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  Beijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2022 The Wentian lab module of China's Tiangong space station has been repositioned to dock with a radial port on the station's Tianhe core module on Friday afternoon, which marked a key step in Tiangong's in-orbit assembly, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release that during the hour-long operation that finished at 12:44 pm, Wentian was moved from the axial port of Tianhe to a radial port of the core module. The maneuver was carried out based on cooperation betwee ... read more |
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China begins search for fourth astronaut generationBeijing (XNA) Oct 05, 2022 China has recently started recruiting the country's fourth generation of astronauts, and the search has opened to people in Hong Kong and Macao for the first time, the China Manned Space Agency said ... more  
'Watched the whole time': China's surveillance state grows under XiBeijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 When Chen picked up his phone to vent his anger at getting a parking ticket, his message on WeChat was a drop in the ocean of daily posts on China's biggest social network. ... more 
The censor cannot hold: the pressure of controlling China's internetSan Jose, United States (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 As a teenager in rural China, Zeng Jiajun used his internet know-how to watch a banned documentary on the bloody military crackdown in Tiananmen Square. ... more  
Poverty, climate, space: China's progress in 10 years under XiBeijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 Xi Jinping's China has dragged millions out of extreme poverty, sent spacecraft to the Moon and committed itself to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ... more |
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Beaten and robbed: Vietnamese fisherman recounts China attacksLy Son, Vietnam (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 Vietnamese fisherman Nguyen Van Loc has been attacked by Chinese coast guard vessels so many times, he has lost count. ... more 
Filipinos fishing on frontline of China's battle for disputed seaCato, Philippines (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 Filipino fisherman Mariel Villamonte had spent years plying the turquoise waters of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea for snapper and grouper - until a Chinese coast guard vessel water cannoned his boat. ... more  
'Inevitable': Views on US bases shift in Japan's OkinawaGinowan, Japan (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 For decades, residents of Japan's Okinawa have strongly opposed the US military bases that dot the region but a subtle shift is under way, driven by Chinese sabre-rattling and economic challenges. ... more  
Indian army pilot killed in chopper crash near China borderNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 An Indian army chopper crashed Wednesday on a routine flight near the country's disputed border with China, killing one pilot and injuring another. ... more |
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Study eyes US cooperation with Pakistan amid China riseWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 The United States needs to keep engaging Pakistan despite lingering distrust over Afghanistan, with investment and climate cooperation key to reducing the South Asian nation's growing reliance on China, a study group recommended Tuesday. ... 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 
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 
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 |
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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 
China since the founding of the Communist PartyBeijing (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 Here are the key dates in China since the founding of the Communist Party (CCP) which has grown into one of the world's most powerful political organisations: ... 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
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 
Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighbourhoodBeijing (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 Wu has staked out his patch of the Chinese Dream. Married with a second child on the way, he has a Beijing apartment and a car paid for by a tech job with a comfortable salary. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2022 
The Wentian lab module of China's Tiangong space station has been repositioned to dock with a radial port on the station's Tianhe core module on Friday afternoon, which marked a key step in Tiangong's in-orbit assembly, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that during the hour-long operation that finished at 12:44 pm, Wentian was moved from the axia ... more |
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 Birmingham, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 
Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed to steer the UK "through the tempest" as she closed her party's tumultuous annual conference on Wednesday, making an unapologetic pitch for economic "growth, growth, growth".
Since succeeding Boris Johnson, Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and many in the ruling Conservative party with a crash programme of debt-fuelled tax cuts to boost Britain's s ... more |
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 Ginowan, Japan (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 
For decades, residents of Japan's Okinawa have strongly opposed the US military bases that dot the region but a subtle shift is under way, driven by Chinese sabre-rattling and economic challenges.
The bases are often seen as a disproportionate burden for Japan's sub-tropical southernmost region.
Okinawa comprises 0.6 percent of the Japanese archipelago's territory but contains 70 percent ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 
The detained chief of Ukraine's Russian-held nuclear power plant has been released, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday.
"I welcome the release of Ihor Murashov, director general of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; I have received confirmation that Mr Murashov has returned to his family safely," Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ... more |
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 San Jose, United States (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 
As a teenager in rural China, Zeng Jiajun used his internet know-how to watch a banned documentary on the bloody military crackdown in Tiananmen Square.
A decade later, he was part of the sprawling censorship machine that suffocates China's cyberspace, tasked with stopping the spread of anything the Communist Party does not want its people to know about.
"At first when I worked on this I ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Oct 3, 2022
The detained chief of Ukraine's Russian-held nuclear power plant has been released, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday.
"I welcome the release of Ihor Murashov, director general of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; I have received confirmation that Mr Murashov has returned to his family safely," Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ... more |
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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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 Berlin (AFP) Oct 2, 2022 
German energy firm RWE AG said Saturday it had signed a purchase agreement for the Clean Energy Business affiliate of New York-based Con Edison, a deal valued at $6.8 billion that would significantly boost its US renewables portfolio.
RWE is one of Germany's main energy providers, with production historically linked to coal, which placed it among the country's largest CO2 polluters. The grou ... 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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 Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 5, 2022 
In a metal workshop in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih in southern Ukraine, a homemade anti-drone system waits to be mounted on a military pick-up truck.
The contraption - a heavy machine gun welded to steel tubes - is one of several do-it-yourself weapons that are proving to be valuable additions to the Ukraine war effort.
"We have the skills and the equipment, and we don't lack ide ... more |
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 Sofia (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 
An explosion on Tuesday at Bulgaria's oldest arms factory killed one man and two women are feared dead in the central town of Kazanlak, officials said.
"The body of one of the three workers in the workshop, a 55-year-old man, was thrown out by the blast, he was dead," Plovdiv appeals prosecutor Todor Deyanov said outside Arsenal Kazanlak arms and munitions factory.
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 San Francisco (AFP) Oct 1, 2022 
Elon Musk on Friday showed off the latest version of a humanoid robot that the world's richest man said could one day eliminate poverty.
An Optimus prototype wheeled on stage during an annual Tesla AI Day presentation was mounted to a small platform. The robot, which remains a work-in-progress, waved to the audience and raised its knees.
"Our goal is to make a useful humanoid robot as qu ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 
Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste, according to research published Tuesday that could open up new ways of dealing with plastic pollution.
Humans produce some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste each year despite international drives to reduce single-use plastics and to increase recycling.
Around a third is polyethylene, a ... 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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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 
As protests flare across Iran over the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, the Kurdistan region of neighbouring Iraq has paid a price, coming under bombardment from the Islamic republic's forces.
Their target is the long-exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition, installed in Iraq under Saddam Hussein during his war with Iran in the 1980s.
Tehran regards these armed factions as "te ... more |
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