The piece in The Global Times, which the Guardian reported is owned by the Communist party’s newspaper, the People’s Daily, sharply criticized the unconfirmed reports that Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan in August and hinted that such a trip could lead to conflict. “If the news is true and the trip happens, it will be one of the most egregious provocations by the U.S. to China on the Taiwan question since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the U....

The 27-year-old defender made history in December 2015 when he came off the bench for Rayo Vallecano against Atletico Madrid, making him La Liga’s first-ever Chinese national. Ronaldo retains Salon d’Or title But that debut lasted just eight minutes, and it was the last action the Beijing Guoan man saw for the Spanish side in league football - although he did add three Copa del Rey appearances during his loan spell in Vallecas....

Suzy_Z_ is an influencer popular on Chinese site Bilibili, where she has over 1 million followers. In April 2020, the influencer shared a video in which she darkened her skin using black makeup, and introduced herself as the “Wakanda Queen.” A year later and the video has been discovered far wider than just China, and has caused backlash online over the apparent use of blackface. The video sees Suzy cover her whole top half in dark makeup before continuing with the tutorial....

Guo Gangtang and his wife, Zhang Wenge, had searched for their son for over two decades. At a reunion organized by the police in their hometown, they hugged their 26-year-old son, according to a video released by police. When he was 2½, Guo Xinzhen was abducted by a woman and her boyfriend from outside the front gate of his parents’ home in Liaocheng, in the eastern province of Shandong. He was taken northwest to Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, and was sold to a couple in central China, police said....

Officials planning the milestone event marking 100 years since the party’s founding previously announced there would not be a traditional military parade at the ceremony kicking off in Beijing on July 1. However, an image captured by a social media user in the city of Baoding, in the central Hebei province, showed 29 military helicopters flying at low altitude and forming the number “100”—an apparent reference to the upcoming centennial....

Zhou Shengni, a nurse at the Shanghai East Hospital, began struggling to breathe on March 23 and was rushed to the hospital by her family. Upon arrival, she found the emergency department closed so that it could be disinfected from COVID-19 exposure as part of China’s nationwide antivirus measures. The only other emergency hospital open was in the Pudong District, where she later passed away. Shanghai reported 1,609 cases of COVID-19 on Friday....

The People’s Liberation Army sent eight fighter jets and two reconnaissance planes into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the Taiwanese government reported. Two additional spy planes were logged by Japan’s Ministry of Defense as one of them performed maneuvers east of Taiwan. Viewed together, the flight paths published by Taipei and Tokyo appear to show the PLA projecting its presence on three sides of democratic Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory....

Haverty may be right. But thunderclouds have crept onto Blockbuster’s horizon. Competition is stiffening and the video industry’s meteoric growth is finally leveling off. Walt Disney, for instance, recently entered the rental business and tiny Hollywood Video is growing -rapidly. Viacom is so concerned that it sued the smaller 120-store chain two weeks ago, alleging that, among other things, it illegally raided Blockbuster’s employees. More worrisome are two messy lawsuits in Texas stemming from a 1989 acquisition by Blockbuster....

Club America fulfilled its duty, knocking off manager Ricardo La Volpe’s former charges 3-2 in a Copa MX quarterfinal. Chivas takes on second-division Alebrijes de Oaxaca on Wednesday, and with a win the Guadalajara side would set up a Clasico Nacional in the semifinal. How PSG could line up That kind of game, one that would draw attention across North America as Mexico’s two most successful and popular teams clash, is exactly what the Copa MX needs....

Types of Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis can develop in any joint, but these are some of the most common places it’s found. Degenerative joint disease Knees Runners and individuals with extra body weight are prone to wear and tear of the knees. A condition called patellofemoral (PF) chondrosis describes cartilage loss on the surface of the kneecap. Another term for the condition is chondromalacia, and its severity is graded on a scale from one to four....

The Austin Police Department arrested Beard early Monday, per the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked at 4:18 a.m. local time on a third-degree felony charge of “assault on family/household member impede breath circulation.” According to the Austin American-Statesman, Austin police responded to a home at 2:07 a.m. following a disturbance call. Beard was still in jail as of 9 a.m. local time Monday. Austin police tweeted Beard’s mugshot on Monday afternoon, along with a press release stating, “APD officers responded and located a woman who stated she had been assaulted and strangled by Christopher Michael Beard” after receiving a call at 12:15 a....

The Red Raiders trailed 77-71 with 23.5 seconds left in their game against the West Virginia Mountaineers when Beard moved towards halfcourt and began shouting at the officials during a timeout. As one of his assistants tried to placate him and redirect him towards the bench, Beard, a two-time Big 12 Coach of The Year, continued yelling at the referees before theatrically dropping to the floor and gesturing for a timeout....

Beard’s accuser, his fiancee, called police in Austin the morning of Dec. 12 to claim Beard assaulted and strangled her. Beard was eventually booked into Travis County Jail on a third-degree felony charge of “assault on a family/household member-impede breath circulation.” In a statement released Friday through her attorney, the woman said that the Longhorns coach did not strangle her. She also said she “does not refute” Beard’s assertion that he was acting in self-defense....

LeBron James gave all of his Miami Heat teammates wrestling belts, so, naturally, someone performed a choke hold on Mario Chalmers. Yelling just wasn't enough. As James was interviewed, Chalmers and Chris Bosh pulled the videobomb, with Bosh holding Chalmers in the choke-out position. The stakes keep getting higher in the Heat videobombing world. What started as a few silly faces matured to cartwheel flips, and now we have choke holds....

Pence spoke at a Federalist Society event in Florida on Friday and pushed back against Trump’s claim that he had the power as vice president to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victory during the formal certification process in Congress on January 6, 2021. The former vice president asserted that Trump “is wrong,” resulting in the former president releasing a statement later in the day criticizing him. Christie supported Trump in 2016 and again in 2020—even helping the former president prepare for a debate against then Democratic presidential candidate Biden....

“I can confirm that we don’t intend to publish the book,” HarperCollins spokesperson Kelly Rudolph told the New York Post on Tuesday. The book was described as “a provocative analysis of the harsh truths that the pandemic and Trump years have exposed about America—about our strength and our character—and a roadmap of the work needed to make our ideals match reality.” Cuomo, who was CNN’s #1 anchor, was fired on Saturday after new details emerged about his involvement in his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s political scandal surrounding dozens of sexual assault allegations made against him....

On Tuesday, a Twitter user named Simoné, who uses the handle @girlpowertbh started a thread in which she shared screenshots of DM conversations alleging to be between herself and D’Elia when she was 16-year-old in 2014. She wrote: “for the longest time i thought it was embarrassing for ME that i was interacting with this older man but he was the one who DM’d me on twitter and was the one who was twice my age and was the one that used the power imbalance between us to his advantage so f*** chris d’elia....

They include unbeaten English boxer Ellie Scotney challenging for the European featherweight title, 2020 Olympic Games gold medalist Galal Yafai entering his third professional bout and Eubank Jr’s cousin, Harlem, protecting his 15-fight unbeaten record in a flyweight contest. British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Cash and former WBA bantamweight champion Shannon Courtenay are also among the bill. Here’s the full list of bouts confirmed to take place so far....

Johnson, who is currently a free agent after spending last season with the Jets, set the NFL Combine record for the fastest 40-yard dash time with a 4.24 in 2008. He joined NFL Network on Skype to discuss the record and sent out a tweet seeing if anyone could match him. MORE: Running back 40 times | Gurley vs. Gordon | Mock Draft UAB wide receiver J.J. Nelson came closest to beating Johnson’s record, posting the fastest 40 time of the day at 4....