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For years, Jin built a thriving Protestant congregation in the heart of Beijing, known as Zion Church, that operated outside the government’s system of tightly controlled official churches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Police confirmed it shot the animal because it could not be controlled and to eliminate any further risk to the public.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

OpenAI later turned its for-profit business into a public-benefit corporation, known as a B Corp, controlled by its nonprofit arm.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The pair were ultimately accused of transferring $350 million out of Venezuela either to the US or through the US to foreign accounts they owned or controlled.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The policy at corporate was the Customer Is Always Right, though the customer was not usually the resident but the relatives who controlled the purse strings.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman