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  Beijing (XNA) Sep 27, 2022 What does the subsurface of Mars' northern lowlands have in common with a French mille crepe cake? They both consist of a number of layers, according to the latest findings by China's Zhurong Mars rover published in the journal Nature on Monday. The discovery showed that the evolution of the Martian surface environment is more varied and complex than previously anticipated, experts said. Last year, the Zhurong rover landed in Utopia Planitia, a large plain that scientists suspect was once a massiv ... read more |
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Insights into Utopia Basin revealed by Mars rover ZhurongBeijing, China (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 A new radar image obtained by China's Mars rover Zhurong provides insights into the surface structure of the Utopia Planitia basin. The findings - which reveal multiple sub-layers suggestive of sedi ... more  
Solomons says it will not 'choose sides' between US, ChinaWellington (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 Solomon Islands said Tuesday it had objected to the first draft of a US-Pacific partnership declaration because it was "not comfortable" with some indirect references to China. ... more 
Xi decade reshapes China's military, and the regionSydney (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 During Xi Jinping's decade-long rule, China has built the world's largest navy, revamped the globe's biggest standing army, and amassed a nuclear and ballistic arsenal to trouble any foe. ... more  
Taiwan launches first English TV channel as China pressure growsTaipei (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 Taiwan launched its first English-language TV channel on Monday in a bid to boost its international outreach against an intensified pressure campaign by Beijing. ... more |
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Eyeing China, India unveils high-altitude helicoptersJodhpur, India (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 India unveiled on Monday its first batch of locally-made attack helicopters, designed primarily for use in high-altitude areas like the Himalayas where its troops clashed with China in 2020. ... more  
US, Australia and Japan vow to work together against ChinaHonolulu (AFP) Oct 2, 2022 The defense ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China's growing ambitions "to shape the world around it". ... more 
Russia vetoes UN bid against Ukraine annexations as China abstainsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 Russia on Friday vetoed a Western bid at the UN Security Council to condemn its annexations of Ukrainian territory but found no support, with China and India abstaining. ... more
US defense chief vows to help Taiwan defend itselfWashington (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 The United States will help Taiwan "develop the capability to defend itself" from a Chinese invasion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday, stopping short of President Joe Biden's vow to send troops to the island. ... more |
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Chinese national shot dead in targeted attack in Pakistan: policeKarachi (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 A gunman killed a Chinese national and wounded two others in an attack in Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. ... more  
China launches multiple satellites in back to back launchesTaiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 27, 2022 China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6 rocket carrying three satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 7:50 am (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern ... more  
US hosts Pacific island nations in 'unprecedented' summitWashington (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 President Joe Biden and his government roll out the red carpet for the leaders of tiny Pacific island countries Wednesday in what a US official called an "unprecedented" diplomatic effort, conducted under the shadow of rising Chinese influence in the region. ... more 
Japan urges 'stable' China ties, 50 years after normalisationTokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Japan called Thursday for "constructive and stable" ties with China as the two sides marked 50 years since the normalisation of relations, albeit with little public fanfare. ... more |
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India appoints 'China expert' as new defence chiefNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 India has appointed as its new defence chief a general who led forces on its disputed frontier with China, as New Delhi seeks to counter Beijing's growing military assertiveness. ... more  
Meta says China-based campaign aimed at US electionSan Francisco (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 Meta said Tuesday it derailed a campaign out of China to influence upcoming US elections by posing as people in the United States taking sides on "hot button" issues. ... more 
Chinese engineer convicted in US of aiding spy agencyWashington (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 A Chinese man who entered the United States to study electrical engineering was found guilty of secretly providing information on possible recruitment targets to a Chinese espionage unit, the Justice Department said Tuesday. ... more 
Hong Kong men charged with sedition over social media postsHong Kong (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Hong Kong has charged two men, one of them a teenager, for posting "seditious messages" on social media and inciting violence, police said on Thursday, using a colonial-era law that critics say is a tool to quash dissent. ... more
US will operate 'undaunted, unafraid' in Taiwan Strait: HarrisTokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 Washington will operate "undaunted and unafraid" throughout Asia, including the Taiwan Strait, US Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday as she addressed American troops in Japan. ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 27, 2022 
China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6 rocket carrying three satellites into space.
