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  Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2022 China has received the first batch of data from its newly launched land observation satellite, scientists in charge of the spacecraft said Tuesday. The satellite L-SAR 01B was sent into orbit atop a Long March 4C rocket on Feb. 27. China's L-SAR 01 is a satellite group composed of two satellites equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), namely the L-SAR 01A and the L-SAR 01B. The former was sent into space on Jan 26. The ground station located in Beijing's Miyun District has ... read more |
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Challenges await sample-return expedition to MarsBeijing (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 Chinese scientists and engineers will need to solve a host of technological challenges to accomplish an ambitious sample-return mission to Mars, said Wu Weiren, a key figure in the country's deep-sp ... more  
China launches seven new satellitesXichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday. Six satellites produced by Beijing-based Galaxy ... more  
France says 'worried' about 'delays' to Iran nuclear dealParis (AFP) March 9, 2022 France warned Tuesday that further delays could stymie a revived nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran, with the West at loggerheads with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while Washington said it would cede nothing to Moscow. ... more 
China's space station to host 6 astronauts by end of 2022Beijing (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 China's space station is expected to host six astronauts from two spaceships by the end of 2022, according to the chief designer of the country's manned space program. The Shenzhou-13 crew has ... more |
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Chinese-linked hackers target at least six US states: MandiantSan Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2022 At least six US states have been targeted by hackers linked to China who exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, cybersecurity company Mandiant said on Tuesday. ... more 
China launches new land-observation satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4C rocket to place a new land-observation satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 7:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... more 
Tiangong scheduled for completion this yearBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 China's Tiangong space station is scheduled to be completed before the end of this year and will become a massive spacecraft stack with a combined weight of nearly 100 metric tons, according to a pr ... more 
Chinese-linked hackers target at least six US states: MandiantSan Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2022 At least six US states have been targeted by hackers linked to China who exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, cybersecurity company Mandiant said in a report. ... more |
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Technology demonstration satellite to be launched soonBeijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2022 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defense contractor, plans to launch a technology demonstration satellite in the coming months, according to a senior researcher overseeing the proj ... more  
CIA boss: China 'unsettled' by Russia's war in UkraineWashington (AFP) March 8, 2022 The CIA's director said Tuesday he believes China leader Xi Jinping has been "unsettled" by Russia's difficulties in invading Ukraine, and by how the war has brought the United States and Europe closer. ... more  
China's Xi urges 'maximum restraint' over Ukraine in call with Macron, ScholzBeijing (AFP) March 8, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged "maximum restraint" over Ukraine, calling the crisis "deeply worrying" in a video summit with his French and German counterparts Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz. ... more  
'Lithuania mania' sweeps Taiwan as China spat sizzlesTaipei (AFP) March 9, 2022 The tiny handful of Lithuanians living in Taiwan are suddenly in vogue among the island's residents after their small Baltic nation did something Taipei has long staked its identity on: stand up to China. ... more |
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UN rights chief to visit China's Xinjiang in MayGeneva (AFP) March 8, 2022 The UN human rights chief said Tuesday she would make a long-delayed visit to China in May, including to Xinjiang, where Western lawmakers have accused Beijing of genocide. ... more  
Sino-European joint space mission conducts magnetometer extension testBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 A China-Europe joint space mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), has successfully carried out the extension test of its payload magnetometer in Europe, Science and Tech ... more  
China's zero-Covid policy under pressure as cases riseBeijing (AFP) March 7, 2022 China on Monday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in two years as clusters emerged in more than a dozen cities, posing a fresh challenge to Beijing's zero-Covid policy. ... more 
Virus chaos pushes more expats to join Hong Kong exodusHong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2022 For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route. ... more 
China slams Norway state fund over Xinjiang forced-labour fearsBeijing (AFP) March 9, 2022 China on Wednesday blasted a decision by Norway's sovereign wealth fund to sell off its stake in a Chinese company due to rights concerns, warning the move may cause "unnecessary losses" to Oslo's interests. ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 
China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday.
