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  Beijing (XNA) Jul 15, 2022 China launched a Tianlian II series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global-covering network of the country's second-generation relay satellites. A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 12:30 am at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province and then placed the Tianlian II-03 satellite into a geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor. The State-owned conglomerate s ... read more |
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Third Tianlian II-series satellite launchedBeijing (XNA) Jul 13, 2022 China launched a Tianlian II-series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global network of the country's second-generation relay satellites. A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted of ... more  
Short space trips for paying passengers on the wayBeijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2022 CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is designing a set of reusable rocket and spacecraft, with the aim of sending paying passengers on short trips int ... more  
China to launch first comprehensive solar probeBeijing, China (SPX) Jul 13, 2022 China will launch its first comprehensive solar probe, the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, in October, opening a new chapter in the country's exploration of the sun, according to the Nationa ... more  
China launches two new satellitesBeijing (XNA) Jul 17, 2022 China on Saturday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place two satellites in space. The pair of satellites, Siwei 03 and 04, were lifted at 6:57 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Sa ... more |
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IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shootHajar Al Aswad, Syria (AFP) July 17, 2022 A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie. ... more  
China's Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdownBeijing (AFP) July 15, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first since a crackdown in the region saw Beijing accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in camps. ... more  
Solomons says foreign base would make it a military targetSuva, Fiji (AFP) July 14, 2022 Solomon Islands will not host a foreign military base because the nation would be targeted for "military strikes", Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Thursday, as Pacific leaders grappled with China's security ambitions. ... more  
US promises $1.2 bn to feed Horn of Africa, urges others to helpWashington (AFP) July 18, 2022 US aid chief Samantha Power on Monday promised $1.18 billion to help avert famine in the Horn of Africa and urged other nations including China to do more to fight a food crisis aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more |
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Chinese man charged with human trafficking in MalawiLilongwe, Malawi (AFP) July 18, 2022 A Chinese national accused of racism and exploiting children in Malawi was charged with human trafficking in the capital Lilongwe on Monday, local media reported. ... more  
Feathery insulation helped dinosaurs survive and thrive: StudyNanjing, China (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 The so-called Triassic-Jurassic Extinction (~202 million years ago) killed off the big reptiles that up until then had ruled the planet, thus clearing the way for dinosaurs to take over. But why did ... more  
UN Security Council calls on members to stop arming gangs in HaitiUnited Nations, United States (AFP) July 16, 2022 The United Nations Security Council agreed Friday to ask member states to ban the transfer of small arms to Haiti, rocked by deadly gang violence, but stopped short of a full embargo requested by China. ... more  
China Covid outbreak grows as Macau extends Covid shutdownBeijing (AFP) July 16, 2022 China on Saturday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases since May, with millions in lockdown this weekend as authorities persist with their zero-Covid policy. ... more |
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US VP Harris launches Pacific push with new embassies, envoySuva, Fiji (AFP) July 13, 2022 The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China's advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of two new embassies at a key regional summit. ... more  
Proposed US law would say Tibet status unresolvedWashington (AFP) July 14, 2022 US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would call Tibet's legal status unresolved, distancing Washington from past statements that recognized the territory as part of China. ... more 
Vulnerable Pacific islands call for 'urgent, immediate' action on climateSuva, Fiji (AFP) July 14, 2022 Vulnerable Pacific islands demanded "urgent, immediate" global action on climate change Thursday, while stressing a commitment to democracy and the "rules-based" international order in the face of growing Chinese regional influence. ... more  
Stellantis ending Jeep production in ChinaParis (AFP) July 18, 2022 US-European carmaker Stellantis said on Monday it was ending production in China of its Jeep SUV after failing to acquire a majority stake in its joint venture with local firm GAC. ... more 
Seven Hong Kong 'speedboat fugitives' jailed over Taiwan escape bidHong Kong (AFP) July 15, 2022 Hong Kong on Friday jailed seven people who were part of a failed 2020 attempt to flee to Taiwan by speedboat to dodge protest-related prosecutions. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 13, 2022 
China launched a Tianlian II-series satellite early on Wednesday morning to form a global network of the country's second-generation relay satellites.
