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They’re alarmingly cute. A hotel in China has been rapped by local wildlife officials for using endangered red pandas during wake-up calls for guests, according to a report. The Lehe Ledu Liangjiang Holiday Hotel, located in the mountains near Chongqing, offered boarders the option of a “red panda-themed holiday,” which included bringing the endangered species…
A company boss in China set up 252 tables for his daughter’s grand wedding, then refused to pay the 520,000-yuan (US$72,000) bill. A pork vendor, surnamed Wang, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province said the boss of a local company, surnamed Qian, commissioned him to prepare food for his daughter’s wedding banquet in April. Wang said…
In a move to minimize dependency on foreign software amid increasing sanctions from the West, particularly the US, China has successfully tested an indigenously-developed operating system in space. After launching into the orbit, the Dalian-1 Lianli CubeSat spent over 1,000 hours testing satellite subsystems powered by OpenHarmony real-time operating system (RTOS)—a streamlined, light-weight, open-source version…
The United States’ airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday have triggered urgent global responses, with several world leaders calling for restraint and warning of the potential for a broader regional conflict. China condemned the US airstrikes through state media, warning Washington may be repeating past strategic mistakes.(File Photo) The strikes, which marked Washington’s first…
China on Thursday brought Bangladesh and Pakistan together for an inaugural trilateral dialogue in Kunming, barely a month after hosting a similar meeting with Pakistan and Afghanistan. The closed‑door talks, led by Chinese Vice‑Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, agreed to set up a working group for “good‑neighbourly, equal and mutually trusted” cooperation, signalling Beijing’s intent to…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has apparently taken precautions in case of an assassination attempt against him, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Citing unnamed Iranian officials, the Times reported that Iran’s top religious and secular leader has named three possible successors should he be killed by Israel. Even before the current armed…
US President Donald Trump stunned the world by announcing on Saturday that US aircraft had struck Iran’s Fordo nuclear enrichment plant, plus the Natanz and Isfahan facilities. Later, in a four-minute address to the nation, he said the US “completely and totally obliterated” Iranian nuclear sites. He also threatened to attack more targets in the…
The economic and political importance of monitoring the weather — or at least the effects of weather — was clear to the ancient Egyptians. They came up with the “nilometer,” a device measuring Nile River flooding that could predict agricultural (and thus tax) yields. It also was likely clear to foreign intelligence agents breaching Australia’s…
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Rosneft ROSN.MM CEO Igor Sechin, one of the most influential men in Russia’s energy sector, said today that China was seeking complete energy independence and that in the foreseeable future it could become a major energy exporter. China’s economic and military rise over the past 45 years is considered to…
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US military carried out an aerial attack on three Iranian nuclear sites, following days of appeals by Israel for the American military to join its attacks on the Islamic republic, and vowed to launch more attacks if Tehran does not stand down. Trump delivered an address…