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  Nanjing (XNA) May 29, 2022 China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 Thursday set sail for its first voyage this year from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province. The vessel will carry out its 100th maritime mission during this voyage. Yuanwang-3 has become the first ship of China's Yuanwang fleet to embrace its 100th mission. Commissioned on May 18, 1995, Yuanwang-3 is a second-generation Chinese space tracking ship. It mainly carries out maritime measurement and control and communication missions for satellites, space ... read more |
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Debris from Chinese rocket reenters atmosphere, mostly burning upBeijing (XNA) May 27, 2022 Debris from the last stage of the Long March-7 Y5 carrier rocket reentered the atmosphere at 5:34 p.m. on Wednesday (Beijing Time), the China Manned Space Agency said. The vast majority of the ... more  
Researchers reveal hemispheric asymmetry of long-term sunspot activityKunming, China (SPX) May 26, 2022 Ph.D. candidate ZHANG Xiaojuan and Prof. DENG Linhua from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the temporal variation of the hemispheric distribution of long-term sun ... more  
China says not competing for influence in South PacificPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) June 1, 2022 China has insisted it has "no intention to compete" for influence in the South Pacific as foreign minister Wang Yi and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong again jetted around the region Wednesday on duelling diplomatic charm offensives. ... more  
US warns of new UN sanctions bid if North Korea tests nukesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 31, 2022 The United States warned Tuesday that it will try again to toughen UN sanctions if North Korea tests a nuclear weapon, after a bid last week was vetoed by China and Russia. ... more |
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Xi hails 'new atmosphere' in Hong Kong, welcomes next leaderBeijing (AFP) May 30, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Hong Kong's next leader in Beijing, telling John Lee he has the full trust of the central government, state media said Monday. ... more  
China makes second largest Taiwan defence zone incursion this yearTaipei (AFP) May 31, 2022 China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan's air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters. ... more  
Philippines summons Beijing diplomat over South China Sea 'harassment'Manila (AFP) May 31, 2022 Manila revealed on Tuesday that it had summoned a senior Beijing diplomat to protest the alleged harassment of a marine research vessel by a Chinese coast guard ship in Philippine territorial waters. ... more
China makes second largest Taiwan defence zone incursion this yearTaipei (AFP) May 31, 2022 China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan's air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters. ... more |
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China fails to ink security pact with Pacific nationsSuva, Fiji (AFP) May 30, 2022 Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging security deal Monday, after sharp warnings the proposal would push the region into "Beijing's orbit". ... more  
UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machineBeijing (AFP) May 27, 2022 Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang. ... more 
China plans fresh military exercises in South China SeaBeijing (AFP) May 27, 2022 China will hold naval exercises in the South China Sea on Saturday, its maritime authority said, after a week of recrimination from Western powers over its military ambitions across the Pacific region. ... more  
China's population set to shrink for first time since the great famineMelbourne, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2022 The world's biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the world's population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China's population has swelled from 660 ... more |
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US says committed to Pacific islands that rejected 'opaque' China pactWashington (AFP) May 31, 2022 The United States promised Tuesday to support Pacific nations after they rejected a pact with China, saying Beijing's own actions showed how "opaque" its offers were. ... more  
Shanghai eases Covid curbs in step towards ending lockdownShanghai (AFP) June 1, 2022 Shanghai slowly whirred back to life Wednesday as a range of Covid-19 restrictions were eased after a two-month lockdown that confined residents to their homes and battered the Chinese economy. ... more  
Shallow quake hits Sichuan, southwest ChinaBeijing (AFP) June 1, 2022 A shallow 6.1 magnitude quake struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Wednesday, China's earthquake agency reported, with no immediate reports of damage. ... more  
China-backed Myanmar rebels call on junta to embrace peace talksYangon (AFP) May 31, 2022 A powerful Myanmar ethnic rebel group with close ties to China called on Tuesday for the junta to engage in dialogue with anti-coup fighters to end 15 months of bloodshed. ... more 
Pacific nations reject China security pactSuva, Fiji May 30, 2022 Ten Pacific island nations rebuffed China's push for a wide-ranging regional security pact Monday, amid worries the proposal was designed to pull them into Beijing's orbit. ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 29, 2022 
China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 Thursday set sail for its first voyage this year from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province. The vessel will carry out its 100th maritime mission during this voyage.
Yuanwang-3 has become the first ship of China's Yuanwang fleet to embrace its 100th mission.
