At least 162 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, officials say. Rescue work has continued all day for people still missing at the site in the Hpakant area of Kachin state. A wave of mud and rock triggered by heavy rain engulfed those collecting stones, the […]
Read MoreMystery surrounds the “completely unprecedented” deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant carcasses in the Okavango Delta since the start of May. No one knows why the animals are dying, with lab results on […]
Read MoreMoscow: Russians have overwhelmingly backed constitutional reforms that will allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially extend his rule to 2036, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Thursday. With all votes counted, the CEC said that 77.92 percent of voters had backed the reforms, with a turnout of about 65 percent. Just over 21.2 percent had […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Six years ago, Hu Zhengnan decided to temporarily leave his office job at a geological survey institute. He signed up to join a poverty relief team headed to the countryside. The 25-year-old cadre of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was sent to Liuquan, a village situated in a large resettled zone […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The US move to eliminate Hong Kong’s special status serves its own strategic goal – to contain China. Yet China is perfectly justified to safeguard its own national security. It won’t flinch if the US continues interfering in China’s domestic affairs and threatening China’s sovereignty and national interests. It is not unanticipated that […]
Read MoreBy Ren Hongbin – China Daily President Xi Jinping is leading China’s fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak. And thanks to the painstaking efforts made by the entire nation, China had managed to largely contain the virus before a new cluster of infections was detected in Beijing on June 11. In this entire process, central […]
Read MoreActor Louis Mahoney, who appeared in films like Cry Freedom and TV shows Fawlty Towers and Doctor Who, has died at the age of 81. Early in his career, Mahoney was one of the first black actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s. He also helped found Performers Against Racism in the 1980s […]
Read MoreCarl Reiner, who helped create The Dick Van Dyke Show and acted in films like Ocean’s Eleven, has died aged 98. The prolific writer, comedian, director and actor also directed several films including Steve Martin vehicles The Jerk (1979) and All of Me (1984). He was in 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels as […]
Read MoreBy He Lei – Global Times The Chinese government’s defense budget for 2020 is set at 1.268 trillion yuan ($178.2 billion), up 6.6 percent from last year. The growth is 0.9 percentage points lower than that of last year. China is a socialist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and has […]
Read MoreBy Wan Lin – Global Times China’s first offshore wind farm with foreign investment and the country’s farthest and most difficult wind farm was put into use on Wednesday in East China, which a project employee said demonstrates foreign companies’ trust in China’s offshore power market. Seventy-five wind turbines have been connected to the grid, […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese scientists have developed a method to convert light energy and biomass to diesel fuel and hydrogen. The study by scientists of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provides a way to produce clean energy using solar power or artificial light source and sustainable carbon sources present on […]
Read MoreBy Chen Qingqing and Bai Yunyi – Global Times Hong Kong: A Hong Kong association gathers at Chater Garden, Central Hong Kong, in support of the national security legislation in the city. Dozens of participants marched to the US Consulate General in Hong Kong waving the Five-Starred Red Flag and shouting slogans supporting the legislation […]
Read MoreAs a new exhibition opens in Helsinki, Cath Pound explores our complicated relationship with masterpieces. The reason works of art become iconic are many and varied, from the vagaries of taste to museum acquisition policies and competition between collectors. For centuries, artists were obliged to learn by copying work from an established canon and, although […]
Read MoreIt’s thought that people began cooking as early as a million years agoFrom creating toxic chemicals to an increased risk of lung cancer, the latest evidence suggests that some types of cooking come with health risks. What can be done to avoid them? “The whole reason that we evolved as humans is because we started […]
Read MoreLondon Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate is suing Netflix, among others, over its upcoming film “Enola Holmes” — arguing that the show’s depiction of Sherlock Holmes as kind, caring and respectful of women is a violation of the author’s copyright. The film, based on a series of novels by Nancy Springer and set for release on […]
Read MoreFrom Motown and “The Cosby Show” to hip-hop and “Black Panther,” America has long consumed Black culture — even as our country’s systemic racism sent a very different message but never quite like this.In the weeks since the recent Black Lives Matter protests, Black-themed cultural media have been having a moment. Books, music, movies, TV […]
Read MoreBy Bilal Thaheem Taxila: Taxila Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) built in 1971 and Heavy Foundry & Forge (HFF) in 1977 with the financial and technical assistance of China at Taxila about 30 km north of the capital city is a symbol of ‘Pak-China Friendship’. The HMC once a subsidiary of State Engineering Corporation (SEC) is […]
Read MoreBeijing: China’s shipment of wearable devices shrank in the first quarter of the year, an industry report showed. Makers of wearable devices in the country shipped 17.62 million units in Q1, down 11.3 percent year on year, according to global market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Shipment of basic wearables, which do not support […]
Read MoreBy Raiq Qureshi Islamabad: Pakistan in general and Punjab in particular has a rich history of cultural heritage — the footprints of arts and architectures of Mughals, British and Sikhs are still visible in most parts of the province narrating tales of the bygone days. The walled city of Lahore speaks for almost every era […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The increasing trend of modern tunes is becoming a great threat to folk music with the passage of time. According to musicians, with the rapidly moving world venturing into the vistas of ultramodern civilization, the folk music is dying down as senseless with empty lyrics and music, rather the rock and pop music was […]
