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  Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 China launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket to send a multirole satellite into orbit on Saturday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned space contractor said in a news release that the rocket blasted off at 6:52 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and transported the Yunhai 3 satellite into its preset orbit. The satellite is tasked with surveying atmospheric, marine and space environments, providing data to support disast ... read more |
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China launches spacecraft carrying cargo for space stationBeijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 China launched the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft on Saturday morning to transport fuel and supplies to the country's orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. ... more 
China's cargo spacecraft sets new world recordBeijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 The Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft launched on Saturday morning has docked with the Tiangong space station around noon, setting a world record for the fastest rendezvous and docking operations between ... more  
China's Xi returns to global stage at G20 after Covid isolationBeijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 China's Xi Jinping was the leader everyone wanted to meet at this week's G20 summit, where he took centre stage in a carefully choreographed appearance after three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation. ... more  
Biden says 'confident' China 'not looking' for North Korea to escalateNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 China does not want to see North Korea "engage in further escalation" after a spate of recent missile tests, US President Joe Biden said after talks with his Chinese counterpart. ... more |
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Months after floods, Indonesian survivors frustrated by slow response
Spanish judge moves to try ex-govt leader over deadly 2024 floods Bali flooding prompts tourist evacuation: official Strong quake hits off eastern Malaysia Italian alpinist found dead in Swiss avalanche Morocco flood evacuees mark muted Ramadan away from home Rescuers recover final body after deadly California avalanche Afghanistan quake causes no 'serious' damage, injuries: official Kabul shakes as 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan Strong earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan: AFP journalists |
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Biden, Xi clash on Taiwan but find common ground on UkraineNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping clashed Monday over Taiwan but found areas of common ground during the powers' first in-person summit in three years, including a joint warning against Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. ... more 
Xi urges better ties in rare summit with AustraliaNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping called for soured relations with Australia to "improve" and "develop" Tuesday, as the two countries held a first formal summit in more than five years. ... more 
Macron urges more Chinese pressure to end Ukraine warNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron urged China's Xi Jinping on Tuesday to bring Russia to the negotiating table over the war in Ukraine, the presidency said. ... more 
Biden, Xi 'agreed' nuclear weapons should never be usedNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in talks Monday that nuclear weapons should never be used, including in Ukraine, the White House said. ... more |
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Biden and Xi reassure world but US, China still on collision course: expertsNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping both sought to lower the temperature between the United States and China during a rare summit, but few analysts expect any deeper easing of tensions. ... more
Biden, Xi seek to avoid conflict at first US-China summit in yearsNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping voiced hope Monday that the United States and China can manage growing differences and avoid conflict as they met for the first time in more than three years. ... more 
Who will China's Xi meet this week and what's at stake?Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 China's President Xi Jinping arrived Monday for the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, after almost three years of self-imposed pandemic seclusion. ... more
Russia says US driving Southeast Asian militarisationPhnom Penh (AFP) Nov 13, 2022 Russia's foreign minister on Sunday accused the United States of driving increased militarisation in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow's influence in the region. ... more |
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Biden says no 'imminent' China plan to invade TaiwanNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 US President Joe Biden said Monday he did not believe China had "imminent" plans to invade Taiwan as he gave an upbeat assessment of talks with President Xi Jinping. ... more  
China's MD-22 hypersonic UAV could be strategic asset in near- or outer-spaceSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 China has made significant advancements in the security and defence industries, and the Zhuhai airshow showcases its cutting-edge military weaponry technology. This includes concept fighter aircraft ... more 
As Biden returns to table with Xi, US views darken on Chinese leaderNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 12, 2022 Sitting next to Xi Jinping during one of their marathon sessions in 2011, Joe Biden saluted the direction of US-China ties. ... more 
Biden to press Xi on N. Korea in G20 talksPhnom Penh (AFP) Nov 12, 2022 US President Joe Biden arrived in Asia on Saturday vowing to urge Chinese leader Xi Jinping to rein in North Korea when they hold their first face-to-face meeting at next week's G20 summit. ... more  
China close to rolling out most advanced stealth bomber yetWashington DC (UPI) Nov 11, 2022 China is close to introducing its most advanced stealth bomber yet, as the country continues to expand its air force. The H-20 bomber is seen as China's answer to the US B-21 Raider. The US de ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 
China launched the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft on Saturday morning to transport fuel and supplies to the country's orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that a Long March 7 rocket carrying the robotic cargo ship blasted off at 10:03 am at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.
