Digital limits
Amid reckoning on police racism, algorithm bias in focus A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say…
WHO halts HIV drugs in COVID-19 trials after failure
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after…
Divided Independence Day in DC
BLM and Trump’s supporters engage in shouting matches on July 4 Demonstrators chanting "Black Lives Matter" exchange words with activists waving pro-Trump signs outside a fortified White House: America's Independence…
Chinese, Ghanaian leaders exchange congratulations on 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages on Sunday with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Ghana diplomatic relations. In his…
Politically agitative books by activists disappearing in HK
Public libraries and bookstores in Hong Kong have started to remove and suspend books with politically agitative content written by some Hong Kong activists, after the National Security Law for…
Epidemic situation in Beijing stable: local health authorities
The COVID-19 epidemic in Beijing is stable as a whole as daily infections of confirmed cases in the capital have remained in single digits for seven consecutive days as of…
HK police’s new natl security unit recruits elite officers
All-star line-up could include mainland officers to safeguard 'one country, two systems' The newly-established national security department of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is currently in the process of…
National security law to help effectively restore stability in Hong Kong: former justice secretary
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will help effectively punish crimes endangering national security and restore…
US political system in danger of entertaining itself to death: expert
Chinese netizens have said they would like to watch Kim Kardashian's First Lady reality show following her husband Kanye West's announcement on Twitter that he plans to run for US…
Gaokao imposter cases unlikely to happen with more advanced technology: expert
The discussion about the fairness of China's national college entrance exams (or gaokao) has been gaining the public's attention after a recent exam fraud scandal was revealed, in which a…