Authorities in eastern China are shutting schools and tourist sites as Typhoon Dolphin heads for the coast.

Malaysian durian farmers face challenges as climate change impacts their crops.

Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, aligning with its national language.

The European Union plans to invest 10 billion euros to build seven AI gigafactories, aiming to catch up with the U.S. and China.

Shares of Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT have soared as the company began trading in Shanghai in mainland China’s biggest IPO in recent years.

China says it's adding 14 European entities to an export control list in retaliation for the European Union penalizing 14 Chinese enterprises as part of its latest round of sanctions against Russia.

Rescue crews are using excavators on Sunday to search the rubble for survivors of a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing.

A study shows major artificial intelligence models are likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders worldwide.

For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat desertification.

Typhoon Bavi has weakened to a tropical storm but it's still bringing strong winds and heavy rain to parts of China.

Major German carmakers are experiencing sharp quarterly sales declines in China, the world's biggest auto market.

Global oil demand is set to decline this year for the first time since 2020.

Volkswagen has reported weak sales numbers, with a significant drop in China.

China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch, marking a breakthrough for its space program.

A powerful typhoon is heading toward China's east coast.

Authorities in southern China say 39 people have died in flooding after days of heavy rainfall from a tropical storm.

China has allocated millions in relief funding for disaster-hit areas after severe storms and a deadly landslide.

The death toll has risen to 21 in a landslide has buried forestry workers in a remote valley in northwestern China.

A film about the late disability rights activist Judith Heumann will open the 51st Toronto International Film Festival.

A debate over use of traditional Chinese symbols has cropped up after a court ordered a Chinese tea chain to pay the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton $1.5 million over copyright infringement claims.

A tropical storm killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China, state media reported.

China's Inner Mongolia is expanding both renewable energy and coal use.

Novak Djokovic witnessed a proposal in the crowd during his opening Wimbledon match on Centre Court on Monday and was quick to ask for an invitation to the wedding.

Australia and Vanuatu have signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation.

A small aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, the global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 confirms, following witness accounts and evacuations in the city’s business district.

Mobile-first serialized storytelling is rapidly becoming one of entertainment's fastest-growing businesses.

A recently opened, first of its kind Chinese queer museum in San Francisco is already having an impact on the surrounding community.

Dragon boat races, lion dances, and other festivities have been staged across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to mark the Dragon Boat Festival.

Pizza Hut's parent company is selling the 68-year-old chain for $2.7 billion.

A court in Thailand has sentenced two Uyghur men to death for a 2015 bombing at Bangkok's Erawan shrine.

A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe has released its first major findings.

In a June 6 story about humanoid robots in China, The Associated Press misspelled the name of Matrix Robotics’ CEO.

A British lawmaker is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy.

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space.

Tencent says users of PayPal will be able to make payments in China using QR codes through WeChat Pay's extensive merchant network, in a tourism friendly move.

Australia, India, Japan and the United States have agreed new initiatives for maritime security, critical minerals, port infrastructure, and energy security to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid concerns about China's influence.

China has launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with three astronauts heading to its space station.

Torrential rain and floods have hit parts of China, killing at least 12 people and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.

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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck south China's Guangxi region, killing two people and toppling buildings.

An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago.

A rebound for technology stocks led Wall Street to records, even though the majority of U.S. stocks fell following another discouraging update on inflation.

Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records.

Both engines were intentionally shut down and there was a cockpit struggle before a China Eastern Airlines jet slammed into a mountain in 2022.

Zambia accuses the U.S. of linking a $2 billion health assistance deal to access to its rich mineral resources.

Snooker’s top official says the sport's bid to enter the Olympic Games will be boosted by having back-to-back world champions from China.

When the Supreme Court killed his favorite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them.

The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K. In a speech Wednesday, Richard Horne will emphasize that British businesses need to prepare for large-scale cyberattacks, especially if the U.K. becomes involved in international conflicts.