A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 12:29 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province and then placed the Tianlian II-03 satellite into a geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Sc ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 19, 2022 
Most stocks fell Tuesday after a Wall Street sell-off fuelled by fresh recession worries following a report that Apple planned to ease back on spending due to uncertainty over the economic outlook.
The drop across most markets in Asia also came as oil held a Monday surge caused by fading expectations that Joe Biden had convinced Saudi Arabia to pump more to ease a supply crisis and temper pr ... more |
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 Suva, Fiji (AFP) July 14, 2022  Solomon Islands will not host a foreign military base because the nation would be targeted for "military strikes", Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Thursday, as Pacific leaders grappled with China's security ambitions.
The Solomons leader is attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit, the first gathering of the bloc since his country signed a security agreement with China - details of ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 17, 2022 
The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine.
The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely tense", Ukraine's atomic energy agency chief Petro Kotin said, adding that the Russia ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Social media giant Meta, whose platforms including Facebook and Instagram regularly face concerns over their impact on civil liberties and democracy, on Thursday released its first annual report on its efforts to protect human rights.
For years Meta has been heavily criticized for a business model that has been accused of prioritizing extremist content in a bid to attract users' attention. ... more |
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 17, 2022
The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine.
The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely tense", Ukraine's atomic energy agency chief Petro Kotin said, adding that the Russia ... 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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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 
Increasing the power conversion efficiency of solar cells is important for two reasons. In the long run, it is the most effective way to reduce the levelized cost of electricity. In the short term, it is the best way to promote photovoltaics for applications where space is limited e.g., roofs, facades, vehicles, or even drones.
However, all solar cells are fundamentally limited by the mate ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) July 17, 2022  Iran has the technical capacity to build a nuclear weapon but has not taken a decision to do so, an official told the Al Jazeera broadcaster on Sunday.
Iran "has the technical ability to build a nuclear bomb" said Kamal Kharrazi, who heads an advisory board linked to Iran's leadership.
But Tehran has "not made a decision to build an atomic bomb", he added.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA's newest biotechnology funding opportunity aims to develop a hand-held prediction tool for warfighter physiological states based on molecular biomarkers. The device developed under the Smart Non-invasive Assays of Physiology (SNAP) program would be readily configurable to dive ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 14, 2022 
A Ukrainian presidential aide on Thursday called on lawmakers to establish a monitoring committee that would oversee weapons received by Ukraine from its Western allies to fight Russia's invasion.
The proposal comes after Brussels raised concern about the threat of arms being smuggled out of war-roiled Ukraine to equip crime gangs in Europe.
"Parliament, as a legislative power, should ... more |
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 Bangalore, India (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 
Where are those flowers and how far away are they? This is the crux of the 'waggle dance' performed by honeybees to alert others to the location of nectar-rich flowers. A new study in Frontiers in Robotics and AI has taken inspiration from this technique to devise a way for robots to communicate. The first robot traces a shape on the floor, and the shape's orientation and the time it takes to tr ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) July 13, 2022 
The war in Ukraine has destroyed forests, polluted fields and filled them with mines, and contaminated water, a Kyiv official told EU environment ministers who pledged help on Wednesday.
At an informal EU meeting in Prague, which holds the rotating EU presidency, Ukrainian Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets said the Russian invasion had damaged three million hectares of Ukrainian forests. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 12, 2022  China on Tuesday accused Taiwan of "political manipulation" after its Vice President William Lai attended former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's funeral - Taipei's highest-ranking official visit to Japan in decades.
Beijing views the self-ruled democratic island of Taiwan as its own territory, and countries that have diplomatic relations with China usually refrain from having official ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2022 
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first since a crackdown in the region saw Beijing accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in camps.
The United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled China's actions in Xinjiang a "genocide", imposing sanctions over the alleged human rights abu ... more |
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