ASIAXi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, chaired a Party leadership meeting on Friday to deliberate and make arrangements to

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CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENTExperts drawing on satellite observations and solar physics argue that the Sun Drives Global Warming, not human CO2 emissions.

WAR & PEACE"Alex," from southern Ukraine, served in the military as the elite began preparing for war with Russia. He says the financial elite are running the war, but ordinary people don't want it.

CHINAChina's campaign to build an independent semiconductor industry received a powerful endorsement from investors.