Pictured: The world’s highest ATM, churning out cash from a staggering altitude of 15,300ft in the snowcapped mountains of Pakistan The record-breaking ATM sits on the Khunjerab Pass by the border with China Operated by the National Bank of Pakistan, the ATM is solar and wind-powered It’s used by guards working at the border and tourists … Read more
China has set up dozens of secret police stations around the world, including one in New York City, to hunt down and retrieve dissidents. A new report from Safeguard Defenders, a human rights watchdog, revealed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has at least 54 ‘overseas police service stations’ in 30 different countries, including the … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi departed Taiwan Wednesday after her controversial visit that infuriated the Chinese government – only to have the geopolitical tensions follow her to South Korea. Pelosi and her congressional delegation’s next stop is Seoul, where she will meet her South Korean counterpart, National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo and other ruling party members … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Biden will calling China’s Xi at 8:30 TODAY as Taiwan holds more drills and experts warn island will ‘bear the wrath of Beijing’ if Nancy Pelosi visits President Joe Biden will call Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday morning at 8:30 amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific The call is the fifth time the … Read more
China has launched the second of three modules that, together with the main body, make up its highly-ambitious ‘Tiangong’ space station. The new module, called Wentian, was launched on a Long March 5B rocket at 14:22 (06:22 GMT) on Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the island of Hainan, China. Wentian, a research lab dedicated … Read more
Your eyes DO deceive you: Amazing footage shows the fascinating ‘Strange Slope’ optical illusion in China where cyclists freewheel ‘uphill’ ‘Strange Slope’ can be found 30km (18.6 miles) northeast of the city of Shenyang Videos show cyclists seemingly freewheeling while going ‘up’ the slope An optical sciences expert said the near vanishing point contributes to … Read more
NASA predicts it would take about 500 days for humans to reach the Red Planet, but Canadian engineers say a laser-based system could cut that journey to just 45 days. The US space agency is planning to send a crew to the Red Planet in the middle of the 2030s, around the same time China … Read more
The chemical culprit behind body odour has been identified, scientists reported in 2020. An enzyme made by bacteria which reside in human armpits has been found to produce the pungent scent we know as BO. Dubbed the ‘BO enzyme’, it is made by bacteria called Staphylococcus hominis which humans inherited from our now-extinct ancient ancestors. … Read more
The world’s only captive brown giant panda, Qizai has been taking more exercise in preparation for the upcoming breeding season. Footage from the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in northwest China‘s Shaanxi Province shows Qizai being enticed to stand up by keepers who have placed food on the end of a stick which they hold just … Read more
World’s oldest fossilized flower bud could solve Charles Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’: 130-million-year-old discovery suggests blossoming plants evolved tens of millions of years earlier than previously believed A 130-million-yeaer-old fossilized flower bud has been discovered in China The flower bud is the oldest known on record and could solve Charles Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ Darwin was puzzled how … Read more