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  Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China's Mars rover Zhurong, currently in sleep mode, is expected to wake up automatically in December when its energy level hits over 140 watts and the temperature of components like the battery rise above minus 15 degrees Celsius, according to its research team. Jia Yang, deputy chief designer of the Tianwen-1 Mars mission from the China Academy of Space Technology, said Zhurong will resume work once it has met these two specific conditions. He revealed the news at a science popularization event ... read more |
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541-million-year-old 3D fossil algae reveal modern-looking ancestry of the plant kingdomToronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early divers ... more  
China's manned space program attracts more public attentionBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China's manned space program, initiated 30 years ago, has grown more popular among Chinese people, who return with extensive support and a vision for space exploration. On Sept. 21, 1992, Chin ... more  
China, India call for negotiated way out of Ukraine warUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 China and India on Saturday called at the United Nations for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war, stopping short of robust support for traditional ally Russia. ... more 
Little cheer as Japan, China mark 50 years of tiesTokyo (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Japan and China will mark 50 years of diplomatic relations this month with little public celebration, as increasing friction over territorial rivalries and military spending frays ties. ... more |
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Taikonauts in orbit salute China's manned space program on 30th anniversaryBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday. In a celebratory vide ... more  
Solomons leader claims neutrality to UN but defends China tiesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday told the United Nations his South Pacific country remains neutral despite growing ties with China, charging that he has been "vilified" for the relationship with Beijing. ... more  
With an eye on China, US to develop drones with IndiaWashington (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 The United States and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday, as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China. ... more  
Blinken urges calm on Taiwan in talks with ChinaNew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday for calm over Taiwan as he met his Chinese counterpart, as soaring tensions showed signs of easing a notch. ... more |
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Chinese and Ukrainian foreign ministers meet in New York: Chinese foreign ministryBeijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday. ... more  
China steps up offensive at UN to tell Xinjiang 'truth'Geneva (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 China sent a small army of delegates from Xinjiang to the UN in Geneva Thursday, where they spent two hours hammering home the "truth" about the rights situation in the region. ... more 
China calls for 'ceasefire through dialogue' following Putin address on UkraineBeijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 China called Wednesday for a "ceasefire through dialogue and consultation" following Russian President Vladimir Putin's address on Ukraine, in which he announced a partial military mobilisation. ... more  
China launches new satellite for environment detectionJiuquan (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China sent a new satellite into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert on Wednesday. The Yunhai-1 03 satellite was launched at 7:15 a.m. (Beiji ... more |
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China's Yunhai 1-03 satellite set to perform various space tasksJiuquan (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket to send a multitasking satellite into orbit on Wednesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned space ... more  
Spain, UK making headway on renewable energy: reportNew York (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 Germany, China, Spain and the UK are leading the world's richest nations in the push towards renewable energy, a new report said Tuesday. ... more  
Hong Kongers rush to learn new skills ahead of life abroadHong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes - acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad. ... more  
Australia sees 'long road' to repairing China tiesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Fraught relations between Australia and China will be repaired only gradually, Canberra's top diplomat warned Thursday, after a rare meeting with her Chinese counterpart. ... more 
Hong Kong replaced by Singapore as Asia's top finance centreHong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Hong Kong has lost its crown as Asia's premier finance centre to Singapore in a global ranking list where New York and London maintained their number one and two spots. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
China's manned space program, initiated 30 years ago, has grown more popular among Chinese people, who return with extensive support and a vision for space exploration.
On Sept. 21, 1992, China officially approved its manned space program, coded as "Project 921".
The first batch of Chinese astronauts were all recruited from elite pilots of China's air force. Among them were Yang Liwe ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 
The European Union hopes to strike a free-trade agreement with Indonesia within two years despite disputes with Southeast Asia's largest economy over palm oil and nickel, the bloc's trade commissioner said Tuesday.
"We think it is feasible by mid-2024" to conclude a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, Valdis Dombrovskis told reporters in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
Japan and China will mark 50 years of diplomatic relations this month with little public celebration, as increasing friction over territorial rivalries and military spending frays ties.
The world's second and third largest economies are key trading partners and just a few years ago seemed poised for a diplomatic blossoming, with plans for a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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 Brussels (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 
Belgium on Friday will push through with a decades-old plan to shut down a nuclear reactor despite calls for a rethink given fears of power blackouts this winter.
Wedged between nuclear-powered France and gas-and-coal-dependent Germany, Belgium relies on about half of its electricity needs from an ageing stable of seven nuclear reactors that are operated by Engie, a French company.
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies, with the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Commission support, will design, develop, launch and operate the EAGLE-1 satellite-based end-to-end system for secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), enabling in-orbit validation and demonstration of next-generation cyber-security across Europe.
The groundbreaking partnership between ESA and a ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 23, 2022
Belgium on Friday will push through with a decades-old plan to shut down a nuclear reactor despite calls for a rethink given fears of power blackouts this winter.
Wedged between nuclear-powered France and gas-and-coal-dependent Germany, Belgium relies on about half of its electricity needs from an ageing stable of seven nuclear reactors that are operated by Engie, a French company.
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 New York (AFP) Sept 20, 2022 
Germany, China, Spain and the UK are leading the world's richest nations in the push towards renewable energy, a new report said Tuesday.
International non-profit Climate Group compiled the rankings of G20 countries based on both ambition and progress.
Modest climbers included Australia, India, the United States and Japan - while Canada and Brazil score poorly, despite existing high re ... more |
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 Gwangju, South Korea (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Organic solar cells (OSCs), which use organic polymers to convert sunlight into electricity, have received considerable attention in recent times for their desirable properties as next-generation energy sources. These include lightweight, flexibility, scalability, and a high power conversion efficiency (>19%).
Currently, several strategies exist for enhancing the performance and stability ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Sept 26, 2022  South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, a day after Pyongyang conducted a ballistic missile launch.
Washington is Seoul's key security ally and stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect it from the nuclear-armed North.
South Korea's hawkish President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has vow ... more |
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 Donetsk Region, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
For a handful of Ukrainian gunners camping under a clump of trees not far from the Russian lines, the day passes beside a BM-21 Grad rocket launcher waiting for firing orders.
The Soviet-made contraption is the 1960s version of "Stalin's Organs", a fearsome World War II-era weapon that terrorised Nazi German soldiers, its 40 tubes able to launch 122 mm rockets that can hit targets up to 20 k ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
North Korea on Wednesday denied it was providing arms to Russia, state media said, weeks after the United States said Moscow was turning to Pyongyang to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine.
"We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia before and we will not plan to export them," an official at the defence ministry's General Bureau of Equipment said in a statement car ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2022 
The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as a grain of sand. To achieve this, these instruments on the end of the robotic arm must be placed at a precise distance from the feature of interest - very close, but not too close. PIXL even has a "h ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 22, 2022  NASA and Google broadened an existing partnership to help local governments improve their monitoring and prediction of air quality for better decision making. The expanded collaboration looks to develop advanced machine learning-based algorithms that link NASA data with Google Earth Engine data streams to generate high-resolution air quality maps in near real-tim ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday for calm over Taiwan as he met his Chinese counterpart, as soaring tensions showed signs of easing a notch.
Blinken met for 90 minutes with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, in talks a US official described as "extremely candid" and focused largely on Taiwan.
Blinken "st ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
China sent a small army of delegates from Xinjiang to the UN in Geneva Thursday, where they spent two hours hammering home the "truth" about the rights situation in the region.
Beijing has made no secret of its displeasure with a United Nations report published last month, which warned of possible crimes against humanity in the far-western Xinjiang region.
"The assessment is based on a p ... more |
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