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China’s Betavolt Claims “50-Year Nuclear Battery”

BEIJING — Beijing Betavolt New Energy Technology Co. has announced what it calls a breakthrough in long-lived energy: a coin-sized …

Typhoon Ragasa: Barrier lake collapses in Taiwan

HUALIEN, Taiwan / GUANGDONG, China — Super Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful storm of 2025, has battered Taiwan with torrential …

Super Typhoon Ragasa Forces Mass Evacuations

MANILA/SHENZHEN — Authorities across East and Southeast Asia have ordered large-scale evacuations and closures as Super Typhoon Ragasa barrels toward …

U.S. and China Near Deal to Restructure TikTok

WASHINGTON — The United States and China have agreed in principle to a framework that would allow TikTok to continue …

Beijing Orders Big Tech to Drop Orders of Nvidia

BEIJING — China has formally ordered its major technology firms, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to cancel existing orders for Nvidia’s …