Wednesday, 9th, 2024 | 4:15PM Updated

This still image from a video clip displays a female student in Quanzhou City being bullied by three other students.
Chinese Watchdog Debars Websites from Putting Up Bullying Cases

With a goal to protect the youth, Chinese watchdogs issued a rule that prohibits websites from posting details of juvenile bullying cases.

The current policy in place permits a family to have a second child on the condition that both parents came from single-child families.
Specialist Schools Increase as Number of Newborns Rise in China

China is experiencing a baby boom. According to statistics compiled by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning (BMCHFP) on June 25, the previous year saw a rise in newborns, with approximately 249,000 new moms and 140 specialist schools registered in 2014.

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Paleontologists Discover Ancient Spiky Armored Worm

A new study has identified a new species of a strange worm with spike all over its body, which lived about half a billion years ago.

Convicted Boston murderer Adnan Syed.
'Serial' Podcast Murderer Appeals Sentence, New Witness to 1999 Murder Steps Forward

The convicted criminal Adnan Syed of the 1999 Baltimore City murder appealed his sentence before the courts citing his legal counsel as ineffective. Syed's murder conviction and the circumstances surrounding is now the plot the phenomenal hit podcast entitled "Serial".

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The location of the New Horizons Ralph instrument, which detected methane on Pluto, is shown. The inset is a false color image of Pluto and Charon in infrared light; pink indicates methane on Pluto’s surface.
New Horizons Nearing Pluto; Detects Frozen Methane on Surface

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft had detected for the first time methane on dwarf Pluto as it nears its final approach on July 14.

Foreign tourists show some items they bought in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province.
Beijing, Shanghai Offer 11 Percent Tax Refund as Incentive to Overseas Tourists

The local governments of Beijing and Shanghai are offering overseas tourists with tax refunds on their purchases starting July 1, as a move to boost tourism in the two Chinese megacities.

The Beijing International Airport is undergoing development and expansion plans.
Chinese Gov't to Allot 500 Billion Yuan for Belt and Road Aviation Projects

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will allocate up to 500 billion yuan ($80 billion) for 193 large and medium aviation development projects by the end of this year to improve air connectivity to economies under the "Belt and Road" initiatives, the Business Herald reported.

A map showing the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road proposed by China.
Chinese Government Considers Overseas Industrial Parks a Key Focus in Foreign Policy

As early as the 1990s, overseas industrial parks were being created at the initiative of individual Chinese companies to reduce costs and expand overseas markets, but now Beijing is aiming to incorporate this approach to its foreign policy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his support to France as the western nation is set to host the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
Chinese Officials Formerly Under Xi Jinping Rise Through the Ranks

Three figures who previously worked with Chinese President Xi Jinping recently elevated their status in the political sphere. According to U.S.-based Duowei News, all three officials possibly earned Xi's trust by abiding by his stringent code of integrity and discipline.

This illustration shows what a Prandtl-m might look like flying above the surface of Mars.
First Mars Airplane? NASA Develops the Prandtl-m

NASA has been developing the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars or the Prandtl-m which will become the first aircraft to fly over Mars.

NASA confirmed that the fireball that streaked over Louisiana to Virginia Monday night is not a meteor but just space junk.
NASA: Fireball Streaking Over Southeastern US is Just Space Debris

NASA video footage revealed that the mysterious fireball that streaked over Monday's night sky was probably space debris re-entering the atmosphere.

UK has the highest risk of asteroid impact due to tsunamis.
Scientists Warn UK Has Highest Risk of Asteroid Impact Causing Tsunamis

Scientists warn that the UK has the highest asteroid impact risk based on calculations from an early warning asteroid software system.

Jupiter and Venus coming in line
Venus, Jupiter Set To Make Single Bright Spot In Western Sky

Venus and Jupiter have set up a date tonight with both coming close enough to seemingly look to be a single entity in the night sky. So bright will be the coming together of the two planets that astronomers have said the celestial spectacle will be visible to even the naked eye. Those interested will just have to watch out the western sky just post sunset.

A leaked photo of vessel 868.
PLA Navy Receives Its First Mobile Landing Platform

Guangzhou’s Wenchong shipyard has officially handed over China’s first mobile landing platform (MLP), known as vessel 868, to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Sunday.

Babbler birds from the Australian outback apparently communicate the way humans do.
Babbler Birds from Australia Can Communicate Like Humans Do

A new study reveals how babbler birds from Australia can communicate in a way that is very similar to humans using different sounds that convey different meanings.

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