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Children play as a man rests on a bench at a residential area in Hangzhou, the host city for the 11th G20 Leaders Summit, on September 5, 2016. WANG ZHAO / AFP
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Moussa Sissoko is one of four Newcastle players whose sales have contributed heavily to the Premier League’s huge summer outlay. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters
Premier League and Championship Clubs Raise Stakes with Unprecedented Spend
Maybe it is an unintended consequence of Brexit. Maybe it was just the weather. But the fact is that in this summer’s transfer window not only was more money spent by Premier League clubs but more money was spent in England than ever before. The question many fans...Caption:
This picture taken around 5 kilometres west from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 25, 2016 shows Turkish Army tanks standing by. (AFP / BULENT KILIC)
Free Syrian Army Gains Control Over Six Aleppo Towns
Ankara-Six Syrian villages in Aleppo are now under the control of Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces as part of Operation Euphrates Shield which began on August 24, the Turkish Army announced. The towns, al-Qadi, Kobbet al-Turikman, al-Battal hill, Aar hill, al-Suwaida,...Caption:
Books line the walls on at Common Grounds, in DeKalb, Ill., in August. Credit Katie Smith/Daily Chronicle, via Associated Press
No, the Internet Has Not Killed the Printed Book. Most People Still Prefer Them.
Even with Facebook, Netflix and other digital distractions increasingly vying for time, Americans’ appetite for reading books — the ones you actually hold in your hands — has not slowed in recent years, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. Sixty-five...Caption:
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool