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 Tokyo (AFP) June 28, 2009 
South Korea and Japan "will never tolerate" a nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Sunday after talks in Tokyo with Prime Minister Taro Aso. Lee and Aso agreed to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme amid Pyongyang's continued sabre-rattling, and called for China to play a greater role in persuading its ally to disarm, they said in a news ... read more 
Taipei (AFP) June 28, 2009Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou is scheduled to leave for Central America Monday, his second visit to the region in a month, to shore up ties with allies there, his spokesman said Sunday. Ma will attend Panama's presidential inauguration of Ricardo Martinelli Wednesday, and then travel on to Nicaragua and Honduras, Ma's spokesman Wang Yu-chi told AFP. However, Chinese officials last week ... more
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China says backs direct talks between Russia, Ukraine on ending war
Chinese weapons get rare battle test in India-Pakistan fighting CATL, China's global battery champion with risk-taker at the helm Record May heat scorches north, central China Taiwan says 'willing' to talk to China as island boosts defences Chinese battery giant CATL soars more than 18% on Hong Kong debut Asian markets rebound to track Wall St up as China cuts rates Chinese battery giant CATL soars more than 13% on Hong Kong debut Chinese battery giant CATL seeks $4 bn in Hong Kong IPO Germany says China has 'a responsibility for global peace' 
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Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2009Locations from the ancient city of Caral-Supe in Peru to China's sacred Buddhist mountain of Wutai were among 16 that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, while a German area was removed. The 16 sites, with half located in Europe, were named at UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, the UN agency announced Sunday. All the committee's choices however ... more  
Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2009China, deemed vital to the fight against global warming, is now taking the issue of climate change "extremely seriously," EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said Friday. Meanwhile US President Barack Obama had effected a "sea-change" on environmental policy there, he said. China had become "fully and constructively engaged in the international negotiations, while domestically it was ... more  
Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2009The EU accused China of "unacceptable" Internet censorship Friday, as Brussels rejected Beijing's claim that an internet filter due to be introduced is instead aimed at blocking pornography. "The aim of this internet filter, contrary to what Chinese authorities contend, is clearly to censor internet and limit freedom of expression," the European Commission said in a statement. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2009Dozens of prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics have signed an open letter urging the government to free dissident Liu Xiaobo, who co-wrote a bold petition calling for democratic reform. The letter, dated June 24, was circulated on the Internet and has been signed by 52 people, signatories told AFP on Friday. Liu, a 53-year-old dissident writer, was arrested on Tuesday for ... more |
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Advanced 3D Satellite Component Layout Optimization Method Developed by Beijing ResearchersSydney, Australia (SPX) May 19, 2025 Researchers at the Defense Innovation Institute, part of the Chinese Academy of Military Science, have developed a novel method for optimizing the three-dimensional layout of satellite components, a ... more 
Ramon.Space Secures Eutelsat OneWeb Contract for Advanced Digital ChannelizersLondon, UK (SPX) May 15, 2025 Ramon.Space has secured a contract from Eutelsat to provide onboard digital communication channelizers for the expansion of its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. This significant ... more 
HEO and BAE Systems Forge Partnership for Advanced Space Data AnalysisSydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2025 HEO and BAE Systems have announced a collaboration aimed at delivering a comprehensive geospatial exploitation solution that integrates HEO's resolved Non-Earth Imagery (NEI) with BAE Systems' lates ... more
  
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fallBoston MA (SPX) May 14, 2025 The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country's median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980. And the number of adults older than 65 is ex ... more 
Teaching Robots Theory of Mind to Boost CollaborationLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025 Researchers from Duke University and Columbia University have developed a novel approach to robotic collaboration by integrating Theory of Mind-a uniquely human cognitive trait-into robotic systems. ... more 
US states oppose AI regulation ban in Trump tax billSan Francisco (AFP) May 17, 2025 A mix of Democratic and Republican state attorneys on Friday called on Congress to reject a moratorium on regulating artificial intelligence included in US President Donald Trump's tax bill. ... more
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Shanghai (AFP) June 28, 2009The scene where Shanghai's river meets the sea is a snapshot of China's battle against the financial crisis -- as well as the site of the port the country hopes can set the stage for the next boom. Empty container ships -- victims of China's export collapse -- line the river banks in Shanghai's port. Meanwhile, bulk carriers laden with raw materials -- a bet on demand rebounding -- wait ... more  
China Lake CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Naval 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 ... 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  
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 |
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