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  Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS), a major national S and T infrastructure hosted by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), confirmed that it received data from the newly launched GF-3 03 satellite on April 11. At 4 p.m. that day, the Miyun Station at the outskirts of Beijing successfully completed the satellite-ground connection test, and completed the tracking, receiving, recording and transmission of the first orbit obs ... read more |
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Tianzhou-3 docks with Tianhe's front docking portBeijing (XNA) Apr 21, 2022 China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 separated from the country's space station core module Tianhe and redocked with the module on Wednesday. Tianzhou-3 detached from the rear docking port of T ... more  
Australia accuses China of paying bribes to win dealsSydney (AFP) April 24, 2022 Australia's defence minister on Sunday accused China of paying bribes for international deals but refused to say whether corruption played a role in Beijing's newly signed defence pact with the Solomon Islands. ... more  
EU, US send warning over China's support for RussiaBrussels (AFP) April 22, 2022 The European Union and the United States insisted Friday that any backing from Beijing for Russia's war in Ukraine, or help for Moscow to dodge Western sanctions, would damage ties with China. ... more  
Taiwan TV station apologises over false Chinese war blunderTaipei (AFP) April 20, 2022 A Taiwanese television station apologised Wednesday for "causing public panic" after erroneously running a series of alerts saying China had launched attacks on the island. ... more |
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YouTube removes channel promoting future Hong Kong leaderHong Kong (AFP) April 20, 2022 YouTube on Wednesday suspended a channel promoting John Lee's uncontested bid to be Hong Kong's next leader, saying the move was required by US sanctions against the ex-security chief. ... more
US, China court Solomon Islands after defence dealHoniara (AFP) April 22, 2022 US and Chinese diplomats fought for the affections of the Solomon Islands on Friday after the small island state shocked its American allies by signing a defence pact with Beijing. ... more 
Beijing tells US not to use Ukraine to 'smear' or pressure ChinaBeijing (AFP) April 20, 2022 Beijing's defense minister told his US counterpart Wednesday not to "use the Ukraine issue to smear, frame, threaten or pressure China", following criticism of its perceived backing of Russia's invasion. ... more  
Iran's Guards vow to continue avenging revered generalTehran (AFP) April 21, 2022 Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they would not stop avenging a top general killed in a US attack as a condition to end sanctions, a sticking point in nuclear talks. ... more |
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Chinese satellite obtains global gravity field dataBeijing (XNA) Apr 20, 2022 China's Tianqin-1 satellite has acquired the global gravity field data during its in-orbit operation, according to Sun Yat-sen University in south China's Guangdong Province. The satellite was ... more 
China receives data from atmospheric environmental monitoring satelliteBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS), a major national S and T infrastructure hosted by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ... more 
US warns against China military presence in Solomon IslandsHoniara (AFP) April 22, 2022 US officials visiting the strategic Solomon Islands on Friday warned of serious repercussions if China were to establish a permanent military presence there after the Pacific nation signed a defence pact with Beijing. ... more  
China Covid death toll rises as Beijing warns of 'grim' situationShanghai (AFP) April 24, 2022 Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths Sunday, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections. ... more |
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China's censors scrub viral Shanghai lockdown video from online platformsBeijing (AFP) April 23, 2022 A viral video showing the impact of the prolonged coronavirus lockdown on Shanghai's residents has been taken down by China's internet censors Saturday, triggering an online backlash. ... more 
Taiwan pledges to protect migrant fishermen after abuse claimsTaipei (AFP) April 21, 2022 Taiwan said Thursday it will spend more than Tw$2 billion ($68.5 million) to improve the welfare of foreigners working in its fishing industry, which has been accused of widespread abuse of migrants. ... more 
Hong Kong judge rules in favour of abused domestic workerHong Kong (AFP) April 22, 2022 A Hong Kong judge ruled Friday the police had "prematurely curtailed" their investigation of a Philippine domestic worker being exploited by her employer, a biting assessment of the city's failure to protect victims of human trafficking. ... more 
Shanghai's cautious awakening from Covid lockdownShanghai (AFP) April 21, 2022 When Rui ventured out of her Shanghai apartment complex this week for the first time in 20 days, she found a city much altered since Covid-19 brought it to a standstill. ... more 
New satellite to advance research on atmospheric environment, pollutionBeijing (XNA) Apr 19, 2022 Chinese scientists will soon have a new space-based tool to advance their research on the atmospheric environment and pollution. After in-orbit tests, the Atmospheric Environmental Surveyor sa ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 21, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 separated from the country's space station core module Tianhe and redocked with the module on Wednesday.
