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  Beijing (XNA) Sep 12, 2022 Chinese scientists have achieved a remarkable new feat in their research of the moon as they have discovered and identified the sixth new lunar mineral. The China National Space Administration and the China Atomic Energy Authority jointly announced in Beijing on Friday that the new mineral-Changesite-(Y)-was found by scientists at the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology from surface samples returned by the country's Chang'e 5 robotic mission and has been certified by the International Mi ... read more |
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Chinese Gaofen satellites deployed for quake-hit SichuanBeijing (XNA) Sep 07, 2022 China has applied its Gaofen series satellites to help with relief work following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the website of state broadcaster Chin ... more 
Foundation model improves accuracy for remote sensing image interpretationBeijing, China (SPX) Sep 12, 2022 A new foundation model dubbed RingMo has been developed to improve accuracy for remote sensing image interpretation, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy ... more  
Lithuania delegation in Taiwan ahead of representative office openingTaipei (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 A Lithuanian trade delegation was on a visit to Taiwan, the island's foreign ministry said Monday, ahead of Vilnius opening a de facto embassy in Taipei. ... more  
UN rights council credibility at stake over China, Russia responseGeneva (AFP) Sept 10, 2022 Faced with allegations of grave violations in China and Russia, the UN body created to address rights abuses seems paralysed by uncertainty on how to respond. ... more |
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India, China troops begin disengaging from border area: New DelhiSrinagar, India (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 India and China began pulling back soldiers from a friction point along their border Thursday, New Delhi's defence ministry said, following a two-year standoff with sporadic deadly clashes. ... more  
China warns UN cooperation 'in danger' after Xinjiang reportGeneva (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 China's ambassador in Geneva warned Friday that Beijing's cooperation with the UN rights office was "in danger" after it published a report listing serious abuses in the Xinjiang region. ... more 
Xi and Putin to meet in Uzbekistan next week: RussiaBeijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will meet next week during a regional summit in Uzbekistan, a Russian diplomat said Wednesday, in what would be the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since the early days of the pandemic. ... more 
French lawmakers visit Taiwan after China's war drill threatsTaipei (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 A group of French lawmakers landed in Taiwan on Wednesday, the first high-level European delegation since China conducted huge war drills to protest a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ... more |
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Bolstering Asia ties, Putin watches military drills with ChinaUssuriysk, Russia (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 President Vladimir Putin attended large-scale military exercises on Tuesday involving China and several Russia-friendly countries, as Moscow seeks to strengthen partnerships in Asia in the face of Western sanctions. ... more  
Solar-powered high-altitude drone makes maiden flightBeijing (XNA) Sep 05, 2022 The country's leading aircraft maker, Aviation Industry Corp of China, carried out the maiden flight of what it calls China's first large, fully solar-powered drone on Saturday, the State-owned cong ... more  
'Very strong' Typhoon Muifa approaches Japan southern islandsTokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2022 Typhoon Muifa approached Japan's southern islands on Sunday, prompting officials to issue a warning for locals to seek shelter from the "violent waves and winds" before it made landfall. ... more 
Hong Kong jails five for sedition over children's booksHong Kong (AFP) Sept 10, 2022 Hong Kong jailed five speech therapists for sedition on Saturday over a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves. ... more |
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Hong Kong extends digital vaccine pass to kids as young as fiveHong Kong (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 Hong Kong will extend a digital vaccination pass that controls which premises residents can enter to children as young as five years old, authorities announced Thursday. ... more  
Downpours and mudslides hamper China earthquake rescue missionBeijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 Rain, flash floods and mudslides threatened the search for dozens of people still missing on Thursday, days after a strong earthquake rocked mountainous southwest China, killing at least 86. ... more 
Hong Kong court convicts five of sedition over children's booksHong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 Five Hong Kong unionists were found guilty of sedition on Wednesday for producing a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves. ... more 
China's Chengdu extends Covid lockdownBeijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 The Chinese megacity of Chengdu has extended a Covid-19 lockdown in most areas, maintaining curbs that have ground business to a halt and confined the majority of its 21 million residents to their homes. ... more  
Biden says US must develop chips to keep up with ChinaColumbus (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 President Joe Biden said Friday at a ceremony to break ground on a semi-conductor plant that making sophisticated computer chips is an issue of US national security in the face of an assertive China. ... more |
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 Wenchang, China(XNA) Sep 05, 2022 
A Long March-5B Y4 rocket, tasked with sending China's space station lab module Mengtian into orbit, has been transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, the China Manned Space Agency said Saturday.
