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 Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2009 
China and the United States Wednesday hailed defence talks here as a step forward in mutual understanding and agreed to meet again in July to discuss how to avoid a repeat of recent high-seas standoffs. However, in an illustration of lingering tensions, China also called on the US to cancel an arms sale to Taiwan and stay away from waters where this year's maritime confrontations took place. ... read more 
Seoul (UPI) Jun 24, 2009 Diplomats from South Korea and Moscow are looking at a session of five members of the six-party talks in an effort to get the sixth -- North Korea -- back to the table. North Korea said it would withdraw from the six-party talks but, in fact, hasn't participated in a formal manner in some time. The other six-party members -- China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States ... more
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges
Chinese man who documented alleged Uyghur camps risks removal from US Daughter warns China not to make Jimmy Lai a 'martyr' China sanctions retired Japan general over Taiwan 'collusion' International reaction to Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai verdict Japan's only two pandas to be sent back to China Asian markets drop with Wall St as tech fears revive Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs What we know of Jimmy Lai's national security verdicts Jimmy Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong 
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Seoul (AFP) June 23, 2009North Korea has banned ships from a wide area off its east coast, Japan's Coast Guard said Tuesday, raising speculation of more missile launches amid a tense nuclear standoff. The hardline communist state, angrily rejecting what it calls US-inspired sanctions imposed for its May 25 nuclear test, promised Tuesday to retaliate against them. In Beijing, US and Chinese defence officials were ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2009China said Wednesday it urged the United States in defence talks here to cancel an arms sale to Taiwan and stay away from waters where the two powers were recently involved in high-seas standoffs. China also urged all sides to exercise restraint over North Korea's recent nuclear sabre-rattling, Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian of the People's Liberation Army told reporters. The comments by ... more  
Brussels (AFP) June 24, 2009Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade called on European nations on Wednesday to boost their aid to Africa, warning that countries there might turn to Brazil, China and India for economic help. "Africa wants to cooperate with Europe, but if Europe shuts itself off from Africa when we have India, China, Brazil coming to offer us the same things as Europe at lower prices and with extraordinary ... more  
Bordeaux, France (AFP) June 23, 2009Much to the glee of French winemakers, China confirmed its passion for red wine within the first 24 hours of the opening of the world's largest wine exhibition here, Vinexpo. Barely had the first visitors hit the stands when Hong Kong luxury goods company A&A International announced its acquisition of an historic wine estate near Bordeaux, Chateau Richelieu, a 17-hectare property surrounded ... more |
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Life, Culture and AI: Why 'plagiarism' Is Our Default Operating SystemGerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 As AI models are accused of stealing the world's creativity, a deeper view emerges: life, culture - and now machines - all run on ceaseless pattern-copying, much like an extreme, accelerated form of reading. The real novelty is that humans invented the idea of "Plagiarism" with a capital P. ... more  
Sivers Semiconductors and Doosan Announce Joint Initiative to Advance Ka-Band SATCOM Antenna TechnologyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Sivers Semiconductors AB has entered a $1.5 million contract with Doosan Corporation to jointly develop scalable electronically steerable array (ESA) antenna panels for Ka-band satellite communicati ... more 
Platinum Crystals Mapped as They Develop Inside Liquid MetalSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the growth of platinum crystals in liquid metal by applying advanced X-ray tomography techniques. This research offers fresh understanding of ... more
  
Redefining AI Creativity Limits Findings Diminish Role of Generative Models in Artistic FieldsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A research team led by Professor David Cropley at the University of South Australia has identified mathematical boundaries that restrict the creative abilities of generative artificial intelligence ... more 
Trump launches 'Genesis Mission' to speed AI-driven researchWashington (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing the "Genesis Mission," a national initiative to harness AI for scientific breakthroughs, comparing its scope to the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb during World War II. ... more 
UN rights chief warns over generative AIGeneva (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster", with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world. ... more
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 24, 2009One of Asia's leading media moguls, Jimmy Lai, said Wednesday that newspapers faced a tough battle to survive and that providing content on the Internet for free was not a sustainable position. Lai, who owns the Apple Daily title in Hong Kong and newspapers in Taiwan, said the newspaper industry faced a "problem of survival" as it struggles to attract a new generation of readers used to TV ... more 
Abuja (AFP) June 24, 2009Russia on Wednesday pledged to boost cooperation on oil, gas and nuclear energy with Nigeria as its leader said Moscow was ready to invest billions in a race with Chinese and Western rivals. The two countries on Wednesday signed a raft of agreements -- key among which were those on energy -- during a historic visit to Africa's most populous nation by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. ... more 
Ottawa (AFP) June 24, 2009China's Sinopec has agreed to purchase oil exploration firm Addax Petroleum for 7.2 billion dollars in the largest ever Chinese offshore acquisition, the companies announced Wednesday. Sinopec is a subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation, the largest oil refiner in Asia and China's second-largest oil company after China National Petroleum Corp. Addax is based in Geneva, Switzerland ... more 
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2009Accused of soft pedaling on trade issues with China, US President Barack Obama's administration has filed its first World Trade Organization complaint against the Asian giant. Together with the European Union, the United States launched the complaint Tuesday with the the global trade watchdog, accusing China of limiting raw material exports like bauxite and zinc, of which China is one of the ... more |
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