By Kevin Zhang On Wednesday, November 30, former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown, died at the age of 96. A wave of nostalgia has erupted across the country …
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By Kevin Zhang Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the Democratic Progressive Party, the ruling party of Taiwan, after facing a multitude of local election losses on Saturday, in which voters elected officials from the opposition Nationalist Kuomintang party …
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By Kevin Zhang Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes had been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors of her blood testing start-up company that was once valued at over $9 bn USD. The former Silicon Valley CEO had falsely claimed …
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By Kevin Zhang Divers have found a large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than 30 years after the tragic explosion killed seven people. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center announced the finding …
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By Kevin Zhang As of Sunday, 19 people are dead from a Precision Air flight that crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, according to Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa. The plane had departed from the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam and crashed …
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By Kevin Zhang A stampede as a result of a crowd surge has led to the deaths of 149 people during Halloween gatherings in the South Korean capital of Seoul. Exactly what caused the crowd surge Saturday night in the Itaewon neighborhood …
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By Kevin Zhang China’s President Xi Jinping has secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of the Communist Party, cementing his place as the most influential Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) elected …
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By Kevin Zhang A rare demonstration protesting President Xi Jinping and China’s strict Zero Covid policy has taken place in Beijing, just days before the historic 20th Communist Party congress is to take place. Images have surfaced online showing two protest banners …
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By Kevin Zhang A huge explosion rocked the Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea on Saturday, destroying a portion of the bridge. The bridge is hated symbol of the Russian war in Ukraine, one of Putin’s prestige projects and a vital logistical …
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By Kevin Zhang In a ceremony for the expansion of Russia’s borders, President Vladimir Putin signed documents that would effectively annex four regions in Ukraine – an act which has been declared illegal by Ukraine and its western backers. Following the inking, …
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