BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published a white paper titled “The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era” on Wednesday. The following is the full text of the white paper: The Taiwan Question […]

New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence on Monday announced that the 12th edition of the Defence Expo, India’s flagship exhibition on Land, Naval and Homeland Security systems, will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The event will be held between October 18 and 22, 2022. The theme for this edition is ‘Path […]

Melbourne, Florida – Sold-out hotels. Excitement that seems to grow by the day. The potential for hundreds of thousands of visitors, support staff, and more. These are just a few of the factors being calculated into preparations for Artemis I, the first launch of NASA’s moon-focused Space Launch System rocket slated for Aug. 29. Standing […]

As the United States and Russia prepare to discuss a prisoner swap just days after Moscow sentenced a U.S. women’s basketball star to nine years in prison on drug smuggling charges, much remains unclear about who could be freed. Speaking separately at an Asia conference in Cambodia on August 5, U.S. Secretary of State Antony […]

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news in China. REUSABLE EXPERIMENTAL SPACECRAFT China on Friday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft using a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country. After a period of in-orbit operation, the […]

Seoul’s ‘Danuri’ spacecraft is on its way to lunar orbit after launching on a rocket produced by SpaceX South Korea has embarked on its first mission to the moon, launching a craft intended to scout out future landing sites on the lunar surface and collect valuable scientific data from low orbit for at least one […]

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news in China. PLANT GROWTH Chinese scientists have mapped out the structure of a protein that regulates plant growth, a discovery that could be potentially used in the future to improve crop yield. Plants, which do not typically move, can […]

Ukraine-related embargo targets Skolkovo and Russian tech sector in general Washington on Tuesday announced a new round of embargoes targeting Russia’s finance and technology sectors, in particular the semiconductor industry. Among the entities sanctioned by the State Department are the Skolkovo technology park outside Moscow – Russia’s equivalent of Silicon Valley – and MMK, one […]

For parents, children and teachers, one of the most striking memories of the pandemic will be the sudden transition to online learning. Many educators, parents and children struggled with online education when schools were closed, and were relieved when classroom instruction resumed. While media often seemed to report on negative aspects of online schooling, this […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: As part of the drive to expand internet access nationwide, President Joe Biden’s administration has announced the availability of $401 million to enable 31,000 rural residents and businesses in 11 states to access the internet. “With this money, we are one step closer to President Biden’s ambitious goal of affordable and reliable internet […]