Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in London on July 27 as he begins a big week of foreign talks amid a rising civilian death toll from Russian air strikes back home.
'21st century Cheaters' (1/6). Hidden in hotel rooms and away from friends and family, the secrecy of cheating makes it difficult to get a clear picture of why people have affairs.
U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
Disaster preparedness and disaster-relief efforts are hot topics on Chinese social media as the country braces for as many as three new typhoons in the next ten days. This follows the devastation earlier this month of twin typhoons Bavi and Maysak, which caused 39 deaths [...]
In yet another blow for book lovers and free thinkers in Hong Kong, national security police raided two independent bookstores (Have a Nice Stay and Greenfield, respectively) and arrested five individuals on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, an offence punishable with up to seven [...]
In late May, China’s State Council announced new guidelines on providing basic services in the place of people’s actual residence, rather than formal registration. Such a shift could substantially alleviate the hardships imposed by the current hukou household registration system, which has effectively kept many [...]
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China issued the findings of its 2025 Media Freedoms Survey this week, painting an unsurprisingly bleak picture of the "new abnormal" conditions for the shrinking foreign news media presence in the country. Respondents reported frequent obstruction, surveillance, weaponization of visa [...]
Back-to-back typhoons have brought torrential rain, flooding, and other extreme weather events to parts of southern and central China, and prompted mass evacuations of people living in the paths of the storms. Last week, Typhoon Maysak left 39 people dead, killed large numbers of livestock, [...]
CDT recently published a large set of leaked internal instructions for online content management from the Chinese platform Leshi Video, or LeTV. They were issued to LeTV between March 2, 2017 and March 10, 2020 by the Cyberspace Administration of China and other network supervision [...]
The post below, the latest in a series of translated accounts by Chinese users grappling with online censorship, bemoans automated comment moderation on WeChat public accounts. The author, on her account "May’s Thoughts on the World," explains to readers that disappearing comments are not her [...]
Scientists discovered that damaged fat cells can become inflamed, lose their ability to store lipids, and eventually vanish, disrupting the body’s metabolism. The findings show that diabetes can result not only from excess fat, but also from losing the healthy fat tissue the body needs. [...]
Scientists have identified a possible tipping point that helps determine whether Alzheimer’s-related brain changes lead to dementia. The key may lie in how the brain’s immune cells respond to plaques and tau, offering a promising new target for treatments designed to extend cognitive resilience. [...]
The Backrooms began as a single eerie image of empty yellow rooms, but internet users transformed it into a vast fictional world that feels disturbingly real. Through videos, games, maps, survival guides and social media stories, audiences do more than watch the horror unfold. They [...]
Scientists used CRISPR to make prostate cancer cells easier for the immune system to detect and destroy. The experimental treatment dramatically improved the effects of immunotherapy in mice and may offer hope for other hard-to-treat tumors. [...]
Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia. A new analysis of about 26,400 sequoias found that trees in areas treated with prescribed burns were nearly four times more [...]
Popular AI-powered food apps may make calorie counting easier, but they may also leave out a surprisingly large part of the meal. Four apps underestimated calories and fat by about one-third when tested against carefully prepared meals. High-fat ketogenic dishes appeared to cause the most [...]
A notorious snake invasion that devastated Guam’s native birds may have succeeded because the reptiles carried hidden genetic advantages. Using advanced long-read DNA sequencing, researchers uncovered more than 19,000 large genetic differences in brown tree snakes, many concentrated in genes tied to immunity and smell. [...]
Researchers say a tiny one-eyed ancestor that lived nearly 600 million years ago may have shaped the evolution of every vertebrate eye, including our own. They also found that its ancient median eye lives on today as the pineal gland, which helps synchronize our sleep [...]
Palestinians say villagers came under attack by settlers, while the Israeli military says a Palestinian stole a weapon and opened fire on hikers. [...]
[allAfrica] Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often described as the next industrial revolution. That description is already outdated. AI is rapidly becoming the infrastructure upon which future economies, governments, healthcare systems, education, agriculture, finance and national security will be built. The question for Africa is no [...]
[Bird Story Agency] Mali's iconic mud-dyed textile, bogolan, is creating new opportunities beyond its cultural significance. As the centuries-old craft gains protected status, women artisans and entrepreneurs are turning tradition into thriving businesses while preserving indigenous knowledge. [...]
[Bird Story Agency] As Africa seeks to capture more value from its natural resources, Ethiopia is building one of the continent's most ambitious cotton-to-clothing value chains. By linking farmers, researchers and manufacturers, the country is demonstrating how cotton can drive industrialisation, create jobs and strengthen [...]
[Daily News] Mwanza -- TWENTY-three people have been arraigned before the Mwanza Resident Magistrate's Court over alleged participation in meetings linked to terrorism held in Mwanza city earlier this month. [...]