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U.N. commends Beijing for its efforts to eradicate air pollution and recommends improvement of city planning for a more effective clean air drive.
UN Report Lauds Beijing’s Efforts to Fight Air Pollution

Beijing received recognition from the United Nations as the agency released a report about the strong efforts by the bustling city to battle air pollution. The report recommended further attempts to meet the standards on clean air.

Newspapers released a wrong report on school cafeterias to be built for halal purposes.
Report on New Halal Order on School Cafeterias Denied by Party-run Newspapers

Fallacious reports on authorities ordering to transform all school cafeterias into halal facilities in Yongning were debunked by Party-run newspapers in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

China is pursuing the building of a maglev-powered monorail train to solve its air pollution and traffic problems.
China Sees First-ever Monorail Train Powered by Magnetic Motors as Solution to Traffic and Air Pollution

China has just finished testing a newly developed monorail train powered by permanent magnet synchronous motors as the country pursues its goal to get rid of two major problems: traffic jams and air pollution.

China reportedly plans to deploy nuclear-armed submarines to the Pacific amid tensions with the U.S.
Report: China Will Send Submarines Armed with Nuclear Missiles to the Pacific

China is risking inciting an arms race with the United States as Beijing reportedly announced the deployment of nuclear-armed submarines to the Pacific, something other reports considered highly unlikely.

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Adoption agencies look out for the best interest of the child as its one and only priority when selecting adopters.
Fewer Couples Are Adopting as China Scraps One-child Rule

Adoptions in China have been on a decline, following the relaxation of the country's one-child policy, wrote China Daily.

China denies Pentagon's accusation that J-11 fighter jets' interception of a U.S. spy plane breaks the rules.
China Denies Pentagon Allegations of Rule-breaking in Recent Interception of US Spy Planes

Pentagon declares that China’s interception of an American reconnaissance plane violated rules on how to govern air-to-air encounters, but Chinese authorities say otherwise.

 A Burmese python is seen on display at the registration event and press conference for the start of the 2013 Python Challenge on January 12, 2013 in Davie, Florida.
Python slides up toilet plumbing hole, bites Thai man

A Thai man was recently attacked by a python during his routine visit to the toilet. The 10-foot python slid up through the plumbing hole of the lavatory and bit the man on his penis.

China’s parliament is drafting a new foreign NGO law, addressing the long-time legal limbo situation of the sector.
China's Domestic Organizations Feel Side Effects of Strict NGO Law

Chinese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are feeling the effects of the country’s new law that restricts the entry of foreign NGOs.

In this handout from NASA/ESA, an artist's concept illustrates a quasar, or feeding black hole.
'Red Geysers' let researchers decode why galaxies turn lifeless as they age

Galaxies have often been associated with bright light and the colors and hues. However, nobody has understood why these galaxies fade out over a period of time and lose all their charm to turn dark and lifeless.

Illustration for an unidentified Ray Harryhausen film showing a caveman lying on the ground with a spear as he is attacked by a dinosaur, circa 1965.
Scientists unearth 176,000-years-old Neanderthal caves with mysterious rings

A team of archeologists has unearthed a number of mysterious structures from a deep and dark cave in southwestern France. The researchers believe that this cave was probably built by Neanderthals nearly 176,000 years ago.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Russia Wants Rule Book First Before Signing Paris Climate Change Agreement

Russia is now at odds with China, its previously reported ally, after the latter joined the United States in a quick ratification of the global agreement made in Paris, France, to impede climate change.

Mushroom-shaped cloud begins to form after the first H-Bomb explosion (US) at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific.
Reports: Obama's Historic Hiroshima Visit May Be Tainted with the Wrong Message to China, Other Asian Countries

United States President Barack Obama’s landmark visit to Hiroshima may be misunderstood and misused in the complex East Asian politics, several media outlets noted.

The Communist Party of China's elite will gather in an annual meeting at Beidaihe seaside resort.
CPC Elite Gather Facts Ahead of Annual Beidaihe Meeting

Top officials of the Communist Party of China are collecting information throughout the country in preparation for the annual policy-making meeting at the Beidaihe seaside resort.

First all-sky microwave image of the universe soon after the Big Bang, released by a team of astronomers from NASA and Princeton University on February 10, 2003 in Washington, DC.
NASA hits back at ex-Microsoft billionaire over false 'bad science' claims

Recently, the former chief technologist at Microsoft, Nathan P. Myhrvold, accused NASA of using “bad science” and flawed methods to estimate the size of the asteroids. Now, NASA has hit back on him for making “profound calculation errors” while making the claims.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen waves to the supporters at the celebration of the 14th presidential inauguration on May 20, 2016, in Taipei, Taiwan.
China Tightens Reigns on Taiwan as New President Takes Seat

China is tightening its grip on Taiwan as the island’s first-ever female president Tsai Ing-wen takes the highest seat in the land after an eight-year rule by the mainland-backed Kuomintang Party.

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