The Chinese government is moving to seize the power of some of China’s most influential internet companies. The country’s top market regulator announced Monday that it is penalizing Alibaba and China Literature, Tencent’s e-book spin-off fan, for failing to report their previous acquisition deals for clearance. The cases include Alibaba’s …
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Will Trump continue his bromance with Kim Jong Un?
SEOUL – After stepping down next month and who will score the second run in 2024, will the flames of Donald Trump’s legendary bromance with Kim Jong Un burn? The Korean dictator must have liked the sympathy with the former president in Pyongyang, as he paid a courtesy call on …
Read More »U.S. Coronavirus: States ready for first Covid-19 vaccination as US approaches 300,000 deaths
Thousands of vials of the vaccine were collected for distribution across the country after passing its last regulatory hurdle on Sunday. “We expect to receive the vaccine at 145 sites in all states on Monday, another 425 sites on Tuesday and the final 66 sites on Wednesday, which will complete …
Read More »Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent the next epidemic
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Night fell in Pedra Branca State Park in Rio de Janeiro as four Brazilian scientists turned on their flashlights to walk on a narrow trail of mud in the Ga flash rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: to catch bats and help prevent the …
Read More »Finally, NASA has unveiled a unique way to achieve the objectives of Artemis III
When Artemis III, the first crude Artemis mission, finally touches the lunar surface, that moment will happen again like Apollo 11 … but then what? NASA has finally unveiled an unstable path of ultracool science objectives for Artemis III, including field geology, sample collection and compensation, and experiments that will …
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