U.S. Library of Congress closes on Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo/China News Service)

US: Warning as Government Shutdown Deepens Impact on Travel & Livelihoods! (8.11.2025)

Baker noted that the U.S. has experienced shutdowns in the past decades, during which both parties had real differences but they also recognized the need for compromise. However, in this case, “that recognition does not seem to be there with the Trump administration and the Republicans.”

In his view, the Republicans “are mostly to blame in that they have not approached the deadlock in good faith”.

In order to streamline government and expand its own executive power, the U.S. administration wanted to use the “government shutdown” to advance large-scale layoffs of federal employees and closure of agencies related to the Democrats, according to U.S. media.

The Democrats also have their own calculations. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) noted the standoff has become a messaging battle, with each party betting the public will blame the other.

The Washington Monument is closed to tourists due to the government shutdown, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo/China News Service)

US: Ticking Time Bomb as Debt Reaches New High! (8.11.2025)

“The reality is that we’re becoming distressingly numb to our own dysfunction. We fail to pass budgets, we blow past deadlines, we ignore fiscal safeguards, and we haggle over fractions of a budget while leaving the largest drivers untouched. Social Security and Medicare, for example, are just seven years from having their trust funds depleted – and you don’t hear anything from our political leaders on how to avoid such a disaster,” Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas said in a statement.

The critique lays bare America’s fiscal predicament, that is, political numbness toward systemic failures has become normalized.

While both parties remain deadlocked in partisan disputes over budgetary deals, they persistently avoid addressing the root cause of debt expansion.

The U.S. is stuck in a perpetual cycle of issuing new debt to service existing obligations—a spiral with no exit in sight. This relentless accumulation suggests the national debt bomb is destined to keep growing.

Tianwen-1's high-resolution camera,

China: Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter Captures Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS! (7.11.2025)

It is thought to have formed around ancient stars near the centre of the Milky Way and may be older than the solar system itself, offering rare insight into the composition and evolution of exoplanetary material.

The Tianwen-1 team began preparing for the observation in early September this year. With ATLAS moving at about 58 kilometres per second and appearing 10,000 to 100,000 times dimmer than the Martian surface, the mission faced an extreme technical challenge in image targeting and stability.

Originally designed for Mars surface observation, Tianwen-1 has been orbiting the planet since February 2021.

The successful observation of ATLAS marks an extension of the probe’s mission, serving as a test for China’s upcoming Tianwen-2 asteroid mission.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (4th R) receives the G20 Extraordinary Committee Report on Global Inequality from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz (3rd R), UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima (1st R), and four other leading global experts of the committee at a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on Nov. 4, 2025. (Photo by Shakirah Thebus/Xinhua)

South Africa: G20 Report Warning of Global Inequality Crisis Unveiled! (6.11.2025)

Drawing on data from the World Inequality Lab, the analysis showed that the world’s richest one percent have increased their average wealth by 1.3 million U.S. dollars since 2000, while the poorest 50 percent gained only 585 U.S. dollars, adjusted for inflation. Though income gaps between individuals have narrowed largely due to growth in China, the wealth divide between the Global North and South remains substantial.

“The world understands that we have a climate emergency; it is time we recognized that we face an inequality emergency too,” said Stiglitz, who chaired the six-member committee behind the report.

Much of the wealth at the top stems from “monopoly power and exploitation,” he said, adding that inequality is “not the laws of nature, but the laws of man.”

Officials and guests make a toast during a reception commemorating the 28th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Andy Chong/China Daily)

Hong Kong: Leader Promotes “Certainties” Following 28th Hand-Over Anniversary! (5.11.2025)

In a social media post, Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-ki attributed Hong Kong’s ability to overcome difficulties during the interval to the enduring vitality of “one country, two systems”, as well as the central government’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.

Political parties, including the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong — the city’s biggest political party — reaffirmed their support for deeper integration into national development and seizing new opportunities under “one country, two systems”.

Sunny Tan, chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council, pledged to leverage Hong Kong’s global connectivity to strengthen industry ties through international fashion events, strengthen the city’s brand and support internationalization efforts.

Mr Shi, the patient, presents a silk banner to doctor Zhao Gaofeng. (Photo/ Screenshot)

China: Doctor Removes Rare Tumour in 11-Hour Surgery! (5.11.2025)

Professor Zhao Gaofeng, director of thoracic surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, led the procedure on a 20-centimeter mediastinal tumour that had been pressing against the patient’s heart, lungs, and major blood vessels.

Zhao said the tumour had an “extremely abnormal blood supply” from three unusual arteries. “We have never seen anything like this,” he added.

“It was the most difficult operation I’ve ever performed in terms of blood loss – possibly the most challenging of its kind.”

The 50-year-old patient, surnamed Shi, had previously undergone surgery twice elsewhere, but doctors abandoned both operations because of the high risk of bleeding.

Shi recovered smoothly and has since been discharged from the hospital.

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