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  Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2022 China launched on Sunday the second of three modules needed to complete its new space station, state media reported, the latest step in Beijing's ambitious space programme. The uncrewed craft, named Wentian, was propelled by a Long March 5B rocket at 2:22 pm (0622 GMT) from the Wenchang launch centre on China's tropical island of Hainan. Beijing launched the central module of its space station Tiangong - which means "heavenly palace" - in April 2021. Almost 18 metres (60 feet) long and wei ... read more |
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China's newest research lab prepares launch to spaceBeijing (XNA) Jul 20, 2022 China's Wentian space laboratory and its carrier-a Long March 5B rocket-were moved to a service tower on Monday morning to undergo final tests before their planned flight in the coming days, accordi ... more  
Japan defence report sounds alarm on Russia, threats to TaiwanTokyo (AFP) July 22, 2022 Japan's defence ministry said Friday it was alarmed at fresh threats from Russia and had growing worries about Taiwan, in an annual report that comes as Tokyo weighs significantly increasing military spending. ... more  
Pelosi faces pushback on potential trip to TaiwanWashington (AFP) July 21, 2022 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced pushback Thursday on potential plans to visit Taiwan, with President Joe Biden saying that the military was opposed amid fears of inflaming tensions with China. ... more  
China denounces US for calling space a 'Warfighting Domain'Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2022 Last month, the US Space Force (USSF) launched a new intelligence center and US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines called space "a warfighting domain." The military branch was launched i ... more |
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Belgium accuses China over 'malicious cyber activities'Brussels (AFP) July 19, 2022 Belgium has urged China to act over what it has described as "malicious cyber activities" by Chinese entities liable to affect security in the EU state. ... more 
Ukraine making China rethink when, not whether, to invade Taiwan: CIA chiefWashington (AFP) July 21, 2022 China appears determined on using force in Taiwan, with Russia's experience in Ukraine affecting Beijing's calculations on when and how - not whether - to invade, the head of the CIA said Wednesday. ... more
Senior lawmaker says EU supports Taiwan's 'sovereign' existenceTaipei (AFP) July 20, 2022 A senior European Union lawmaker said Wednesday that Taiwan's future should be decided by its own people and that the EU backs the island's "sovereign" existence, in a pointed warning to Beijing. ... more 
China condemns US warship passage through Taiwan StraitTaipei (AFP) July 20, 2022 China on Wednesday slammed Washington as "a destroyer of peace" in the Taiwan Strait, following the latest in a series of passages by US warships through the waterway. ... more |
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Macau to reopen casinos as Covid lockdown eases at weekendHong Kong (AFP) July 20, 2022 Macau is set to reopen its casinos at the weekend after a 12-day shutdown as the city's coronavirus outbreak showed signs of easing, officials announced Wednesday. ... 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  
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 
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 |
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Japan regulator OKs release of treated Fukushima waterTokyo (AFP) July 22, 2022 Japan's nuclear regulator on Friday formally approved a plan to release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima plant into the ocean, sparking an angry reaction from China. ... more
Biden plans Africa summit in December as China influence growsWashington (AFP) July 20, 2022 US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will welcome African leaders to Washington in December, a new initiative to build ties with the continent where China's influence has been rising. ... more  
Uruguay says pursuing China trade deal with or without Mercosur partnersAsuncion (AFP) July 21, 2022 Uruguay insisted on Thursday that it would pursue a free trade deal with China with or without its partners in the South American Mercosur trade bloc. ... more 
HSBC's China investment bank adds Communist Party committee: FTHong Kong (AFP) July 21, 2022 HSBC has become the first foreign lender in China to set up a Chinese Communist Party committee in an in-country investment banking venture, the Financial Times reported Thursday. ... more 
CIA chief says chaos-hit Sri Lanka made 'dumb bets' on ChinaWashington (AFP) July 20, 2022 CIA chief Bill Burns on Wednesday blamed "dumb bets" on high-debt Chinese investment as a factor in Sri Lanka's economic collapse, saying it should serve as a warning to other nations. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 20, 2022 
China's Wentian space laboratory and its carrier-a Long March 5B rocket-were moved to a service tower on Monday morning to undergo final tests before their planned flight in the coming days, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief statement that prelaunch preparations will begin at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southernmost island province of Hainan ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 20, 2022 
CIA chief Bill Burns on Wednesday blamed "dumb bets" on high-debt Chinese investment as a factor in Sri Lanka's economic collapse, saying it should serve as a warning to other nations.
