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  Notre Dame IN (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a new sample catalog of more than 24 million stars that can be used to decipher the chemical history of elements in the Milky Way Galaxy. The research, published February 3 in The Astrophysical Journal, represents about one-hundredth of a percent of the roughly 240 billion stars in the Milky Way. It marks a milestone for Timothy Beers, Grace-Rupley Professor of Physics at Notre Dame, who has spent most ... read more |
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US, Asia allies meet to deepen bulwark against ChinaMelbourne (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 The top diplomats of the United States, Australia, Japan and India opened talks in Melbourne Friday on deepening their Quad alliance, hoping to blunt China's expanding power across the Asia-Pacific region. ... more 
Checking China: What is the Quad alliance?Melbourne (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 Foreign ministers of the "Quad" - the United States, India, Australia and Japan - meet in Melbourne on Friday, cementing an alliance designed to counter China's forceful push across the Asia-Pacific region. ... more 
US, China lock horns over Ukraine at UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 The US envoy to the United Nations called on Beijing Thursday to encourage Russia "to do the right thing" in the Ukraine crisis - drawing a sharp response from her Chinese counterpart who accused Washington of fanning tensions. ... more  
China 'cannot dictate' Somaliland's relations with Taiwan: ministerTaipei (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 China cannot dictate Somaliland's foreign relations, its top diplomat said Friday during his trip to Taiwan in a show of solidarity between the two self-ruled democracies. ... more |
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Blinken heads to Asia as Ukraine crisis boilsWashington (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed for the Asia-Pacific on Tuesday aiming to shore up regional partnerships in the face of an expansive China, even as the crisis on Ukraine's border simmers. ... more
Somaliland minister hails 'milestone' visit to TaiwanTaipei (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Taiwan's push to grow its presence on the world stage as China poaches its diplomatic allies saw Taipei roll out the red carpet on Wednesday to a new friend in a similar position - Somaliland. ... more 
Taiwan welcomes arms sale worth $100mn from USTaipei (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Taiwan thanked the United States Tuesday for selling up to $100 million worth of equipment and services to support its air and missile defence systems, as China ramps up incursions of warplanes into the island's air defence zone. ... more  
US says Iran nuclear deal 'in sight' but urgent need to finalizeWashington (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 The United States said Monday a deal was possible with Iran on its nuclear program but that an agreement had to be completed urgently as Tehran advances its capabilities, on the eve of renewed talks. ... more 
At UN, Russia, China call out 'unilateral' sanctionsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 Russia, facing the threat of Western penalties over Ukraine, and China on Monday spoke out against what they called "unilateral" sanctions imposed by countries without the backing of the United Nations Security Council. ... more |
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Deja vu in Hong Kong as virus restrictions spark panic buyingHong Kong (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Shoppers thronged Hong Kong's markets fearing a shortage of food Wednesday, familiar scenes in a city that is back under gruelling Covid restrictions in contrast to much of the world. ... more  
Taiwan eases nuclear-accident food import ban from JapanTaipei (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Taiwan said on Tuesday it would relax a food imports ban from areas in Japan around the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, as it pushes for support from Tokyo in its bid to join a major trans-Pacific trade pact. ... more 
Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutesBeijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. ... more  
Seven Indian soldiers killed in Himalayan avalancheNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Indian army rescuers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of seven soldiers buried in an avalanche while on patrol along a remote Himalayan frontier contested by China. ... 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 |
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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 10, 2022 
Beijing on Thursday fended off accusations that it had not honoured its commitments to a 2020 trade pact with the United States, calling instead for Washington to lift punitive tariffs and sanctions "as soon as possible".
The comments came as US figures released Tuesday showed the trade deficit with China ballooning by $6 billion to $34.1 billion in December 2021.
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 
When outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg returns home to head Norway's central bank later this year the western alliance will need a new champion, and for the first time she is expected to be a woman.
For seven decades the powerful military coalition has been led by a series of western European men and now many observers expect the 30-strong group to choose a woman - and perhaps a face fro ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 
French President Emmanuel Macron called Thursday for a "renaissance" for the country's nuclear industry, saying he wanted up to 14 new reactors to power the country's transition away from fossil fuels.
Acknowledging that France had hesitated on whether to continue investing in its atomic sector after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, he called for a bold new bet on the technology alongsi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 
When Hong Kong made a Covid check-in app mandatory at restaurants, friends Birdy and Bu - wary of government tracking - decided to avoid eateries entirely and go for picnics instead.
The idea caught fire: their private social media picnic group has swelled from 50 in December to more than 6,000 members, as many look to avoid sharing data in a city where distrust of the Beijing-backed autho ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 10, 2022
French President Emmanuel Macron called Thursday for a "renaissance" for the country's nuclear industry, saying he wanted up to 14 new reactors to power the country's transition away from fossil fuels.
Acknowledging that France had hesitated on whether to continue investing in its atomic sector after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, he called for a bold new bet on the technology alongsi ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
With the federal government planning to hold the largest sale of offshore wind farm leases in the nation's history, a new Cornell University study could help inform the development of offshore wind farms by providing detailed models characterizing the frequency, intensity and height of low-level jet streams over the U.S. Atlantic coastal zone.
The research, "Occurrence of Low-Level Jets Ov ... 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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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 
South Korea's leader warned Thursday the peninsula could slide back into a "state of crisis" if Pyongyang follows through on threats to resume testing long-range missiles.
Pyongyang conducted an unprecedented seven weapons tests in January, including of its most powerful missile since 2017 when leader Kim Jong Un baited then-US president Donald Trump with a spate of provocative launches.
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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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 Jakarta (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 
Indonesia on Thursday ordered 42 Rafale fighter jets from France and may acquire two French submarines, while the United States approved Jakarta's potential purchase of 36 F-15s in the face of growing tensions in the Asia-Pacific.
Indonesia's first order for French warplanes comes as Jakarta replaces an ageing fleet - consisting mainly of American F-16s and Russian Sukhois - as concerns gr ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 
Biases embedded in artificial intelligence systems increasingly used in healthcare risk deepening discrimination against older people, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.
AI technologies hold enormous potential for improving care for older people, but they also carry significant risk, the UN health agency said in a policy brief.
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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 8, 2022 
Taiwan thanked the United States Tuesday for selling up to $100 million worth of equipment and services to support its air and missile defence systems, as China ramps up incursions of warplanes into the island's air defence zone.
Self-ruled democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, which views the island as part of its territory to be seized one day - ... more |
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 United 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.
Guterres met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics, according to a readout of their tal ... more |
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