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Posters featuring Chinese scientists Qian Xuesen and Deng Jiaxian at the Convention and Exhibition Center metro station, Zhengzhou, Henan Province on August 27, 2026. Photo: VCGRecently, as more and more foreigners have traveled to China, they've noticed a detail considered "very Chinese": They've discovered that highly visible locations - such as city squares, subway stations and billboards on overpasses - are often reserved for "the backbone of the nation," including figures like the founding father of China's missile and space programs Qian Xuesen, nuclear physicist Deng Jiaxian and agronomist Yuan Longping. Their faces and achievements have become a striking cultural landscape in Chinese cities. When tourists from around the world discover that China reserves the "prime city billboards" for scientists, what they see is not just an advertisement, but a reflection of Chinese values. It tells the world: In China, diligence in seeking knowledge, scientific exploration and a sense of mission to serve the motherland will always deserve the highest place.

Bill Gates has called for “human-reserved” jobs in certain sectors to prevent AI replacing them, and expressed concern that governments are not prepared for the impact the technology will have. In a 6,000 word essay titled The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make are critical, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder likened the need to spare roles from digital encroachment to how nature reserves operate to protect the environment. “Many jobs will disappear forever,” he said, in his first lengthy piece on AI in three years. “I believe that as AI and robots improve, we’ll set aside certain things for only people to do. “I’ve started calling this domain human reserved. I like the phrase human reserved because it makes me think of nature reserves – places where we could put buildings and roads, but we choose not to because the loss would be too great.”He cited examples including the health professionals who cared for his father, who died of Alzheimer’s disease six years ago. “Something in the care they gave my dad was irreplaceably human, no robot could or should have done it,” he said. “Imagine a robot giving you the awful news that you have an incurable disease.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 2:42PMTanya Rivero has the details on Mornings @ 10. NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than a dozen adult day care centers in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island were searched as part of a large federal and state investigation into operators believed to be billing Medicaid for clients who received no services or were dead. At least two arrests were made at an adult day care operation on Staten Island run by a family, the culmination of a long running investigation there. The family is accused of fraudulently billing Medicaid for services to clients who were either dead or did not attend the center. The other locations were searched, some with court ordered warrants, some received warning letters. Two of those also received an informational visit from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Dr. Mehmet Oz. The broader federal inquiry, including the FBI, IRS, the Department of Health and Human Services and several state agencies, along with the NYPD, will be detailed at a news conference in Washington on Thursday.

In previous federal immigration announcements, Ottawa has stressed its commitment to prioritizing Francophone immigration outside Quebec, prompting many temporary residents to learn French in the hope of obtaining permanent residency (PR) in Canada. “After graduating and then working for a year, you could’ve easily gotten permanent residency,” says Alyanna Chua, who came to Canada as an international student in 2019.

SOCIETYWednesday, October 21, 2026 2:31PMWatch ABC News live news stream and get 24/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video. The Orionid meteor shower creates one of the most brilliant displays in the night sky each fall — but this year’s celestial event may have a dimmer showing due to a bright moon. Unlike the recent Draconid meteor shower, a treat for early sleepers, the Orionids will reward those who stay up late or rise in the dark hours before dawn. The shower, which appears every year as Earth passes through the debris trail left by Halley’s comet, is predicted to peak at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday. That means the best time to spot the quickly flashing meteors will be during the overnight hours between Wednesday and Thursday, according to EarthSky. Sky-gazers across the Northern and Southern hemispheres should start to see meteors zip by after midnight local time. Just a few days before the full moon rises on October 26, the waxing gibbous moon will be 76% illuminated Wednesday night, according to the American Meteor Society — which could make it harder to spot the shower during parts of the viewing period.