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  Beijing (XNA) Aug 08, 2022 The small mechanical arm mounted with Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully completed in-orbit tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). With the support of the ground team, the small mechanical arm has completed a series of in-orbit function and performance tests. All indexes performed well, achieving expected results, said the CMSA. The weight and length of the small mechanical arm are about half that of the 10-meter-long large mechanical ... read more |
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Taiwan holds military drill after China repeats threatsTaipei (AFP) Aug 11, 2022 Taiwan's army held another live-fire drill Thursday after Beijing ended its largest-ever military exercises around the island and repeated threats to bring the self-ruled democracy under its control. ... more  
Biden signs major semiconductors investment bill to compete against ChinaWashington (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a multibillion dollar bill boosting domestic semiconductor and other high-tech manufacturing sectors that US leaders fear risk being dominated by rival China. ... more 
China warns it will not tolerate Taiwan 'separatists'Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 China on Wednesday vowed zero tolerance for "separatist activities" in Taiwan and reaffirmed that it would take the self-ruled island by force if necessary. ... more 
Taiwan accuses China of preparing invasion, holds defence drillFenggang Township, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 Taiwan held an artillery drill Tuesday simulating defence against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games. ... more |
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Taiwan holds military drill as China accused of preparing invasion Fenggang Township, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 Taiwan held an artillery drill Tuesday simulating defence against an attack as its top diplomat accused Beijing of preparing to invade the island after days of massive Chinese war games. ... more  
EU submits a 'final text' at Iran nuclear talksVienna (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 The European Union submitted a "final text" at talks to salvage a 2015 deal aimed at reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions and Tehran said Monday it was reviewing the proposals. ... more 
China drills reveal plans for Taiwan blockade: expertsBeijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2022 Beijing's largest-ever exercises around Taiwan have offered key clues into its plans for a gruelling blockade in the event of a war to take the self-ruled island, and revealed an increasingly emboldened Chinese military, experts told AFP. ... more  
Biden to host White House Pacific island summitNuku'Alofa, Tonga (AFP) Aug 6, 2022 US President Joe Biden will host Pacific island leaders at the White House in September, a senior American diplomat said Saturday, deepening a regional charm offensive to counter growing Chinese influence. ... more |
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Two jailed for clash that led to rare Hong Kong protest deathHong Kong (AFP) Aug 12, 2022 A Hong Kong court on Friday jailed two young men in relation to a violent clash during the city's political unrest in 2019 that killed an elderly man. ... more  
Dozens in China infected with Langya virus; Chinese medical portal censored over herbal remedy doubtBeijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2022 Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission. ... more 
China closes Tibet's Potala Palace after Covid outbreakBeijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 China closed Tibet's Potala Palace, former home of the exiled Dalai Lama, on Tuesday after 22 Covid-19 cases were reported in the Himalayan region. ... more 
Chinese court rejects appeal in landmark #MeToo caseBeijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 A Chinese court rejected an appeal in a landmark sexual harassment case on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the country's fledgling #MeToo movement. ... more |
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Over 80,000 tourists trapped in 'China's Hawaii' after Covid outbreak Beijing (AFP) Aug 7, 2022 Over 80,000 tourists are stranded in a resort city popularly known as "China's Hawaii" after a Covid flare-up led authorities to impose strict travel restrictions. ... more 
Hong Kong sees record population drop as emigration risesHong Kong (AFP) Aug 11, 2022 Hong Kong saw a net outflow of 113,200 residents over the past year, census data showed Thursday, setting a new record in population decline as the city maintained strict pandemic curbs. ... more  
'Hopeless': Chinese homebuyers run out of patience with developersBeijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2022 Newly married and with his first child on the way, auto worker Wang wanted to move into the apartment he bought in Wuhan three years ago but those hopes were dashed by China's ballooning property crisis. ... more 
Ping An to insist on HSBC Asia spin-off proposal: reportsHong Kong (AFP) Aug 12, 2022 HSBC's largest shareholder Ping An Insurance will press on with its call for the bank to spin off its Asia operations despite pushback from executives, reports said. ... more  
UN Security Council to discuss Ukraine nuclear plant crisisUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Thursday to address the crisis at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, the power plant that Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of having bombed, diplomatic sources said. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 08, 2022 
The small mechanical arm mounted with Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully completed in-orbit tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
With the support of the ground team, the small mechanical arm has completed a series of in-orbit function and performance tests. All indexes performed well, achieving expected results, said the CMSA.
