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World's second EPR-style nuclear fusion reactor greenlit to operate in China
• 6 years agoThe next-gen reactor carried out its first reaction, becoming only second in the world to reach the milestone.
Six months after CRISPR babies scandal, renewed debate in the scientific community
• 6 years agoThe WHO, too, has formed a panel to develop global standards to oversee gene editing, but efforts are moving slowly.
Typhoon Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm: Toll in Philippines rises to 65; Hong Kong begins massive clean-up
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMangkhut weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm on Monday as it moved deeper into southern China.
China launches 55-kilometre mega bridge connecting Hong Kong to mainland; set to be world's longest oversea structure
• 6 years agoThe world's longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China will be launched on Tuesday at a time when Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on its semi-autonomous territories.
Hong Kong opens high-speed rail link with China; Opposition lawmakers say move violates country's constitutional document
Pratibha Advani • 6 years agoCosting upward of $10 billion and taking more than eight years to build, the system aims to transport more than 80,000 passengers daily between Hong Kong and the neighbouring manufacturing hub of Guangdong province.
Philippines typhoon toll rises to 81; 59 people still missing as rescue teams dig through landslide in Itogon
• 6 years agoMangkhut swamped farm fields in the nation's agricultural north and smashed houses when it tore through at the weekend with violent winds and heavy rains. Since then the toll has climbed mostly due to the corpses recovered from the massive landslide in the mining town of Itogon where dozens are still believed buried under the mud.
Principal loses job for hiring pole dancer to welcome Kindergarten children in China; school issues apology to parents
• 7 years agoA kindergarten principal of a Chinese school was fired following parents and public anger for permitting a pole dance which was performed on the flagpole bearing the national flag.
Chinese woman dies after being bitten by venomous serpent she purchased online to make snake wine
• 7 years agoA Chinese woman who had hoped to make traditional snake wine died after being bitten by a venomous serpent which she ordered from an online shopping portal.
Typhoon Talim intensifies; over two lakh people evacuated in China's Fujian, Zhejiang provinces
• 7 years agoOver two lakh people have been evacuated from China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces as Talim, the region's 18th typhoon this year, moves rapidly towards the country's southeast coast.
China: Typhoon Pakhar makes landfall days after Typhoon Hato hit Guangdong province
Ians • 8 years agoPakhar, the 14th typhoon of 2017, on Sunday landed in the Chinese city Taishan in Guangdong province, bringing gales of up to 33 meters per second