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On Aug. 18, China’s stock market plummeted by a vertigo-inducing 6.2 percent in one day of trading, part of a months-long decline that’s erased over $3 trillion worth of market value from the country’s equity markets. That followed last week’s surprise decision to allow the value of the renminbi (RMB), China’s currency, to fall several percentage points against the U.S.

Indie-pop outfit Erin & The Wildfire looks to branch out on new album “Touchy Feely.”

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Smart captions were flying this week.

Experts see Beijing as uniquely positioned to influence Russia’s future decisions about the conflict

China says it does not want to get caught up in the diplomatic and economic blowback Russia is facing from Western nations over its invasion of Ukraine. State media said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his government’s wishes during a lengthy phone conversation Monday with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares. According to a…

Experts see Beijing as uniquely positioned to influence Russia’s future decisions about the conflict

Foreign Minister Wang Yi insists China doesn’t want to be affected by mounting sanctions on Moscow

China’s past diplomatic efforts provide precedents and options for a more involved role in peacemaking in Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials say Russian troops fired artillery on suburbs of the capital, Kyiv, Monday, as Russian and Ukrainian delegations held a fourth round of talks without signs of a breakthrough. The talks, which are taking place by video link rather than in neighboring Belarus as in the past,...