Xi Jinping met Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing, stressing peace, cooperation, and shared identity across the Taiwan Strait. The meeting comes ahead of a planned visit by Donald Trump to China

Avalanche Energy has secured a USD 5.2 million contract under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rads to Watts program to develop high-density radioactive batteries capable of powering laptop-class systems for months, overcoming current energy limitations