Gov. JB Pritzker wants to keep cellphones out of classrooms. He’s told educators he’ll sign legislation requiring districts to have policies in place for the upcoming school year. Superintendents in the Illinois Valley said they’re already there – in fact, many districts have policies governing electronic devices, not merely cellphones. Oglesby Elementary Superintendent Michael Pillion…
For 95 days, Máximo Napa Castro, 61, was alone and lost at sea, praying to God and clinging to the hope that he would one day see his mother again. Without food or water, he ate cockroaches, birds and finally a turtle, whose blood he drank to slake his thirst. He talked to God, getting…
BEIJING (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with top Chinese leaders Wednesday during his visit to Beijing, the first since the heads of the two countries met at a summit in Peru last month, in an effort to make positive inroads in the bilateral relationship. The two neighbors have had a tense relationship…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Whilst Latin America’s largest vehicle markets have been undergoing significant EV growth (we can already predict Brazil’s plug-in market share will surpass 5% in 2024 and Mexico’s will be above 2%) and several minor markets are showing…
Yu Yanhong, director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said the international collaboration would focus on acupuncture research, herbal medicine studies, and evidence-based research in traditional medicine. “The plan is to train 1,300 professionals in the first batch over the next three years,” she said, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. “The initiative…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine, weeks after reportedly sending thousands of troops to fight for Russia. Observers said North Korea’s deepening military ties with Russia might leave China in a bind, with tensions on the Korean peninsula at the “most dangerous” point in more than 70…
As Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated the US$3.5 billion Chancay port in Peru last week that promises to jump-start exports in the region and create a gateway to China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken oversaw a ceremony just a few miles away to give US$6 million in 1980s diesel locomotives to the Andean nation….
Zhang Jun assiduously followed the news as Chancay port in Peru was developed into the biggest deep water project of its kind on the long Pacific coast of South America. His Nanjing-based company, Jiangsu Haosanyou Information Technology, helps shippers of marine cargo find business along China’s supply chains via the internet. For Zhang, the US$3.5…
China on Thursday defended its rejection of a defence chiefs’ meeting with the United States, blaming it on Washington’s support for Taipei. Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun on Wednesday reportedly declined to meet his US counterpart Lloyd Austin on the margins of a regional security meeting in Laos. Austin said the decision was “unfortunate ……
China should proactively engage with Donald Trump early in his second presidency, but must be prepared for a “hard bargain” and to “shoot back” if need be, a noted Chinese academic and policy adviser has said. “This is going to be a [US] government that only one person governs, and that is Donald Trump ……