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  Paris (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. China controls 80 percent of the world's supply of rare earth elements, vital components for anything from electric vehicles to fluorescent lighting, and Western powers have been trying for years to redress the balance. Mandiant identified a network of thousands of fake social media accounts in 2019 that it ... read more |
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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  
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 |
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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  
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 |
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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 
Global stocks split on China, US consumer confidenceNew York (AFP) June 28, 2022 European and Asian stocks climbed Tuesday and oil prices rallied as China relaxed hard-line Covid-19 policies, but Wall Street equities tumbled following weak consumer confidence data. ... 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 |
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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 
Macau shuts almost everything but casinos to battle Covid outbreakHong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2022 Macau tightened social distancing restrictions on Thursday - closing almost everything except casinos - as the Chinese gambling hub embarked on another round of citywide testing to battle a Covid-19 outbreak. ... more  
China looks set to build space solar power stationXian, China (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 China has made a milestone advance in its effort to build a solar power station in space to convert the sunlight in outer space into an electrical supply to drive the satellites in orbits or transmi ... more 
G7 touts $600 bn global infrastructure plan to rival ChinaElmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 26, 2022 The G7 group of rich democracies on Sunday announced an attempt to compete with China's formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in poor countries. ... more  
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 |
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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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 New York (AFP) June 28, 2022 
European and Asian stocks climbed Tuesday and oil prices rallied as China relaxed hard-line Covid-19 policies, but Wall Street equities tumbled following weak consumer confidence data.
In a major shift, Chinese authorities shortened quarantine for inbound travelers to just 10 days instead of three weeks, fueling hopes of recovery for the world's second largest economy.
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 Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2022  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lifted his opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO following crunch talks with the leaders of the two Nordic countries in Madrid.
Erdogan had stubbornly refused to green light the applications from the Nordic pair - lodged in response to Russia's war on Ukraine - despite calls from his NATO allies to clear the path for them to enter. ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
Framatome was recently awarded a contract to provide full system decontamination at Bruce Power Units 3 and 4 as part of their Major Component Replacement (MCR) project. Adapting unique chemical decontamination technology developed globally, Framatome will localize it for use by its Canadian teams in the country's CANDU reactors. The chemical process is undergoing qualification at Canadian Nucle ... 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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Paris, France (SPX) Jun 29, 2022
Framatome was recently awarded a contract to provide full system decontamination at Bruce Power Units 3 and 4 as part of their Major Component Replacement (MCR) project. Adapting unique chemical decontamination technology developed globally, Framatome will localize it for use by its Canadian teams in the country's CANDU reactors. The chemical process is undergoing qualification at Canadian Nucle ... 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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 Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2022  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will urge his NATO allies at a summit in Madrid to boost their defence spending in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his office said Tuesday.
After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, NATO member states pledged to spend at least 2.0 percent of their gross domestic product on defence to ensure the readiness of the alliance by 2024.
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester as part of an ambitious R and D programme to help the UK maintain its leadership in automatation technologies,
These new AI-powered machines will be designed to think and act for themselves in some of the most hazardous and toughest places on Earth - and beyond. These robots will be challenged to carry out ... 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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