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Toy stores are among the hardest hit by President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with China, with 77% of toys sold in the United States made in China, according to the Toy Association. Amy Rutherford told ABC News at her store, Pippin Toy Co.,...
As the Paris Olympics are set to open this week, the United States goes in as the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall medal haul, but has a chance to win more gold medals than the Americans. Though ...
Diagnoses ofchildren with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) have surged in the United States over the last several years, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thestudy, which ex...
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More than 60 children have been taken to hospital in Jamaica after eating sweets containing cannabis, the country's education minister said. Fayval Williams wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the primary school pupils were from the St Ann...
Pay with your palm: Tencent launches new payment method in China...
Chinese technology giant Alibaba has announced plans to roll out its own artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT-style product called Tongyi Qianwen. Its cloud computing unit says it will integrate the chatbot across Alibaba's businesses in...
India's health ministry is on alert following a surge of Covid cases in neighbouring China. The government has instructed states to ensure genome sequencing of all positive cases in the country. It has also asked state government...
China has become the first country to approve an inhaled Covid vaccine. Made by CanSino, it has similar ingredients to its injected vaccine, using a harmless adenovirus as a carrier for the genetic code that teaches the body how to figh...
Three Chinese astronauts have begun a six-month mission, to work on the country's new space station. It is China's latest step towards making itself a leading space power for the decades ahead. What is the Tiangong space station?...
Wu Dajing struck his right skate across the finish line two-hundredths of a second ahead of a lunging Pietro Sighel from Italy as China won its first gold of the Beijing Games in the new short track mixd team relay event....
The Queen has urged world leaders at the COP26 climate summit to "achieve true statesmanship" and create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet. In a video message, she said many people hoped the "time ...
The rock samples brought back from the Moon in December by China's Chang'e-5 mission were really young. It's all relative, of course, but the analysis shows the basalt material - the solidified remnants of a lava flow - to be jus...
Online gamers under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays, China's video game regulator has said. The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news agency Xin...
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi has halted plans to launch in the UK and continental Europe, a source close to the company has told the BBC. The Uber rival had been planning to roll out services in Western Europe, including major...
Concerns grow for children as COVID-19 cases soar...
TOKYO -- Xie Siyi and Wang Zongyuan gave China another 1-2 finish in Olympic diving, claiming gold and silver in men's 3-meter springboard Tuesday. The Chinese divers held the top two spots after both the preliminaries and the semifinals, an...
Surge in COVID-19 cases sparks debate on growing risk for children...
The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children - mainly mothers nursing infants - who were seized by bandits. The group were abducted on 8 June in Zamfara state. Four people were also killed duri...