Monthly Archives: December 2024

2024-12-18: News Headlines

Joe Piette (2024-12-18). Philadelphia Arena: '$50 million, $100 million — the whole thing is a sellout deal!'. workers.org Philadelphia For over two years, a growing movement has fought to stop the proposed construction of 76 Place, a basketball arena in Philadelphia that would threaten the existence of Chinatown, the last community of color in Center City. It's the people against the billionaires. A poll of city residents revealed . . . |

ecns.cn (2024-12-18). Vanuatu earthquake death toll rises to 14. ecns.cn At least 14 people including two Chinese have been killed and hundreds more injured after a magnitude of 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on Tuesday.

The Independent (2024-12-18). TikTok asks U.S. Supreme Court to block looming ban. independent.co.ug WASHINGTON | Xinhua | TikTok on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a law that would ban the video-sharing app if ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, doesn't sell it to a non-Chinese buyer by Jan. 19. "The Act will shutter one of America's most popular speech platforms the day before a presidential inauguration," …

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2024-12-17: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2024-12-17). Extension of China-U.S. sci-tech agreement strengthens cooperation : foreign ministry. ecns.cn The extension of the Agreement Between the United States and China on Cooperation in Science and Technology (STA) is in the interest of both peoples, and what the international community hopes to see, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday.

ecns.cn (2024-12-17). Xi urges Macao youth to shape next chapter of Macao's story. ecns.cn Over the years, President Xi Jinping has been deeply concerned about the development of Macao and its young people.

ecns.cn (2024-12-17). China sends new satellite group into space. ecns.cn A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying the PIESAT-2 09~12 satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 17, 2024.

ecns.cn (2024-12-17). China launches low-orbit internet satellites. ecns.cn The first group of low Earth orbit satellites for a satellite internet constellation was launched by the Long March-5B carrier rocket on Monday…

ecns.cn (2024-12-17). Hainan launch center to carry out 2nd mission. ecns.cn The Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan province, is set to conduct its second mission, this time with a Long March 8 carrier rocket, according to the new spaceport.

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