The rocket blasted off at 7:50 am (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and sent the Shiyan 16A, Shiyan 16B and Shiyan 17 satellites into the preset orbit.
Shiyan means "experiment" in Chinese. The Shiyan satellite trio will provide data for land ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 
Markets in Asia and Europe were mixed Friday after another tough day on US trading floors, with inflation continuing to soar and central bankers getting increasingly hawkish in their attempts to bring prices under control.
Sterling, however, managed to extend gains after clawing back more of the huge losses suffered at the start of the week owing to a tax-cutting mini-budget that analysts wa ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 
US President Joe Biden has struggled in domestic polls since last year but his foreign policy is earning higher marks in much of Europe as he leads efforts against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A 14-nation survey released Thursday by the German Marshall Fund of the United States said approval of Biden's foreign policy was higher than in the US in all countries surveyed except Italy and Turke ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 
Germany said Tuesday it would keep two nuclear plants running beyond 2022 if problems that have put French reactors out of service remained unresolved.
Amid an energy crisis sparked by a cut in Russian supplies, Berlin had already announced this month it would keep the plants on standby beyond the end of 2022 - rather than shutting them down as originally planned.
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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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Berlin (AFP) Sept 27, 2022
Germany said Tuesday it would keep two nuclear plants running beyond 2022 if problems that have put French reactors out of service remained unresolved.
Amid an energy crisis sparked by a cut in Russian supplies, Berlin had already announced this month it would keep the plants on standby beyond the end of 2022 - rather than shutting them down as originally planned.
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 Madrid (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Thursday it plans to slash 2,900 jobs worldwide, or about 11 percent of its total workforce, as part the company's efforts to boost its profitability.
Europe will bear the brunt of the job cuts, with Siemens Gamesa set to slash 800 positions in Denmark, 475 in Spain and 300 in Germany, the German-Spanish company said in a statement.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 
Beaming solar power could help Europe access more renewable energies, in an independent way. Airbus has now demonstrated how this new technological concept could work in its X-Works Innovation Factory.
Everything is illuminated, thumbs up. Jean-Dominique Coste, Yoann Thueux and their colleagues have just shown decision-makers from politics and industry the inner workings of a new energy co ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 
Here is a timeline of North Korea's banned nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes:
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North Korea's nuclear ambitions date back to the end of the Korean War in a stalemate in 1953.
In the 1960s, Pyongyang receives nuclear technology and hardware from the Soviet Union - a key Cold War ally - to create a nuclear energy programme.
By the 1980s, its scienti ... 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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 Stockholm (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 
Sweden announced on Friday it had reauthorised exports of war materials to Turkey in an apparently significant concession to Ankara, which is threatening to block the Nordic country's NATO membership.
Ankara requested the lifting of the restrictions - which were introduced in 2019 following a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria - after Sweden applied to join NATO in mid-May.
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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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 Berlin (AFP) Sept 30, 2022  Germany said Friday that mass fish deaths in the Oder river were a "man-made environmental disaster", blaming toxic algae growth sparked by the introduction of salt into the waters.
Presenting a report into the disaster that saw at least 300 tonnes of dead fish pulled from the river in Germany and Poland this summer, the German environment ministry said the most likely cause was "a sudden in ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 
Taiwan launched its first English-language TV channel on Monday in a bid to boost its international outreach against an intensified pressure campaign by Beijing.
However, TaiwanPlus will only be available on the island for now, limiting its international reach.
Self-ruled Taiwan lives under constant threat of an invasion by China, which claims the island as part of its territory to be se ... more |
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 Koysinjaq, Iraq (AFP) Sept 30, 2022  When Iranian strikes came crashing on northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, nurse Rezane Hassan rushed to the scene to help the victims, never imagining that her own fiance would be one of them.
"We left in an ambulance towards the affected sites," said the 22-year-old nurse, who works at a hospital in a refugee neighbourhood of the Iraqi city of Koysinjaq, where Iranian Kurds have lived for dec ... more |
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