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By one measure, China is poised to become the world's largest economy by the end of the year. Why is this shift happening years before most estimates predicted it would?

It was a bonanza year for blockbusters — four topped the $300 million mark — but there was a trove of art-house gems, too. Herewith, Bob Mondello's 10 favorite films of 2007, plus an additional baker's dozen that deserve another mention at year's end.

President Biden hosts the new British prime minister at the White House. They’ll discuss whether to let Ukraine launch western weapons into Russia. If they do, Russia says it will respond accordingly.

The French Open just started and already the women's No. 1 seed is out. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated.

The college's testing program has been touted as a potential model for reopening. But a new rise in cases puts into question whether any amount of testing can make campuses safe.

Donald Trump Jr. communicated in real time last year with Wikileaks about his father's ongoing presidential campaign — the same Wikileaks the U.S. intelligence community calls a "hostile intelligence service." What do the newest revelations about these contacts reveal about what took place more than a year ago?

A military correspondent for the Times of Israel wrote a story about an Iranian missile landing in Israel. Then he started getting messages and threats from people who had bet on the event online.

The U.N.'s top court begins hearings Monday on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change.

A Federal Jury in Boston found John Kapoor, founder of Insys Therapeutics, and four other executives guilty of bribing doctors to boost sales of Subsys, a highly addictive fentanyl sublingual spray.

The Labor Department issued a glowing jobs report Friday. Despite low unemployment and the strongest wage growth in nearly a decade, the economy has not been a top campaign focus for the president.