Hong Kong CNN — China has approved 27 foreign video games, including titles to be released by Tencent, NetEase and Bilibili, as it gradually reopens the world’s largest mobile entertainment market to…
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The Surgeon General’s New Mission: Adolescent Mental Health
In December 2021, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a rare warning: Mental health challenges were leading to “devastating effects” among young people. His statement came as the suicide rate for young Americans…
Google suspends Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo over malware | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Google has suspended Pinduoduo, a popular Chinese budget shopping app, from its Play Store after finding malware in versions of the app. In a Tuesday statement, Google said…
Biden Creates Two National Monuments in the Southwest
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday will designate two new national monuments in the Southwest, insulating from development a half million acres in Nevada that are revered by Native Americans and 6,600…
‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted
In early March 2020, as the nation succumbed to a pandemic, a group of young scientists walked out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. They left quietly, one…
Obsidian Cliff: Humanity’s Tool Shed for the Last 11,500 Years
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Near the north entrance, an imposing mountain of black glass rises against the blue sky. Spanning more than five square miles, the dark, sometimes translucent mass was…
A Clear Message From Science
“There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all (very high confidence).” This is the most striking sentence in a 37-page summary, issued today,…
Deadly Fungus Spread Rapidly During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says
A deadly fungus that is considered an urgent public health threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spread at an “alarming rate” during the pandemic, the CDC said on Monday….
Your Tuesday Briefing: Xi Meets Putin in Moscow
Xi meets Putin in MoscowPresident Vladimir Putin welcomed Xi Jinping at the Kremlin yesterday and pledged that Russia would study China’s peace proposals for Ukraine “with respect.” But Xi did not mention…
Biden Warns That Climate Change Could Upend Federal Spending Programs
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will warn on Monday that a warming planet poses severe economic challenges for the United States, which will require the federal government to reassess its spending priorities…