"The Chinese have a lot of weight to throw around and they can make a very appealing case for their investments," Burns said at the Aspen Security Forum.
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 Ankara (AFP) July 21, 2022 
Turkey on Thursday said a new "permanent committee" would meet Finnish and Swedish officials in August to assess if the two nations are complying with Ankara's conditions to ratify their NATO membership bids.
Finland and Sweden dropped their history of military non-alignment and announced plans to join NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February.
All 30 NATO members must rat ... more |
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 London (AFP) July 20, 2022  The UK government on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in eastern England, which it says will generate low-carbon electricity for six million homes.
It hopes the construction of the 3,200 MWe plant will help achieve its target of Britain becoming a net zero carbon emitter by 2050.
Ministers announced in January that the government will invest anothe ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) July 22, 2022 
The pro-Russian authorities of eastern Ukraine's separatist republics said Friday they had blocked Google, accusing the US giant of promoting "violence against Russians".
"We took the decision to block Google on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic," rebel leader Denis Pushilin said on Telegram, accusing it of promoting "violence against Russians, in particular the people of the Do ... more |
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London (AFP) July 20, 2022 The UK government on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in eastern England, which it says will generate low-carbon electricity for six million homes.
It hopes the construction of the 3,200 MWe plant will help achieve its target of Britain becoming a net zero carbon emitter by 2050.
Ministers announced in January that the government will invest anothe ... 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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 Paris (ESA) Jul 22, 2022 
ESA's upcoming EarthCARE satellite mission has just taken a big stretch. Engineers have gently unfolded this new satellite's huge five-panel solar wing to test that it will deploy correctly once it is in space. The solar wing is a critical part of the satellite, providing the energy for EarthCARE to do its job: to quantify the role that clouds and aerosols play in heating and cooling Earth's atm ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) July 22, 2022 
Iran is seeking economic guarantees from the US to revive a long-stalled 2015 nuclear deal so as "not to be stung twice" the same way, its foreign minister said.
The agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its atomic programme to guarantee that it could not develop a nuclear weapon - something it has al ... more |
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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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 Rabat (AFP) July 19, 2022 
Israel and Morocco strengthened military ties during meetings Tuesday between the Jewish state's army chief and Moroccan defence officials in the kingdom, amid tension with Rabat's rival Algeria.
Israeli army chief Aviv Kohavi, who arrived Monday, met with the Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces Belkhir El Farouk, an Israeli army statement said.
He also met with Morocco's minis ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 
Microplastics, tiny particles of plastic that are now found worldwide in the air, water, and soil, are increasingly recognized as a serious pollution threat, and have been found in the bloodstream of animals and people around the world.
Some of these microplastics are intentionally added to a variety of products, including agricultural chemicals, paints, cosmetics, and detergents - amounti ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) July 20, 2022  A senior European Union lawmaker said Wednesday that Taiwan's future should be decided by its own people and that the EU backs the island's "sovereign" existence, in a pointed warning to Beijing.
Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which claims the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory and has vowed to seize it one day, by force if necessary.
Bei ... more |
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 Zakho, Iraq (AFP) July 20, 2022 
Nine civilians including children were killed in a park in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Wednesday by artillery fire that Baghdad blamed on neighbouring Turkey, a country engaged in a cross-border offensive.
In an unusually strong rebuke, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi warned Turkey that Baghdad reserves the "right to retaliate", calling the artillery fire a "flagrant violation" of s ... more |
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