China's Baidu to challenge Microsoft with its own ChatGPT-style bot

Chinese technology firm plans to launch the service in March as a standalone application and gradually merge it into its search engine.

US nuclear strike chief seeks cancer review of missile launch officers

Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, which is responsible for all silo-based and aircraft-launched nuclear warheads, requests US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine to conduct formal assessment into reported cancers among missileers.

Finnish zoo may return giant pandas to China due to lack of funds

The two giant pandas were brought to Finland in January 2018, nine months after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Nordic country and signed a joint agreement on protecting the animals.

New excavation unearths tombs and sarcophagus in Egypt

An excavation team finds artefacts dating back to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, spanning from roughly 2500 BC to 2100 BC.

British Muslim Lauren Booth happy and ‘grateful’ to live in Türkiye

Lauren Booth is a UK citizen who converted to Islam after travelling through the Middle East and finding faith ‘in a mosque in Iran’. She has been living in Türkiye, and her newest book has been published in Turkish just recently.

Five things to know about a breast cancer vaccine that works

Researchers have been able to create an immune response in patients with a vaccine against a cancer-causing protein in phase I trials.

Japan PM Kishida: It's 'now or never' to stop shrinking population

Kishida said he would submit plans to double the budget on child-related policies by June, and that a new government agency to tackle the issue would be set up in April.

In pictures: Millions celebrate 'Year of the Rabbit'

Around the world, people ushered in the Lunar New Year, the most important annual holiday for Chinese people.

China reports 13,000 new Covid-related deaths in one week

The official death toll update comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and remains extremely low by global standards.

Brooke Shields reveals she was raped in new documentary 'Pretty Baby'

The former Hollywood supermodel did not reveal the identity of her attacker but says she met with the man - someone she already knew - soon after she graduated college, believing it was a work meeting to discuss casting her in a new movie.

Why are stars disappearing from the night sky?

The night sky is getting brighter every year, far beyond the expectations of scientists as the number of stars we can see goes down.

Netflix reaches 230M subscribers, CEO and co-founder steps down

Netflix worldwide subscribers are now more than any rival in an increasingly crowded field of video streaming competition that includes the likes of Amazon, Hulu, Google’s YouTube, Walt Disney Co. and Apple.