The photo taken on June 6, 2024 shows Corinne Wilson sticking a flyer in the hope of finding her adopted daughter Loulee's biological parents on a faded billboard with a slogan that reads "A daughter is like a slice of heaven, she'll take good care of you when you're old", which used to promote China's "one-child" policy in Dianjiang county, in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality. - Wilson, an American college student, was born in China but given away by parents fearful of violating the country's "one-child" policy, which punished families for having additional children until its abolition in 2015. (Photo by Matthew WALSH / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'CHINA-ADOPTION-POPULATION, FOCUS' BY CELIA CAZALE AND MATTHEW WALSH

China’s adopted children return from overseas to seek their roots

At an empty concrete lot in southwest China, Loulee Wilson scoops a handful of stones into a bag –- a memento from the site where she believes she was abandoned as a
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England's midfielder #10 Jude Bellingham celebrates with England's forward #09 Harry Kane after scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between England and Slovakia at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Bellingham, Kane rescue England from shock Euro 2024 exit to Slovakia

England escaped an embarrassing last 16 exit at Euro 2024 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick before Harry Kane struck in extra-time for a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. The Three
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France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe, wearing a protective mask, looks on during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D football match between France and Poland at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 25, 2024. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

Mbappe finds face mask ‘horrible’ as France captain plays on with broken nose

France captain Kylian Mbappe admitted that playing with a mask to protect his broken nose was “absolutely horrible” as he prepared for Monday’s last-16 clash with Belgium at Euro 2024. “I didn’t
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Police officers are at work on the site of a shooting that occured overnight during a wedding party in Thionville, eastern France, on June 30, 2024 - A person was killed and four other wounded during the shooting. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP)

One dead, five injured in France wedding hall attack

One person was killed and five others wounded in northeastern France when several masked gunmen opened fire at a wedding ceremony, police sources said on Sunday. Sources suggested that the attack in
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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/GOES satellite handout image shows Tropical Storm Beryl at 19:30UTC on June 29, 2024. - Much of the southeast Caribbean went on alert Saturday as Tropical Storm Beryl was set to undergo rapid strengthening, becoming a "dangerous" major hurricane before it crosses the Windward Islands sometimes on June 30, forecasters said. Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada all had hurricane watches in place, the US National Hurricane Center said, as Beryl swirled in the Atlantic. (Photo by HANDOUT / NOAA/GOES / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NOAA/GOES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on Caribbean

Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert Sunday as Beryl strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with forecasters warning it will swiftly become a major storm. The
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