A Tesla leader says he believes its Shanghai factory operations will help resolve the challenges in achieving mass production of the company’s humanoid robots.

Midwest soybean farmers are facing an array of compounding issues.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers says Chinese exports of passenger cars have accelerated in March.

Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them.

Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban governments have resumed talks in China, which is mediating between the two sides to broker a durable ceasefire after weeks of fighting.

Italian 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes has won his second consecutive Formula 1 race, taking the Japanese Grand Prix ahead Oscar Piastri of McLaren.

Asian countries are burning more coal to keep power going as the war in the Middle East disrupts other fossil fuel supplies.

Rahm Emanuel is proposing a far-reaching measure to crack down on betting in predictive markets in Washington as part of an effort to call attention to what he sees as a culture of corruption gripping the nation’s politics.

Snooker great Ronnie O’Sullivan has made the highest-ever break in the professional game.

The Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies.

A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company have been charged with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China.

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A closing ceremony boycotted by Ukraine signaled the end of the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics.

President Donald Trump says he has “demanded” that about seven countries heavily reliant on Middle East oil join a coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan’s president says Afghanistan’s Taliban government has crossed a red line by launching drones into Pakistan, and Pakistan has reportedly answered with airstrikes.

Some commercial ships near or in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf have declared themselves as China-linked since the Iran war began, marine traffic data show, as their operators try to reduce risks of being targeted in attacks.

North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East.

Venezuela’s lawmakers debate a new mining bill that aims to attract foreign investment and rebuild trust after past expropriations.

The United Nations political chief says demand for critical minerals that power technology from smartphones to missiles could triple by 2030 and quadruple by 2040.

The war with Iran is disrupting oil and LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global energy trade, sending prices higher and threatening global growth.

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem.

The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have sparked global anger and urgent diplomacy as the conflict spreads across the region.

A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago.

China has urged the United States to stop imposing one-sided tariffs.

The two best bets to win the gold medal in women’s halfpipe skiing at the Winter Olympics were born in the United States.

New research shows midsize U.S. companies pay far more in Trump-era tariffs, and the costs land at home.

Curling, which piques viewers’ curiosity every four years at the Winter Olympics, is expanding its audience even more at the Milan Cortina Games.

Japan has reported its exports surged nearly 17% in January from a year earlier, on strong shipments to China and other Asian markets.

People are celebrating the Lunar New Year with prayers, fireworks and street festivals for the Year of the Horse.

World Curling is backpedaling from an earlier decision to ramp up officiating at the Winter Olympics after controversy over whether curlers are breaking the rules.

Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu has taken silver in freeski big air at the Milan Cortina Games.

China is letting British and Canadian citizens enter without a visa as it tries to boost tourism and business.

A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations.

China is getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year, and the festivities will include robots.

Hundreds of millions of people in China are heading to their hometowns this week for the Lunar New Year festival.

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact.

China has moved to ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly seen on Tesla vehicles, starting next year.

China has significantly increased its coal power capacity, reviving concerns about its climate-changing carbon emissions.

China has executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion.

The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products.

U.S. pairs champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov have won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Beijing.

The Pentagon has released a National Defense Strategy that chastises U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserts the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere over a longtime goal of countering China.

Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded not guilty in a landmark national security trial.

The vast field of over 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles gleamed on the cargo deck of the BYD Changzhou, an Chinese container vessel unloading Wednesday at a river port in eastern Argentina.

Europeans are rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland, and are preparing countermeasures against the United States.

China’s rapid development of electric vehicles had competitors concerned even before Canada this week agreed to cut its tariffs on EVs in exchange for concessions on Canadian farm products.

In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or stunningly direct.

The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia’s semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers.

China has reported its auto exports rose 21% last year from the year before, driven by a surge in electric vehicle shipments.

China and the European Union say they have agreed on steps toward resolving their dispute over the bloc's imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles.

China's commerce ministry says it plans to investigate Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus.