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  Xichang (XNA) Aug 23, 2022 China on Tuesday successfully launched a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province. The Chuangxin-16 satellite, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was launched at 10:36 am (Beijing Time) by a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. The satellite will mainly be used for scientific experiments and verification of new technologies. The launch was the 16th mission by Kuaizhou 1A series r ... read more |
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China conducts spaceplane flight testBeijing (XNA) Aug 26, 2022 On Friday, China carried out a key flight test of its reusable suborbital spaceplane, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor. The State ... more  
US senator lands in Taiwan for fourth political visit this monthTaipei (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 US Senator Marsha Blackburn landed in Taiwan late Thursday, the fourth visit by an American politician this month and a move bound to rile Beijing, which has staged huge military drills to protest such trips. ... more 
Taiwan fruit, fish farmers feel squeeze of China's sanctionsHualien, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 26, 2022 As a Taiwanese fighter jet screamed over the lush green fields of eastern Hualien county last week, pomelo farmer Mulin Ou sat in his orchard counting the cost of China's latest push to squeeze the island. ... more 
Taiwan says China drills deepened international solidarityTaipei (AFP) Aug 26, 2022 China's huge military drills around Taiwan have only made allies more determined to visit the island democracy and show solidarity, Taipei's foreign minister Joseph Wu said Friday. ... more |
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Long road to UN rights chief's Xinjiang reportGeneva (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 Michelle Bachelet's four years as the UN's human rights chief have been marked by her handling of alleged abuses in Xinjiang and China's treatment of the region's Uyghur minority. ... more 
UN rights chief admits 'tremendous pressure' over Xinjiang reportGeneva (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 The UN rights chief said Thursday she was facing "tremendous pressure" over a long-delayed report on China's Xinjiang region and admitted that she was uncertain when it would appear. ... more 
Taiwan announces plans for record defence budget after China drillsTaipei (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 Taiwan announced plans for a record increase to its defence budget on Thursday after huge military drills by China earlier this month sent tensions between the two to their highest in decades. ... more 
China's space tracking ship sails for monitoring missionsBeijing (XNA) Aug 24, 2022 China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 set sail for monitoring missions from its home port on Monday morning, according to China Science Daily. The vessel has prepared for the new missions as ... more |
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'Not ready': Taiwan reservists stoic but unprepared for China threat Taipei (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 Sitting pensively in a pew at a Taipei church, army reservist Henry Cheng is nonchalant about the Chinese warships and jets circling his island - but he also feels ill-prepared for war. ... more  
Compact QKD system paves the way to cost-effective satellite-based quantum networksHefei, China (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 Researchers report an experimental demonstration of a space-to-ground quantum key distribution (QKD) network using a compact QKD terminal aboard the Chinese Space Lab Tiangong-2 and four ground stat ... more
US governor visits Taiwan after China drillsTaipei (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 A US state governor met Taiwan's president Monday, days after Washington announced trade talks with Taipei in a show of support following China's military threats towards the self-ruled island. ... more  
Chinese ship leaves Sri Lanka after riling India, USColombo (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 A Chinese research vessel accused by India and the United States of spying activities left Sri Lanka's Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Monday after a week-long stay. ... more |
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Solomon Islands secures $66 mn Chinese loan for Huawei dealSydney (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 Solomon Islands has secured a $66 million loan from China to fund tech giant Huawei building 161 telecoms towers across the Pacific nation, its government said Thursday. ... more 
No threat could shake Taiwanese resolve to defend island: TsaiTaipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday that Taiwanese people remained resolved to defend the island following China's huge military drills. ... more  
Japan mulls long-range missile upgrades due to China threat: reportTokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2022 Japan is considering the deployment of more than 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its ability to counter growing regional threats from China, local newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday. ... more  
'All dead': a devastated farmer in southern China longs for rainChongqing, China (AFP) Aug 26, 2022 For almost a decade, farmer Qin Bin, 50, has toiled his plot, growing peaches and dragon fruits for sale to visiting tourists at his orchard on the outskirts of the Chinese megacity of Chongqing. ... more  
Gimme shelter: older Chinese take refuge from heatwave in subwaysChongqing, China (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 In chaotic and crowded subways, middle-aged and older residents of Chinese megacity Chongqing are taking shelter from the country's hottest summer on record - the air conditioning and subterranean cool providing respite from the scorching temperatures outside. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 26, 2022 
On Friday, China carried out a key flight test of its reusable suborbital spaceplane, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.
