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  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022 A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to do the same thing. Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is ready to send two spacecraft to pull off the Mars rock retrieval by 2031. One of the spacecraft will be a lander and ... read more |
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Biden, Xi to contact each other in 'next few weeks:' US officialElmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 27, 2022 President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to make contact in the "next few weeks," a senior US official told reporters Monday. ... more  
Chinese leader Xi Jinping to attend Hong Kong handover celebrationBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend events to celebrate 25 years since Hong Kong's handover to China, state media reported Saturday, with the Communist Party looking to showcase its control over the city after crushing a democracy movement. ... more  
China launches new test satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Jun 23, 2022 China on Wednesday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Tianxing-1 test satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 10 ... more  
Taiwan general charged in China spying caseTaipei (AFP) June 24, 2022 A retired Taiwanese general and another senior officer were indicted on Friday for their involvement in developing a spying network for China, prosecutors said. ... more |
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Protesters heckle Chinese ambassador to AustraliaSydney (AFP) June 24, 2022 China's new ambassador to Australia chided human rights protesters who heckled him Friday during a speech about the future of frosty relations between the two countries. ... more  
What is causing record floods and heatwaves in ChinaBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other parts of the country. ... more  
China halves quarantine time for overseas travellersBeijing (AFP) June 28, 2022 China on Tuesday reduced the length of mandatory quarantine for inbound travellers, in the biggest relaxation of entry restrictions after sticking to a rigid zero Covid policy throughout the pandemic. ... more  
China launches new batch of remote sensing satellitesXichang (XNA) Jun 24, 2022 China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday. The satellites were launched as the sec ... more |
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US to work with Taiwan, Vietnam against illegal fishingWashington (AFP) June 27, 2022 The United States said Monday it would step up cooperation with Vietnam and Taiwan among others to combat illegal fishing, a problem that environmentalists and Western nations increasingly attribute to China. ... more 
A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handoverHong Kong (AFP) June 28, 2022 As midnight struck on June 30, 1997 and Hong Kong transitioned from British to Chinese rule, pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Wing-tat stood with colleagues on the balcony of the city's legislature, holding a defiant protest. ... more 
Shanghai reports zero Covid cases for first time in monthsBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 China reported zero new Covid-19 infections in Shanghai for the first time since March on Saturday, as the country's latest outbreak subsides after months of lockdowns and other restrictions. ... more  
G7 takes aim at China over 'market-distorting' practicesElmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2022 G7 leaders on Tuesday condemned China's "non-transparent and market-distorting" international trade practices in an end-of-summit statement billed as "unprecedented" by the United States. ... more |
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Pro-China online network targets mineral firms: reportParis (AFP) June 28, 2022 A Pro-China online network is targeting Western companies mining for elements used to make smartphones and other hi-tech products, US cybersecurity firm Mandiant said in a report on Tuesday. ... more 
Stocks split on China, US consumer confidenceLondon (AFP) June 28, 2022 European and Asian stocks climbed Tuesday and oil prices rallied further as China slashed the quarantine time for visitors, fuelling hopes of recovery for the world's second largest economy. ... more 
US, Taiwan hold first round of trade talksWashington (AFP) June 27, 2022 US and Taiwanese officials held the first round of trade talks on Monday under an initiative announced earlier this month that drew strong criticism from Beijing. ... more  
Swedish electric carmaker Polestar announces NY listingStockholm (AFP) June 23, 2022 Electric car maker Polestar said Thursday it had completed the necessary requirements for its listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, with trading to begin on June 24. ... more 
Hong Kong's history: From backwater to trading metropolisHong Kong (AFP) June 28, 2022 Modern-day Hong Kong is best known for its sprawl of skyscrapers and role as a bustling financial hub and regional trade conduit off the southern coast of mainland China. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022 
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to do the same thing.
Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is ready to send ... more |
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 London (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Stock markets jumped Tuesday and oil prices rallied further as China slashed the quarantine time for visitors, fuelling hopes of recovery for the world's second largest economy.
