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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's MD-22 hypersonic UAV could be strategic asset in near- or outer-spaceSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 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  
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  
Sunak-Xi meeting at G20 cancelled: Downing StreetNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 A planned meeting between Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Wednesday has been cancelled, Downing Street said. ... more 
Harris to visit Philippines in show of US support on ChinaManila (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel next week to a Philippine island near waters claimed by China, an official said Wednesday, in a show of support to the US ally. ... 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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Macron urges China to play 'greater mediation role' on UkraineNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged China to play a "greater mediation role" to help avoid an escalation of the Ukraine war, a day after talks with his Chinese counterpart. ... 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 
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 |
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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 
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  
Joint experiments conducted to facilitate black soil protectionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 Large comprehensive experiments that integrate satellite, airplane, and ground-based observations were conducted at the Sanjiang Plain in northeast China from May to October to boost the black soil ... more |
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US, China agree to resume climate cooperationNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 The United States and China will resume cooperation on fighting climate change that Beijing had halted in anger after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the White House said Monday. ... more  
US presses China for debt relief in developing countriesNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 The United States is pressing China and other G20 members to do more on debt relief for the world's poorest countries, a senior US official said Tuesday. ... more 
Brazil's Lula, world leaders bolster UN climate talksSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 UN climate talks got a fillip Wednesday as Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched the country back into the battle to curb global warming and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges. ... more  
Chinese cities cancel mass Covid tests in easing of measuresBeijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 Multiple Chinese cities have cancelled routine mass Covid tests this week, days after Beijing announced limited relaxations of its strict zero-Covid policy which raised hopes of China's eventual reopening. ... more 
Hundreds protest southern China Covid lockdownsBeijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-Covid measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in the area were extended over a surge in infections. ... 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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 Jakarta (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in good health after two health checks at a hospital in Bali, an Indonesian health ministry official said Monday, as Moscow denied the top diplomat had been hospitalised.
Russia called reports Lavrov had been hospitalised "the highest level of fake" and Moscow's foreign ministry spokeswoman posted a video of the 72-year-old diplomat in a T-shirt an ... 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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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 
A major vulnerability in a networking technology widely used in critical infrastructures such as spacecraft, aircraft, energy generation systems and industrial control systems was exposed by researchers at the University of Michigan and NASA.
It goes after a network protocol and hardware system called time-triggered ethernet, or TTE, which greatly reduces costs in high-risk settings by all ... 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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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 16, 2022  Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 4:25 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 11 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation. Cassada and Rubio completed the majority of the primary objectives for today to assemble a mounting bracket on the starboard side of the station's truss assembly in preparation for the installation of a p ... 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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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The EU on Tuesday gave the green light for Britain to join a project to speed the movement of troops around Europe, as the West frets about the threat from Russia.
"Russia's war against Ukraine has further demonstrated that being able to move troops and military equipment swiftly across Europe and beyond is essential for our security," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
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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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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a ring-shaped soft robot capable of crawling across surfaces when exposed to elevated temperatures or infrared light. The researchers have demonstrated that these "ringbots" are capable of pulling a small payload across the surface - in ambient air or under water, as well as passing through a gap that is narrower than its ring size.
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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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