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China has said it remains open to dialogue with Lithuania following remarks by the Baltic country’s prime minister describing the 2021 decision to allow Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius under the name Taiwanese as a strategic error. The statement marks a potential opening after years of strained relations triggered by......
Chinese scientists have developed what they claim is the world's first compact high-power microwave weapon able to emit sustained power strong enough to disrupt low Earth orbit satellites, including SpaceX's Starlink constellation. The device, designated TPG1000Cs and led by Wang Gang at Xi'an's Northwest Institute of Nuclear......
Bitcoin experienced a sharp decline on Friday, falling to $60,000 for the first time in sixteen months, raising concerns about volatility in the cryptocurrency market. François Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Banque de France, stated that the recent drop shows that “the risks are materializing,” though he emphasized......
Pandemic measures that emptied city streets and grounded airplanes inadvertently weakened the atmosphere's ability to clear methane, sparking the largest recorded jump in this potent greenhouse gas, according to a new study in Science. A team of 41 scientists led by Peking University researchers found that reduced hydroxyl radicals from......
A Hong Kong court is set to deliver the sentence of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday, marking a decisive moment in one of the most closely watched legal cases in the territory in recent years. Lai, the founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was found guilty in December on multiple charges, including......
A new study uncovers previously hidden hydrated minerals inside one of Earth's most famous Martian meteorites, providing direct evidence that liquid water once permeated the Red Planet billions of years ago. Led by Estrid Buhl Naver from the Technical University of Denmark, researchers employed advanced non-destructive scanning techniques......
Chinese battery giant CATL and automaker Changan Automobile jointly revealed the Changan Nevo A06 on Thursday in Yakeshi, Inner Mongolia, launching the world's first mass-produced passenger vehicle with sodium-ion batteries. The companies plan commercial sales by mid-2026. The sedan features CATL's 45 kWh Naxtra sodium-ion battery,......
Defense officials from China and South Korea have held discussions on reviving joint maritime search-and-rescue exercises, signaling a potential renewal of military cooperation after a pause of more than a decade. The talks took place in Beijing during the latest round of bilateral defense policy consultations, marking the first such meeting......
The United States and China are methodically untangling economic ties in strategic sectors like semiconductors, food, and energy, in what the Wall Street Journal calls a "stormy divorce" between the world's two largest economies. China has committed about $1 trillion since early 2024 toward economic self-reliance, funneling......
CEOs of Europe's two largest carmakers are urging the European Union to shield the domestic auto industry from intensifying competition by Chinese manufacturers across the continent. Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume and Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa published a joint op-ed Wednesday evening in three major European business dailies: Les Echos,......
European imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia's flagship Yamal terminal jumped 8 percent year-over-year in January 2026, reaching nearly 1.7 million metric tons, according to data released this week by German environmental watchdog Urgewald. The increase comes less than a year before the EU's planned ban on Russian LNG takes......
Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a Wednesday phone call that Taiwan stands as "the most important issue" in China-U.S. relations and urged Washington to handle arms sales to the island "with prudence," according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry readout. Trump called the discussion "excellent"......
Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te said on Thursday that cooperation between Taipei and Washington would continue without disruption, following a warning from Chinese President Xi Jinping to his US counterpart Donald Trump regarding arms sales to the island. Speaking to reporters after visiting a textile factory in central Taiwan, Lai......
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