The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
The four astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission have spoken publicly for the first time since safely returning to Earth after completing what is being described as the first human trip to
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Chinese scientists have announced a major advance in semiconductor technology, unveiling a wafer-scale growth method for two-dimensional materials that is reportedly 1,000 times faster than existing techniques. The breakthrough comes as global
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A Chinese geospatial intelligence company, MizarVision, has claimed it used artificial intelligence-driven analysis to track the movement patterns of US bombers operating over Iran by studying aerial refuelling missions. The findings, detailed
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In the quiet corridors of China’s leading technology centres in Beijing, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, a subtle but consequential reversal is underway. As reported by the Financial Times, a growing number of elite
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San Francisco police have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and later issuing threats outside the company’s headquarters, in
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From April 13 to 18, the upcoming China International Consumer Products Expo in south China’s Hainan Province will bring together more than 3,400 brands from around 60 countries and regions. Spanning lifestyle
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Google has announced a significant global expansion of its AI-powered Google Finance experience, marking a major step in the company’s push to transform how users interact with financial information. Starting today, the
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The Iran war has granted airports in China and India a rare chance: the opportunity to anchor global travel, as reported by the Financial Times. Before the conflict began in February, one
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Standing in the dust of Çatalhöyük—a 9,000-year-old Neolithic site known to archaeology since the 1960s, yet virtually non-existent in discussions about political science and law—a question haunted me: “How come no one told
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A groundbreaking study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed that great apes can mirror each other’s facial expressions with remarkable precision, offering new insights into the evolutionary roots of human communication.
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