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 Phnom Penh (AFP) Aug 4, 2022  Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China launched massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into "open conflicts".
A furious Beijing kicked off its biggest-ever exercises around Taiwan in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit this week to the self-ruled island.
Ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast A ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Aug 11, 2022 
Sweden's government said Thursday it would hand over a Turkish citizen convicted of credit card fraud to Ankara, the first known extradition since Turkey threatened to freeze Stockholm's bid to join NATO.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to block both Sweden and Finland from NATO membership unless they meet several demands, including the extradition of people Ankara cons ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 11, 2022  The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned an emergency Security Council meeting on Thursday of the "grave" crisis unfolding at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of new shelling near the facility.
"This is a serious hour, a grave hour," Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the Security Council, adding that t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 
The United States placed sanctions Monday on Tornado Cash, a leading "crypto mixer" for transactions in virtual currency that US officials describe as a hub for laundering stolen funds, including by North Korean hackers.
The Treasury said Tornado Cash had been used to transfer at least $96 million of funds stolen in June from crypto exchange service Harmony Bridge, and another $7.8 million o ... more |
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United Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 11, 2022 The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned an emergency Security Council meeting on Thursday of the "grave" crisis unfolding at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of new shelling near the facility.
"This is a serious hour, a grave hour," Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the Security Council, adding that t ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 12, 2022 
Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the world's electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the vast majority are part of larger wind farm installations involving dozens or even hundreds of turbines, whose wakes can affect each other.
Now, engineers at MIT and elsewhere have found that, with no need for any new investm ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 11, 2022 
Generating power from sunlight bouncing off the ground, working at night, even helping to grow strawberries: solar panel technology is evolving fast as costs plummet for a key segment of the world's energy transition.
The International Energy Agency says solar will have to scale up significantly this decade to meet the Paris climate target of limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius ... more |
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 Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Aug 9, 2022  An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan early Tuesday and went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos showed the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Khayyam satellite from the Russia-controlled Baikonur cosmodrome at the scheduled time of 0552 GMT. ... 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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 Warsaw (AFP) July 27, 2022 
Poland signed Wednesday contracts to purchase South Korean weapons including tanks, artillery and fighter jets as the NATO member bordering Russia and Ukraine boosts its defences.
The amount of the contracts, signed at a ceremony in the Polish capital with representatives of Korea Aerospace Industries and Hyundai, was not provided.
"We're drawing lessons from what's happening in Ukraine, ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 
Giving our hardware sight has empowered a host of applications in self-driving cars, object detection, and crop monitoring. But unlike animals, synthetic vision systems can't simply evolve under natural habitats. Dynamic visual systems that can navigate both land and water, therefore, have yet to power our machines - leading researchers from MIT, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ( ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 
Eating fruits and vegetables is better for the planet than eating meat and cheese, but a new study by scientists released Monday showed chips and sugary drinks also have a very low environmental impact.
Scientists analyzed some 57,000 products sold in supermarkets in Britain and Ireland, in a large study published by the scientific journal PNAS.
The researchers, who hope that their stud ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 
China on Wednesday vowed zero tolerance for "separatist activities" in Taiwan and reaffirmed that it would take the self-ruled island by force if necessary.
The warning from Beijing, which considers Taiwan its territory, came after days of unprecedented Chinese military drills around the island sparked by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip.
Pelosi last week became the highest-ranking U ... more |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Aug 6, 2022 
Security forces in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets Saturday to disperse anti-government protesters and briefly detained seven opposition lawmakers, an AFP journalist and an official said.
The opposition New Generation party had called for demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah and other cities in the country's north in protest against deteriorating living ... more |
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