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  Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 Anew race to harness hypersonic speed for travel and defense has started, and University of Central Florida researchers are helping the U.S. stay ahead of the pack with a new $1.5 million U.S. Department of Defense award to develop high-performance fuels for hypersonic propulsion. The race, which includes competition from Russia and China, recently intensified when it was reported that China may have tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August. Hypersonic speeds are those that are Mach 5 ... read more |
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Russia, China hit out at US influence in Europe and AsiaBeijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 Moscow and Beijing criticised what they said was negative US influence both in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region after a Friday meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. ... more 
Russia wins Chinese backing in showdown over UkraineMoscow (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 Russia won China's backing in its showdown with the West over Ukraine on Friday, as Beijing agreed with Moscow that the US-led NATO military alliance should not admit new members. ... more  
China urges more 'flexibility' from US on NKoreaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 China's UN ambassador on Friday called on the United States to be more flexible in its dealings with North Korea, as Beijing joined others to scrap a US-drafted Security Council joint statement condemning Pyongyang's missile launches, diplomats said. ... more  
UN's Guterres says expects China to let rights chief visit XinjiangUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 5, 2022 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible" visit to China including a stop in the troubled Xinjiang region, his spokesman said Saturday. ... more |
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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
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 
Controversial former Tokyo governor Ishihara diesTokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 Controversial right-wing politician and former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, who made a decades-long career out of baiting China and offending Japan's liberals, has died aged 89, his family said Tuesday. ... more  
WHO chief, Chinese premier hold Covid talksGeneva (AFP) Feb 5, 2022 The head of the World Health Organization met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday for talks on Covid-19, including on the stalled investigation into the pandemic's origins. ... more 
China locks down city of 3.5 million near Vietnam borderBeijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there over the past three days. ... more |
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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 
New Covid infections in Hong Kong reach record highHong Kong (AFP) Feb 5, 2022 Hong Kong's "zero-Covid" policy was on the ropes Saturday as authorities announced a record number of new infections, sending officials scrambling to ramp up testing capacity and warning that a tightening of virus-control measures could be needed. ... more  
Diplomats in Burkina vow to help 'restore security'Ouagadougou (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 Diplomats in Burkina Faso on Friday said they would help the junta that seized power last month restore security to the jihadist-wracked country, the Chinese ambassador announced on their behalf. ... more 
Cyprus begins extradition proceedings against Chinese pairNicosia (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 A Cypriot court on Friday launched extradition proceedings against a Chinese mother and son linked to US lobby groups, despite defence objections over a lack of official documentation, their lawyer said. ... more  
China joins industrial design IP treatyGeneva (AFP) Feb 5, 2022 China has joined the World Intellectual Property Organization's treaty on protecting industrial designs, which should help Chinese designers safeguard their work internationally, the UN agency said Saturday. ... 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."
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 6, 2022 
China welcomed Argentina into its global Belt and Road Initiative Sunday as President Xi Jinping capped a weekend of frenetic diplomatic activity on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics.
Xi has not left his country since the coronavirus first emerged in the city of Wuhan, with China now the only major economy still pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy.
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 
Moscow and Beijing criticised what they said was negative US influence both in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region after a Friday meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Putin and Xi met in Beijing ahead of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, as both their countries face increasing criticism from Washington.
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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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 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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 Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom (AFP) Feb 6, 2022  On the banks of the River Humber in northern England, the winds of change are blowing through Hull, where factory workers busily craft turbine blades in a green revolution.
Hull, known for a once-thriving fishing industry, the poet Philip Larkin, rugby league, and the city's eponymous football club recently bought by Turkish TV personality Acun Ilicali, is home to Britain's biggest wind turb ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 
Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are a class of materials with promising properties for semiconductor applications, such as thin-film transistors (TFTs). In particular, tin (Sn)-based MHPs could be an environmentally benign alternative to lead-based ones, which are toxic. However, some critical issues need to be resolved before Sn-based MHPs can be leveraged in planar semiconductor devices.
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 6, 2022 
North Korea pressed ahead with the development of its nuclear and missile programs last year despite international sanctions, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by AFP on Saturday.
Pyongyang is under major sanctions over its weapons programs, including a ban on exports of coal, iron, lead, textiles, seafood and other products.
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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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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program to develop a prototype artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. The prototype will be embedded in an augmented reality (AR) headset to help rotary pilots perform expected and unexpected tasks.
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 07, 2022 
Could satellites be able to help track and map the marine plastic waste befouling our oceans? Research teams from across Europe returned to a Netherlands-based ocean wave test facility to try and detect floating plastic. Using a suite of microwave and optical instruments, the researchers are assessing if orbital monitoring of plastic might be practical in the future.
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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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 Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2022 
An attack that killed at least 173 people including 13 US service members during the chaotic Kabul airport evacuation last year was undertaken by a single suicide bomber, a Pentagon investigation concluded Friday.
The investigation ruled out more than one perpetrator or anyone using firearms in the August 26 attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group.
At least 160 Afghan civili ... more |
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