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 Bras�lia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 
Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro will not participate in the G20 summit in Indonesia, the foreign ministry said Monday, without explaining his unusual absence from the meeting.
Aside from a brief speech two days after his razor-thin election loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva late last month, the far-right Bolsonaro has all but disappeared from public view, and is unusually ... more |
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 London (AFP) Nov 13, 2022 
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak headed to his debut G20 summit Sunday urging world powers to unite against exploitation of the global economy by "malign actors".
After becoming the UK's third premier this year, Sunak is set to have his first bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden and other world leaders at the summit in Bali, Indonesia.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
Framatome announced the extension of its integrated outage services to support long-term operations for utility customer PSEG Nuclear. Framatome will provide refueling, non-destructive examination and steam generator services for Salem Units 1 and 2 and Hope Creek.
"Framatome's maintenance and inspection teams have a long history of delivering with excellence and a focus on continuous impr ... more |
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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 
United Nations officers running security at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt said Monday they are probing allegations of surveillance and misconduct by Egyptian police towards delegates.
Participants at COP27 - including activists, rights defenders, and civil society groups - have raised cases of "surveillance" during the summit, which opened on November 6 at Egypt's Red Sea resort city o ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Nov 15, 2022
Framatome announced the extension of its integrated outage services to support long-term operations for utility customer PSEG Nuclear. Framatome will provide refueling, non-destructive examination and steam generator services for Salem Units 1 and 2 and Hope Creek.
"Framatome's maintenance and inspection teams have a long history of delivering with excellence and a focus on continuous impr ... more |
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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
Nine countries including Britain, Germany, the United States and Japan joined an international alliance Tuesday at the UN COP27 climate summit, to encourage the development of offshore wind power.
The Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), established to "remove barriers" to the energy, was set up by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Denmark and the Global Wind Energy Council ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
The purpose of a photovoltaic cell is to convert sunlight into electricity. By absorbing the sunlight, pairs of charge carriers are generated and then need to be guided to the opposite sides of the photovoltaic diode to produce electrical current. To facilitate this process, most solar cells include a heterojunction that provides a favourable energetic landscape to drive the charges to be separa ... more |
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022  US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in talks Monday that nuclear weapons should never be used, including in Ukraine, the White House said.
"President Biden and President Xi reiterated their agreement that a nuclear war should never be fought and can never be won and underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine," it sa ... more |
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 Andoya Air Station, Norway (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
The Air Force Rapid Dragon Experimentation Program, led and developed by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, or SDPE, office, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Integrated Capabilities Directorate, in partnership with U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, or SOCEUR, successfully completed a live fire of a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Ran ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
The United States will provide air defense systems and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine as part of a new $400 million security assistance package, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
With "Russia's unrelenting and brutal air attacks on Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure, additional air defense capabilities are critical," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journa ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 
Lockheed Martin and Red Hat, Inc. has announced a collaboration to advance artificial intelligence (AI) innovation at the edge on Lockheed Martin military platforms. Adopting the newly announced Red Hat Device Edge will enable Lockheed Martin to support U.S. national security missions by applying and standardizing AI technologies in geographically constrained environments.
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 Paarl, South Africa (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 
The sound of chirping birds drowns out the noise of passing cars near a school on the southern tip of Africa, where pupils plant cabbages, mix compost and climb trees.
South Africa's first "green school" aims to raise a new generation of environmentally-conscious citizens, fostering children's creativity and resilience in the face of climate disruption.
Founder Alba Brandt, said she cam ... more |
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022  US President Joe Biden said Monday he did not believe China had "imminent" plans to invade Taiwan as he gave an upbeat assessment of talks with President Xi Jinping.
"I do not think there is any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan," Biden told a news conference after the talks in Bali.
"I made it clear that we want to see cross-strait issues peacefully resolved, and so ... more |
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
Iran launched new cross-border missile and drone strikes Monday against Iraq-based Kurdish opposition groups it accuses of stoking unrest at home, killing at least one person according to local authorities.
Iran has been rocked by almost two months of protests sparked by the death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, after her arrest by the notorious morality police for allegedly breach ... more |
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