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  Manila (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 The Philippines has agreed to buy an anti-ship missile system from India, the defence minister said Friday, shoring up its security in the face of growing Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. Manila's military was one of the most poorly equipped in Asia when President Rodrigo Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, began a modest modernisation program in 2012 - but it is still no match for its superpower neighbour China. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana offered few details about the ne ... read more |
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US bill aims to end China's 'chokehold' on America's rare earth suppliesWashington (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 Two US senators have proposed a law aiming to end China's alleged "chokehold" on rare-earth metal supplies, a statement by the lawmakers said Friday. ... more  
China says UK spy claims result of watching 'too many 007 movies'Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 China on Friday dismissed a rare public warning by British security services that a suspected Chinese agent was trying to influence lawmakers, saying it was the result of watching "too many 007 movies". ... more  
US says only 'a few weeks left' to save Iran nuclear dealWashington (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 There are only "a few weeks left" to save the Iran nuclear deal, and the United States is ready to look at "other options" if negotiations fail, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. ... more  
US lays out case against 'unlawful' China maritime claimsWashington (AFP) Jan 13, 2022 The United States on Wednesday laid out its most detailed case yet against Beijing's "unlawful" claims in the South China Sea, rejecting both the geographic and historic bases for its vast, divisive map. ... more |
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Hong Kong police switch to goose-stepping 'to show patriotism'Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 Hong Kong's entire police force will switch from colonial-era British marching drills to the goose-stepping style seen on the Chinese mainland, the city's force said Friday, citing the need to show officers' "patriotism". ... more 
Sri Lanka rules out IMF bailout, seeks new China loanColombo (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 Sri Lanka ruled out an IMF bailout on Wednesday and planned more loans, including from China, to address its worsening economic crisis - but was swiftly hit with another international ratings downgrade. ... more 
Wife of activist barred from leaving China dies after 15 years apartBeijing (AFP) Jan 11, 2022 The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United States after her husband's pleas to be allowed to leave China and reunite with her went ignored, rights activists said. ... more  
Omicron detected in Beijing as China battles Covid clustersBeijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 An Omicron case has been detected in Beijing, officials in the Chinese capital said Saturday, as the country battles multiple outbreaks of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant ahead of the Winter Olympics. ... more 
Omicron spreads to southern China city bordering MacauBeijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes on Saturday after announcing it had detected at least seven cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant there and warning residents not to leave the city. ... more |
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Who's next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests, shutdownsHong Kong (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 When Hong Kong's national security police knocked on his door before dawn last month, journalist Ronson Chan was unsurprised but still found himself shaking. ... more 
Cyprus move to extradite China pair riles US lobbyistsNicosia (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 A Chinese mother and son's fight against extradition from Cyprus to face fraud charges at home has drawn in US-based right-wing lobby groups who allege the charges are politically motivated. ... more 
Hong Kong airport bans transit passengers from 153 countriesHong Kong (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 Hong Kong announced a ban on passengers from more than 150 nations transiting its airport on Friday as China ramps up strict anti-virus travel measures ahead of the Winter Olympics. ... more
Chinese woman stuck in blind date's house after city lockdownBeijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 Imagine being on a first date you couldn't end? That's what happened to a woman in China whose video blogs about going into a citywide lockdown during a blind date have gone viral. ... more 
Two hospitals in China's Xi'an closed over lockdown failuresBeijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2022 Two hospitals in China's locked-down city of Xi'an, including one that refused to treat an eight-month pregnant woman who later miscarried, have been closed while they "rectify" mistakes, authorities said Thursday. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 10, 2022 
The Shenzhou XIII astronauts in China's space station core module have completed the manual rendezvous and docking experiment with the Tianzhou 2 cargo craft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said Saturday.
At the beginning of the experiment, the astronauts in the core module teleoperated the Tianzhou 2 cargo craft to leave the front docking port of the core module's node cabin and mov ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 
China's economy expanded at its fastest pace for 10 years in 2021, according to an AFP poll of analysts, but its strong recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is threatened by Omicron and a property sector slowdown.
