2024-07-09 Asia’s Richest Man Plans Costly Wedding for His Son
Mukesh Ambani is known as the richest person in Asia. This week, his son is getting married. But the celebrations and parties began several months ago. In March, Ambani threw…
2024-07-09 NATO Summit Aims to Increase Partnerships in Indo-Pacific
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is seeking closer ties with non-member partners from Asia at its 2024 leaders meeting. It opened Tuesday in the American capital, Washington, D.C. Leaders from…
2024-07-09 Decline of US Students in China Means Fewer Experts
The number of Americans studying in China has decreased by large amounts in recent years, from around 11,000 in 2019 to 800 this year. Some people with knowledge of China…
2024-07-08 Boeing Admits Guilt in Two Deadly Plane Crashes
American company Boeing will admit to criminal charges of wrongdoing linked to two deadly passenger jet crashes. The aerospace manufacturer will also pay a fine of $243.6 million. The U.S.…
2024-07-08 Scientists Fear Bird Flu Pandemic Coming
Scientists studying the spread of bird flu in the United States say they worry about a lack of data in tracking the virus, called Type A H5N1. In recent months,…
2024-07-08 How to Deal Safely with Poison Ivy in the Garden
Experienced gardeners have likely learned to look out for poison ivy, a common plant found across North America, Europe and East Asia. While this green, leafy plant is not life-threatening,…
2024-07-07 UN Agency: China Leading AI Patents Race
Recent United Nations data shows that China is ahead of other countries in filing patents for generative artificial intelligence (or GenAI) inventions. China has filed six times more patents than…
2024-07-07 Nigeria’s Solar Projects Struggle to Power the Country
About half of Nigeria’s 200 million people cannot get enough electricity from the country’s electrical grid. Many poor, rural communities have no electrical service at all. Nigeria has a lot…
2024-07-07 SpaceX to Build Vehicle to Deorbit Space Station
The U.S. space agency NASA has chosen SpaceX to produce a vehicle to take the International Space Station (ISS) out of orbit at the end of its service life. NASA…