California Democrat Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is leading the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump for alleged abuse of power

Singapore surged to the top spot, with the Forum noting that the country had benefited from trade diversion through its ports triggered by the US-China trade war

Daniil Medvedev, the US Open finalist, got his tournament off to a flying start with a 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Britain's Cameron Norrie

Elizabeth Warren is narrowly ahead in the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate, according to latest polls

Marco Giampaolo lost four of his seven games in charge of AC Milan.

Betting on racing is ingrained in Britain's sporting culture

The visa restrictions announced by the United States on Chinese officials over the alleged abuse of Muslim minorities in China have jolted the high-level Sino, U.S. trade war talks.