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HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� In the last few years, China鈥檚 government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� 鈥淚鈥檝e been up all night, thinking about dying,鈥� Ed Sheeran opens 鈥淲hen Will I Be Alright鈥�, one of his new album鈥檚 final tracks. 鈥淚鈥檝e just been wasting time," he continues. 鈥淕od is not on my side.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� If you feel emotionally drained after listening to Teddy Swims' debut album, 鈥淚鈥檝e Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1),鈥� don鈥檛 worry 鈥� he understands. 鈥淚鈥檓 sure for anyone that鈥檚 not heartbroken, it鈥檚 probably exhausting.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The second Republican presidential debate this week attracted fewer viewers than the first debate in August, with an estimated 9.5 million tuning into Wednesday night's event.

PARIS (AP) 鈥� In a bold departure from the somber farewells often seen in fashion, designer Gabriela Hearst literally danced her way out of Chlo茅 at her final show Thursday, radiating pure, unapologetic joy.

HALIFAX 鈥� Furniture designer Jonathan Otter has created a chair that represents a hurricane's devastating power 鈥� and the support needed after one hits a community 鈥� as part of a fundraiser for those rebuilding from post-tropical storm Fiona.

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came up with a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video stream

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, St. Vincent and New Edition will perform at this fall's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will be broadcast live for the first time.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A man has been arrested in a shooting that wounded one person at a Memphis concert headlined by rapper Lil Baby, police said Thursday.