1st Batch of China-Produced Tesla Cars Delivered in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Xinhua) — The first batch of vehicles produced by U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc.'s overseas plant in Shanghai was delivered Monday.
Ousted Nissan Chief Flees Japan to Escape “Injustice”
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Carlos Ghosn, the former chief of the Nissan-Renault auto alliance, said Monday he has arrived in Lebanon to escape "injustice and political persecution" in Japan where he was on bail facing trial for alleged financial wrongdoing.
NYPD: Times Square Safest Place on Earth for New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s counterterrorism czar expects Times Square to be “the safest place on the planet Earth” on New Year’s Eve.
Famed Jesuit Accused of Abusing Boy 1,000 Times Around World
Chicago (AP) — One day in May of 1970, an 11-year-old boy and his disabled sister were sitting on the curb outside a Chicago tavern, waiting for their mother to come out. When a priest with crinkly eyes and a ready smile happened by and offered the family a ride home, they could not have been happier.
China’s New High-Speed Rail Links Winter Olympics Cities
BEIJING (Xinhua) — The high-speed railway line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, went into operation Monday, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said.
China Sentences Protestant Pastor to 9 Years for Subversion
BEIJING (AP) — China has sentenced a prominent pastor who operated outside the Communist Party-recognized Protestant organization to nine years in prison for subversion.
The Beauty and Ambiguity of Paris: a Photo Essay
PARIS — Photographs are more than paper thin because without proper context, its beauty and ambiguity is that many photos are without context and you can interpret it the way you think is right or represent the reality behind the photos.
5G Slated to Transform First Aid, Healthcare in China
BEIJING (Xinhua) — Wearing VR glasses to check a life-or-death situation in an ambulance, and closely watching the patient's electrocardiogram and ultrasonic images transmitted back in real time, doctors at a hospital in east China's Zhejiang Province remotely guided the paramedics and were fully prepared when the patient arrived.
8 Out of 10 China’s Box Office Top Grossers are Domestic Films
BEIJING (Xinhua) — Domestic films accounted for eight out of the 10 highest-grossing movies screened in China in 2019, according to the China Movie Data Information Network.
In Japan, AI Finds Role as Matchmaker
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies are starting to play a matchmaking role as they find their ways into people's lives in Japan.
