Dec 02 China's space ambitions include a robot on Mars and a human on the moon By Joe McDonald, Victoria Milko, Associated Press China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: AG Barr says no evidence of large-scale election fraud In our new wrap Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr has dealt a fresh blow to President Trump's claims of widespread election fraud, and a key scientific committee told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the first COVID-19… Continue watching
Dec 01 China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth By Joe McDonald, Associated Press A Chinese spacecraft landed on the moon Tuesday to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s, the government announced. Continue reading
Nov 23 China launches mission to bring back material from moon surface By Sam McNeil, Associated Press If successful, it would be a major advance for China's space program, and some experts say it could pave the way for bringing samples back from Mars or even a crewed lunar mission. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: AstraZeneca reports promising results on a COVID-19 vaccine In our news wrap Monday, Astra-Zeneca became the third major company to report promising results on a COVID-19 vaccine, the world’s greenhouse gas emissions have fallen during the pandemic but not enough to reduce record levels and General Motors is… Continue watching
Nov 23 China tests millions of people after COVID-19 flareups in 3 cities By Associated Press As temperatures drop, widescale measures are being enacted in Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli, even though the number of new cases remains low compared to the United States and other countries. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 8:41 Perspectives on Biden's win from Italy, Jordan and China How are other countries reacting to Joe Biden’s victory? Marwan Muasher has served as Jordan’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister and is now with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Nathalie Tocci is director of the Institute for International… Continue watching
Nov 11 TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene. Continue reading
Nov 11 Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers say they will resign en masse after four of them were ousted from the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s Legislature. Continue reading
Nov 03 Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the U.S. By Associated Press For countries around the planet, the presidency of Donald Trump in its first term has been, it is safe to say, a singular experience to watch. Nation by nation, how is Election Day in the United States being watched, considered,… Continue reading