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China’s smoking culture is facing a sharper public challenge as more nonsmokers, especially younger people, refuse to stay quiet about secondhand smoke. According to The New York Times, disputes between smokers and…
As Canadian wildfires spread smoke across the U.S. the air pollution is dangerous to health. But there are ways to protect yourself. Here's what to know
Air quality warnings remain in place across parts of the US as wildfire smoke continues to move east, leaving large areas under caution and prompting uncertainty over conditions in the days ahead. Smoke from fires in…
China has warned it could retaliate if Washington follows through with restrictions on new robot imports, turning robotics into another flashpoint in the wider U.S.-China technology race.
Chinese President Xi Jinping used China’s flagship artificial intelligence conference in Shanghai on Friday to present Beijing as a leader in shaping the next global rules for AI, while also positioning China as an…
Copernicus data showed exceptional wildfire emissions and hazardous smoke across parts of western Europe after prolonged heat and dry conditions.
Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall on China’s east coast, bringing a new period of heavy rain and strong winds to affected areas and prompting warnings over flooding and landslides. H2: Typhoon Dolphin brings rain to…
The threat of China’s AI capabilities raises alarms among U.S. firms as industry leaders urge action to maintain technological superiority
Increased rainfall is making grasslands and cornfields possible in areas that were once deserts, helping China, the world's largest beef importer, become more self-reliant by expanding domestic cattle production.
As wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota sends air quality indexes to record levels for millions of people, a simple box fan air purifier offers a low-cost way to breathe easier indoors.
Beijing’s tourism push is about more than numbers. According to an opinion piece in The Guardian by Zichen Wang, China is relaxing visa rules at a time when officials appear to be pursuing two goals at once: giving the…
Typhoon Dolphin approached eastern China with 162 kilometre per hour winds as flights were cancelled, ports closed and hundreds of thousands evacuated.
Millions of Americans faced air quality alerts from Minnesota to New York as smoke from Canadian wildfires spread across 20 US states, with authorities urging people to stay indoors.
Astronaut photographs published by NASA show smoke surrounding Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as major fires affect air quality and communities.
China's Arctic shipping route is turning the Northern Sea Route into a more visible part of Eurasian trade and strategic planning.
109 million people faced another day of poor air quality as smoke from wildfires burning in Ontario drifted over the US, affecting the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.
Chinese President Xi Jinping used a speech at Shanghai's World AI Conference to call for AI development to become "a symphony of global cooperation" rather than a field dominated by any single country, days before China…
The UK's decision to nationalise British Steel has triggered a sharp diplomatic rebuke from Beijing, with China's government formally declaring itself strongly dissatisfied with a move it argues sends a damaging signal…
China’s artificial intelligence push is starting to look less like a distant economic forecast and more like an immediate workplace issue for some workers on the ground. In Wuhan, taxi drivers are already describing the…
Residents across the northeastern United States found themselves squeezed between two very different but equally dangerous weather threats this weekend, as flash flood warnings and lingering wildfire smoke combined to…
Ikea is preparing to bring its secondhand ambitions further into the UK market, with a new platform designed to let members of its loyalty scheme buy and sell preowned items directly with one another. The retailer said…
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has added another layer of uncertainty to the World Cup final set for the New York area, where organizers and spectators are already dealing with a mix of logistical and political…
In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones
A New York Times report says China is pairing open, inexpensive AI tools with diplomacy in an effort to build goodwill and widen its reach abroad.