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A magnificent aerial view of Tianshan Mountains in NW China

On board a flight from Urumqi City to Aksu Prefecture, a photographer captured magnificent scenes of snow-capped Tianshan Mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur

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Endangered leatherback turtles hatch in Ecuador

Nine leatherback turtles, the largest endangered marine turtle in the world, were hatched along the coast of Ecuador, the Ministry of Environment said Tuesday.The Dermochelys coriacea, the turtle's s

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Lawmakers want to empower publishers to collectively negotiate with Facebook

On the heels of a heated standoff between platforms and publishers in Australia, U.S. lawmakers reintroduced a piece of legislation that would allow the news industry to collectively negotiate content

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Audience engagement startup Trufan raises $2.3M

Trufan, a startup selling tools helping marketers analyze their social followings and collect audience data, announced today that it has raised a $2.3 million seed round.Despite raising a relatively s

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A daily limit of 2,000 arrivals proposed for Japan during Olympics

Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. /CFP The Tokyo Olympics seems to be moving toward a spectator-free format. The Japanese government plans to set a daily limit of 2,000 on international traveler

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A detailed view of the bumpy texture on the skin of frogs and toads

Many people assume the skins of frogs and toads are smooth and slimy, but the photos captured by Michael Palmer from Southampton, Hants, England, show the incredible de

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Apple releases important iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch security patches

Apple has released a set of security updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs, and Watches. There are no new features — but these are updates you will still want to install.As part of these security fixes

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Chung Wai-Kit: Take the first step to see the bigger world

Take the first step to see the bigger world.mp300:00Thirty-seven-year-old Chung Wai-Kit is a Beijing-based producer of documentary films. Born and raised in Hong Kong,

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Beautiful photos of fork-tailed sunbirds

The fork-tailed sunbird is usually found in subtropical or tropical forests. The male has metallic-green crown and dark crimson throat, while the female has grey crown.

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Chinese scientists use facial recognition AI to track monkeys

00:43 Facial recognition technology is now widely-adopted in our lives. It uses computer algorithms to pick out distinctive details on a person’s face and compare them

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Trump announces new tranche of endorsements

Former President Trump released a new tranche of endorsements as he asserts himself as the leader of the Republican Party going into the 2022 midterms.In a trio of endo

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Galapagos island gets 36 endangered giant tortoises

Three dozen endangered giant tortoises, born and raised in captivity, have been released into the wild on one of the Galapagos islands, where their kind is from.The Galapagos National Park said the 3

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Feast your eyes on brightly colored orange-bellied leafbirds

The orange-bellied leafbird has an orange belly, a green back and a blue tail. The bird can be found in China, Thailand, Vietnam and other Asian countries. They mainly

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My Vlog: What are the differences between NPC and CPPCC?

02:20 China's most important political event – the Two Sessions – is underway. It refers to the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese

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Why we shouldn't take China's post-pandemic GDP numbers at face value

03:55 Editor's note: In a post-pandemic world, a COVID-19 vaccine is like the light at the end of the tunnel. At the same time, China's strong economic recovery offers hope to the worl

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Wildlife photographer takes extraordinary photos of birds

Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters takes photos of birds who visit his back garden in Shropshire, a landlocked county in England. From fighting nuthatch and gold