In China's increasingly high-pressure labor market, a new sociological term is gaining traction among Gen Z and millennial professionals: "first-job colleagues", or more colloquially, "workplace childhood friends".
China has made major advances in water-related technology during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), including breakthroughs in digital water systems and hydrological monitoring, officials said on Wednesday.
PHNOM PENH, April 30--Twenty nearly-extinct Royal Turtles were freed into their natural habitat in the Sre Ambel River in southwest Preah Sihanouk province in Cambodia on Wednesday, a conservationist group said.The Royal Turtle was designated as Cambodias national reptile by a royal decree in.
China has issued its first national policy to regulate gig workers, outlining measures to improve labor protections and clarify responsibilities in the platform economy, officials and researchers said.
Chinese tax authorities have fined a social media influencer nearly 19 million yuan ($2.8 million) for tax evasion after investigators found he underreported income over several years, officials said.
WASHINGTON, April 27--Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting Saturday night at the White House CorrespondentsAssociation Dinner, was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate U.
SYDNEY, April 28--Two people have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being rescued from a house fire southwest of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday morning.
NEW DELHI, April 28--Most parts of India have continued to face extreme heatwave conditions over the past few days.As a precautionary measure, a new ward to treat heat-stroke cases has been opened at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in central Delhi.
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BEIJING, April 27--An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1657 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
NEW YORK, April 26--At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting near Indiana University in Bloomington, the U.
China and the United States have agreed to launch a new round of giant panda conservation cooperation, with two pandas set to be sent to Zoo Atlanta under a 10-year program, according to media reports.
An experimental gene therapy improved hearing in most patients with a rare form of congenital deafness, according to results from a China-led clinical study published in the journal Nature.
An investigation into a suspension bridge collapse in northwest China that killed five people and injured 24 found construction flaws and safety violations were to blame, authorities said Wednesday. Eleven people have been referred to judicial authorities.
China expects grain output to rise in 2026, with prices remaining broadly stable, according to an official agricultural outlook report covering the next decade.
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China has issued a new policy requiring cities to integrate youth development into urban planning, covering housing, healthcare, education and public services, to better support young people and families across the country.
OSLO, April 22--The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europeon Wednesday called for stronger efforts to improve access to influenza vaccines and boost uptake among at-risk groups across Europe.
NEW YORK, April 22--At least two people were killed and 19 others sent to hospital on Wednesday after a chemical leak occurred at a silver catalyst manufacturing plant in the U.S.state of West Virginia, local authorities said.
China and South Korea held a handover ceremony on Wednesday morning at Incheon International Airport for the remains of 12 Chinese People's Volunteers soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), along with 146 personal effects.
BEIJING, April 21--Chinese authorities have arranged flood control, emergency rescue and disaster relief work in key regions as frequent rainfall continues to hit the southern part of the country.
NEW DELHI, April 22--At least 13 persons died and nearly two dozen were injured when a powerful blast occurred inside a firecracker-manufacturing unit in Indias southern state of Kerala on Tuesday, confirmed a local police officer.
A six-week course of treatment for brain cancer at a hospital in China can cost about 54,000 yuan (about 7,870 U.S. dollars), a price that could be unaffordable for many families, given the country's per capita disposable income of 43,377 yuan in 2025.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northern Nevada on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
HONG KONG, April 12--As Hong Kong gears up for the upcoming National Security Education Day on April 15, a series of events have highlighted the pivotal role of coordinated development and security in sustaining the citys prosperity and stability.
More than 570,000 Chinese students went abroad for study in 2025, while over 535,000 returned to China, data from the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange under the Ministry of Education showed.
Tencent's WeChat has introduced a series of measures since March to curb the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools on its official accounts platform, amid growing hype on social media around AI-powered "one-person companies", according to media reports.
Sri Lanka has repatriated 125 telecom fraud suspects to China after joint operations targeting cross-border scams, authorities said.
China's television regulator said it has removed tens of thousands of AI-altered videos and penalized multiple accounts as part of a campaign to curb problematic online content.
MANILA, April 9--Six people died in a collision between a bus and a multicab on Wednesday night in Camarines Sur, southern Luzon Island of the Philippines, local media reported.
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