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  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2022 Volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be responsible for triggering repetitive marsquakes, which are similar to earthquakes, in a specific region of the Red Planet, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) suggest. New research published in Nature Communications shows scientists from ANU and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing have discovered 47 previously undetected marsquakes beneath the Martian crust in an area called Cerberus Fossae - a seismically active ... read more |
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Space debris found in rural India likely from 'China rocket'Mumbai (AFP) April 4, 2022 A large metal ring and sphere that villagers in rural western India said fell from the sky over the weekend could be from a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media. ... more  
Tianzhou 2 re-enters Earth's atmosphere, mostly burns upBeijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency sa ... more  
Successful launch shows new rocket factory's solid stepsBeijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 China launched a Long March 11 solid-propellant carrier rocket on Wednesday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, deploying three satellites into space, according to C ... more  
US approves $95 million sale of missile defense support to TaiwanWashington (AFP) April 6, 2022 The US announced Tuesday it has approved the sale of up to $95 million worth of training and equipment to support Taiwan's Patriot missile defense system, something Taipei said would help protect the island from any invasion by China. ... more |
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Chinese, Ukrainian foreign ministers discuss Russia invasionBeijing (AFP) April 5, 2022 China and Ukraine's foreign ministers have spoken for the first time in over a month, with Beijing maintaining its push for peace talks even as allegations of Russian atrocities in towns around Kyiv grow. ... more  
US tests hypersonic missileWashington (AFP) April 5, 2022 The US military announced Tuesday a new test of a hypersonic missile, as Pentagon officials seek to match or get ahead of China's and Russia's advances in the cutting-edge strategic weapons technology. ... more  
China reports most virus cases since pandemic startShanghai (AFP) April 6, 2022 China reported more than 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, as millions in locked-down Shanghai began a new round of testing. ... more  
China sanctions US officials who 'concocted lies' on human rightsBeijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 Beijing on Thursday said it had slapped sanctions on an unspecified number of US officials who "concocted lies" about human rights in China. ... more |
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Solomons leader rules out hosting China military baseSydney (AFP) April 1, 2022 Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Friday his government would not allow a Chinese military base to be built in his country "under its watch" as he defended a pending security agreement with Beijing. ... more 
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to leave officeHong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2022 Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will step down in June, ending a divisive term that saw democracy protests squashed and strict pandemic curbs plunge the business hub into international isolation. ... more 
Shanghai defends policy of separating Covid-positive kids from parentsShanghai (AFP) April 4, 2022 Shanghai health officials on Monday defended separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for Covid-19, as frustration at the city's tough virus controls builds. ... more
Shanghai parents fear separation from kids after positive Covid testShanghai (AFP) April 2, 2022 Nearly all of Shanghai's 25 million residents were under stay-at-home orders on Saturday, as parents raised fears of being separated from their children in the event of a positive Covid-19 test. ... more |
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China reports 13,000 Covid cases, most since end of Wuhan's first waveShanghai, China (AFP) April 3, 2022 China reported 13,000 Covid cases on Sunday, the most since the peak of the first pandemic wave over two years ago, as health officials said they have found a suspected new subtype of the Omicron variant in the Shanghai area. ... more  
How scientists reviewed the process and development of space intelligent robot technology?Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 It is an inevitable choice for the development of space automation technology to use space intelligent robots to realize space exploration and space resource utilization. China started with the succ ... more  
US helping China with cockpit recorder of jetliner that crashedWashington (AFP) April 2, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it was assisting Chinese aviation officials in downloading data from the cockpit voice recorder of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed in southern China last month. ... more 
Beijing eyes cooperation with US on audits of Chinese firmsBeijing (AFP) April 2, 2022 Beijing on Saturday proposed scrapping a rule that prevents US authorities from inspecting the audits of Chinese companies listed in the United States, in a longstanding dispute between the countries. ... more 
India and Nepal restore rail links, agree on energy projectsNew Delhi (AFP) April 2, 2022 India and Nepal restored passenger rail services between them on Saturday, as Kathmandu is increasingly wooed by China. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a statement the robotic craft started to enter the atmosphere around 6:40 pm under the ground control and the extreme heat caused by air friction dismantled and destroyed most of the ship. A few ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) April 2, 2022 
India and Nepal restored passenger rail services between them on Saturday, as Kathmandu is increasingly wooed by China.