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 Frankfurt (AFP) May 27, 2022 
Germany has refused investment guarantees in China due to human rights issues in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Friday.
The decision was the "first time an investment guarantee has not been given on human rights grounds", the minister told Welt am Sonntag weekly.
Habeck did not name the company but Der Spiegel magazine said the the refusal relat ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) May 31, 2022 
Manila revealed on Tuesday that it had summoned a senior Beijing diplomat to protest the alleged harassment of a marine research vessel by a Chinese coast guard ship in Philippine territorial waters.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was also reviewing reports on the "presence of foreign coast guard vessels around Reed Bank", site of the 2019 sinking of a Filipino fishing vessel that ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) May 24, 2022 
Framatome recently inked a new agreement with Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel AB for long-term nuclear fuel supply. Under this contract, awarded on May 3, Framatome will continue to secure fuel deliveries of ATRIUM 11 through 2034, to Forsmark 3 nuclear reactor, operated by Vattenfall in Sweden.
"Framatome is an ideal partner to supply nuclear fuel for Forsmark 3," says Ove Nilsson, head of Vatten ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 25, 2022 
Smart devices are supposed to make our everyday lives easier. At the same time, however, they are a gateway for passive eavesdropping. To prevent possible surveillance of the movement profile within one's home, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, the Horst Gortz Institute for IT Security at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and the Cologne University of Applied Sciences hav ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) May 24, 2022
Framatome recently inked a new agreement with Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel AB for long-term nuclear fuel supply. Under this contract, awarded on May 3, Framatome will continue to secure fuel deliveries of ATRIUM 11 through 2034, to Forsmark 3 nuclear reactor, operated by Vattenfall in Sweden.
"Framatome is an ideal partner to supply nuclear fuel for Forsmark 3," says Ove Nilsson, head of Vatten ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 
Rotor blades are one of the most important components of a wind turbine. They can be up to 70 metres long and weigh between 15 and 20 tonnes. In order to operate wind turbines more efficiently in the future and also to be able to use them in locations that are less wind-intensive, even larger and at the same time lighter blades are needed. The German Aerospace Center is working with partners fro ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 01, 2022 
This study was led by Prof. Rui Zhu, Prof. Wei Wang and Prof. Qihuang Gong from Peking University. In this work, 3-um-thick commercially available parylene-C was deposited on the top of pre-cleaned glass via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and then the flip-over transferring (FOT) process was employed to ensure a smooth parylene surface.
210-nm-thick Zr, Ti and Ga-doped indium oxide (ITGZO ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) May 30, 2022 
The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday that it estimated Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times the limit laid down in Tehran's 2015 deal with world powers.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in its latest report on Iran's nuclear programme that it "estimated that, as of May 15, 2022, Iran's total enriched stockpile was 3,809.3 kilograms."
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 Madrid (AFP) May 30, 2022 
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called for increased military spending in light of the security threat posed by Russia as Spain marked 40 years since joining NATO.
"The war in Ukraine has opened the eyes of European society, including in Spain," said Sanchez at a commemorative event at Madrid's Teatro Real attended by King Felipe VI and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
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 Prague (AFP) May 18, 2022 
The Czech Republic will receive 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks from Germany in exchange for military equipment it sent Ukraine, its defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Prague will also start talks on the purchase of another 50 Leopard 2 A7+ tanks, ministry spokesman Jakub Fajnor said in a statement.
"The German side appreciates the extent to which the Czech Republic has helped Ukraine with gifts ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 27, 2022 
Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot - and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab.
Just a half-millimeter wide, the tiny crabs can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump. The researchers also developed millimeter-sized robots resembling inchworms, crickets and beetles. Although the research is exploratory a ... more |
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 Kartepe, Turkey (AFP) May 29, 2022  The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey.
Experts and activists suspect it's not a coincidence, believing that some entrepreneurs want to get rid of unwanted rubbish sometimes imported from Europe.
In Kartepe, an industrial town in the country's north-west, one of these sites was closed by the authorities in December after the outbreak of three fi ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) May 31, 2022 
China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan's air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters.
Taiwan's defence ministry said late Monday it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activity.
In recent years, Beijing has begun sending large sorties into ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) May 29, 2022  Another two Turkish soldiers have been killed during military operations against Kurdish militants in the north of Iraq, Turkey's defence ministry and media said Sunday.
The latest incidents bring to eight the number of Turkish troops killed in the region since Tuesday.
One soldier was killed on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off as he and other soldiers were pas ... more |
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