In China, Homeowners Find Themselves in a Land of Doubt
A lease dispute in one city highlights the government’s grip on all land, calling into question the wealth of millions of Chinese households.
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In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 1, 2016, covering June 1, 2016.
Drake
Beyonce
Meghan Trainor
Pierce the Veil
Rihanna
Keith Urban
Prince
Chance the Rapper
Radiohead
Jennifer Nettles
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A lease dispute in one city highlights the government’s grip on all land, calling into question the wealth of millions of Chinese households.
Some environmentalists have come to accept nuclear power as a low-emission source of electricity. But the industry is struggling to compete with cheap natural gas.
Former managers of Trump University say it relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors and made deceptive claims.
European efforts to rein in the largest American tech companies are only a taste of what countries like Brazil, India and China are likely to do.
Joice Mujuru, a celebrated freedom fighter who was ousted from the governing party, vows to seek power on her own in the 2018 elections.
Her juggernaut plows on, with a two-part “Potter” stage sequel and coming film spinoff. Some fans like it. Others don’t.
The certainty of Mr. Obama’s successor rejecting the agreement has T.P.P. advocates pushing for a vote before 2017.
New models from Toyota, Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler and Mitsubishi are still being fitted with defective airbags and will need to be eventually recalled.
The healthiest approach to managing photos, it turns out, is a Zen one: to not deal with them much at all.
The infamous publicist talks about herself and family 15 years after the Hamptons car crash.
The ride-hailing company said the investment by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was part of the most recent financing round that valued the company at $62.5 billion.
The elusive furniture dealer John Birch helped set the market for $50,000 Nakashima tables and $100,000 Hans Wegner chairs. Then the market caught up with him.