Read MoreIslamabad: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) has planned to initiate a “Cuisine Museum” to introduce famous traditional food of all cities and areas of the country at one place adding a new attraction for food lovers of federal capitals and foreign guest to satisfy their taste buds with traditional appetite. Executive […]
Read MoreIslamabad: ”ArtAid” will put art works for online auction both for funds as well as barter for supplies to provide much needed assistance for the affected low income families in the testing time. Renowned artist Jamal Shah said “ArtAid” was launched in 2005 as a platform to support the earthquake affected people and held the […]
Read MoreBy Mehwish Azam Islamabad: Amid all the disarray caused by novel coronavirus (Covid-19), capital hiking trails of Margala Hills National Park are providing a therapeutic activity to the residents of Islamabad who have been confined to their homes for several weeks due to lockdown. Soon after the Islamabad administration decided to reopen hiking trails with […]
Read MoreBy Raiq Qureshi Islamabad: Golra Sharif Railway Museum, also known as Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum, located near Sector E-11 of the federal capital of Islamabad, is the site of a venerated railway museum housing relics and memorabilia associated with railways dating back to the days of British Raj. The railways station with its museum is […]
Read MoreBy Naveel Ahmed Islamabad: As a part of its plans to promote religious tourism in Pakistan, the government of province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has set up a Buddhist trail to attract the followers of Buddhism and monks from across the world. “A Buddhist trail has been developed in the province to facilitate the monks and […]
Read MoreBy Erfan Khan Islamabad: The Monsoon waves have started penetrating into the country’s horizons in the month of July and soon the moisture laden air will grip most of the country including the twin cities, thus creating an ideal atmosphere for seasonal plantation. Myriad varieties of fruits and vegetables can be sown during the season, […]
Read MoreBy Gary Hixjun The remote work challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the aging and insufficient infrastructure that has long powered much of the federal government. Aside from the widely discussed latency and security issues the current situation has presented, running on dated systems also requires more administration and maintenance, increasing the burden on […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese authorities have decided to further beef up intellectual property rights (IPR) assistance, with focuses on the assistance to small firms and companies in exhibition and e-commerce sectors. More will be done to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to safeguard their legal rights, and IPR assistance will also go to exhibition, e-commerce and […]
Read MoreBeijing: China plans to launch its first Mars probe between July and August this year, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, an expert said in a recent interview with the state broadcaster CCTV. After the launch via China’s largest carrier rocket Long March-5, the probe is expected to reach within the […]
Read MoreHangzhou: A total of 10 tombs dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) have recently been unearthed in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeology institute. The tombs are located in Changxing County, and archaeologists found three coffins inside the biggest tomb among the group, measuring 4.7 meters […]
Read MoreSurrounding the sun is a vast atmosphere of solar particles, through which magnetic fields swarm, solar flares erupt, and gigantic columns of material rise, fall and jostle each other around. Now, using NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, scientists have found that this atmosphere, called the corona, is even larger than thought, extending out some 5 […]
Read MoreWhy do we become saucer-eyed from fear and squint from disgust? These near-opposite facial expressions are rooted in emotional responses that exploit how our eyes gather and focus light to detect an unknown threat, according to a study by a Cornell University neuroscientist. Our eyes widen in fear, boosting sensitivity and expanding our field of […]
Read MoreIt is generally well known that men have an overall shorter life expectancy compared to women. A recent study, led by Uppsala University researchers, shows a correlation between a loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells and both a shorter life span and higher mortality from cancer in other organs. Men have a shorter […]
Read MoreIn the New Mexico desert lies an allegedly secret Scientology installation that includes a huge message for extraterrestrials — a crop circle-type design that can only easily be seen from high above the ground. That’s among the allegations set forth by BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney in a new book, “Church of Fear: Inside the […]
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Bonn have discovered a new signaling pathway to combat excess body weight. The number of overweight persons is greatly increasing worldwide — and as a result is the risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke, diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease. For this reason, many people dream of an efficient method for […]
Read MoreBy Wang Wen – Global Times During weekends, like many other Beijing residents, I often drive one hour to the mountain areas in Beijing’s suburbs. I would rent a home-stay where I can relax and experience a suburban life. It has been five months since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and the number of […]
Read MoreChina’s top legislature reviewed a draft law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China, during the legislative session. This is a crucial step in establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security. The legislation fully embodies […]
Read MorePlanets tend to cool as they get older, but Saturn is hotter than astrophysicists say it should be without some additional energy source. The unexplained heat has caused a two-billion-year discrepancy for computer models estimating Saturn’s age. “Models that correctly predict Jupiter to be 4.5 billion years old find Saturn to be only 2.5 billion […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a just and reasonable solution to the Palestine issue when delivering a written speech on Wednesday local time at the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s video conference over the matter. The Palestine issue has always been at the core of the Middle East issue […]
Read MoreAstronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, along with data from other large radio telescopes, have discovered that our nearest galactic neighbors, the dwarf spheroidal galaxies, are devoid of star-forming gas, and that our Milky Way Galaxy is to blame. These new radio observations, which are the highest sensitivity […]
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