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  Beijing (XNA) Nov 17, 2022 The Shenzhou XIV crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station is conducting their extravehicular activities for the third time, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Commander Chen Dong has already gotten out of the space station, and crew member Cai Xuzhe will subsequently exit. Taikonaut Liu Yang is inside the core module to support her crewmates, the agency said in a brief release on Thursday. They will work together to conduct several extravehicular operations, includi ... read more |
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Galactic Energy carries out fourth successful launchJiuquan (XNA) Nov 17, 2022 Galactic Energy, a private carrier rocket maker in Beijing, carried out the fourth flight mission of its CERES 1 rocket on Wednesday afternoon to deploy five Earth-observation satellites into orbit. ... more  
China attacking Taiwan a 'mistake' like Russia in Ukraine: top US generalWashington (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 The Pentagon's top general warned Wednesday that any Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a strategic mistake as bad as Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
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  
Xi, Kishida to meet as N. Korea fires missileBangkok (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 The leaders of China and Japan will hold their first face-to-face talks in three years on Thursday, after North Korea fired the latest in a record-breaking missile blitz that has sent nuclear fears soaring. ... 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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Xi, Kishida to meet as N. Korea fires missileBangkok (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 The leaders of China and Japan will hold their first face-to-face talks in three years on Thursday, after North Korea fired the latest in a record missile blitz that has sent nuclear fears soaring. ... more  
Chinese spy jailed for 20 years for economic espionageWashington (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 A Chinese intelligence officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Wednesday for stealing technology from US and French aerospace firms, the Justice Department said. ... 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 |
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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 
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  
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  
China launches Yaogan 34 remote sensing satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Nov 17, 2022 China successfully sent a new remote sensing satellite of the Yaogan 34 series into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 9:38 am (Beijing Time) on Tuesday. The ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 17, 2022 
The Shenzhou XIV crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station is conducting their extravehicular activities for the third time, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Commander Chen Dong has already gotten out of the space station, and crew member Cai Xuzhe will subsequently exit. Taikonaut Liu Yang is inside the core module to support her crewmates, the agency said in a ... more |
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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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 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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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2022  A team led by University of South Australia researchers has pioneered a new soil remediation technique that is significantly faster, simpler, safer, and more cost-effective than currently available methods.
A recent report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization identifies soil pollution as a major threat to the global production of safe and sufficient food, and notes that removing p ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 
The leaders of China and Japan will hold their first face-to-face talks in three years on Thursday, after North Korea fired the latest in a record missile blitz that has sent nuclear fears soaring.
Chinese President Xi Jinping flew in to the talks in Bangkok from a G20 meeting in Bali where US President Joe Biden pressed him to use his influence to rein in Pyongyang's activities.
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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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 N�xos, Greece (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 
On the Greek island of Naxos, two divers reeled in not the catch of the day but a jumble of cable, rope, fishing nets and old clothes from the seafloor.
They are part of a dozen-strong team from Aegean Rebreath, marine conservationists who for the past five years have sought to preserve the azure waters that attract millions of holidaymakers every summer.
On a bright winter's day, they ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 
The Pentagon's top general warned Wednesday that any Chinese attack on Taiwan would be a strategic mistake as bad as Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"I think it would be unwise, it would be a political mistake, a geopolitical mistake, a strategic mistake, similar to what the strategic mistake is that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has made in Ukraine," said US Joint Chiefs Chairman General ... 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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