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Spain Player Files Criminal Complaint Over Soccer Chief’s Kiss

The Spanish soccer star Jennifer Hermoso has filed a sexual assault complaint against Luis Rubiales, the head of the country’s soccer federation, after he gave her an unsolicited kiss in the wake of her team’s World Cup victory last month.

China’s Economic Pain Is a Test of Xi’s Fixation With Control

The slowdown is posing perhaps the most sustained challenge to President Xi Jinping’s agenda in over a decade in power. He now faces a tangle of difficult choices.

Extreme Rains Cause Flooding in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, Killing 14

Violent storms have pounded parts of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey with extreme amounts of rain, causing floods that killed at least 14 people, ravaged roads and prompted evacuations.

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