The news came as Beijing and Shanghai appeared to have contained a Covid outbreak that had forced officials to impose lockdowns that compounded global supply chain snarls, further pushing up inflation.
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 Madrid (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Spain's defence minister warned on Friday of a possible cyberattack during the NATO summit in Madrid next week.
Asked if Spain feared Russia could launch such an attack, Margarita Robles told journalists "the possibility of a cyberattack exists", without mentioning the country by name.
"There are many challenges and many threats," she said, adding that there were "many people working ... ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Swedish energy group Vattenfall said Tuesday it was examining the possibility of building at least two small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to meet the country's rising electricity needs.
Four decades after Swedes voted to phase out nuclear power, the state-owned company said it would conduct a pilot study to examine the conditions for building two SMRs adjacent to the Ringhals nuclear powe ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
Distributed ledger technology, such as blockchains, has become more prevalent across a variety of contexts over the past decade. The premise is that blockchains operate securely without any centralized control and that they are immutable or unsusceptible to change.
Given its mission to create and prevent technological surprise, DARPA endeavored to understand those security assumptions and ... more |
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Stockholm (AFP) June 28, 2022
Swedish energy group Vattenfall said Tuesday it was examining the possibility of building at least two small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to meet the country's rising electricity needs.
Four decades after Swedes voted to phase out nuclear power, the state-owned company said it would conduct a pilot study to examine the conditions for building two SMRs adjacent to the Ringhals nuclear powe ... more |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 
Wind energy contributes significantly to the energy sector's sustainable, low-CO2 transformation. However, the efficiency of wind turbines depends on available wind resources and the technical characteristics of the turbines. Climate change, of all things, is causing the global wind resource to diminish in the 21st century. At the same time, the technical properties of wind turbines are steadily ... more |
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 Luxembourg (AFP) June 27, 2022 
EU energy ministers on Monday agreed to increase the share of European energy consumption coming from renewables such as solar or wind power to 40 percent by 2030.
The legally binding target, which was previously set at 32 percent, is part of the EU's ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, compared to baseline amounts recorded in 1990.
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 Moscow (AFP) June 25, 2022 
Russia will deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
"In the coming months, we will transfer to Belarus Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which can use ballistic or cruise missiles, in their conventional and nuclear versions," Putin said in a broadcas ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko on Tuesday urged NATO at an alliance summit in Madrid to "speed up" its delivery of weapons to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian attacks.
"We expect (it to) speed up weapons to Ukraine, we expect (them) to continue to support Ukraine," he told reporters when asked what Ukraine could expect from the gathering.
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 Washington (AFP) June 15, 2022 
US President Joe Biden announced a new package of arms and ammunition for Ukraine Wednesday after speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky and reaffirming Washington's support for Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.
The package of $1 billion worth of arms includes more artillery, coastal anti-ship defense systems and ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems that Ukraine is al ... more |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 
Babies can help unlock the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Trinity College neuroscientists and colleagues who have just published new guiding principles for improving AI.
The research, published in the journal 'Nature Machine Intelligence', examines the neuroscience and psychology of infant learning and distils three principles to guide the next generation of ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) June 27, 2022 
Pollution is linked to more than 10 percent of cancer cases in Europe, a report by the European Environment Agency said Tuesday.
Most of these cases are preventable, it said.
"Exposure to air pollution, carcinogenic chemicals, radon, UV (ultraviolet) radiation and second-hand smoke together may contribute over 10 percent of the cancer burden in Europe," the agency said in a statement. ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) June 24, 2022 
A retired Taiwanese general and another senior officer were indicted on Friday for their involvement in developing a spying network for China, prosecutors said.
Taipei and Beijing have spied on each other since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, when the losing Nationalist side fled to the island.
The major general, identified by his family name Chien, and a retired lieutenant col ... more |
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 Gayan District, Afghanistan (AFP) June 25, 2022 
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers pledged on Saturday they would not interfere with international efforts to distribute aid to tens of thousands of people affected by this week's deadly earthquake.
Even before Wednesday's quake the country was in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, with aid flows and financial assistance severely curtailed since the Taliban's return to power.
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