“Our long-standing collaboration with Chinese colleagues to study, care for and save the giant panda will now pass the half-century mark,” said Steve Monfort, the John and Adrienne Mars director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo, when the extension agreement was signed in 2020.
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The Smithsonian reveals an extension to its agreement with China to keep giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, along with their youngest cub, Xiao Qi Ji at the zoo in Washington DC, through Dec 7, 2023. The previous agreement was set to expire at the end of 2020. #Pandaversary
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#US researchers have developed a method to evaluate how mutations to SARS-CoV-2 can affect recognition by antibodies used in rapid antigen tests, according to a release of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday.global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202209/16/WS
Americans spent $24.2 billion with the buy-now, pay-later services in 2021, up from $2 billion in 2019, according to a new report. However, the delinquency rate for the services rose to 2.39 percent in 2021 from 1.83 percent in 2020.
The White House on Thursday announced a tentative agreement to avert a strike that would have shut down rail lines nationwide and crippled the economy.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers a path to solidarity for global partnerships, win-win cooperation on connectivity and global sustainable development, a Chinese ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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The unions representing American railroad workers are in talks with major freight railroads over a labor dispute and are expected to go on a nationwide strike Friday unless the two sides reach an agreement.
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Calls are growing louder for US President Joe Biden to withdraw the nomination for a senior legal post of an assistant US attorney who wrongfully prosecuted a China-born scientist for Chinese espionage.
#US police agencies, without search warrants, have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool to follow people's movements, a US media outlet has reported.
Despite significant setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there are still opportunities to make progress toward its major targets, said the Goalkeepers Report released Tuesday by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Major #US credit card companies will implement a new merchant category code for gun stores to use when processing credit and debit card transactions, a move that gun control advocates say will help flag suspicious purchase and gun traffickers.
New York City's restaurant industry continues to face "widespread and overwhelming hardship" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and will have an uphill battle to fully recover, according to recent research.
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The #US media report that five defendants connected with the Sept 11 terrorist attacks are negotiating a plea deal in exchange for a guarantee of medical care and the lifting of the death penalty.
A recent report has shed some light on Western media influence operations mainly aimed at Central Asia and the Middle East.
The zoo said in a statement, “Giant pandas are an international symbol of endangered wildlife and hope, and Xiao Qi Ji’s birth offered the world a much-needed moment of joy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.”#Pandaversary
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Three months after his birth, the zoo announced the panda cub’s name, Xiao Qi Ji, a Mandarin phrase that translates to “little miracle” in English. The name was one of four the zoo asked the public to choose from;100,000 people cast their votes.#Pandaversary
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Xiao Qi Ji, a male giant panda cub, is born at the National Zoo in Washington DC on Aug 21, 2020. Xiao Qi Ji is a result of the artificial insemination of Mei Xiang on March 22, 2020, the fourth surviving cub of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. #Pandaversary
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More than three months into the monkeypox outbreak, over 20,000 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in the United States, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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One in four #US adults aged 18 to 44 received mental health treatment in 2021, rising from 18.5 percent in 2019 to 23.2 percent in 2021, according to the latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Apple on Wednesday announced iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max powered by A16 Bionic, which feature the 48MP camera, Always-On display, Crash Detection, Emergency SOS via satellite, and new way to receive notifications and activities with Dynamic Island.
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The #US government's policies toward China are putting the country on the wrong track, according to China watchers who stress that a decoupling of the top two economies will harm the United States and the rest of the world.global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202209/08/WS
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US Representative Carolyn B. Maloney said pandas have a unique ability to bring people together, trying to bring a pair of pandas to NYC. Her office sent numerous letters to Chinese officials seeking support. She traveled to China in 2014 to visit the panda preserve.#Pandaversary
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Promotion for flawed prosecutor stirs anger.
The average life expectancy of people in the United States dropped for a second consecutive year in 2021, with the decline to 76 years and one month representing a fall of almost a full year from 2020, according to a government report released on Wednesday.
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The United States' geopolitics-first approach to the Indo-Pacific ignores the region's complexities and development needs, a scholar has said.
Bomb craters and rubble from blasted houses in the Sangin district of southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province are a testament to years of brutal military strikes by US-led coalition forces and the atrocities committed by occupying troops.
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Two-thirds of Black Americans say that recent increased focus on race and racial inequality in the United States has not led to changes that are improving the lives of Black people, CNN on Tuesday cited a new report from the Pew Research Center.
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Life expectancy in the United States fell by 2.7 years to 76.1 years from 2019 to 2021, the lowest age in 26 years and the steepest two-year decline since records began in 1923, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The United States will need a "miracle" to steer clear of a recession, according to a leading economist.
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) this summer has encouraged American farmers to grow one crop after the other on one piece of land to combat a potential food shortage.
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China on Monday refuted a Xinjiang-related report released by the US State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC), in which it smeared China of creating and spreading disinformation about Xinjiang.global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/30/WS
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Developing countries are asking for a facility to compensate for climate loss and damage, it's the industrial countries that have for the last 200 years contributed to global warming, said Pakistan's UN ambassador.global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/30/WS
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Between 2 and 4 million people in the United States can't work because of the long-term debilitating effects of COVID-19, costing the economy up to $170 billion a year in lost wages, according to a report.
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China Daily presents a series of in-depth reports to analyze how exclusive blocs create divides, conflicts and setbacks in the world, and how the greater international community works to shore up unity, peace and development.
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US first lady Michelle Obama and China's first lady Madame Peng Liyuan visited the National Zoo in Washington DC in 2015, they announced Bei Bei as the name of the new giant panda cub born on Aug 22. Bei Bei is complementary to Bao Bao, name of cub’s older sister.#Pandaversary
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The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.
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The police chief of the Uvalde, Texas, school district has been fired by the school board for failing to handle the shooting rampage in May that killed 19 students and two teachers.
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US consultation request over Mexico's energy policy 'foolish,' says Mexican president. global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/26/WS
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