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  Beijing (XNA) Mar 28, 2022 China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 separated from the core module of the country's space station Sunday afternoon, announced the China Manned Space Agency. At 3:59 pm Beijing Time, Tianzhou-2 left the core module of the Tiangong space station after completing all of its scheduled tasks, said the agency. During its operation in orbit, Tianzhou-2 carried out a series of extended application tests. It is now in good condition, and will enter the Earth's atmosphere at an appropriate time under ... read more |
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China releases images of Martian dust taken by Tianwen-1 orbiterBeijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2022 China's Tianwen-1 orbiter has beamed back high-resolution images of Mars, showing dust storms on the surface of the planet. Released by the China National Space Administration on Thursday, the ... more  
LAMOST Helps to Propose New Method Searching for Clusters in Andromeda GalaxyBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 Making use of the LAMOST spectra data as the training sample, a research team led by Dr. WANG Shoucheng and Prof. MA Jun from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC ... more  
US, Philippines kick off their largest-ever war gamesManila (AFP) March 28, 2022 The Philippines and the United States launched the largest-ever joint military drills in the archipelago nation on Monday, signalling deepening defence ties as fresh tensions surface in the disputed South China Sea. ... more 
Philippine coastguard accuses China ship of risking collisionManila (AFP) March 27, 2022 The Philippine Coast Guard has accused its Chinese counterpart of steering one of its ships within metres of a Filipino patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea, breaking international rules and risking a collision. ... more |
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China top diplomat in India for first visit since border clashNew Delhi (AFP) March 25, 2022 India and China sought Friday to patch up relations as Beijing's foreign minister visited Delhi for the first time since a deadly clash on the Asian giants' disputed Himalayan border. ... more  
EU sees Iran nuclear deal in 'days' as envoy due in TehranTehran (AFP) March 26, 2022 The European Union's coordinator for efforts to restore the Iran nuclear deal was due in Tehran for Sunday talks, as its foreign policy chief saw a renewed accord in "days". ... more  
India's Russian arms explain "shaky" Ukraine stanceNew Delhi (AFP) March 24, 2022 When 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a recent border clash with China, the military hardware New Delhi sent to bolster its Himalayan frontier was mostly Russian-origin, showing not for the first time its closeness to "longstanding and time-tested friend" Moscow. ... more 
China calls NATO claims of backing Russia 'disinformation'Beijing (AFP) March 24, 2022 Beijing on Thursday accused the NATO chief of "spreading disinformation" with claims that China has backed Russia's war against Ukraine, amid growing international pressure to distance itself from Moscow. ... more |
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Taliban vow to address 'all concerns' of China as Wang visitsKabul (AFP) March 24, 2022 The Taliban said Thursday they had assured Beijing's most senior diplomat about any concerns China thinks may "emerge from Afghan soil", ahead of a key meeting with their neighbours next week. ... more  
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb Covid-19 outbreakShanghai (AFP) March 28, 2022 Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to curb the country's biggest ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. ... more  
Ivory Coast walls up forest to fend off encroaching cityAbidjan (AFP) March 25, 2022 Helping to build a barrier around a primary forest in the centre of Ivory Coast's Abidjan, Victor is happy to protect the endangered green space from the expanding city. ... more  
Australia warns against Solomons-China pactHoniara (AFP) March 24, 2022 A wide-ranging draft security pact between the Solomon Islands and China was leaked online Thursday, prompting Australia to voice concern about actions that would "destabilise" the South Pacific. ... more |
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'China's Fauci' calls for protecting 'normal life' in Omicron fightShanghai (AFP) March 24, 2022 A top doctor in China's pandemic fight who came under pressure last year for questioning the country's zero-Covid policy has called again for balancing anti-virus measures with maintenance of normal life as China struggles with an Omicron surge. ... more 
China locks down city of 9 million as virus ripples across countryBeijing (AFP) March 22, 2022 China locked down an industrial city of nine million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases on Tuesday, as the nation's "zero-Covid" strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave. ... more  
American lawyer released from prison, says 'banned' from Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2022 An American lawyer imprisoned for assaulting a policeman in Hong Kong said Wednesday he was banned from the city after being released, capping a multi-year legal saga. ... more 
Australia voices concern for journalist as trial in China loomsSydney (AFP) March 26, 2022 Canberra voiced concern for Australian journalist Cheng Lei's well-being Saturday, as it confirmed she would face trial in China next week after almost two years in detention. ... more  
NATO says cannot allow 'security vacuum' in ArcticOslo (AFP) March 25, 2022 NATO cannot allow a security vacuum to develop in the Arctic, where the alliance sees "growing strategic competition" from Russia and China, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 28, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 separated from the core module of the country's space station Sunday afternoon, announced the China Manned Space Agency.
