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  Beijing (XNA) Feb 02, 2022 China's solar observation satellite has achieved some scientific and technological feats during its ongoing in-orbit trial operation, according to a space official. Zhao Jian, head of the China National Space Administration's Earth Observation System and Data Center, said at a news conference in Beijing on Friday that the satellite Xihe, named after the sun goddess in ancient Chinese mythology, has carried out more than 40 technological tests and over 290 imaging operations and has verified its eq ... read more |
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Xi to meet Putin as tensions rise with WestBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 China's President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years on Friday when he hosts Russia's Vladimir Putin, with the pair drawing closer as tensions grow with the West. ... more  
Tiny Taiwan Winter Olympics team weathers frosty Beijing tiesTaipei (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 Only four Taiwanese athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics, in frosty temperatures rivalling Beijing and Taipei's relations - which have plunged to their lowest point in years. ... more 
Taiwan delegation to attend Beijing Olympics ceremonies as 'required'Taipei (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 Taiwan announced Tuesday a reversal to its weekend decision to forgo the opening and closing of the Beijing Winter Olympics, saying the committee governing the Games was "requiring" attendance at the ceremonies. ... more
Kremlin says China will back Russia on security at Games talksMoscow (AFP) Feb 2, 2022 The Kremlin said Wednesday that China would back Russia over its security concerns with the West when President Vladimir Putin visits for the opening of the Winter Olympics this week. ... more |
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Pentagon hopes to 'Light a Fire' for hypersonic development during high-level defense meetingMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2022 In October 2021, Gen. John Hyten, then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that China's military capabilities would soon surpass that of both Washington and Moscow. Hyten claimed that ... more 
US watchdog warns over athletes' safety at China OlympicsWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 A US rights monitor sounded the alarm Monday over athletes' safety at China's upcoming Winter Olympics, after the host threatened "punishment" for anti-Beijing comments. ... more  
Scientists urge true Covid origins probe ahead of OlympicsGeneva (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 Just hours before the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony, a group of international scientists demanded Thursday that China stop blocking an independent investigation into the origins of Covid-19. ... more 
Indian teen tortured by Chinese troops, family saysGuwahati, India (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 An Indian teenager detained for more than a week by Chinese troops along the nations' disputed Himalayan frontier was tortured while in captivity, his family said Thursday. ... more
Tibetans protest 'Games of shame' at Olympic HQLausanne (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 Around 500 Tibetans marched outside the International Olympic Committee headquarters on Thursday, led by an activist on skis dragging the Chinese flag behind him, to protest against Beijing hosting the Games. ... more |
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Chinese satellite reportedly grappled and moved spacecraft away from orbitMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2022 The event was discussed as part of a webinar on managing the risks of satellite close approaches in geostationary orbit, hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Secure W ... more 
Pet owners go private to jet 'fur babies' out of Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 Bags packed and ready to go, Hong Kong house cats Teddy and Newman were all set for leaving on a private jet plane - an expensive last resort for their owners as the city piles on pandemic restrictions. ... more  
China's Mars orbiter sends back selfie video on Lunar New Year eveBeijing (XNA) Feb 01, 2022 China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 extended festival greetings to the Chinese people with stunning video footage captured by a camera on its orbiter to snap selfies above the red planet on Monday, the eve ... more 
Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loomBeijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. ... more 
Hong Kong sees first 'seditious publication' jailings since handoverHong Kong (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 Hong Kong's courts jailed two people for publishing seditious content on Monday, the first time the colonial-era law has been used to secure a conviction for printed content since the city's 1997 handover to China. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022 
China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on Friday.
The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue its studies and research "on the plan for a human lunar landing."
A new-generation manned spacecraft will be developed to support it ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
Asian markets were mixed Thursday, with profit-taking after a recent rally offsetting big gains in those where traders were playing catch-up after their midweek break.
Wall Street provided another healthy lead after rising for a fourth day - helping pare January's steep losses - but the positivity was dealt a blow after the close as Facebook parent company Meta's sobering earnings fuelled ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2022  Russia has a stake in crises around the world from Ukraine to Syria, Sudan and Mali - and that is reflected in the active role it takes at the UN Security Council on issues both big and small, contrasting with the relative detachment of the United States.
The paradox is that, by at least one measure, the former superpower's role at the Security Council is outsized: Moscow does not carry muc ... more |
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Nuclear power's role in cutting carbon emissions will be a major topic at SMR and Advanced Reactor 2022 in Atlanta, Reuters Events announced today.
The world's foremost event for advanced and small modular reactors (SMRs) will take place in the Georgia state capital on May 24 and 25, bringing together more than 500 experts together in a sector that could be key in the global fight against ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 
China Unicom said Friday there were no "justifiable grounds" for a US order that banned the company from operating in the country on national security concerns.
The decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday was the latest broadside in a standoff that has seen Beijing and Washington clash over trade, technology, human rights and other issues.
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London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
Nuclear power's role in cutting carbon emissions will be a major topic at SMR and Advanced Reactor 2022 in Atlanta, Reuters Events announced today.
The world's foremost event for advanced and small modular reactors (SMRs) will take place in the Georgia state capital on May 24 and 25, bringing together more than 500 experts together in a sector that could be key in the global fight against ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2022 
Trailing-edge noise is the dominant source of sound from aeronautical and turbine engines like those in airplanes, drones, and wind turbines. Suppressing this noise pollution is a major environmental goal for some urban areas.
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong University used the characteristics of owl wings to inform airfoil design and significantly ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 
Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study by a team of UK researchers led by the University of Bath.
Researchers from the Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable Photovoltaics - a consortium of seven universities led by the University of Bath that trains doctoral students in different aspects of solar energy ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Tuesday North Korea's latest ballistic missile test, which broke a 2018 moratorium by Pyongyang.
North Korea confirmed on Monday it had fired a Hwasong-12 "ground-to-ground intermediate- and long-range ballistic missile," state media reported, in a first test since 2017 of a weapon that powerful.
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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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 Geneva (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 
The UN expert on rights in Myanmar announced Tuesday he is preparing to release a report exposing where the country's "criminal" ruling junta have been getting their weapons from.
Exactly one year on from the February 1, 2021 military coup, Tom Andrews said the junta was inflicting a widespread campaign of terror on the country's people - and seemed to be getting away with it.
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 Orlando FL DC (UPI) Feb 04, 2022 
A former NASA official revealed Thursday that his new space company, Maryland-based Quantum Space, plans to launch robotic satellite outposts to orbit the sun about a million miles from the Earth.
The eventual goal is to provide easier and cheaper access to space while also limiting debris in Earth's orbit, Steve Jurczyk, Quantum CEO, told UPI in an interview.
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 Mexico City (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 
As dawn breaks over Mexico City's floating gardens, Omar Menchaca paddles his kayak through a maze of canals collecting garbage left by visitors to one of the last vestiges of the ancient Aztec capital.
In the silence of the early morning, before the hordes of tourists arrive, the 66-year-old retiree fishes plastic bottles and other debris from the waters of Xochimilco.
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 Taipei (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
Only four Taiwanese athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics, in frosty temperatures rivalling Beijing and Taipei's relations - which have plunged to their lowest point in years.
China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if necessary.
The last time Beijing hosted the Olympics, in 2008, ties were much warmer.
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 Beirut (AFP) Feb 2, 2022 
Turkey said Wednesday it launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurd forces have been left reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years.
The raids on Tuesday night targeted shelters, tunnels, caves, ammunition depots, bases and training camps operated by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Protection Unit ... more |
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