Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
Baby food shortage in Europe due to China demand Yong-Hee Kim still can't believe that in a prosperous country like Germany, powdered baby formula would ever be rationed and that she would have to scour shops in the German capital to find the right brand for her 13-month-old son. More
Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans got infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live market. In a small study of four patients who caught the new H7N9 virus, Chinese scientists compared swabs from birds at live markets in eastern China to virus samples from patients. More
Apple Faces Dilemma in China Apple's China sales rose at a healthy clip in its latest quarter, but the numbers belied growing concerns as the bonanza in high-end smartphones started winding down. More
Money on their minds: Health-related costs top older adults' concerns for people their age, poll finds From medical and dental care to medications, insurance and nursing homes, health-related costs weigh heavily on the minds of older Americans of all backgrounds, a new poll suggests. Asked to rate ... 05/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Mainland welcomes more Taiwan young people to visit A Chinese mainland spokesperson Wednesday said the mainland welcomes more young people from Taiwan to visit. "We sincerely invite young people from Taiwan, especially those who have never been to ... 04/24/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Lawmakers: China ‘killing’ US with fentanyl to kill our young people. And they’ve been doing it for years.” Fentanyl kills more than 200 Americans every day and is the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45, per the panel’s ... 04/17/2024 - 7:51 am | View Link
A second KMT leader from Taiwan plans a visit to mainland China next week Hau Lung-bin, a former mayor of Taipei, will visit mainland China next week ... to emphasise the fact that the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait share the same root, the same origin ... 04/4/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
To address Hong Kong’s child abuse cases, NGO resources on positive parenting show corporal punishment alternatives According to a survey published last March by Against Child Abuse, nearly half of the 677 respondents aged six to 17 in ... mechanism last September requiring professionals working with children ... 05/28/2023 - 12:30 pm | View Link
(ROCHESTER, N. Y.) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its 10th class of honorees Thursday, recognizing Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima for their impacts on the video game industry and popular culture.
The inductees debuted across decades, advancing technologies along the way and expanding not only the number of players, but the ages and interests of those at the controls, Hall of Fame authorities said in revealing the winners.
(DETROIT) — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard.
General Motors confirmed Thursday that it will stop making the car introduced in 1964 as the company focuses more on electric vehicles.
The midsize sedan was once the top-selling segment in the U.
Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.
“She was homeless,” Officer Brennon Warren of the Midland Police Department said Thursday.
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain.
About 20 years ago, Fowler, now the U.
(COLUMBIA, Tenn.) — Dangerous storms crashed over parts of the South on Thursday even as the region cleaned up from earlier severe weather that spawned apparent tornadoes, killed at least three people, and gravely injured a boy who was swept into a storm drain as he played in a flooded street.
A heavy line of storms swept into Atlanta near the end of the morning rush hour.
Bridget Rochios arrived in Rafah from California on May 1 to volunteer at the Al Halal Al Emirati Maternity Hospital with the Canadian medical charity, the Glia Project. In just one week, the 34-year-old midwife has assisted a displaced mother of two from Gaza with giving birth in a hospital elevator and delivered the baby of a pregnant woman who was brought to the hospital by her neighbor after her entire family was killed in airstrikes.