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A major rescue operation is underway in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest, after nearly 1,000 people were trapped in campsites by a heavy snowstorm. Rescue teams and hundreds of local villagers joined forces to clear an access to the area, which is located at an altitude of more than 4,900 metres (16,000 feet). Around 350 people have been …

North Korea is cracking down on breast implants for women, threatening those who have undergone the procedure with severe prison sentences. The country’s leader – Kim Jong-un – is reported to have instructed undercover agents and neighbourhood patrols to hunt down those performing and undergoing the cosmetic surgery. Anyone found to be engaging in the “rotten capitalist act” can expect …

There are fresh worries across Europe’s factory floors. The US has started applying steel and aluminium tariffs to a growing list of finished goods. In August, Washington added 407 new items to the tariff list. These include parts for wind turbines, cranes, bulldozers, railcars, motorcycles, marine engines, appliances and furniture. It marks a shift from raw materials to the everyday …

Some young Chinese writers are said to be “in a state of panic” over rapid advances in artificial intelligence tools like DeepSeek, as they question whether the emerging technology is a blessing or a curse. The debate was one of the key themes at a two-day conference held in Suzhou in late September – “Border Crossings in Speculative Fiction” – …

چین نے ایک اور انجینئرنگ کا شاہکار پیش کرتے ہوئے دنیا کا سب سے اونچا پل ’ہواجیانگ گرینڈ کینین برج‘ عوام کے لیے کھول دیا۔ یہ پل چین کے صوبے گویژو میں واقع ہے اور سی جی ٹی این اور بی بی سی کی رپورٹوں کے مطابق، تقریباً 2050 فٹ (625 میٹر) اونچا ہے جو نیچے بہنے والے دریا کے …

An epic bridge that’s the tallest in the world, rising almost twice as high as the Shard, has opened to the public. Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China‘s Guizhou Province began in 2022, aiming to boost the local economy and tourism, which are among the country’s least developed sectors. It took only three and a half years to build and was …

Earlier this year, Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange for videos of package and car thefts.  The popular internet-connected security camera maker said it would pay its customers $2 per video to train its AI systems to help better detect thieves who steal cars and packages.   “To ensure we have enough …

A Chinese military journal has described the People’s Liberation Army’s latest underwater unmanned systems as “disruptive” and highlighted their intelligent capabilities. An author writing in the journal’s latest issue identified only as Tang Yi stated that the unmanned systems operated below 90 decibels to evade enemy sonar detection. In addition, the equipment can be integrated with “submarine-launched missiles, smart mines …

China has disclosed an incident last year in which one of its J-16 aircraft locked onto and expelled two unnamed foreign stealth fighter jets of a type that has not appeared near the country’s coastal waters since. State broadcaster CCTV on Friday aired an interview with Li Chao, a pilot from the People’s Liberation Army’s Western Theatre Command, who recounted …

Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and more. Source link