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Rooted in resilience: China’s seed push plants agricultural ‘chips’, grows self-reliance

Rooted in resilience: China’s seed push plants agricultural ‘chips’, grows self-reliance

China is starting to reap the rewards of its food-security push into the seed sector, aggressively making a play for self-reliance with domestically developed varieties dubbed the “chips” of agriculture. This strategic push, authorities say, has seen the nation make substantial progress in developing and deploying its own vital crop and livestock genetics, aiming to reduce dependence amid global uncertainties. In this once innovation-deficient sector, the domestic breeding source market share...

Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run

When politicians publish memoirs, the goal is usually clear: introduce themselves to voters beyond their home state, often ahead of an expected national run, and present the version of their story that makes them most appealing to the broadest base. That’s what makes Josh Shapiro’s new memoir potentially counterintuitive. In Where We Keep the Light,... The post Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run appeared first on The Forward.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago making stop at Detroit Opera House

Hubbard is the only concert dance company in the world authorized to add work from the late choreographer and filmmaker Bob Fosse to its repertory.

'I didn't hear from my son for seven months': Inside Yemen's UAE-run secret prisons

The BBC sees sites on former United Arab Emirates bases in Yemen where detainees say they were abused.
From emo to nu metal: why 2000s bands are striking a chord with Gen Z in Southeast Asia

From emo to nu metal: why 2000s bands are striking a chord with Gen Z in Southeast Asia

From the eyeliner-heavy angst of My Chemical Romance to the double-denim pop of Blue, reunion tours by early-2000s Western acts are selling out Southeast Asian arenas, powered by an unlikely driver: Gen Z fans who were toddlers, or not yet born, when the bands first topped the charts. When My Chemical Romance (MCR) announced its Southeast Asia tour, 60,000 tickets for their Kuala Lumpur show on April 30 sold out within hours. The rush prompted organiser Hello Universe to add a second date at...

Fallows joins Racing Bulls as technical director

Former Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows joins Racing Bulls in the same role before the 2026 Formula 1 season.

Fallows joins Racing Bulls as technical director

Former Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows joins Racing Bulls in the same role before the 2026 Formula 1 season.

Fallows joins Racing Bulls as technical director

Former Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows joins Racing Bulls in the same role before the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Ex-CIA spy shares what phones and other devices can actually hear – it's terrifying

Ex-CIA spy shares what phones and other devices can actually hear – it's terrifying

John Kiriakou, a former CIA analyst and case officer turned whistleblower, suggested that when it comes to our devices, we "have to worry" about the methods used by agencies around the world
Israeli Bedouin say hope for better life crushed after deadly crackdown

Israeli Bedouin say hope for better life crushed after deadly crackdown

When the Israeli Bedouin village of Tarabin al-Sana backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party in the last elections, they expected their lives would improve.
Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law left suicide note in Book of Mormon and had Xanax in system, report finds

Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law left suicide note in Book of Mormon and had Xanax in system, report finds

Carrie Elizabeth Romney was seen ‘pacing’ by witnesses atop a parking lot before taking her own life
Experts warn of rise in spinal cord damage from laughing gas

Experts warn of rise in spinal cord damage from laughing gas

Nitrous oxide is often inhaled from balloons and abused by children and young people