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 China Lake CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009 
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), with support from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, for the first time successfully tracked, engaged and destroyed a threat representative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while in flight at Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif. A total of five targets were engaged and destroyed during the testing, also a first for the U.S. Navy. Members ... read more 
Berlin (AFP) June 25, 2009Delegates from over 80 countries pledging to destroy their cluster bombs started a two-day conference in Berlin on Thursday to assess progress since a 2008 agreement banning the weapons. Absent however were United States, Israel, Russia and Georgia -- countries which have used cluster bombs in recent years and which refuse to sign up the agreement. China, India and Pakistan also stayed away. ... more
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Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution
China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave CORRECTED: Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong Philippines says fishermen injured in China Coast Guard encounter Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict set for Monday Asian markets track Wall St record after Fed cut US, Japan defence chiefs say China harming regional peace Son of MH370 flight victim seeks answers after 11 years 
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Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2009China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam, a senior official said Thursday. Feng Jianshen, a vice governor of Gansu province, told reporters that the province planned to expand the installed capacity of its wind power base to more than 20 gigawatts in 11 years, more than 10 times the current ... more  
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jun 25, 2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit this week to Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa's biggest oil producer, to sign natural gas deals threw down the gauntlet to energy-hungry China, which has been aggressively sinking its commercial hooks in the mineral-rich continent for the last few years. Medvedev is the first Russian president ever to visit Africa, underlining the importance Russia ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2009China is considering a stock market listing for its valuable Beijing-Shanghai railway line to raise funds for the nation's massive rail construction plans, state media said Thursday. The Ministry of Railways is mulling restructuring the line linking the country's two richest cities into a holding company before floating it, the China Daily reported. The report said the line was ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jun 25, 2009 China's discovery this week of a giant iron ore deposit with estimated reserves of 3 billion metric tons couldn't come at a more opportune time for the country, which is the world's largest importer of the product with an ever growing demand for it. Geologists found the deposit, claimed as Asia's largest, in Benxi city in the northwest province of Liaoning province, the state media said ... 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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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 
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 |
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Maven stays silent after routine pass behind Mars
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