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  Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2022 Astronauts entered the new lab module of China's space station for the first time Monday, in a major step towards completing the orbital outpost by the end of the year. The station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing's ambitious space programme, which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made China only the third nation to put humans in orbit. Once completed, Tiangong - or "heavenly palace" - will be constantly crewed by rotating teams of three astronauts, who will conduct sci ... read more |
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China to put large telescope in orbit next yearBeijing (XNA) Jul 25, 2022 China plans to launch a large space telescope next year to fly alongside the Tiangong space station, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The academy said a Long March ... more 
China's space station expanding nation technology baseBeijing (XNA) Jul 25, 2022 The Wentian space lab will help to greatly advance scientific research and the development of technology in China, providing a unique platform for experiments that are difficult or impossible to be ... more 
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  
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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China slams Taiwan parliament speaker's Lithuania visitVilnius (AFP) July 22, 2022 Beijing on Friday voiced a "strong protest" against Lithuania for welcoming a Taiwanese delegation on a visit, claiming it violated the one-China policy. ... more 
Taiwan stages Chinese invasion war games with Ukraine in mindTaipei (AFP) July 25, 2022 Taiwan kicked off its largest annual military exercises Monday, with trench warfare and shoulder-launched Stinger missiles deployed against simulated Chinese attacks in drills informed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ... 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  
US, UK reportedly working on defense against Russian, Chinese hypersonic missilesMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2022 American and British arms companies have been working on the creation of defense systems against Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles, though the project is only "in its infancy" in the United St ... more |
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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 
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  
China court tosses case of single woman barred from freezing eggsBeijing (AFP) July 23, 2022 A Chinese woman who was denied permission to freeze her eggs on the grounds that she was unmarried has had her case dismissed by a Beijing court. ... more |
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China confirms top officials vaccinated as it seeks to reassure vaccine-scepticBeijing (AFP) July 23, 2022 Chinese anti-Covid vaccines are safe and have been given to the country's top leaders, Beijing's health authorities said Saturday, in a bid to reassure the population about their quality in the face of dwindling inoculation rates. ... more  
China swelters under record heatBeijing (AFP) July 25, 2022 Cities across China were on red alert for heatwaves on Monday, as tens of millions of people were warned to stay indoors and record temperatures strained energy supply. ... more 
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 
UK's Sunak vows to get tough on China if he becomes PMLondon (AFP) July 25, 2022 Rishi Sunak on Sunday promised to get tough on China if he becomes Britain's next prime minister, calling the Asian superpower the "number one threat" to domestic and global security. ... more  
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 |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2022  Astronauts entered the new lab module of China's space station for the first time Monday, in a major step towards completing the orbital outpost by the end of the year.
The station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing's ambitious space programme, which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made China only the third nation to put humans in orbit.
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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 and Saudi Arabia are ready to move reconciliation talks to a higher level, more than a year after they began and six years after the two rivals severed relations, Iran's foreign minister says.
Since April last year Iraq has hosted five rounds of talks between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shiite-majority Iran, which support opposing sides in various conflicts around the region.
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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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 Paris (AFP) July 22, 2022 
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday met Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Paris for their latest talks aimed at tightening a relationship based on security and defence ties that has troubled activists.
Macron hosted the Egyptian strongman at the Elysee Palace days after hosting UAE leader Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, himself a close ally of Sisi's secular administrat ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
About a decade ago, deep-learning models started achieving superhuman results on all sorts of tasks, from beating world-champion board game players to outperforming doctors at diagnosing breast cancer.
These powerful deep-learning models are usually based on artificial neural networks, which were first proposed in the 1940s and have become a popular type of machine learning. A computer lea ... 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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 Vilnius (AFP) July 22, 2022 
Beijing on Friday voiced a "strong protest" against Lithuania for welcoming a Taiwanese delegation on a visit, claiming it violated the one-China policy.
The head of Taiwanese group called the EU member "courageous" for having agreed to the opening of a de facto embassy of Taiwan in Vilnius last year.
China considers Taiwan part of its territory - even vowing to one day seize it by for ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) July 22, 2022  After artillery bombardment killed nine people in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Baghdad called for a withdrawal of Turkish forces and said Ankara should handle its "domestic problems" with PKK rebels far from Iraq's borders.
But with Turkey a regional economic, military and diplomatic power, can a weakened Iraq extricate itself from the decades-old war between Ankara and Kurdish rebels ... more |
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