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China's top legislature on Monday began reviewing a draft amendment to the country's Water Law that would strengthen the development of a national water network.

Chinese lawmakers on Monday began reviewing a draft law on procuratorial public-interest litigation, which seeks to refine the scope of cases covered and improve relevant procedural rules.

A total of 20 projects, including the "Jiuzhang 4.0" programmable photonic quantum computing prototype, won the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Leading Science and Technology Awards at a ceremony held on Monday in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province.

Chinese lawmakers on Monday began deliberating a draft law on Antarctic activities and environmental protection, which seeks to bolster the management of scientific research while enhancing environmental safeguards in the Antarctic region.

Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, will chair the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Beijing from Nov. 3 to 4, a foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

Americans go to the polls in states across the US on Tuesday to elect new representatives, senators and governors, as well as to vote on down-ballot representatives and initiatives.

The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation at the US space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, an endeavor designed to help prepare for a ‌possible future excursion by NASA astronauts to Earth's planetary neighbor.

Japan Airlines (JAL) said Monday its net profit for the April-September period fell 42.2 percent from a year earlier to 39.07 billion yen (about 247 million US dollars), as soaring fuel prices and a weaker yen pushed up operating costs. The airline's revenue rose 11.7 percent to 1.10 trillion yen