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the second hyperpower |
 Haining, China (XNA) Jul 24, 2009 
Chinese astronomers will set up a stronger telescope network on Dome A, the top of the south pole, after the initial success in January, 2008, an astronomer said at a symposium that concluded here Thursday. Gong Xuefei, an astronomer involved in the telescope project, said at a cross-Straits forum on astronomical instruments that the new telescopes are being tested and the first of them is ... read more 
Phuket, Thailand (AFP) July 23, 2009US President Barack Obama's administration is bidding to counter China's growing clout in Southeast Asia with steps to revive ties with a region of nearly 600 million people. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a friendship pact here Wednesday with the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) amid complaints that Obama's predecessor George W. Bush had neglected the ... more
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What we know ahead of Jimmy Lai's national security verdicts
Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs Hong Kong court to deliver verdicts on media mogul Jimmy Lai 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 
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Washington (AFP) July 22, 2009Governments and scientists around the world ramped up the hunt for a vaccine to battle the swine flu pandemic Wednesday, with Australia launching human trials for a serum. US officials announced they were searching for volunteers to run their own trials of two swine flu vaccines and a Chinese drug company said it would soon test its own preparation to fight the A(H1N1) virus, which has ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 23, 2009Four people were killed and 53 remained missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in a remote and mountainous area of southwest China on Thursday, the government said. The victims were construction labourers who had been working on a dam in Kangding county, an area traditionally populated by ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan province, according to a statement on the civil affairs ministry's ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2009Up to 600 rescuers were digging through rock and mud with their bare hands in a desperate attempt Friday to find about 50 people left missing in a landslide in southwest China, state press reported. The rock slide in mountainous Sichuan province left four people dead early Thursday after it engulfed the makeshift office and living quarters of a road construction team along the Dadu river ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 23, 2009Chinese police have detained family members of a man whose death last month sparked a riot that resulted in thousands of people clashing with security forces, the government and media said Thursday. At least five relatives of Tu Yuangao have been detained and several others questioned by police in Shishou city, in the central province of Hubei, for their alleged roles in the unrest ... 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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Phuket, Thailand (AFP) July 23, 2009Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has met with his Chinese counterpart amid a row over the detention of a Rio Tinto executive in China, an Australian diplomat said Thursday. Smith "had a conversation" with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in the Thai resort island of Phuket, the diplomat told AFP. He would not give details of ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 23, 2009At least 23 miners were missing after torrential rains triggered a cave-in at a colliery in northeast China, state media reported Thursday. The accident occurred late Wednesday night in a mine in Jixi city in Heilongjiang province, Xinhua news agency said. Several hundred rescuers worked through the day Thursday to dig out the 23 missing miners without success, it added. China's coal ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) July 22, 2009Peering up through black protective glasses at an overcast sky, Glenn Evans let out an excited cry as the barely visible sun began to disappear completely behind the moon. "You can see it. It's already started!" Evans, a Shanghai-based cosmetics executive, called out to other eclipse-watchers. Evans was one of hordes of Shanghai residents and tourists who poured into the Chinese city's ... more 
Moscow (AFP) July 22, 2009Russia and China on Wednesday launched massive joint military drills aimed at fighting terrorism and ethnic separatism, Russian news agencies reported. The five-day exercises near the two nations' common border "must show the international community that Russia and China have the necessary resources to ensure stability and security in the region," Ria Novosti quoted the chief of Russia's gen ... more |
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