Mexico imposes one of world’s strictest anti-smoking laws ABC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
Chinese city dwellers head to hometowns as holidays raise COVID stakes
Passengers laden with luggage flocked to rail stations in China’s megacities on Monday, heading to their hometowns for holidays that health experts fear could intensify a raging COVID-19 outbreak in areas less-equipped to handle it.
High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway
A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway
Passenger described as Irish after Nepal plane crash was UK national
The man has been named as Ruan Calum Crighton by Nepal’s aviation authority.
Death toll in missile strike on Dnipro apartment building rises to 40
The death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 40, authorities said Monday, as Western analysts pointed to indica…
Treasury Secretary Yellen and China’s Liu He talk U.S. tech policy at their first in-person meeting – CNBC
Treasury Secretary Yellen and China’s Liu He talk U.S. tech policy at their first in-person meeting CNBCU.S., China urged to bridge “tectonic rift” as treasury chief meets with Chinese counterpart CBS NewsUS, Chinese officials dis…
Study: China led the US in AI research output and quality in 2021, producing ~43,000 papers, about twice as many as the US, with 7,401 of the most-cited papers (Nikkei Asia)
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Study: China led the US in AI research output and quality in 2021, producing ~43,000 papers, about twice as many as the US, with 7,401 of the most-cited papers — Tencent, Alibaba and Huawei among the top 10 companies by…
“First, Hand Over Your Terrorists”: Turkey On Sweden, Finland NATO Bid
Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 “terrorists” to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to join NATO, President Tayyip Erdogan said.
Viral video of road rage incident leads to capture of wanted fugitive
The wanted fugitive was arrested after a viral video showed him exiting a Porsche to berate a minibus driver.
Brazil’s crowdfunded insurrection leaves paper trail for police
A wildly successful government-run payments system, Pix has become a key financial pillar underpinning former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s election-denial movement, allowing his most ardent fans to crowdfund their alternative media outlets and…