Iran formally allows women to ride motorcycles, in historic shift
Women in Iran can now formally obtain a licence to ride a motorcycle, local media reported on Wednesday, ending years of legal ambiguity surrounding...
Ed Martin Leaves Role as Head of DOJ Weaponization Working Group
Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer Ed Martin is no longer head of the department’s working group that oversees investigations into the alleged weaponization of...
China’s chip champion Moore Threads sees beyond silicon with push into AI coding
Moore Threads – one of China’s domestic artificial intelligence chip champions – has entered the intensifying race for AI coding tools with the launch...
Revolution On The Rise! Frontline General Says: If Xi Visits, I’ll Eliminate Him Myself
On February 1, a video uploaded by netizens showed hundreds of soldiers gathered at Beijing West Railway Station. They were carrying heavy backpacks, as...
Meet Balanophora, The Parasitic Plant That Barely Qualifies As A Plant
Researchers have traced how Balanophora evolved an extreme parasitic lifestyle—shrinking its plastid genome and, in some species, abandoning sexual reproduction entirely. Read More
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to increase profit-sharing bonus after strong recovery
The chief executive of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has told staff that the airline expects to pay a higher profit-sharing bonus for 2025...
Malaysian waters see return of oil transfer by ‘dark fleet’ of tankers
In the dead of night, officers from Malaysia’s maritime agency boarded two tankers that were transferring millions of barrels of oil in the waters...
China signals strong demand for soybean imports in 2026 rural blueprint
China will “deeply participate” in agricultural trade and expand imports of products in short domestic supply, a senior official said on Wednesday, signalling strong...
When context is everything, AI models still struggle in the real world: Tencent
Leading US and Chinese artificial intelligence models are frustrating to use in real-world settings because they struggle to learn from context, Tencent Holdings said...