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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 Air Force budget focuses on transformation, modernizationArlington VA (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 The $194 billion combined budget proposal unveiled March 28 for the Air Force and Space Force carries a significant boost in spending that senior leaders say is essential to modernizing the services ... more  
How Ukraine war left China's 'Nickel King' on hook for billionsBeijing (AFP) March 27, 2022 The play by Xiang Guangda, China's "Nickel King", was to use his influential market position to short the metal, wait for the price to drop, then soak up the rewards when the value bounced back. ... more |
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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  
Bionic wing flaps improve wind energy efficiencyWashington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Wind energy relies on efficient wind turbine blades, which act as airfoils, structures akin to an airplane wing. Air flow control accessories similar to those found in aircraft improve the turbine b ... 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  
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  
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  
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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Shanghai won't lock down despite Covid spike: official Shanghai (AFP) March 26, 2022 Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy. ... more  
Money at the heart of international efforts to save natureGeneva (AFP) March 27, 2022 Can humanity curb spending that harms the world's biodiversity and instead focus funding on protecting it? ... more  
Solomon Islands' PM calls China security deal backlash 'insulting'Honiara (AFP) March 29, 2022 The Solomon Islands' prime minister Tuesday rebuked Australian fears a draft security pact between his country and China that leaked online last week would "destabilise" the South Pacific. ... more
Solomon Islands PM says China security deal 'ready for signing'Honiara (AFP) March 29, 2022 The Solomon Islands' prime minister said Tuesday that a contentious security agreement with Beijing was "ready for signing", denying reports that his country had been pressured to allow a Chinese naval base to be built in the Pacific island nation. ... more 
Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai Covid-19 cases surgeShanghai (AFP) March 29, 2022 Shanghai recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases Tuesday as panic-buying in the Chinese city of about 25 million stripped supermarket shelves bare. ... 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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 Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2022 
The play by Xiang Guangda, China's "Nickel King", was to use his influential market position to short the metal, wait for the price to drop, then soak up the rewards when the value bounced back.
But then Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and things got complicated - fast.
Russia is one of the world's biggest producers of nickel ore, a key component of batteries for electr ... more |
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 Manila (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.
The war games are the last under outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, who previously threatened to cancel exercises and axe a key military deal with longtime ally the United State ... 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 25, 2022 
The EU will require tech giants to drop barriers between their hugely popular messaging services to boost competition, but critics warned Friday that could come at the cost of millions of users' privacy.
Praise poured in after negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed late Thursday on a sweeping law to curb market dominance of US firms like Google, Facebook owner M ... 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 DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
Wind energy relies on efficient wind turbine blades, which act as airfoils, structures akin to an airplane wing. Air flow control accessories similar to those found in aircraft improve the turbine blade's aerodynamic performance.
In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, by AIP Publishing, scientists from China show a bionic approach combining features of a seagull's wing with an ... more |
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 Changchun. China (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
Metal halide perovskites are characterized by low-cost, high photoluminescence quantum yield, and high color purity. In recent years, perovskite light-emitting diodes are developing fast, with promising applications in lighting and display fields. However, the ubiquitous thermal-induced fluorescence quenching in perovskite emitters lacks systematic research, and methods to suppress thermal quenc ... 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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 Nairobi (AFP) March 29, 2022  "Plastic still has value," said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory.
"I believe that plastic is one of the misunderstood materials."
The 30-year-old Kenyan engineer and inventor would know: her start-up recycles tonnes of plastic destined for landfill into eco-frien ... 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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