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Robotaxis stop working in mass ‘system failure’ trapping passengers in Chinese city

Police in China’s central city of Wuhan say ‘system malfunction’ caused more than 100 Apollo Go self-driving taxis to freeze in traffic

The Independent UK

Tech Brief (April 2): Beijing Calls On Cities to Join Global Industrial Cooperation Network

Multiple Apollo Go robotaxis stall in Wuhan due to system failure, AR glasses maker Xreal files for Hong Kong IPO

Caixin Global

Robotaxi outage in China’s Wuhan leaves passengers stranded in moving traffic

More than 100 of the Baidu driverless vehicles stopped running because of a system malfunction

The Guardian - US

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Passengers stranded in moving traffic after robotaxi outage in China's Wuhan

More than 100 Baidu robotaxis stopped running in the Chinese city of Wuhan because of a system malfunction, leaving some passengers stranded in moving traffic

The Independent UK

China unveils UFO-shaped eVTOL vehicle capable of urban takeoffs

A UFO-shaped eVTOL aircraft, built for tight urban air mobility, has been completing tests flights in Wuhan, China.

Euronews

Coco Gauff rallies to defeat Jessica Pegula in all-American Wuhan Open final

Gauff came from two breaks down in the second set to defeat Pegula 6-4 7-5

The Independent UK

Emma Raducanu: British No1 issues fitness update after Wuhan Open retirement

Former US Open champion is ranked world No30

Evening Standard

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Aryna Sabalenka takes down Elena Rybakina to extend Wuhan Open winning run

Sabalenka defeated Rybakina 6-3 6-3 to set up a semi-final with Jessica Pegula

The Independent UK

Novak Djokovic recovers after collapsing on court to reach Wuhan Open quarter-final

Intense heat and humidity has taken its toll on several players at the tournament

Evening Standard

Emma Raducanu retires from first-round match at stiflingly hot Wuhan Open

Emma Raducanu retired after a medical timeout when trailing Ann Li 6-1, 4-1, while Novak Djokovic struggled through in Shanghai despite vomiting

The Guardian - UK

Wuhan Open: Emma Raducanu retires ill in first-round clash with Ann Li

Briton has endured a rough patch of form

Evening Standard

Emma Raducanu forced to retire at Wuhan Open amid ‘overwhelming’ tennis schedule

Raducanu withdrew ill during the second set of her match against Ann Li as debate rages about the packed nature of tennis’s calendar

The Independent UK

UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government critics

The Guardian - UK

Chinese Covid whistleblower ‘sentenced to 4 more years in jail’

Zhang Zhan sentenced to prison on charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ in China

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The Independent UK

Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river

A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in China’s longest river.

The Conversation

How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic

In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), published an assessment of the origins of COVID.

The Conversation

China is constructing a new hero cult – here’s why that matters

A tour guide competition was held in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late May. This was not some fun contest. According to Chinese state media, it was a carefully conceived effort to “attract and cultivate a group of politically firm and professionally skilled storytellers of heroes and martyrs…

The Independent UK

One dead in apparent shooting in rare case of gun violence in China

One person has died in an apparent shooting at an outdoor restaurant in the city of Wuhan in what would be a rare case of gun violence in China

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Reason

Trump's Budget Calls for $17 Billion Cut to NIH, Citing Lax Oversight of Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan

The White House budget plan says the agency's failure to prove it was not complicit in a possible lab leak shows it's "too big and unfocused."

The Independent UK

China suggests Covid-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation

China said the Wuhan lab leak virus theory was ‘extremely unlikely’

Fortune

White House doubles down on its lab leak theory, annihilating the original COVID-19 information website and replacing it with its own claims

Trump believes the COVID-19 pandemic started from a research lab in Wuhan, China.

The Conversation

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…

The Conversation

The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction?

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…

Evening Standard

New bat strain of coronavirus discovered by researchers in Wuhan

The potential for human infection has yet to be explored

Reason

USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency

There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.

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