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Pentagon chief says climate change is ‘crap.’ The military is still bracing for it.
When Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm, tore through Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base in 2018, it battered F-22 stealth fighter jets, destroyed hundreds of buildings and churned up 700,000 cubic yards of debris.…
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Navy doctor who led the recovery at Artemis II splashdown recounts experience welcoming home astronauts
As he pried open the Integrity capsule’s hatch, the first thing Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang heard were the screams of the Artemis II crew.
Joy at the end of a successful mission.…
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EV rebate leads to bump
Although new motor vehicle sales dropped for February, according to Statistics Canada’s latest report released Thursday, zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) have taken a larger piece of the pie of all sales compared to this time last year.…
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Beijing wants Xi-Cheng meeting to send an important message
A decade after his last meeting with the top Kuomintang (KMT) leader, Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down with the head of Taiwan’s main opposition party last week. Both sides clearly hoped the encounter would produce political gains.…
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China’s economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war
China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far, according to data released Thursday.…
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Commentary: ASEAN’s energy crisis is not about energy
ASEAN REMAINS VULNERABLE
What is most striking, however, is the collective silence. ASEAN, as an institution, has issued no substantive statement on the Hormuz crisis, proposed no coordinated diplomatic position, and exercised no leverage, individuall…
Chinese Researcher Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Bacteria into US in Underwear Package
Youhuang Xiang, a Chinese national and former Indiana University postdoctoral researcher, has admitted to smuggling E. coli bacterial DNA into the United States by concealing them inside a package falsely labeled as women’s underwear.…
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Love and compassion in China: Moroccan student saves drowning woman, long-ago pen pals reunite
A Moroccan man studying in eastern China has been hailed as a hero by local residents and received an award for saving a drowning woman from a lake.
On the evening of April 6, Ayoub Fadil, 21, a student at Hangzhou Dianzi University in Hangzhou, Zhejia…
Love and compassion in China: Moroccan student saves drowning woman, long-ago pen pals reunite
A Moroccan man studying in eastern China has been hailed as a hero by local residents and received an award for saving a drowning woman from a lake.
On the evening of April 6, Ayoub Fadil, 21, a student at Hangzhou Dianzi University in Hangzhou, Zhejia…
Key takeaways on the economic headwinds facing Midwest soybean farmers
Midwest soybean farmers have faced persistent financial headwinds in recent years, which were compounded by tariffs and the war in the Middle East, reporting from Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press found.…
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