Nepal has traditionally done a balancing act between New Delhi and Beijing, but analysts believe Indian influence over Kathmandu has been dwindling as China pours heavy investment into the landlocked Himalayan country.
But Nepalese prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba made ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2022 
The United States supports having permanent US military bases on the eastern flank of NATO, but for regular short-term rotations of US troop units rather than long-term basing, the top Pentagon general said Tuesday.
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley told a hearing in the House of Representatives that the key allies on the eastern edge of N ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 3, 2022 
Britain could build up to seven new nuclear power plants by 2050, as well as boost offshore wind to diversify energy sources, a senior minister said Sunday.
"If we fast forward to 2050, there is a world where we have six or seven (nuclear) sites in the UK," Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told The Sunday Telegraph.
"That isn't going to happen in the next two years. But it's ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2022 
Thousands of miles from a home consumed by conflict, a group of Ukrainians in China have found themselves on the frontlines of an information war, battling pro-Russia bias, trolls and censorship.
Around 300 volunteer Ukrainian translators, with some also based overseas, are relaying key events from Russia's war on their homeland into Chinese.
Their mouthpieces are a website called "Ukrai ... more |
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London (AFP) April 3, 2022
Britain could build up to seven new nuclear power plants by 2050, as well as boost offshore wind to diversify energy sources, a senior minister said Sunday.
"If we fast forward to 2050, there is a world where we have six or seven (nuclear) sites in the UK," Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told The Sunday Telegraph.
"That isn't going to happen in the next two years. But it's ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 5, 2022 
Brazil will hold its first tender for offshore wind energy by October, an environment ministry official announced Tuesday, saying the country has "unbelievable" potential in the emerging green energy source.
The federal government has launched a task force whose mission will be to finalize rules and regulations for companies interested in setting up offshore wind farms in Brazil, with the ai ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 04, 2022 
Solar energy generation keeps on becoming cheaper and more efficient, but some basic limitations will always apply: solar panels can only generate power during the daytime, and much of the sunlight is absorbed by the atmosphere as it shines downward.
So ESA is working on the concept of collecting solar power up in orbit, where sunlight is up to 11 times more intense than across European te ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 4, 2022 
The United States plans to introduce a new resolution in the UN Security Council in response to North Korea's most recent ballistic missile tests, Washington's special envoy for North Korean affairs said Monday.
The tests, which included launching an intercontinental ballistic missile last month that could conceivably strike deep inside the United States, are "clear violations of multiple UN ... more |
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 Annapolis MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Imagine a place where ideas are transformed into advanced operational prototypes years ahead of existing technology. That's just what happens in Northrop Grumman's Navy-focused innovation centers, where creativity guides innovation.
Two research and development teams inside the Maritime/Land Systems and Sensors Division support the U.S. Navy: Dolphin Works on the company's Annapolis, Maryl ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) April 5, 2022  Poland said on Tuesday it had ordered Abrams tanks and other heavy US battle vehicles worth $4.74 billion (4.32 billion euros), in line with a decision announced last year.
"The agreement covers 250 Abrams tanks, armoured recovery vehicles, assault bridges ... training and logistics systems and a serious amount of ammunition," Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said during a televised signi ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 
Imagine a pizza maker working with a ball of dough. She might use a spatula to lift the dough onto a cutting board then use a rolling pin to flatten it into a circle. Easy, right? Not if this pizza maker is a robot.
For a robot, working with a deformable object like dough is tricky because the shape of dough can change in many ways, which are difficult to represent with an equation. Plus, ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 4, 2022 
A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.
Fresh data from the UN health agency showed that every corner of the globe is dealing with air pollution, although the problem is much worse in poorer countries.
"Almost 100 percent of the global population ... 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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