The eight percent growth would be well above the government's target of more than six percent, and comes on the back of a strong start to the year as a "zero-Covid" policy allowed t ... more |
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 Paris, France (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 
The failure of the United States and Russia this week to find a diplomatic solution to fizzing tensions over Eastern European security has increased the chance of a new Russian attack on Ukraine even if full-scale war is far from inevitable, analysts say.
Russia stands accused of having massed some 100,000 troops close to the Ukrainian border, as it seeks a commitment from the West that the ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 
Electricity giant EDF on Wednesday announced a further delay and cost overruns for France's flagship new-generation nuclear plant, in a blow to President Emmanuel Macron's strategy of making atomic power a cornerstone of energy policy.
EDF said that the Flamanville plant on the Channel coast would not be loaded with fuel until the "second quarter of 2023", instead of late 2022.
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 Akron, PA (SPX) Jan 12, 2022 
Scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 13, 2022, quub's pocketqube smallsat will serve as a proof of concept for the prevention of data hacks.
Data breaches cost millions of dollars every year. IBM's annual Data Breach Report indicates that the average worldwide cost per breach in 2020 was $3.86 million. In the U.S., the average cost per breach was $8.64 million.
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Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2022
Electricity giant EDF on Wednesday announced a further delay and cost overruns for France's flagship new-generation nuclear plant, in a blow to President Emmanuel Macron's strategy of making atomic power a cornerstone of energy policy.
EDF said that the Flamanville plant on the Channel coast would not be loaded with fuel until the "second quarter of 2023", instead of late 2022.
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 Afjord, Norway (AFP) Jan 13, 2022 
On a gusty mountain crest, the Jama brothers weave between wind turbines that stretch as far as the eye can see, on what used to be their animals' winter pasture. Climate emergency or not - for these reindeer herders, the turbines have to go.
"Before, the area was perfect for our reindeer. The place was pristine, unspoiled by human activity. Now, everything has been ruined for years to come ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 14, 2022 
A concept image of a future in-orbit demonstrator for space-based solar power. Sunlight up in Earth orbit is ten times more intense than down on Earth's surface, so the idea is to fly dedicated satellites to capture solar energy, then beam it down to Earth - and potentially the Moon or other planets further into the future.
A new ESA Discovery project is looking into a key part of the spac ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 
Two former Iranian soldiers have been executed over the 2019 deaths of two police officers, a senior judiciary official said Wednesday.
"The death penalty was applied against two perpetrators of an act of terrorism committed in February 2019," the head of the judicial authority in western Lorestan province, Mohammad Razm, was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests conducted here November 1-10.
The test team - representing a broad base of Air Force, Navy, and vendor organizations - successfully executed eight sorties aboard a T-38C aircraft, which included the first test of the PNT AgilePod on ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2021 
The United States renewed calls Tuesday for an arms embargo on Myanmar's junta after a Christmas Eve massacre in which Save the Children said two of the group's staff were killed.
"The targeting of innocent people and humanitarian actors is unacceptable, and the military's widespread atrocities against the people of Burma underscore the urgency of holding its members accountable," US Secreta ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
DARPA's Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program is picking up speed after three teams were selected to go to the starting line last October. The program is focused on advancing off-road autonomy of combat vehicles and seeks to demonstrate the ability of these platforms to travel at speeds that maintain pace with manned combat vehicles in complex terrain typical o ... more |
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 Islamabad (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 
A golf club belonging to Pakistan's military was closed Wednesday after a court ruled it encroached on national park land in the capital and breached environment regulations.
In a rare ruling against the country's powerful armed forces, judge Athar Minallah said Tuesday that the navy had "illegally" established Margalla Greens Golf Club, an 18-hole course adjacent to the country's top milita ... more |
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 Vilnius (AFP) Jan 11, 2022 
Taiwan said Tuesday it will set up a $1 billion credit fund for business with Lithuania, where firms have been hit by a row with China over relations with Taipei.
The move comes after Taiwan last week said it would create a $200 million (176 million euros) investment fund for the Baltic EU state, which allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in November.
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 Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jan 13, 2022 
Over 2,000 Russia-led troops began withdrawing from Kazakhstan on Thursday after being deployed when peaceful protests over an energy price hike in the Central Asian country turned into unprecedented violence claiming dozens of lives.
The decision to despatch peacekeepers was a first for the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), often touted by Russia as a NATO equivalen ... more |
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