Tianzhou-3 detached from the rear docking port of Tianhe at 5:02 a.m. (Beijing Time), moved to the module's front port and completed a computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking at 9:06 a.m., according to the China Manned Space Agency.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2022 
China's lawmakers on Wednesday announced that it ratified two international conventions against forced labour, months after United Nations experts voiced concerns over the country's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities - particularly in the Xinjiang region.
Beijing's approvals come as the country faces accusations of widespread human rights abuses in Xinjiang, including forced labou ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 22, 2022 
The Pentagon has invited 40 allies to meet in Germany next week to discuss Ukraine's longer-term security needs even as Kyiv continues to battle Russian forces in the country's east and south.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said defense ministers and senior generals of 20 countries, NATO and non-NATO members, have already accepted the invitation from US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for the ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 21, 2022 
Switzerland has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to exclude a high-ranking Russian official from matters involving Russia and Ukraine to guarantee the organisation's independence following Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.
Swiss newspaper 24 heures reported that federal energy councillor Simonetta Sommaruga wrote to International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi demanding the reductio ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) April 7, 2022 
India on Thursday claimed it foiled an attempted cyber-attack by Chinese hackers targeting its power distribution system near a disputed frontier where the two countries are engaged in a military stand-off.
Ties between the world's two most populous nations are at a low ebb after a deadly skirmish in the Himalayan region of Ladakh that left at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead i ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) April 21, 2022
Switzerland has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to exclude a high-ranking Russian official from matters involving Russia and Ukraine to guarantee the organisation's independence following Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.
Swiss newspaper 24 heures reported that federal energy councillor Simonetta Sommaruga wrote to International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi demanding the reductio ... more |
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 Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
Wind turbines are among the most important technologies for a sustainable energy supply. In the case of offshore plants, maintenance teams and materials have to travel long distances to reach the site.
The time and costs involved are comparatively high. Could drones provide a safe and effective alternative to sending out ships, helicopters and cranes in future, and could they take some of ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Apr 22, 2022 
In honor of Earth Day, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is highlighting its efforts toward harnessing the Sun's energy, converting it to radio frequency, or RF, and beaming it to the Earth providing a green power source for the U.S. and allied forces.
Key technologies need to be developed to make such a challenging process a reality.
In response to this challenge, AFRL for ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2022 
Russian state-owned space agency Roscosmos is planning to start serial shipments of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat to the Russian strategic missile forces this fall, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.
"This fall, once the Sarmat flight and development tests are completed, we plan to begin supplying serial heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles of thi ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) April 13, 2022 
President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday downplayed the Brazilian military's recent purchase of Viagra, which drew scrutiny from opposition lawmakers and a flurry of jokes online.
"It was maybe 50,000 pills total. With all due respect, that's nothing," the far-right president said at a meeting with Evangelical Christian ministers at the presidential palace, two days after revelations the armed ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) April 20, 2022 
Swedish prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened up an investigation into cases of corruption involving telecoms giant Ericsson in Iraq, including suspected bribes to the Islamic State (IS) group.
Senior Public Prosecutor Leif Gorts confirmed that the investigation had been launched following reports of potential corruption between 2011 and 2019.
"We have reason to believe that crimes ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
When it comes to the future of intelligent robots, the first question people ask is often: how many jobs will they make disappear? Whatever the answer, the second question is likely to be: how can I make sure that my job is not among them?
In a study just published in Science Robotics, a team of roboticists from EPFL and economists from the University of Lausanne offers answers to both que ... more |
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 Lima (AFP) April 20, 2022 
An indigenous environmental activist has been shot dead in Peru, authorities reported Wednesday, the latest in a long line of rights defenders to meet a violent end in the Andean country.
Ulises Rumiche, an indigenous leader and language teacher, was found dead hours after returning to his Amazon rainforest community from a meeting with Peru's deputy minister for vulnerable populations, the ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) April 20, 2022 
A Taiwanese television station apologised Wednesday for "causing public panic" after erroneously running a series of alerts saying China had launched attacks on the island.
Taiwan's 23 million people live under constant threat of an invasion by China, which views the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory to be re-taken one day, by force if necessary.
Taipei-based Chines ... more |
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 Kabul (AFP) April 21, 2022 
The Taliban ordered a ban against video-sharing app TikTok and the survival-shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) game on Thursday, insisting they were leading Afghanistan's youth astray.
The phone apps are popular among Afghans, who have been left with few outlets for entertainment since the hardline Islamists returned to power last year and banned music, movies and television soaps. ... more |
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