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Chinese rap singer Wang Hao, better known by his stage name PG One, performs during a New Year concert in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Jan. 1, 2018.

China bans airtime for ‘artists with tattoos, hip-hop music’

February 8, 2018Music

The Chinese government is cracking down on the country’s nascent hip-hop scene. The genre recently exploded into the mainstream in China, after the popular Rap of China contest debuted last summer.

A tiny Michigan town is in a water fight with Nestle

February 4, 2018Justice

After Nutella frenzy, French government prepares to tighten supermarket rules

January 31, 2018Food

A view shows the flooded banks of the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower.

Nearly 1,500 evacuated in Paris region as rising Seine poses flood risk

January 29, 2018Environment

The moon is red-orange as it hangs in the sky next to the left of a high-rise building.

Rare ‘super blood blue moon’ visible on Jan. 31

January 28, 2018Science

A man holds a white sign with lettering in Russian. He is surrounded by dozens of others. The sign says "Putin, you are not my president."

Russia’s Navalny arrested as thousands protest upcoming presidential election

January 28, 2018Global Politics

Rallies were held in dozens of cities in freezing temperatures as people protested ‘pseudo-elections’

Two women hold pink and orange umbrellas as they carefully walk through a flooded area of dark earth, which is dark with volcanic ash.

As thousands flee eruption, heavy rains could create deadly mudflows around Mount Mayon

January 27, 2018Environment

Rainwater could combine with ash to form deadly rivers called lahars, which could sweep away settlements

Two men are covered in dust from an explosion. One has blood on his face, the other has his head wrapped in bandages and he is on a cell phone as others help support him as he walks.

At least 95 dead after ambulance attack in Kabul

January 27, 2018Conflict

The attack is the largest since May and the second this week

Charity suspends Afghan operations after deadly ISIS attack

January 24, 2018Conflict

The assault on Save the Children, which has operated in Afghanistan since 1976, is the latest violence to hit a foreign aid group in the country.

How many toes on a horse? Scientists say: Clop, clop, clop, clop, clop.

January 24, 2018Science

Scientists agree that humans, horses and other mammals are descendants of a common, distant ancestor with five fingers per limb.