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Beijing unveils 15 measures to promote birth-friendly society
Global Times
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Child artists paint green trees by hand in a community in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on March 12, 2025. Photo: VCGMultiple cities in China, including Beijing and Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous...
Velykyi Luh Forest Replanted Itself: Ukrainian War-Ravaged Dam Begins Rewilding Rebellion
Intelligent Living
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August 1, 2025
On June 6, 2023, the Nova Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine collapsed, unleashing an environmental shockwave across the Dnipro River basin. Originally constructed in the 1950s as part of the Soviet hydroelectric grid, the dam had submerged an...
China is betting on a real-world use of AI to challenge US control
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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SHANGHAI — As the United States and China vie for control over the future of artificial intelligence, Beijing has embarked on an all-out drive to transform the technology from a remote concept to a newfangled reality, with applications on factory...
China Is Betting on a Real-World Use of AI to Challenge U.S. Control
The Japan News
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August 2, 2025
The Washington Post 11:47 JST, August 2, 2025 SHANGHAI – As the United States and China vie for control over the future of artificial intelligence, Beijing has embarked on an all-out drive to transform the technology from a remote concept to a...
Centromeres Unmasked: The Complete Genome of Weeping Forsythia
Newswise
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July 31, 2025
Newswise — Forsythia suspensa, or weeping forsythia, is prized for its vivid yellow blossoms and valued in traditional Chinese medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties. It also plays an important ecological role in erosion control due to its...
Greenhouse Propagation Technology for Coniferous Trees Under Testing
Montsame News Agency
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Ulaanbaatar, July 29, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat has worked at the ‘Green Wall’ tree nursery site in Uvurkhangai aimag. The ‘Green Wall’ Project, being jointly implemented by the Government of...
Beyond peak coal trade
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 1, 2025
The global coal market is on the cusp of an extraordinary shift, preparing for what the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its Coal Mid-Year Update 2025 describes as “an unprecedented occurrence in this century”: a second consecutive year of...
India Women’s Wrestling Team Shines at U-17 World Wrestling Championship 2025 With Six Medals
Latestly
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August 2, 2025
Mumbai, August 2: The 2025 Under-17 World Championship is underway in Athens (Greece), and once again, the Indian women wrestlers have showcased their dominance on the world stage. The Indian Women's Wrestling Team has secured a total of 6...
Heights Athletic Boosters’ ‘Hype the Heights’ event is Aug. 9: Press Run
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 2, 2025
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Heights Athletic Boosters will host a “Hype the Heights” event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Cleveland Heights High School football stadium, 13263 Cedar Road. The event serves as media day for Heights High...
Sumo: Hoshoryu being treated for fractured, dislocated big toe
Kyodo News+
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August 1, 2025
TOKYO - Grand champion Hoshoryu has a fractured and dislocated left big toe, the Japan Sumo Association said Friday in announcing the diagnoses of wrestlers who will miss the summer regional tour beginning this weekend. When the Mongolian-born...
Centre scrambles to revamp export plan as US tariffs hit India, favour ASEAN
Mint
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August 2, 2025
The development comes on the back of a deadlock in bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiations between India and the US, which the two countries have been grappling with since June, as reported by Mint on 11 June. The new plan involves...
The Best New Blu-ray and 4K Releases in August 2025
IndieWire
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August 1, 2025
Physical media culture is alive and thriving thanks to the home video tastemakers hailing everywhere from The Criterion Collection to Kino Lorber and the Warner Archive Collection. Each month, IndieWire highlights the best recent and upcoming...
Kitchens of Hope: Immigrants Share Stories of Resilience and Recipes from Home by Linda S. Svitak and Christin Jaye Eaton with Lee Svitak Dean
Shepherd Express - Wisconsin
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August 1, 2025
What would America be without tacos and tortillas? Perhaps the easiest way to draw a picture of the immigrants’ contribution to the U.S. is through food. Recent immigrants have only diversified the menu. Kitchens of Hope is a cookbook accompanied...
Trump urges Israel to address ‘real starvation’
The Saturday Paper
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August 1, 2025
Great power rivalry Gaza: United States President Donald Trump has urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza to stave off “real starvation” in the enclave, as Israel paused fighting and boosted aid flows amid an international outcry over the...
RSS, textbooks and fictitious narratives
Organiser Weekly
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“Gibbons, Spengler, Lecky and Cantu, eminent authorities in the history of rise and falls of civilisations, have clearly stated that peoples and nations rise when they become conscious of their potential powers as substantiated with the deeds and...
Trump’s tariffs are taming China
The Spectator
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July 30, 2025
This week, the fate of the global economy could have been decided over a Mongolian barbecue in a Stockholm tourist trap. On Tuesday, just 50 yards from Sweden’s seat of government, Rosenbad – where the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the...
What will it take for China to arrest its declining birth rate?
The Conversation
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August 1, 2025
China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around £312) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days after plans were unveiled to roll out free...
How to get on Picnic Table in Grounded 2
Sportskeeda
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August 1, 2025
The Picnic Table in Grounded 2 is an excellent source of candies and one of the two sources of Blueberries. Reaching the place isn’t as complicated, but climbing on top for resources is a little tricky due to deadly bugs across every corner. While...
8 best markets in New Bedford to join the grab-and-go food trend
South Coast Business Bulletin - Massachusetts
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'Grab and go' meals are becoming more popular are markets. It follows fun trends like the 'Girl Dinner' viral TikTok trend, where people snack for dinner. New Bedford has many markets where people can grab a prepared meal. NEW BEDFORD — The...
Royal Marine cried when he saw what trap had done to Malayan tiger
Daily Express
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August 1, 2025
The critically endangered Malayan tiger, the world’s rarest tiger, their numbers have plummeted by 90% over the last century leaving just 150 on the entire planet (Image: Courtesy of Apple) In making his new series The Wild Ones over the past...