• NASA Earth Observatory: Building a Great Solar Wall in China
    2025-01-06

    The Kubuqi’s sunny weather, flat terrain, and proximity to industrial centers make it a desirable location for solar power generation.

  • Trump says half-mast flags at his inauguration make Americans unhappy
    2025-01-06

    Donald Trump said Friday "no American can be happy" that flags will be at half-mast when he is inaugurated this month, claiming Democrats were delighted about the downbeat optics.

  • Germany, UK struggle with blast of wintry weather
    2025-01-06

    Strong wind, freezing rain, and heavy snow brought transport chaos to Germany on the weekend, with flights to neighboring countries badly affected.

  • Pediatric, mental health services to be expanded
    2025-01-03

    China will address gaps in pediatric and mental health services from 2025 to 2027, with the supply of pediatric services undergoing improvements to achieve "broad coverage" during this period, the National Health Commission revealed on Tuesday in a statement on its website. Notably, the country wil...

  • Bodies of British woman and her fiance discovered in Vietnam tourist villa
    2025-01-03

    The bodies of a British woman and her fiance have been discovered in separate rooms at a tourist villa in Vietnam, police said. The victims were named locally as Greta Marie Otteson, a 33-year-old Briton, and Arno Els Quinton, a 36-year-old South African, who were staying at the complex in Hội An i...

  • Nature’s 10: Ten people who helped shape science in 2024
    2025-01-02

    Two Chinese people are on the list.

  • In Switzerland, New Year brings ‘burqa ban’ and pension hikes
    2025-01-02

    Switzerland's controversial "burqa ban" along with new laws to combat child marriages, boost renewable energy and stop big banks from going bankrupt are all coming into force on January 1, 2025.

  • 15 killed as man drives pickup truck into New Orleans crowd
    2025-01-02

    Fifteen people were killed when a man drove a pickup truck displaying an Islamic State flag into a crowd of New Year's revelers early Wednesday on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' famed French Quarter.

  • China's homegrown C919 aircraft begins regular Shanghai-Hong Kong flights
    2025-01-02

    China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday started using China's domestically-produced C919 jetliner for regular flights between Shanghai and Hong Kong.

  • Investigation into Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas shows driver shot himself before the blast, officials say
    2025-01-02

    Authorities investigating the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day said Thursday that evidence shows the driver shot himself in the head before the explosion. Police also identified Matthew Alan Livelsberger, a 37-year-old active duty membe...

  • Major step towards 6G internet using SPACE LASERS as China ‘beats Elon Musk’s Starlink’ with ultra-fast 100gbps test
    2025-01-02

    CHINA has set the bar high after a breakthrough in satellite-to-ground laser communications, beating Elon Musk's Starlink. It means that 6G is a step closer to being a reality as well as the use of other technologies using satellite and laser communications. Chang Guang Satellite Technology, the c...

  • What to expect from stocks in 2025
    2025-01-01

    New York CNN — Stocks had a blockbuster 2023 and 2024. Will 2025 be a three-peat? After two years of substantial gains, Wall Street expects the good times for markets to keep going this year — just not on the massive scale investors have been spoiled with lately. Wall Street forecasts reviewed by ...

  • Xi underlines confidence, hard work in 2025 to rise above challenges
    2024-12-31

    Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for the nation to remain confident in the coming year, saying the world's second largest economy can overcome its challenges and pressure through hard work.

  • Jimmy Carter's presidency, life remembered
    2024-12-31

    Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping stands beside US president Jimmy Carter at the White House in Washington, DC, in January 1979.CHINA NEWS SERVICE Jimmy Carter, former United States president and Nobel Peace laureate who regarded normalizing US relations with China as one of his greatest feats, died...

  • South Korea crash inquiry may focus on birds, landing gear and a concrete barrier
    2024-12-31

    Investigators will try to determine what happened on the plane, including how its mechanical systems were functioning and which actions the pilots took. As South Korean investigators investigate a Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people on Sunday, experts say crews probably will focus on whether the ...