VCG The recent M7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar caused widespread destruction and claimed over a thousand lives. This tragic event raises important questions: Why was this earthquake so destructive? How should people prepare for such disasters? Let us examine the science behind this catastrophe...
A deep-sea robot is released onto the seafloor of the Mariana Trench, reaching a depth of 10,666 meters. [Photo provided to China Daily] A team of Chinese scientists has developed a miniature 2.7-kilogram deep-sea robot to explore the deepest natural frontier on Earth — the Mariana Trench in the ...
Elon Musk enters the stage wearing a cheesehead during a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. AP PhotoJeffrey Phelps GREEN BAY, Wis. AP — Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wiscons...
Newly sworn in Jens-Frederik Nielsen says ‘Trump says that the United States is getting Greenland. Let me be clear: the United States won’t get that’ Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen said: ‘We determine our own future’ after Donald Trump’s latest threat to ‘get Greenland’. Photograph: Leon Neal...
Intl communities mobilize resources as toll from Myanmar quake rises to 1,700 Monks walk past a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake, in Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar, on Saturday. AUNG SHINE OOAP Countries and international communities including China, the United Nations and ASEAN are deliveri...
Congressional Budget Office’s forecasts come after Moody’s warned on the country’s public finances this week The Congressional Budget Office said the US’s debt-to-GDP ratio would reach 107% during the 2029 fiscal year — exceeding the 1940s era peak © AP The US’s federal debt burden is set to sur...
Some White House and Pentagon officials now believe Hegseth is the one who messed up in the Signal chat scandal by sending sensitive details on his phone. Some administration insiders are starting to express doubts about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's judgment after he texted sensitive milit...
After zebrafish and fruit flies, China's Tiangong space station is set to host a new life form — planarians, according to Chinese scientists. Zhang Wei, director of the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told China Youth Daily in a recent ...
Lee Jae-myung center, leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, arrives at court in Seoul on Wednesday.KIM HONG-JIAFP A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday acquitted main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung of an election law violation, reducing the risk that he may not run in a p...
Everyday life for 8-year-old Dhyana Levey seemed no different from that of her peers.
With the stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump restructured the way Americans can register to vote and when they can cast their ballots. Or did he?
European Union citizens should stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis, the EU Commission has said.
This photo taken on March 23, 2025 shows a view of the Ritz-Carlton hotel, venue of the talks between U.S. and Ukrainian delegations, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. XinhuaWang Dongzhen Negotiations between the U.S. and Russia, as well as between the U.S. and Ukraine, concluded in Saudi Arabia without a...
HEBRON, West Bank AP — Only a few weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on a stage in Los Angeles accepting an Oscar for the film “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting his West Bank village’s struggle against Israel’s occupation. On Tuesday, Ballal – his face bruised and clothes still spotted with bloo...
The lawsuit of Chung’s, whose green card was revoked, asks: what limits remain on the Trump administration’s power? Students march outside Columbia University in New York, on Monday. Photograph: Dana EdwardsReuters In a matter of days, Yunseo Chung was sent into hiding. On 5 March, Chung – a 21...