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Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it.

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

The bill has drawn criticism from legal scholars who say it would bulldoze any judicial oversight of constitutional matters.

Humanitarian agencies fear the new Israeli laws could have catastrophic effects for Gazans. They are already drawing sharp criticism from Israel’s allies.

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The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.

Israel’s military warned civilians to leave Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley via three routes. The city had largely been spared Israeli bombardment until this week.

Airstrikes on Monday targeted people who the military said were senior leaders of the group, which has sharply stepped up its attacks in Iraq and Syria.

Dozens of people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed.

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.