• Chinese scientists decode 'blueprint' of human brain
    2025-02-25

    Chinese scientists have made a significant leap in understanding the human brain's complex structure, revealing the intrinsic link between genetic characteristics and the organization of neural connections. A team from the Institute of Automation, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, analyzed t...

  • Germany must avoid another 'traffic light' coalition
    2025-02-25

    Christian Democratic Union CDU party leader Friedrich Merz speaks at the party headquarters, after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, Feb 23, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] Going by exit polls, the Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union allian...

  • US refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war, splitting with European allies in UN votes
    2025-02-25

    Dorothy Shea, the U.S. deputy ambassador toUNITED NATIONS AP — In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions Monday seeking an ...

  • Stock market today: Wall Street holds steadier but still falls following last week’s tumble
    2025-02-25

    An American flag is displayed on the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. AP PhotoSeth Wenig NEW YORK AP — U.S. stocks drifted lower on Monday to compound their sharp losses from last week. The SP 500 dipped 0.5% after flipping between small gains and losses several times ...

  • US judge allows Trump's AP Oval Office ban to stand over Gulf of Mexico name
    2025-02-25

    TV screens in the White House briefing room display the words "Victory" shortly after a judge ruled against the Associated Press' request for a temporary restraining order in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 24, 2025. REUTERSEvelyn Hockstein WASHINGTON, Feb 24 Reuters - A federal judge on Monday ...

  • National leaders gather in Kyiv to highlight continued support
    2025-02-25

    Third anniversary of conflict's start offers moment of solemn reflection Leaders and senior officials, including the prime ministers of Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, and the presidents of Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and the European Commission, stand in Kyiv's Inde...

  • Zelensky says "ready" to resign to exchange peace, Ukraine's NATO membership
    2025-02-24

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced readiness Sunday to step down in exchange for peace in Ukraine and the country's admission to NATO.

  • The leaders of France and Britain head to Washington to urge Trump not to abandon Ukraine
    2025-02-24

    The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia.

  • China committed to healthy relations with Germany
    2025-02-24

    Germany held its federal election on Sunday, following the collapse of the "traffic light coalition", a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party, led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

  • Alternative reality
    2025-02-24

    China has advanced a framework that empowers countries to explore and pursue their own vision of AI development

  • [Insights] Trump’s tariff obsession: A self-defeating addiction
    2025-02-24

    US President Donald Trump’s fixation on tariffs has become an addiction — one that mirrors a drug dependency, where each new round of duties offers diminishing returns while causing greater damage.

  • Russia launches largest drone attack on Ukraine on eve of third year of war
    2025-02-23

    Russia launched a record 267 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday destroying infrastructure and killing at least 3 people, one day before the world marks the third year of Moscow's full-scale invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media that it was "the largest attack...

  • Billionaire Perot sees ‘big concern’ on Trump tariff threats
    2025-02-21

    Ross Perot Jr., a billionaire Texas real estate developer and longtime Republican donor, said President Donald Trump’s tariff threats are emerging as a “big concern” and forcing business leaders to think twice before approving investments.

  • Trump reinstates the death penalty
    2025-02-21

    Trump began implementing sweeping rollbacks of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the federal government.At the federal level, he has also reinstated the death penalty.

  • Europeans urged to strengthen defense, unite for lasting peace
    2025-02-21

    French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday evening urged Europeans to increase defense spending to ensure their own security and bolster collective European efforts for a solid and lasting peace.

  • 200 Chinese fraud suspects repatriated to Nanjing from Myanmar via Thailand, marking milestone in multinational crackdown
    2025-02-21

    A chartered flight repatriating the first batch of Chinese nationals totaling 200 suspected of being involved in fraud crimes from Myanmar landed in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, via Thailand on Thursday afternoon.