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A man rides through a flooded street in Zhongshan, in China’s southern Guangdong province on June 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP) Nearly 70,000 residents in southern China have been evacuated due to severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Wutip, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. Vast areas of Zhaoqing city in Guangdong province were submerged, with…
Why FDA approval of new HIV prevention drug is a big deal – CBS News Watch CBS News Decades after an AIDS diagnosis was a death sentence, the FDA approved the first drug that is almost totally effective at preventing the disease. Dr. Jon LaPook joins to discuss what it means. Be the first to…
Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans, according to a new, groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research, led by the Boston University School of Public Health, provides compelling evidence of a profound discrepancy between actual and officially reported statistics on the health…
Hong Kong is strengthening its global financial leadership with a revamped digital asset strategy and a booming stock market. Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan has launched the city’s second major push into the digital asset space. After the initial push in 2022, which attracted dozens of crypto companies and laid the regulatory groundwork, Chan…
Beijing has begun moving its citizens in Iran to safety. On Tuesday, buses carrying Chinese nationals departed the capital, Tehran, heading toward Turkmenistan, the state-run China News Service reported on Wednesday. According to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 791 Chinese citizens have so far been brought to safe areas, and more than 1,000 others are…
FreshRealm is recalling pre-made chicken fettuccine alfredo meals sold at Kroger and Walmart over concerns the ready-to-eat meals could possibly be contaminated with listeria, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. According to a notice from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), FreshRealm, which provides meals to retailers and food delivery services like…
After dipping by more than 10% each earlier this year, the major stock market indexes are once again on the upswing. As of this writing, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are between 2% and 6% below their all-time highs. With that in mind, let’s consider which breakout growth…
There is a lot of discussion in Washington and Beijing about the implications of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, but no clear consensus on how AI advances will impact how the world’s two leading powers relate to each other. In the following collection of short essays, Brookings scholars from different disciplines offer their forecasts on…
How student visa decisions are made What determines who gets a student visa? Former DHS official explains the vetting process 05:31 The State Department issued new guidelines Wednesday for more extensive social media vetting of all applicants for international student visas and exchange visitor visas, instructing consular officers to look for signs of “hostility” toward…
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Could a passing star be on a collision course with our solar system and, eventually, Earth? It’s difficult to know if such an outcome is likely. Recently, researchers…