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With endeavors from all sectors of society, repairs to the 226-meter-long dike breach at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake in Central China's Hunan Province, have been accelerating with the restoration work proceeding from both land and water, despite experts noting that restoration of the dike will become increasingly difficult as the gap is narrowing.

The office of the food safety commission of the State Council established a joint investigation team on Tuesday as public concern continues to foment following a report by The Beijing News, which revealed a startling scandal of the mixed use of tankers for edible and chemical oil.

China has established a comprehensive international logistics service system, primarily based on maritime shipping, Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport, said on Wednesday, highlighting that China's international logistics supply chain is crucial for the global supply chain’s stability and security.

US tech firm OpenAI has restricted access to its artificial intelligence (AI) models through its application programming interface (API) service in China since Tuesday.

Six people have been killed as of Thursday in Dianjiang county, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality following torrential rains. The municipality has activated geological disaster and flood control emergency response in multiple districts and counties.

Concerns about the safety of autonomous driving and the potential gradual replacement of traditional taxis by driverless ones have been raised following an accident involving a driverless ride-hailing car in central China's Hubei Province. Industry observers said the industry is still in a nascent phase and that more support needs to be rolled out to address challenges brought by the development of driverless ride-hailing vehicles.

Tourists and local residents participate in a fish festival in a village in Liuzhou, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on July 11, 2024, the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar Chinese calendar. The annual event is a traditional festival for the Miao ethnic group to pray for a bumper harvest, prosperity, and well-being for humans and animals. Photo: VCG

China has established a childbearing and child-rearing supporting system, with a number of policies rolled out in localities across the country, including extending maternity leave to 158 days or longer, raising childbirth allowance and child-rearing subsidies, and providing more professional and affordable babysitter services at childcare institutions, Central China Television reported on Thursday, the 35th World Population Day, citing officials from China's National Health Commission (NHC).

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Blaming Manchin might be the path of least resistance.

Nasdaq fell more than 13% in April — the tech-heavy index's biggest monthly loss since the 2008 financial crisis.

The Paramount+ show is less about the making of The Godfather than the miracle that movies ever get made.

ECHO and the penguins seem to be getting along, researchers say.

Apple’s big privacy update came out a year ago. What did it do for you?

The death penalty was not an option under the terms of the agreement that allowed Kotey and another man to be extradited to the U.S.

Obtaining an abortion in Oklahoma is about to become all but impossible.

Spend May with Jonathan Lethem’s lovely and prescient novel of friendship, race, class, and superheroes.

The Oklahoma Heartbeat Act prohibits abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo.

The trips in and out of the freezer took their toll on the snowman who was sent from Kentucky to snow-deprived children in Florida.