Thursday, 10th, 2024 | 10:11AM Updated

A woman who is five months pregnant with her second child takes a sonogram at a local hospital in Shanghai.
Pregnant Moms in China Urge to Take More Prenatal Check-ups

Pregnant women in China are asked to take more medical check-ups as proposed by Shi Yaozhong, during the Third Session of the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

An international student graduates from a Chinese university, one among thousands who self-finance their study.
China to Launch New Scholarship Inspired by President Xi’s 'One Belt and One Road'

The government is set to launch a new scholarship program for students coming from countries involved in the country’s Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, the Beijing Times reported.

China has previously sent army medical workers to Africa as part of its health development ties with the country.
China, Africa to Strengthen Health Development Ties

Over 350 health leaders from China and Africa have recently attended a roundtable discussion, calling for an intensified health development partnership between the two countries.

Amanda Knox
Italy’s Highest Court Ends Amanda Knox Long Legal Battle, Rules For Acquittal

Italy's Supreme Court has finally announced a decision in favor of Amanda Knox, who had her declared innocence for more than seven years.

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Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father and first prime minister, recently died because of severe pneumonia.
Chinese Local Officials to Turn Lee Kuan Yew’s Ancestral Home into Tourist Spot; 40-Million-Yuan Project Earns Netizens' Ire

Local officials in the Guangdong Province, where the Dabu county-situated residence of Lee Kuan Yew is located, plan to invest 40 million yuan to turn the ancestral house into a tourist spot.

Yawunik kootenayi
Weird Prehistoric Lobster had Claws with Teeth but is Related to Modern Butterflies

Two of these claws bore opposing rows of teeth that helped the animal catch its prey.

Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Conducts One-Year Space Mission; Humans Will Enter Deep Space Following Robots

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly will ride a spacecraft today to the International Space Station (ISS), to complete a one-year space mission. Humans are now planning to follow robots and unmanned spacecraft into deep space.

Lubitz Evidence
Co-pilot of Flight 9525 Andreas Lubitz Hid Illness from Employers and Not Fit to Work the Day of the Tragic Crash

Prosecutors say that Andreas Lubitz, the German co-pilot who deliberately caused the plane to crash in the French Alps, did not tell Germanwings he was not fit to work and also hid his medical condition. A bunch of torn medical notes have been found by investigators in Lubitz's homes, including one for that fatal day.

Many experts, including Nobel Prize laureate Yang Zhenning, believe that more ventures into space could lead to further understanding of dark matter.
Parallel Universe of Dark Matter Probably Doesn't Exist, say Scientists

The dark matter universe is supposed to contain dark versions of regular matter particles, like dark photons, dark electrons and dark protons.

Black Hole
Scientists Spot Supermassive Black Hole; Will We Get Sucked In?

Supermassive black holes are known to suck everything that gets close to it, including light. Researchers located one in a galaxy not far, far away.

Fire in Manhattan
Normal Day in Manhattan’s East Village Turns Chaotic as Building Collapses, Gets Engulfed in Flames and Damages Other Structures

A typical afternoon in New York City’s East Village turned into a horrific day when an explosion caused part a building to collapse and set the structure into flames, damaging two more.

China and the U.S. have been intensifying efforts to phase down super polluting hydrofluorocarbons.
No. 2 Degrees Celsius Limit Is Not Enough For Global Warming: Scientists

Scientists are now arguing that the current 2 degrees Celsius target limit for global warming is not enough.

China's domestic population of terrestrial vertebrates has nearly halved for the past four years.
China a Key Player in Global Fight Against Illegal Wildlife Trade

As home to many endangered species like the giant panda, the South China tiger and the Tibetan antelope, China is playing an increasingly important role in fighting illegal wildlife trade, a senior American official told reporters Thursday at a wildlife conference in Botswana.

Indiana Governor Mike Pence
Health Emergency Declared in Southern Indiana due to HIV Outbreak

An outbreak has reached epidemic proportions, according to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence pertaining to the spread of HIV linked to intravenous drug use in a rural southern county, hence the declaration of public-health emergency.

Attorney General Kamala Harris
Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris Takes The Lead On Quashing 'Sodomite Suppression Act'

A "kill gays" ballot initiative in California which would require anyone who is involved in a same-sex sexual affairs be killed "by bullets to the head" or any other method would be unconstitutional should it pass, however, one state leader is opposing it and trying to get it stopped in this instant.

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