Officials and experts have stressed the deep-rooted China-Saudi Arabia ties at a recent video seminar held by the Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Public Library. Held to
Over the past two decades, humanoid robots have greatly improved their ability to perform functions like grasping objects and using computer vision to detect things since Honda’s release of the ASIMO
The SoftBank logo seen in Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2020. /VCG To pay down debt and buy back shares, SoftBank quietly sold an additional 2.2 billion U.S. dollars of its shares in Alibaba Group in
Uber Technologies Inc on Monday said it would acquire Postmates Inc for 2.65 billion U.S. dollars to expand its food delivery market share and significantly increase the business of supplying everyda
Qu Dongyu, who took office on 1 August 2019 as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has spent his life working on how to make sure the world is fed. (P
Photo shows the Great Hall of the People. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou) Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has held talks with Chinese ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian, focusing on the respect for the sov
Computer vision summit CVPR has just (virtually) taken place, and like other CV-focused conferences, there are quite a few interesting papers. More than I could possibly write up individually, in fact
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday launched an initiative to preserve nature by protecting and promoting 15 national parks in an effort to increase the co
Chinese technology firm Huawei and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) on Wednesday agreed to boost cooperation in the fields of edu
Spain and Portugal’s prime ministers on Wednesday officially reopened their joint border to all travelers after a three-month closure to prevent the spread of coronavir
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday opened its 36th summit, which is chaired by Vietnam via video conference, focusing on COVID-19 response, p
Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam Wednesday signed the instrument of appointment of Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, 58, as
Lyft is using data collected from drivers on its ride-hailing app to accelerate the development of self-driving cars.Lyft’s Level 5 self-driving car program is using the data to build 3D maps,
Children have fun in "Dove Lane" in the old town Tuancheng of Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 27, 2020.(Xinhua/Sadat) The signing of a so-called human rights act r
SoftBank Group confirmed today it is considering selling its T-Mobile U.S. shares.Bloomberg reported last month that SoftBank was nearing an agreement to sell about $20 billion of its T-Mobile U.S. sh
Video:UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on June 15, 2020,asksthe world's leading companies to take bold action to address environmental,social and governance risks. (Xinhua)"Now more than ever, as
SoftBank's share buybacks slowed in May, a company filing showed on Friday, although total purchases to support its share price since March reached 312 billion yen (2.9 billion U.S. dollars).The buyb