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  • What can ChatGPT maker’s new AI model GPT-4 do?

    Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. The company behind the ChatGPT chatbot has on Wednesday, March 15 rolled out its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, in a new advance for the technology that’s caught the world’s attention. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)… Read more

  • Northeast digs out from winter storm, faces power outages

    1 of 24 Central Maine Power Co. lineman John Baril works to restore electricity, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. A late-winter storm dumped heavy, wet snow on parts of the Northeast, causing tens of thousands of power outages. Parts of New England and New York were digging out of a nor’easter Wednesday that… Read more

  • Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned

    1 of 23 A paddler floats along the Devil’s River, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. Some landowners along the Devil’s River argue that proposed wind turbines would kill birds, bats and disrupt monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and impact ecotourism, a main source of income for many. Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated… Read more

  • Late-winter storm pummels Northeast with heavy, wet snow

    1 of 42 Plows, at right, try to pass nearly stopped traffic, due to weather conditions, on Route 93 South, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Londonderry, N.H. By the time the winter storm wraps up Wednesday, snow totals in New England are expected to reach a couple of feet of snow in higher elevations to… Read more

  • Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea

    1 of 4 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, attend a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. Russia wants to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that American forces brought down in… Read more

  • Honduras will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan

    1 of 3 Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration is opening diplomatic relations with the People´s Republic of China. Honduras President Xiomara Castro announced Tuesday that her government… Read more

  • Putin hosts Assad, expected to focus on rebuilding Syria

    In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, visiting Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Mikhail Bogdanov, right, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon Assad’s arrival at Vnukovo airport in… Read more

  • Grand Canyon National Park planning a $208M waterline repair

     A $208 million multi-year repair is planned for the Transcanyon Waterline that supplies water for the local community and millions of visitors to Grand Canyon National Park. National Park Service officials said the repairs and upgrades on the waterline within the inner canyon and the South Rim will ensure the park is able to meet… Read more

  • Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon: Criminals love it

    1 of 6 In this image provided by IBAMA, Brazil’s Environmental Agency, Elon Musk’s Starlink, providing a high-speed connection in Brazil’s Amazon remote places, is visible, bottom right, in the Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Federal agents seized the internet kit in an illegal mining pit. (IBAMA via AP) Brazilian… Read more

  • Biden drawing contrast to Republicans on lower drug costs

    President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Biden will highlight the stark differences in how Democrats are tackling skyrocketing drug prices compared to their Republican counterparts as he gears up for an expected… Read more

  • ‘Giant hairy crab’ built in East China

    A building in the shape of a hairy crab is located on the eastern bank of Yangcheng Lake, Kunshan, east China’s Jiangsu province. The three-story building is 75 meters in length and 16 meters in height. Read more

  • Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government

    The following is the full text of the government work report delivered to the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on March 5, and adopted on March 13. Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government Read more

  • First session of 14th NPC concludes and Xi Jinping delivers important speech

    Xincheng, and members of the PRC CMC Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua and Zhang Shengmin, among others. Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region John Lee and Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region Ho Iat Seng also attended the meeting as non-voting participants and were seated at the rostrum. Leading officials in… Read more

  • Full text of Xi Jinping’s speech at first session of 14th NPC

    Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday morning at the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress, the country’s national legislature. The following is the full text of the speech: Speech at the first session of the 14th NPC March 13, 2023 By Xi Jinping Fellow deputies, I was elected at this session… Read more

  • How China forms new leadership of state institutions, top political advisory body

    This photo taken on March 10, 2023 shows the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu) BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) — More than 2,900 national lawmakers exercised their constitutional right to elect China’s state leadership during the just-concluded session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s top legislature. At… Read more

  • China’s new journey of development brings win-win opportunities for the world

    The closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the capital of China, March 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) — “The relay baton of building a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation has been… Read more

  • Highlights of foreign congratulatory messages on Xi’s election as Chinese president (3)

    World leaders continued to extend congratulations to Xi Jinping on his election as president of the People’s Republic of China. The election reflects the trust of the Chinese people in Xi’s valuable contributions to the cause of socialism, said First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban President Miguel… Read more

  • Xi pools mighty force for building great country, national rejuvenation

    Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attend the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) * Chinese President Xi Jinping called for forming a mighty force for building a great modern socialist… Read more

  • Iran says resuming relations with Saudi Arabia increases regional stability

    Iranian officials hailed Friday the deal to resume diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and reopen embassies and missions within two months. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said the resumption of Tehran-Riyadh relations will “lead to the development of regional stability and security.” “Clearing up the misunderstandings and looking to the… Read more

  • Highlights of foreign congratulatory messages on Xi’s election as Chinese president (2)

    World leaders extended congratulations to Xi Jinping on his election as president of the People’s Republic of China on Friday. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni expressed his warm congratulations on Xi’s election as Chinese president. He said under Xi’s outstanding leadership, China has continued to deepen reform, successfully contained the COVID-19 epidemic and achieved economic growth.… Read more