Founder of Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo departs Colin Huang, founder of the Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo, is stepping down as chairman just as the company’s annual user base surpassed that of rival Alibaba By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer Mar...

Pre-embryos made in lab could spur research, ethics debates For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of fetal development By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer March 17, 2021, 5:03 PM • 4 m...

SHANGHAI, March 17 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese COVID-19 drug candidate is undergoing clinical trials in...

File Photo viaBar Ilan University (BIU)JERUSALEM, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researc...

As endangered birds lose their songs, they can't find mates Male songbirds usually learn their tunes from adult mentors, but when aspiring crooners lack proper role models, they hit all the wrong notes — and have less success attracting mates By CHRIS...

Uber to give UK drivers minimum wage, pension, holiday pay Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits By KELVIN...

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2020 shows the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in G...

Nurses receive colorful balloons at the welcome ceremoney on Saturday. Photo: Cui Meng/GTIt...

2021 is a year for vaccines and the hope of a return to a certain degree of normalcy. “How...

Woman in Uber driver attack to be returned to San Francisco A woman arrested in Las Vegas several days after an attack on an Uber driver that was widely viewed on social media agreed Monday to be transferred in custody to San Francisco to face criminal...