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The bill, supported by Republicans and Democrats and which now faces the Senate, would force ByteDance, the company that owns the Chinese video social network, to divest its stakes

The AI Act is expected to act as a global signpost for other governments grappling with how to regulate the fast-developing technology

Some 20,000 people still cannot return to their homes because of radiation, authorities vowed that rebuilding will continue as the decades-long work of cleaning up the nuclear site continues

The nearly 3,000-member National People’s Congress approved a revised State Council law that directs China’s version of the cabinet to follow Xi’s vision

In his first term, the New York magnate turned his country’s relations with the world upside down. If he wins a second, he is likely to again upturn Washington’s position on Russia, China, Europe and Latin America

Washington remains the world’s main exporter, while Moscow loses steam and falls to third place behind France

The coastal hub is being showcased by Beijing, in an attempt to attract Taiwanese residents and companies. The goal is to increase cooperation with the democratically self-governed island

The president called on Congress to approve military aid for Kyiv and officially announced the US army would help construct a temporary port on the coast of the Strip

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the department will take into account how well a company is managing the risks of AI technology each time it assesses a corporate compliance program

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison

Premier Li Qiang said the government plans a ‘new development model’ for the housing market, including building government-subsidized housing in a bid to ease a prolonged real estate slump that has been a major drag on the economy

These types of mutations follow Mendelian patterns of inheritance. For the animal to be born brown-white, both its parents must carry the mutation, even if they are black-and-white

Decelerating growth and Beijing’s push for greater state control mark start of National People’s Congress

The EU is going through a metamorphosis that seeks to dissuade Putin from undertaking new aggression and guarantee its autonomy in a turbulent world

The National People’s Congress annual meeting, which opens Tuesday, is being closely watched for any signals on what the ruling Communist Party might do to reenergize the economy

The killing of over 100 people receiving aid in the Strip is the latest example of the effects of the organization’s paralysis. Countries in the Global South have criticized the West’s double standards in relation to the conflict in Ukraine

A study estimates that more than one billion people are affected and reveals that nutritional imbalances continue to rise. Childhood obesity has quadrupled over the course of three decades

Mircea Geoană, deputy secretary general of the North Atlantic Alliance, notes that the US needs its European allies as much as Europe needs America

Officials are concerned that features such as driver assistance technology could be used to effectively spy on Americans. Connected vehicles could also be remotely enabled or manipulated by bad actors

The move targets commercial data brokers, the sometimes shadowy companies that traffic in personal data and that officials say may sell information to foreign adversaries

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called the low births ‘the biggest crisis Japan faces,’ and put forward a package of measures that have included more support and subsidies for childbirth, children and their families

The acquisition of Hess would add a major oil field in Guyana, but it will require the approval of Exxon Mobil and a Chinese national oil company

Migrants who previously had a safe place to charge phones, use the bathroom, eat a meal and arrange to head elsewhere in the U.S. were now left on the street as migrant aid groups scrambled to help out as best they could

The United States will impose the largest single tranche of penalties since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The European Union’s sanctions will target companies and Russian officials and businessmen

Two bears, a male and a female, are expected to arrive as early as the end of summer, about five years after the zoo sent its last pandas back to China

Hostile activity in cyberspace — from spying to the planting of malware to infect and disrupt a country’s infrastructure — has become a hallmark of modern geopolitical rivalry

State-owned banks have announced a flurry of plans for billions of dollars worth of loans to support developers struggling after a crackdown on excessive borrowing