International

NEW YORK (AP) — Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t — repeat don’t — wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day.

BEIJING (Xinhua) — "Ip Man 4," the fourth and last installment in the "Ip Man" martial arts movie franchise, is scheduled to hit the big screen in China on Dec. 20, Wilson Yip Wai Shun, director of the film, announced here on Wednesday.

BEIJING (AP) — China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump’s signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences.

SHANGHAI (Xinhua) — The average organ transfer time has been reduced by 1 to 1.5 hours since China established a "green passage" three years ago, said an official with the National Health Commission.

Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had helped make the first gene-edited babies. One year later, mystery surrounds his fate as well as theirs.

HANGZHOU (Xinhua) — Chinese internet writer Chen Hongyan has formed a new habit in her creative process - regularly uploading her literary works onto a blockchain-based database.

HONG KONG (AP) — A major tunnel in Hong Kong reopened on Wednesday as a weeklong police siege of a nearby university appeared to be winding down, closing one of the more violent chapters in the city’s anti-government protests.

TOKYO (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Japan in a very personal way Tuesday, spending the morning with his Jesuit confreres in the community that would have been his own had his dream to be a missionary come true.

WINDHOEK (Xinhua) — Namibia's drought relief coffers were boosted by the Chinese business community from across the country, who donated 2 million Namibia dollars (136, 000 U.S. dollars) for drought relief efforts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to keep his top aides from testifying.