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Flight CZ6786 took off from Guangzhou, S China's Guangdong Province, and landed in Haikou, Hainan Province, on Wednesday, marking a successful maiden commercial operation on the Guangzhou-Haikou route of China Southern Airlines with China's homegrown large passenger aircraft C919.


Developed by China, the world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF) recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations.


A delegation of young people from Taiwan led by Ma Ying-jeou will visit the mainland from Dec. 18 to 26. The delegation will visit Heilongjiang and Sichuan provinces to participate in a cross-Strait youth ice and snow festival, as well as other events, the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office announced on Wednesday.


Liu Yi, former secretary general of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 3.6 million yuan (about $500K) on bribery charges, according to the ruling by the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City in C China's Hubei on Wednesday.


Chinese researchers have successfully extracted high-purity cancer-fighting lead-212 and bismuth-212 nuclides from rare earth minerals, a breakthrough that holds significant importance for achieving self-sufficiency in the production of critical medical nuclides in China, according to the research team at the University of South China on Wednesday.


EU ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to a 15th package of sanctions on Russia, the Hungarian EU presidency said, targeting vessels from third countries supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and other individuals and entities.


South Korea's police, Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), and the defense ministry will jointly investigate President Yoon Suk-yeol's martial law declaration, multiple media outlets said Wednesday.


Three Belgium-born pandas on Wednesday arrived at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province for quarantine. The pandas will be presented to the public at an appropriate time.


One person died in an explosion that occurred Wednesday at a high-rise residential building in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, and no others sustained injuries, according to local authorities. The investigation continues.


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Colorful lanterns at the 39th China Qinhuai Lantern Festival illuminate the night landscape along the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The festival will run till April 30, 2025.


A large brush fire in Malibu of Southern California, codenamed Franklin Fire, has grown to over 2,200 acres (8.9 square kilometers) on Tuesday, prompting evacuations due to dangerous fire conditions.


The US Missile Defense Agency intercepted an air-launched intermediate-range ballistic missile target during a test off Guam for the first time, a milestone in the island's defense capabilities, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.


Ice formed in various shapes and patterns on the Wende River in NE China's Jilin province, another testament that Mother Nature is truly artistic!


China's XZY-1 verification rocket has conducted a successful static firing test in E China's Shandong. It is China's first medium-lift launch vehicle with a stainless-steel rocket body that is powered by liquid oxygen-methane engines and recoverable after ocean splashdown.


Facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, marking a pivotal moment in the case as he manages a war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.


A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who allegedly proposed last week's martial law declaration to President Yoon Suk-yeol, for a treason charge, multiple media outlets said early Wednesday.


Chinese scientist Lu Qi has won the 2024 Champions of the Earth Award in the Science and Innovation category for helping China reverse environmental degradation and reduce desertification, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced on Tuesday.


China's auto trade-ins exceeded 5 million units as of Monday under a mass renewal program initiated in March, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday.

Of the total, consumers scrapped more than 2.44 million cars and purchased 2.59 million new cars with auto trade-in subsidies.


Tian Bao and twins Bao Di and Bao Mei, three giant pandas born at Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium in 2016 and 2019, respectively, embarked on their journey back to China on Tuesday, marking an important milestone in the panda conservation program between the two countries.


Mohammed al-Bashir announced Tuesday that he has been tasked with heading a transitional government in Syria until March 1, 2025, following the collapse of the government of Bashar al-Assad.

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