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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  
Iran urges new nuclear meet 'as soon as possible'Tehran (AFP) April 25, 2022 Iran called on Monday for a new meeting "as soon as possible" in the talks that have been held in Vienna aimed at restoring its frayed 2015 nuclear deal with major powers. ... 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 to win international deals but refused to say if the corruption extended to 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 |
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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  
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 
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 |
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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, its highest daily toll despite weeks of lockdowns, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections. ... more 
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 |
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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  
Stocks and oil slide China lockdowns, rate hike fearsLondon (AFP) April 25, 2022 Stock markets and oil prices slumped Monday on growing concern that lockdowns in China aimed at fighting a worsening Covid outbreak could further harm a world economy battling decades-high inflation. ... more 
Markets hit China economy worries, rate hike fearsHong Kong (AFP) April 25, 2022 Stock markets sank Monday on growing concerns that lockdowns in China aimed at fighting a worsening Covid outbreak could threaten the country's economy and global supply chains. ... more 
China's pursuit of zero Covid driving expats awayBeijing (AFP) April 25, 2022 Colin Chan spent more than a decade building a life in China, but enduring ever-changing Covid rules and five weeks of quarantine convinced the Singaporean that it was time to leave. ... 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 25, 2022 
Colin Chan spent more than a decade building a life in China, but enduring ever-changing Covid rules and five weeks of quarantine convinced the Singaporean that it was time to leave.
China's reluctance to budge on its strict zero-Covid policy is hastening the departure of expats from the world's second-largest economy, with business groups warning that unpredictable regulations were driving ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Two months into the war in Ukraine, military experts say they have been shocked about how ill-prepared Russia has been in its invasion of its pro-Western neighbour.
Despite an initial offensive on multiple fronts, Moscow has failed to gain the upper hand in the air, sent in columns of tanks without cover or coordination and has vastly underestimated the strength of Ukraine's resistance, expe ... 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 24, 2022 
Global military spending rose again in 2021, setting new records as Russia continued to beef up its military prior to its invasion of Ukraine, researchers said Monday, predicting the trend would continue in Europe in particular.
Despite the economic fallout of the global Covid pandemic, countries around the world increased their arsenals, with global military spending rising by 0.7 percent l ... 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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