Delta COVID-19 variant now dominant strain worldwide; U.S. deaths surge
Carl O'Donnell and Jeff Mason
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Published Friday, July 16, 2021 12:57PM EDTLast Updated Friday, July 16, 2021 1:43PM EDT
The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a...
US seeing ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ as cases rise in every state
Public health chiefs warn of ‘extraordinary surge’ as less than half the US population fully vaccinated
Ed Pilkington and Lauren Aratani in New York
Fri 16 Jul 2021 18.47 BST
Covid cases are rising in all 50 US states as the...
China completes world's first ischemia-free heart transplantation
15:31, 17-Jul-2021
China announced Friday that it performed the world's first ischemia-free heart transplant surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yet-sen University in southern China's Guangzhou. According to...
Nearly 1.44 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China
Xinhua| 2021-07-17 15:42:26
BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1.44 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in China as of Friday, the National Health Commission announced on Saturday...
Another big budget blockbuster Korean war moive is about to release, tribute to Korean War heroes of the Chinese army
“The Battle at Lake Changjin”
The plot is centered on how Chinese soldiers won the battle at Lake Changjin (also known as battle of Chosin Reservoir) in extreme weather...
China unveils robotic shark drone which uses AI to fire torpedoes at enemy ships
The weaponised sea drone was designed to look like a small shark and uses AI to detect enemy vessels, and if necessary fire torpedoes at the them
By Ryan Merrifield
11:54, 15 JUL 2021
China has built a shark...
China takes a step towards developing space plane with test flight hailed as symbol of country’s rise as a ‘space superpower’
Friday’s test of an experimental vessel is a step towards the development of a hypersonic vehicle that could reach any corner of the earth within an hour
One day the...
Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after inaugural flight
Thomson Reuters
Jul 16, 2021 | 8:44 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese spacecraft capable of flying to the edge of the atmosphere took off and returned to Earth on the same day in what China said was a big step towards developing...
China’s Xiaomi overtakes Apple in the global smartphone market
PUBLISHED FRI, JUL 16 20212:17 AM EDT
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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was the...
China’s universities produce millions of graduates each year, but many can’t get a decent job and end up unemployed or in factories
A record high of 9.09 million university graduates entered the job market this summer, increasing from 8.74 million in 2020, according to the Ministry of Education...
Tokyo records highest COVID-19 case numbers since January as Olympics draw near
BY JOSEPH DITZLER• STARS AND STRIPES •
JULY 15, 2021
TOKYO – Japan’s capital city on Thursday reported another 1,308 people had contracted COVID-19, its highest one-day count of new patients since January...
Chinese breakthrough allows physicists to build the world’s most powerful laser
Technological leap would allow the firing of a laser 10,000 times more powerful than all the electricity grids in the world combined
With this development, the Station of Extreme Light could aid research in new...
Chinese scientists develop fabric they say can cool the body by nearly 5 degrees Celsius
It looks like ordinary T-shirt material and uses technology that causes it to emit mid-infrared radiation to reduce wearer’s temperature
Team designed the ‘metafabric’ to help people cope in a world...
China's GDP rises 12.7% year-on-year in H1, 2021
By Globaltimes.cn
Published: Jul 15, 2021 10:03 AM
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2019 shows a night view of the Lujiazui area in Shanghai, east China.(Photo: Xinhua)
China's GDP rises 12.7% year-on-year in H1
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Consumption totals $3.28 trillion in H1, contributing 61.7% of economic growth in China
16:39 Jul 15 2021
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The total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 23.0 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2021, totaling 21.2 trillion yuan ($3.28 trillion), of which online...