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  Beijing (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. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing on Thursday, saying such rhetoric by the US did not show a responsible attitude as a major country strong in aerospace. Washington, in an official note verbale to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs in V ... read more |
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Taiwan researchers join ISRO in satellite launch mission for first timeMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2022 The launch of the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04), scheduled for September 2021, was delayed due to the pandemic as engineers and scientists were working remotely. However, to make up for the d ... more 
Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomersWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX. ... more  
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  
China's land-observing satellite starts to take picturesBeijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday. China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satell ... more |
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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 
US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy to counter Chinese influenceNadi, Fiji (AFP) Feb 12, 2022 The United States will re-establish an embassy in the Solomon Islands, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday, in an effort to counter China's influence in the politically troubled Pacific island. ... 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 
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 |
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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  
Fan fury in China after 'Friends' LGBTQ plotline censoredBeijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 The highly anticipated return of "Friends" to Chinese streaming platforms soured quickly after fans noticed an LGBTQ plotline was cut from the American sitcom - and their complaints were censored too. ... more
Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomersWashington DC (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX. ... more  
Pursuing carbon neutrality and water security in ChinaVienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers a ... 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 |
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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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 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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 Agii Apostoli, Greece (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 
Until a few years ago, Agii Apostoli was a picturesque seaside village on the eastern coast of Evia, drawing a modest income from tourism and fishing.
Now it is ringed by towering wind turbines whose night lights and whirring sounds are tantamount to daily "torture", locals say.
"Longterm visitors ask us, why did you allow this crime to take place?" laments Stamatoula Karava, a local emp ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water, and many such areas in the developing world also face a lack of dependable electricity. Widespread research efforts have thus focused on ways to desalinate seawater or brackish water using just solar heat. Many such efforts have run into problems with fouling of equipment caused by salt buildup, however, which often adds comp ... more |
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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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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2022 
The launch of the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04), scheduled for September 2021, was delayed due to the pandemic as engineers and scientists were working remotely. However, to make up for the delay, the Indian space agency has planned 19 missions, including a Moon landing, in 2022.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched a satellite, INSPIRESat-1, jointly deve ... 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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