Chinese scientist Li Licheng signs up for space travel aged 84
Power grid engineering expert Li Licheng has signed a contract with a Chinese private commercial crewed space flight company, booking a seat on a...
3 dead, 60 hospitalised after 2 boats capsize in southwest China
Published: 8:58pm, 4 May 2025Updated: 9:00pm, 4 May 2025 Two tour boats capsized on a river in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou on...
‘China speed’ accelerates drive towards next step in nuclear fusion
China is accelerating its efforts to build the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor capable of achieving net energy generation – a move that would...
French police free kidnapped father of crypto-millionaire
French police mounted a weekend raid to free a man who had been kidnapped in Paris to force his crypto-millionaire son to pay a...
Sudan paramilitaries launch attacks, suicide drones on Port Sudan
Sudanese paramilitaries on Sunday struck Port Sudan, the army said, in the first attack on the seat of the army-aligned government in the country’s...
China’s Xi Jinping readies for ‘mutual trust’ mission with Putin in Russia
Published: 7:09pm, 4 May 2025Updated: 7:21pm, 4 May 2025 China has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to mark the...
The World Is Abandoning China’s Market, Foreign Automakers Collectively Skip From Shanghai Auto Show
The 21st Shanghai International Auto Show took place from April 27 to May 2, 2025, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai....
Chinese graduates in UK face bleak prospects amid job crunch: ‘it’s devastating’
After fleeing China’s cutthroat graduate job market, Luo Ying hoped pursuing a master’s degree at a university in Cardiff would help her secure a...
US Federal Reserve’s Powell may defy Trump’s pressure and hold interest rates steady
Things are getting awkward for the Federal Reserve. Advertisement With their eye on inflation, officials are inclined to hold rates steady when they meet...