At 3:59 pm Beijing Time, Tianzhou-2 left the core module of the Tiangong space station after completing all of its scheduled tasks, said the agency.
During its operation in orbit, Tianzhou-2 carried out a series of extended appli ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 28, 2022 
Asian markets fluctuated Monday with traders hopeful for some progress in ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine this week, though a phased lockdown in Shanghai led to fresh concerns about already strained supply chains.
Growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will become increasingly aggressive in its drive to bring down inflation continue to dampen sentiment, with Treasury yields ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 26, 2022 
For neuroscience researcher Boris, "everything fell apart" a month ago, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent decades-long scientific cooperation with the West crashing back to Earth.
In response to sanctions and moral outrage at Moscow's war, scientific institutes around the world swiftly cut off ties with Russia, including the European Space Agency, the European Organization for Nuclear R ... more |
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 Jyvaskyla, Finland (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
A new atomic nucleus 149-Lutetium, consisting of 71 protons and 78 neutrons, has been synthesized in an experiment performed in the Accelerator Laboratory of University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
The new isotope was found among the products of fusion of 58Ni beam particles and 96Ru target atoms, and it was identified in the detector setup of the MARA separator. 149Lu was found to decay into 14 ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 24, 2022 
Four Russian agents have been indicted in the United States for hacking attacks targeting the energy sector around the world, including a US nuclear power operator and a Saudi petrochemical facility.
The Russian hackers targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of companies in 135 countries between 2012 and 2018, the Justice Department said Thursday.
"Russian state-sponsored hackers po ... more |
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Jyvaskyla, Finland (SPX) Mar 25, 2022
A new atomic nucleus 149-Lutetium, consisting of 71 protons and 78 neutrons, has been synthesized in an experiment performed in the Accelerator Laboratory of University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
The new isotope was found among the products of fusion of 58Ni beam particles and 96Ru target atoms, and it was identified in the detector setup of the MARA separator. 149Lu was found to decay into 14 ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) March 18, 2022 
The Dutch government on Friday doubled its forecasts for offshore wind power generation in the country by 2030 as the Netherlands seeks to curb its reliance on fossil fuels and imports from Russia.
"This is an important step in the transition to more sustainable energy," said Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten in a statement.
By 2030, the Netherlands also hopes to "produce much ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
Solar-powered adsorption cooling systems (SACS) have gained traction as a renewable energy technology that could provide clean power for air conditioning and refrigeration while significantly reducing the load on the electric grid. But these systems lack energy efficiency.
In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Anna University in India devel ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 26, 2022  The United States called Friday for tougher international sanctions against North Korea at the UN Security Council, accusing Pyongyang of "increasingly dangerous provocations" after it test-fired its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile.
"The United States calls on all member states to fully implement the existing Security Council resolutions," US Ambassador to the United Nations ... more |
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 Kyiv (AFP) March 24, 2022 
A month since Russia launched its shock invasion, Ukraine's leader Thursday demanded NATO "save" his shattered country with all-out military aid to let its armed forces turn their dogged defence into attack.
After relentless Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities, the vast scale of civilian suffering was made stark as the UN said more than half of all Ukraine's children have been driven fro ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) March 24, 2022  When 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a recent border clash with China, the military hardware New Delhi sent to bolster its Himalayan frontier was mostly Russian-origin, showing not for the first time its closeness to "longstanding and time-tested friend" Moscow.
Facing an increasingly assertive China closer to home, these ties help explain Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reluctance to criti ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
A hundred meters below the surface of the moon lie caves untouched by humans. They were discovered about ten years ago, but space agencies want to send robots to investigate these mysterious cavities before astronauts venture in.
"On the moon's surface, the temperature is 150 degrees above zero during the day and 150 degrees below zero at night," says Lucas Froissart, who recently complete ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 21, 2022 
Morad Tahbaz, an environmental campaigner being held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike, his sister said on Monday, accusing the UK government of abandoning him after two other detainees were released.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori flew home last week, at the same time as the UK government repaid a longstanding debt to Tehran.
But Tahbaz, 69, who holds British, US and Ir ... more |
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 New Taipei City, Taiwan (AFP) March 14, 2022 
Hundreds of Taiwanese military reservists carried out training exercises on Monday after the island's president called for "unity" as the Ukraine war rattles nerves over the threat of invasion from China.
Taiwan last year stepped up its training regime for reservists as tensions rise with Beijing, which sees the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized one day, by force if nec ... more |
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 Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) March 27, 2022 
In a provincial town in Kyrgyzstan, the mother of a man who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine wailed as his coffin was carried away by blue-uniformed Russian military men, on its final journey into the ground.
"Cursed Ukraine!" she cried, gently stroking the green, embroidered fabric with Islamic inscriptions draped over the coffin.
"You always wanted to join the Russian army and this ... more |
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