Nobel scandals leave prospect of awards in doubt

COPENHAGEN - For the first time since 1943, there's a notable risk that no Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded this year.

BEAUTY IN WHITE AND RED

Her fascination with the only member of the genus Nipponia capture these beauties on canvas, write Huo Yan and Li Yang

The art and craft of paper cutting

The first thing that greets visitors at Gao Fengying's home is a stocky, floccose burro foal. "It was born just last week ...," says Gao Lailiang, Fengying's father, apologetically. "Even Fengying has not seen the new member of our family. She is too busy with her paper-cutting course in the town," Gao Senior says.

Minding the machine: the AI race

It's the hottest thing in technology now, but the co-founder of Google said: "I didn't see it coming, even though I was sitting right there".

'Automata Studies' becomes 'Artificial Intelligence' and a new science is born

In 1956, John McCarthy, an American computer scientist pioneer and inventor, called for research on "Automata Studies". But few people understood what he meant, so he came up with another phrase for the research he was promoting: artificial intelligence.

Global market for AI: $37 billion by 2025, 26% of China's GDP by 2030

The global market for AI is projected to reach $37 billion in revenue by 2025, a 57-fold increase from $644 million in 2016, according to a new report from Tractica, a Boulder, Colorado-based market intelligence firm that focuses on human interaction with technology.

Merging drones, AI to help clean energy hum along: the ultimate integration

"We look at ourselves as a global startup. In addition to China, we are eyeing markets in Southeast Asia, Europe and North America," said George Yan, founder and CEO of Shanghai-based AI startup Clobotics.

Kim's crossing begins buoyantly

The golden doors on the stately building swung open and Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, wearing a black Mao suit and surrounded by officials, descended the steps toward the border with the Republic of Korea.

IN BRIEF (Page 9)

Chernobyl new hot spot for tourism

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - Camera? Check. Sunglasses? Check. And a Geiger counter? Check. For a growing number of thrill-seekers visiting Chernobyl's radiation-contaminated lands the device is used to help navigate the site of what remains the world's worst nuclear accident.

Photos offer glimpse of old China

Striking images of Asia, offering a glimpse of the way people lived more than 150 years ago, have gone on display at an exhibition in London.

Thumbs-up for gamer grandmother

BUENOS AIRES - Like many women at her age, Isabel Martinotti, 82, is a doting grandmother. Unlike her peers, she is also an avid video gamer who has become an online celebrity in her native Argentina for handling a console with the dexterity of a teenager.