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A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to 'lethal trauma' as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. (Dec. 30)

Hoover Dam explosion captured in terrifying video in Nevada AN explosion has rocked the Hoover Dam, with thick black smoke seen billowing from the historic landmark. Footage posted on social media shows a giant fireball rising at the Nevada monument on T...

Incredible Wildfires scorch southern Europe amid record heatwave

As foreign investors and home buyers lose confidence in China’s property market, developers are offering cars and pigs to boost sales. WSJ examines ads and policies to see how the country’s real-estate turmoil could ripple out into the global economy. Pho...

A loving daughter mistook her father’s desire for her to lose weight as his own while they were on a walk along a nearby river in eastern China’s Shandong province. ‘I love you no matter what you will become,’ said the girl to her dad in the viral video o...

Ezhou Huahu Airport, the fourth dedicated freight airport in the world and the first in Asia, was put into operation on July 17, in central China's Hubei Province. It is estimated that by 2025, the new airport will have an annual throughput of one million...

China Update is about China economic and political news and analysis, today we discuss, the Chinese economy, the housing market and fears of financial crisis, the Chinese mortgage strike plus other China news

Long periods of sunny weather; a few heavy rain showers. That’s all fine...or is it? With increasing frequency, summer days are turning into long periods of drought, while rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding. Whereas weather systems were relatively...

A four-legged yellow and black robot has been called in to inspect the ancient ruins of Pompeii Italy's most famous archaeological sites. The robot, called Spot, designed by US-based Boston Dynamics, is part of a broader project to use technology to help...

A Damien Hirst art installation was removed from a gallery in Germany after animal rights groups complained that insects' rights were violated by a UV light set up to kill the creatures

Chinese gaming giant Tencent will scan gamers' faces to prevent children playing at night.

A video of a five-year-old girl carting around a US$75,000 camera to film a school wildlife project has gone viral on Chinese social media platforms. Meng Meng often follows her photo-videographer father when he goes shooting.

Venice is one of the world's most beautiful cities. It is made up of over a hundred islands in a lagoon in the northern Adriatic Sea. Venice is a cultural and tourist destination known for its museums, architecture, cityscape, and art world.

New facility unites the economic and demographic giants of Asia and Africa

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the far western region of Xinjiang on July 12-13, 2022, on his first trip to the area in eight years. The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is seen as a sensitive topic, with Beijing blaming years of violent attacks in...

On July 8, 2022 former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a campaign speech. He was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and played a significant role in the country’s political landscape.