The State-owned company said in a news release that the spaceplane started its own propulsion system and then conducted a vertical liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 
India's foreign minister on Thursday defended his country's ties with the Myanmar junta, despite growing international concerns about recent executions and the legitimacy of elections planned for next year.
Myanmar's decade-long experiment with democracy was halted last year and the country has since spiralled into bloody conflict after the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian governm ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 
The US Defense Department on Friday announced a new $775 million arms package for Ukraine aiming to help Kyiv turn the tables and begin regaining territory occupied by Russian forces.
The Russian offensive which began February 24 has been brought to a standstill, a senior Pentagon official told reporters, and the new package includes a range of precision missiles, anti-armor weaponry, survei ... more |
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 Odessa, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that independent inspectors can travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the French presidency said Friday, as fears grow over fighting near the site.
The apparent resolution of a dispute over whether inspectors travel via Ukraine or Russia came as a US defence official said Ukraine's forces had brought the Russian advance to a hal ... more |
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 Helsinki (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 
Finland's parliament said Tuesday its website came under cyber attack, as the Nordic country applies for NATO membership following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
"A denial of service attack is taking place against the parliament's external website," parliament said in a statement.
The attack began around 2:30 pm (1130 GMT), slowing down or completely denying access to the site.
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Odessa, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 19, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that independent inspectors can travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the French presidency said Friday, as fears grow over fighting near the site.
The apparent resolution of a dispute over whether inspectors travel via Ukraine or Russia came as a US defence official said Ukraine's forces had brought the Russian advance to a hal ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2022 
The European Union (EU), China and the United Kingdom (UK) operate the largest number of offshore wind farms in the world. This information is the result of an analysis of satellite data by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The researchers used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to determine not only the number and locations of the plants, but also the devel ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
Solar panels aren't just for rooftops anymore - some buildings even have these power-generating structures all over their facades. But as more buildings and public spaces incorporate photovoltaic technologies, their monotonous black color could leave onlookers underwhelmed. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have created solar panels that take on colorful hues while producing energy nearly a ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 24, 2022 
Israel is waging a "last-minute" offensive to convince its allies to halt talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal with a flurry of diplomatic trips, calls to Western leaders and press briefings.
As the United States responded to Iran's suggestions on reviving the landmark 2015 deal, Israel warned Wednesday of the consequences of going back to the accord.
In 2018, when then US president D ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) multifunction sensor successfully detected and tracked multiple cruise missile threats simultaneously during a recent live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. G/ATOR successfully tracked each target immediately after launch and passed relevant information in real time to intercept numerou ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 15, 2022 
President Vladimir Putin on Monday promoted Russian weapons to his foreign allies, saying they had all been tested on the field of battle.
"We are ready to offer allies and partners the most modern types of weapons - from small arms to armoured vehicles and artillery, combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles," Putin said in televised remarks at the opening of a military forum outside M ... more |
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 Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 25, 2022 
Robotic arms are typically composed of joints, which help the arm move and perform a task. Each of those joints is capable of either rotating or extending-and the number of such possible independent movements is referred to as the robotic system's degree of freedom. The more joints in the arm, the higher the degree of freedom.
"In general, robotic systems are very high-degree-of-freedom sy ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 24, 2022  Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a lorry-load of plastic enters the global ocean. Where does it end up? Right now, researchers simply don't know. But in a bid to help find out, an ESA-led project developed floating transmitters whose passage can be tracked over time, helping in turn to guide a sophisticated software model of marine plastic litter accumulation.
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 Hualien, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 26, 2022 
As a Taiwanese fighter jet screamed over the lush green fields of eastern Hualien county last week, pomelo farmer Mulin Ou sat in his orchard counting the cost of China's latest push to squeeze the island.
Cross-strait tensions have risen to their highest level in decades as China rages over a visit by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month.
Beijing, which claims dem ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 25, 2022 
Michelle Bachelet's four years as the UN's human rights chief have been marked by her handling of alleged abuses in Xinjiang and China's treatment of the region's Uyghur minority.
Less than a week before she is due to step down, the former Chilean president acknowledged Thursday that she had been under "tremendous pressure" over a long-delayed report on the rights situation in China's far-we ... more |
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