Six satellites produced by Beijing-based GalaxySpace and a commercial remote sensing satellite were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered their planned orbit.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 10, 2022 
Asian equities rallied Thursday following a strong bounce on Wall Street and a breathtaking surge in Europe sparked by a plunge in oil prices and bargain-buying following a Ukraine-fuelled rout.
A glimmer of hope for peace talks provided some much-needed support to asset markets, which have been in the grip of extreme volatility in the two weeks since Russia invaded its neighbour, sparking a ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) March 8, 2022 
Non NATO-members Sweden and Finland are counting on the European Union's mutual defence clause in the event of a military attack, Sweden's prime minister said Tuesday amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West.
Ahead of a summit of EU leaders in Versailles on Thursday and Friday, the two countries wrote a joint letter to "remind the other member states about the EU's declaration of ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) March 8, 2022 
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine's besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no "radiological consequence".
The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no increase in radiation levels had been reported at the site.
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2022 
At least six US states have been targeted by hackers linked to China who exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, cybersecurity company Mandiant said on Tuesday.
Notorious Chinese hacking group APT41 has been targeting US states in a tenacious and adaptive campaign, according to a Mandiant report.
From last May to this February, the group compromised at least six state government netwo ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) March 8, 2022
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine's besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no "radiological consequence".
The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no increase in radiation levels had been reported at the site.
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 New York (AFP) Feb 25, 2022 
Energy companies bid a record $4.37 billion Friday for leases to develop wind power off the US east coast, authorities said, after sales key to America's renewable electricity ambitions.
The six sites are in an area called the New York Bight and total 488,000 acres (197,500 hectares), making it the biggest US renewable power auction ever.
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 Omu-Aran, Nigeria (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 
A new design for a solar cooking system may help rural communities prepare food more sustainably, reports a new study. The materials used in this system should be easily accessible for people in places where there are few options besides burning wood or coal.
Engineers in Nigeria have developed an improved solar cooking system that is designed to replace cooking over fires made with coal, ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Russian President Vladimir Putin is using nuclear "blackmail" to keep the international community from interfering in his Ukraine invasion, the head of the Nobel prize-winning group ICAN said.
"This is one of the scariest moments really when it comes to nuclear weapons," Beatrice Fihn, who leads the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, told AFP in an interview Tuesday.
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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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 Sydney (AFP) March 10, 2022 
Australia will boost its defence forces by some 30 percent by 2040, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday, describing it as the country's largest military build-up in peacetime.
The force would grow by 18,500 personnel to 80,000 over the 18-year period, at a cost of some Aus$38 billion (US$27 billion), the prime minister said at an army barracks in Brisbane.
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 
Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individual insects.
A new study by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder lays out the simple physics-based rules that govern how these ant rafts morph over time: shrinking, expanding or ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Back in 2006, US National Guard sergeant Heath Robinson oversaw the burning of waste at a military base in Iraq.
Fourteen years later, he died of lung cancer, leaving his family to advocate for veterans like him who were exposed to toxic fumes while in uniform.
These so-called burn pits have been commonly used by the US military in post-September 11 conflicts, and are lit to get rid of ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The tiny handful of Lithuanians living in Taiwan are suddenly in vogue among the island's residents after their small Baltic nation did something Taipei has long staked its identity on: stand up to China.
In the months since Taiwan opened a de-facto embassy in Vilnius, Richard Sedinkinas says he has started to receive applause in restaurants once waitstaff realise where he is from.
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 Geneva (AFP) March 8, 2022 
The UN human rights chief said Tuesday she would make a long-delayed visit to China in May, including to Xinjiang, where Western lawmakers have accused Beijing of genocide.
"I am pleased to announce that we have recently reached an agreement with the government of China for a visit," Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council.
She said that the UN rights agency, OHCHR, and Beijin ... more |
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