The announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics is held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 3, 2023. Three scientists, Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L\’Hui
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U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown.
The upper chamber
U.S. government starts notifying federal employees about imminent shutdown amid funding deadlock
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — The U.S. government started notifying federal workers on Thursday that a shutdown seems to be imminent, as the Congress remains deadlocked over how to fund the governm
U.S. attempts to sow discord in South China Sea destined to be futile
At the recent East Asia Summit (EAS), the United States once again stirred up trouble over the South China Sea issue, attempting to sow discord between relevant countries and China.
The United States
Look into the mirror: The US only has itself to blame for fentanyl crisis
People gather near the Capitol building during a right-wing rally in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
Staring into the abyss of a fentanyl crisis in the US, one
China, Nicaragua ink free trade deal to boost economic ties
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — China and Nicaragua on Thursday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) after year-long negotiations in the latest effort to enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
Wildfires still raging on Greece\’s Rhodes island
This photo taken on July 22, 2023 shows smoke caused by a massive wildfire in the Rhodes island in Greece. (Photo by Argiris Mantikos/Xinhua)
Greece is experiencing its worst heatwave in decades with
Opinion: U.S. nuclear policy fueling global instability and uncertainty
In January 2022, the five nuclear-armed countries (China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France) issued a joint statement emphasizing the need to prevent nuclear war and avoid arms races.
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Over 460,000 affected by heavy rainfall in SW China\’s Sichuan
CHENGDU, July 4 (Xinhua) — More than 460,000 people have been affected by heavy downpours this month in southwest China\’s Sichuan Province, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarter
Science-based measures implemented to protect old, valuable trees
Old and valuable trees are \”living fossils\” that carry the memories of civilizations. Over the recent years, local authorities across China have been working to ensure that the responsibility of conse