The rocket will undergo final assembly and testing together with the Mengtian lab module, which arrived earlier.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 
Asian markets rallied Friday following a healthy performance on Wall Street, with investors largely pricing in more interest rate hikes aimed at taming runaway inflation.
The more confident mood was reflected in a dip in the dollar, which has surged in recent weeks to multi-decade highs against its major peers owing to the Federal Reserve's hawkish tilt to tighter monetary policy.
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will meet next week during a regional summit in Uzbekistan, a Russian diplomat said Wednesday, in what would be the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since the early days of the pandemic.
"In less than 10 days, our leaders will meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit" in Samarkand, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said in comments s ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 
Russian forces controlling Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine's nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday.
The Zaporizhzhia plant - the largest in Europe - was captured by Russian troops in March. An uptick in fighting around it in recent weeks has raised fears of a nuclear disaster ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 
NATO on Thursday condemned a cyberattack on Albania that Tirana and Washington blamed on Iran, and pledged to bolster the alliance member's defences against hackers.
"We stand in solidarity with Albania following the recent cyber attack on its national information infrastructure," NATO allies said.
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 9, 2022
Russian forces controlling Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine's nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday.
The Zaporizhzhia plant - the largest in Europe - was captured by Russian troops in March. An uptick in fighting around it in recent weeks has raised fears of a nuclear disaster ... 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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 West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Sep 09, 2022 
Entanglement is a strange phenomenon in quantum physics where two particles are inherently connected to each other no matter the distance between them. When one is measured, the other measurement is instantly a given. Researchers from Purdue University have proposed a novel, unconventional approach to generate a special light source made up of entangled photons.
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 
France on Friday condemned the adoption by North Korea of a law declaring its readiness to launch preventive nuclear strikes as a "threat to international and regional peace and security".
The foreign ministry statement came after North Korean state media reported earlier Friday that Pyongyang had passed a law allowing for preventive strikes - including in the face of conventional attacks. ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed a demonstration of a sovereign, fifth-generation Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) proposed solution supporting the Australian Defence Force.
Performed to the AIR6500 Program Office in the Department of Defence, the demonstration showcased the JABMS product solution and the modular, open systems architecture leveraging ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 
Russia is buying potentially millions of artillery shells and rockets from communist North Korea to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine, the White House said Tuesday.
"Our sense is you could include literally millions of rounds, rockets and artillery shells," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 6, 2021 
Scientists in Japan are tapping into solar power to harness cockroaches and their ability to access hard-to-reach areas for environmental monitoring, as well as search-and-rescue in the event of a natural disaster, according to a new study.
The cyborg cockroach study, published Monday in the journal npc Flexible Electronics, outlines how researchers at Riken research institute were able ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 10, 2022 
Scientists said Saturday they had identified the mechanism through which air pollution triggers lung cancer in non-smokers, a discovery one expert hailed as "an important step for science - and for society".
The research illustrated the health risk posed by the tiny particles produced by burning fossil fuels, sparking fresh calls for more urgent action to combat climate change.
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 Taipei (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 
A group of French lawmakers landed in Taiwan on Wednesday, the first high-level European delegation since China conducted huge war drills to protest a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The trip came as Taiwan held two days of live fire drills on a strategic island that lies between its coast and China.
Taiwan is under constant threat of an invasion by China, which cla ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 
China's ambassador in Geneva warned Friday that Beijing's cooperation with the UN rights office was "in danger" after it published a report listing serious abuses in the Xinjiang region.
"We cannot conduct cooperation as if nothing happened, when we were hurt by this exercise," ambassador Chen Xu told reporters in a virtual briefing organised by the ACANU association of UN correspondents. ... more |
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