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Alexander Zverev reached his first Wimbledon men's singles semifinal on Wednesday with a straight-sets victory over Taylor Fritz, while British wildcard Arthur Fery continued his remarkable run by advancing to the last four.

China has dispatched 20,000 pieces of disaster relief supplies to the central province of Hubei after it was hit by gales and thunderstorms, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said Wednesday.

A 99-year-old survivor of the Japanese army's World War II-era "comfort women" system passed away early Wednesday in Pingjiang County, central China's Hunan Province, leaving only six registered survivors remaining on the Chinese mainland.

U.S. forces conducted strikes against Iran for a second straight day on Wednesday to "degrade" Iran's ability "to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz," the U.S. Central Command said.The United States is "holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday projected that global growth will slow to 3.0 percent in 2026 before recovering to 3.4 percent in 2027.This is down from the average of 3.5 percent of growth in 2025, and is also slightly down from the 3.1 percent projection in the April 2026 World

Hundreds of snakes escaped from a breeding farm in Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, after severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak damaged the facility, the Global Times reported.

Basic research is the origin of the entire scientific system. Shanghai, with the aim to build an international scientific and technological innovation center, is taking the lead in the sector.

Authorities in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Wednesday announced a series of measures including expanding antivenom stocks, to prevent and cope with snakebite risks in Yunbiao township, Hengzhou, following recent flooding and escape of snakes, according to the official