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China is starting to reap the rewards of its food-security push into the seed sector, aggressively making a play for self-reliance with domestically developed varieties dubbed the “chips” of agriculture. This strategic push, authorities say, has seen the nation make substantial progress in developing and deploying its own vital crop and livestock genetics, aiming to reduce dependence amid global uncertainties. In this once innovation-deficient sector, the domestic breeding source market share...

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings cited data privacy risks after its request to remove open-source WeChat export tools from GitHub sparked an online backlash. Some of the projects claiming access to WeChat chat records have used reverse engineering, among other techniques, to crack local database keys, bypassing the app’s encryption mechanisms, according to Tencent. “These actions compromise user privacy and data security and could be exploited by malicious actors,” Tencent said in a statement...

A year after a law that effectively banned TikTok from the U.S. went into effect, China and the U.S. have signed off on a deal, according to a White House official. Kelly O'Grady explains.

More than 200 million people in 35 states are bracing for heavy snow, ice and bitter cold temperatures ahead of a powerful winter storm. Jason Allen, Kris Van Cleave and Ash-har Quraishi have more. Lonnie Quinn has the forecast.

Ian Roberts, the former Des Moines superintendent, has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms.