In 1839, Lin was the Qing dynasty official who confronted the British and their illegal opium trade that pushed the substance on Chinese users; he confiscated 20,000 chests of the drug and cast ...

A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and damaged four vehicles, police said.

The Red Cross voiced alarm Tuesday over the risk that fighting in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape. The ...

President Trump said the launch of a low-cost Chinese AI model should be seen as a wake up call for U.S. industries. Trump also announced plans to impose new tariffs on semiconductor imports.

Just days into his presidency, Donald Trump has already demonstrated why world leaders cross him at their peril, says Sky News host Andrew Bolt. Mr Bolt's remarks come after Colombian President ...

Opium poppy. A plant of the white subspecies in natural. Size; B flower of the red subspecies, same; 1 pistil with stamens, same.; 2 stamens, enlarged from different sides; 3 pollen, seen under water, ...

But why do bats sleep upside down? This topsy-turvy behavior may result from the evolutionary journey bats took toward flight, said Tara Hohoff, a bat biologist and the coordinator of the Illinois ...

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. We retrospectively collected data ... the relationship between SII values and the presence of CPs. Conclusion: The inverted U-shaped association between ...

BEIJING (Xinhua): China hopes that Thailand and Myanmar will crack down on cross-border telecom fraud with strong measures and never allow criminals to go unpunished, a Chinese foreign ministry ...

Horvath said she was wearing a St. Brigid’s cross during a briefing on the January 2025 wildfires and not an “inverted” cross, as posts online misleadingly claimed. The wildfires in and ...

The New York Mets' starting rotation might be a finished product. But it probably shouldn't be. Most teams prefer to have at least six starting options on the roster if they can, due to the ...