China Threatens Consequences Over US Warship’s Actions
[ad_1] BANGKOK — China threatened “serious consequences” Friday after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day…
Threat of US Ban Grows After TikTok Lambasted in Congress
[ad_1] washington — A U.S. ban of Chinese-owned TikTok, the country’s most popular social media for young people, seems increasingly inevitable a day after the grilling of its CEO by…
New Charges of Chinese Interference Embroil Canadian MP
[ad_1] halifax, nova scotia — Canada is being rattled by a political scandal straight from a Hollywood film, in which a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ruling party is…
Artwork That Secretly Honored Hong Kong Dissidents Removed
[ad_1] A Hong Kong department store took down a digital artwork that contained hidden references to jailed dissidents, in an incident the artist says is evidence of erosion of free…
China Closes US Due Diligence Firm in Beijing
[ad_1] Chinese officials have closed down the Beijing offices of U.S. due diligence firm Mintz Group and detained five of its employees. The employees are all Chinese nationals. In a…
Taiwan Tensions Fuel Anxiety on Japan’s Tiny Yonaguni Island
[ad_1] YONAGUNI ISLAND, JAPAN — Kotaro Kobari was returning from an all-night fishing expedition in his small boat off the remote Japanese island of Yonaguni in August last year when…
China Tries to Block Prominent Uyghur Speaker at UN
[ad_1] Geneva, Switzerland — China attempted on Thursday to block a prominent Uyghur activist from speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council, where he demanded the body urgently address…
TikTok CEO Tells US Lawmakers App Is Place for Free Expression
[ad_1] Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok, pushed back Thursday against calls from US lawmakers to ban the social media app, contending that the company is not connected…
MIT researchers are one step closer to perfecting self-repairing robot bees
[ad_1] Technology Featuring muscle-like actuators, bug-sized robots are coming. And they’re just the beginning, say researchers. Implementing self-repairing technology and muscle-like actuators, researchers at MIT have taken steps to significantly…
What to know about the eyedrops linked to deaths and vision loss
[ad_1] Health At least three people have died and 68 people have been infected through a bacterial outbreak linked to eyedrops. Since then, several eye drop products have been taken…