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Chen Youlin, a Chinese-American scientist, travelled back to China in October 2024 for a month-long holiday, including to celebrate his mother’s 80th birthday. As he prepared to leave, authorities arrested him at the airport in Beijing. For more than 670 days, his wife, Rong Yufang, and other family members have not been able to see or speak with him. “Sometimes I realise I can no longer clearly remember the sound of his voice, and that breaks my heart,” Rong told the South China Morning Post....

The woman accused of being behind the wheel of an SUV in a deadly crash involving a Metro bus was charged with two counts of murder Thursday, as families and friends mourn the victims of the crash and a subsequent helicopter crash that killed three others.

US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer asked Brazil to review the sale of Anglo American’s nickel mines to a Chinese state-controlled miner in exchange for tariff relief, two people familiar with the negotiations told the South China Morning Post. Washington made the request during talks to lift the 50 per cent tariffs US President Donald Trump imposed on Brazilian goods last year. First reported by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and CNN Brazil on Thursday, the proposal would...

Property owners on Sydney’s upper north shore could be cut off from their own land if the proposal goes ahead in its current form, council staff warned.

Anthony Albanese is heading the United States today aiming to push Australia's policies on global technology.

Fiji has declared a national health emergency as HIV case numbers surge.

Ventura County firefighters rescued a black and white kitten from the clutches of an entertainment center and the internet went gaga.

An LAPD search warrant affidavit revealed that Beverly Hills police are investigating whether OnlyFans model Adva Lavie drugged her onetime fiancé Steve Cloobeck with ketamine.

A cryptocurrency regulation bill appears to have little momentum left in the Senate after it came up short in a floor vote Tuesday, with the industry now turning its attention to Trump administration regulators to set the rules of the road. The Clarity Act failed to secure enough support to clear a procedural hurdle Tuesday...

A cryptocurrency regulation bill appears to have little momentum left in the Senate after it came up short in a floor vote Tuesday, with the industry now turning its attention to Trump administration regulators to set the rules of the road. The Clarity Act failed to secure enough support to clear a procedural hurdle Tuesday...

More explosive claims are being made about how King Charles acted in the days after Diana's death.

OpenAI has revealed multiple new cases of unexpected or concerning behaviour in its models.

More than six months into the Iran war, national fuel prices here in Australia are up to near record levels.

New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland (D) on Thursday backed a moratorium on the construction of data centers in her state, citing environmental and workforce-related concerns. In a policy framework on her website, Haaland backed “open, transparent, and meaningful” conversations within communities about the impacts of AI data centers. She also called for requiring data...

New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland (D) on Thursday backed a moratorium on the construction of data centers in her state, citing environmental and workforce-related concerns. In a policy framework on her website, Haaland backed “open, transparent, and meaningful” conversations within communities about the impacts of AI data centers. She also called for requiring data...

Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers called for the suspension of state and federal gas taxes on Thursday to provide relief to working families facing high pump prices.

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) blocked Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) Thursday effort to unanimously pass a bill that seeks to force states to consider making tech companies cover their data centers’ electricity price impacts. The New Mexico Democrat blocked the Ohio Republican’s effort to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act through unanimous consent, arguing that the bill...

The green light for the new set of trials comes a month out from the targeted opening date for the final section of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line.

Australian workers are walking away from six-figure salaries and the corporate ladder, trading heavy mental loads for lower-paying, lower-stress lifestyles.

A poll released by Marquette University Law School on Thursday found that almost two-thirds of Americans say they think the development of AI is a bad thing. In the poll, 64 percent of respondents said AI is bad for society, and 36 percent said it's a good thing, according to a release. This marked a...

Tens of millions of dollars are at stake in Australia’s first-ever class action for allegedly underpaid academics.

Parking spaces will be used to create more room for swimmers and sunbathers as demand for harbour swimming spots grows.

As flu numbers spike across the state, one age group is driving an increase in emergency department visits.

Like standover goons, America’s AI giants are threatening our government – and it is rolling over to their demands like no other nation.

“Extreme bad behaviour continues to cause major challenges in classrooms, driving burnout and disruption.”

The tech giant is moving into a secret and highly secure new office space at the Paris end of the Melbourne CBD.

On Wednesday, Waverley Council announced Labor-aligned councillor Steven Lewis would take over as mayor. He’s paused implementation of a controversial housing plan.

Many of us fear AI weakens independent thought, creativity and learning, especially among young people who may rely on it to think for them.

Long-time city dweller Emma Jane Edwards decided to move on whim 18 months ago.

Five mates who launched a pub empire in their 20s have purchased a historic pub in Brunswick Street.

The surprising reality is that your next career move will probably emerge from the very edge of your orbit.

There’s a type of bias holding us back, economically and socially. Here’s how the way we speak might be shaping how people perceive us.

In his first big day greeting staff, Simon Robinson did not confirm there would be job cuts, but pointedly avoided ruling out redundancies.

The U.S. Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in three years on Wednesday, and several economists say this could add pressure on the Bank of Canada.

The shops are just a six-minute drive away, but if you want to use public transport to get there from this growing Brisbane suburb, you’ll have to walk for 40 minutes.

US-sanctioned Chinese companies are increasingly turning to open-source research to innovate and reverse-engineer restricted foreign technology, with a 72 per cent surge in scientific literature citations in their patent applications, according to a new study. While the United States said it expanded its Entity List to safeguard national security and preserve its technological edge, an analysis of Chinese patent filings over the 12 years until 2022 showed that US restrictions on access to...

While President Trump has not publicly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh for the central bank hiking interest rates on Wednesday, the move was still the opposite of what the president wanted. “I’m relying on Kevin. But he’s got … a very tough board,” Trump told reporters in North Carolina on Wednesday, adding interest rates are “too high.”...

The state government has been called on to enact a moratorium on short-stay approvals followed by a levy to reduce the number of un-hosted short-stay homes, to manage the growing crisis.

The 600 workers poised to go on strike are the last remaining Qantas ground workers, after 1800 of their colleagues were illegally sacked during the COVID pandemic.

Hong Kong authorities have hit out at a US congressional commission for colluding with “anti-China politicians” to hold a hearing on jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and introducing a bill to “intimidate” local national security officials with sanctions. The government issued the condemnation on Thursday night after the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) held a hearing the previous day on Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper. During the hearing,...