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  Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 China always welcomes cooperation on space endeavor, as it adheres to the belief that outer space is a common treasure of humanity, and that its exploration, development and peaceful use are common pursuits of all peoples. This belief was reiterated by a blue book released Wednesday by the country's space industry flagship China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The blue book said China's space industry is always committed to strengthening international exchanges and cooperation, ... read more |
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Rocket ready for record-setting roleBeijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket is scheduled to make its debut flight in the coming weeks to transport 22 satellites into orbit, a designer said. Chen Xiaofei, from t ... more  
New detection method for quasars in the early UniverseLeiden, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 Astronomers from Leiden Observatory have developed a new method to find distant quasars and better distinguish them from other objects that look like them, using machine learning techniques. The res ... more 
China to make 6 human spaceflights, rocket's maiden flight in 2022: blue bookBeijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and l ... more  
China hits back at US after satellite near-missesBeijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 China has stated the United States is in no position to unilaterally set thresholds for emergency collision after the US rejected the charge its Starlink satellites endangered China's space station. ... 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 
EU ministers to back Lithuania in China trade battleMarseille (AFP) Feb 13, 2022 France, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said on Sunday that the European Union would firmly back its fellow member Lithuania in its brewing trade war with China. ... 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  
Iran nuclear deal 'in sight' as talks resumeVienna (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Talks to revive a deal with Iran on its contested nuclear programme resumed on Tuesday in Vienna after officials signalled an agreement was "in sight". ... more |
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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  
Hong Kong leader says city 'overwhelmed' by Omicron waveHong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Hong Kong's health facilities have been overloaded by an "onslaught" of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, even as authorities cling to a "zero-Covid" policy despite an unprecedented rise in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant. ... more 
China gives conditional approval for Pfizer Covid pill: drug regulatorBeijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2022 China on Saturday said it had given "conditional" approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to treat adults with mild to moderate illness and a high risk of developing severe disease. ... more 
Lithuania downplays Chinese suspension of its beef importsVilnius (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 Lithuania on Thursday downplayed China's decision to suspend imports of its beef, saying exporters have already secured other markets, as tensions rise over the Baltic nation's ties with Taiwan. ... more
Hong Kong leader says city 'overwhelmed' by Omicron waveHong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Hong Kong's health facilities have been overloaded by an "onslaught" of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, as a rise in Omicron cases threatens to bring down the city's "zero-Covid" policy. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 
China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and liquid engine.
Ma Tao, deputy director of the Space Department of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), revealed on Wednesday China's rocket launch plan at a press confer ... more |
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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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 Yangon (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 
The proposed sale of Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor's Myanmar subsidiary could put sensitive personal data of millions of customers into the hands of the junta, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday.
Myanmar has been in chaos since a coup last year sparked huge protests and a bloody military crackdown on dissent.
Telenor announced in July that it planned to sell its subsidiary Tele ... 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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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 
Iran on Monday said talks with world powers in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal are "complicated and difficult" but have not hit an impasse.
"The negotiations are complicated and difficult as they have reached key issues that need serious political decisions especially by Washington," foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a news conference.
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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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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away. Looking at it more closely, what do you think you would see? What mechanisms have caused it to morph from a land vehicle into a flying quadcopter? You might imagine gears and belts, perhaps a series of tiny servo motors that pulled all ... more |
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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 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.
Taiwan and Somaliland are both thriving, self-run democracies that remain mostly unrecognised by the wider world.
Finding common ground in their peculiar and isolated international status, the tw ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 
A group of UN labour experts have expressed their "deep concern" after evaluating the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in China, and in particular in the northwestern Xinjiang region.
A committee of 20 experts appointed by the International Labour Organization to evaluate how countries apply various international labour conventions took China to task in its annual report, publish ... more |
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