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The Infinite Monkey Theorem is "grossly misleading in the real world," one of the Australian mathematicians behind a new study questioning the age-old maxim told NBC News.

United is a record 20-time English champion but hasn’t won the league in more than decade and has slipped way behind the top clubs in England and Europe.

Though turnout among Americans abroad is low, their votes can be decisive and are being courted by Democrats and Republicans alike.

President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s concession came before final results were announced, with his Botswana Democratic Party trailing in fourth place.

For generations, family-run businesses have produced fireworks just outside the Indian capital. But their livelihoods have been upended by official efforts to combat suffocating air pollution.

Jeffrey Guan, 20, a rising star in Australia who had just made his PGA Tour debut, said he would return to the sport and was “ready to conquer any obstacle.”

Surrogacy is illegal in China and authorities said last year that they would “severely crack down” on illegal activities involving assisted reproductive technologies.

A missile North Korea launched Thursday flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other weapon it had fired so far.

World Series viewership hit record levels in Japan as the Los Angeles Dodgers won the series over the New York Yankees. Japanese interest in the series was driven in part by Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Ohtani's hometown.

Inside an advanced Chinese facility designed to measure neutrinos — the smallest subatomic particles known to physicists.

Metropolitan Police arrested the 63-year-old man on suspicion of fraud by false representation and handling stolen goods.