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  Haikou (XNA) Nov 26, 2022 The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday revealed the international payloads that will piggyback on the Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission, and announced another call for international payload proposals for the Chang'e 7 mission. The CNSA has announced that it will carry scientific instruments from France, Italy and the European Space Agency/Sweden on the Chang'e 6 mission's lander, and a Pakistani payload on the orbiter. At present, these four international payloads are t ... read more |
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China tests new Tianzhou fuel cell on route to Tiangong StationBeijing (XNA) Nov 26, 2022 China has carried out an in-orbit test of its domestically developed space-based fuel cell, according to the China Academy of Space Technology. The academy, part of China Aerospace Science and Techn ... more  
Tianzhou 4 deploys minisatelliteBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 China has recently conducted an in-orbit test of a robotic cargo spacecraft to deploy miniature satellites, according to a project insider. In the test that took place on Nov 14, the Tianzhou ... more 
Shenzhou XV to begin mission to space soonBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 China will conduct its Shenzhou XV manned spaceflight in coming weeks, sending three astronauts into orbit for a six-month stay inside the country's Tiangong space station. The Long March 2F c ... more 
China aims to establish new global partnership in space exploration, innovation: CNSAHaikou, China (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 China is aiming to establish a new global partnership in space exploration and innovation, in an effort to build a community with shared future for humanity in outer space, according to a statement ... 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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Chen Dong sets national record for longest time in spaceBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative days living and working in space by a Chinese astronaut. The China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday that the two-time space traveler, ... more  
China's space-based observatory sends first solar imageNanjing (XNA) Nov 25, 2022 China's solar exploration satellite has transmitted its first solar image since being sent to space in October, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) based in east China's Jiangsu Provi ... more 
Space belongs to humanity, come share it with ChinaBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 At the UN/China space exploration and innovation partnership conference on Monday, the China National Space Administration raised eight issues in the keynote speech delivered by its deputy director ... more 
China lays out plan for future deep space explorationBeijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2022 China has made an ambitious road map for its future lunar exploration programs, including an international scientific outpost, according to the programs' chief planner. Wu Weiren, an academician of ... more |
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China to complete lunar outpost by 2028Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 China will possibly complete the establishment of a lunar research outpost based on two robotic exploration missions by 2028 and send Chinese astronauts to the moon around 2030, according to the chi ... more  
Chinese JL-3 nuclear missiles in the South China Sea (and why that matters)Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2022 Experimental Chinese military hardware from all branches of the armed forces was on display during the 2022 air show in Zhuhai. As part of its effort to modernise its regular military forces, China ... more 
Xi tells Kim China willing to work with N.Korea for 'world peace': KCNASeoul (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing was willing to work with Pyongyang for world peace, North Korean state media said Saturday. ... more  
China pledges $100 mn to Cuba, discusses new debt terms: ministerHavana (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 China has donated $100 million to Cuba to help it survive a crippling economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, the island nation's Deputy Prime Minister Alejandro Gil said Saturday. ... more |
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Vatican says China bishop appointment violates 2018 dealVatican City (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 The Vatican on Saturday expressed regret at the appointment of a bishop in a diocese in China that the Holy see does not recognise, saying it violated a 2018 deal with Beijing and hinting at political pressure. ... more  
US bans gear from China's Huawei and ZTE over security riskWashington (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 US authorities announced a ban Friday on the import or sale of communications equipment deemed "an unacceptable risk to national security" - including gear from Chinese giants Huawei Technologies and ZTE. ... more 
UK clamps down on Chinese surveillance camerasLondon (AFP) Nov 24, 2022 UK government departments were ordered Thursday to stop installing Chinese-made surveillance cameras at "sensitive sites", drawing a strong rebuke from one of the companies targeted. ... more  
Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over pay and living conditions at the plant. ... more  
Taiwan's Chien Hsiang loitering drone was designed to destroy enemy radar and UAVsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 Taiwan's domestically produced drone technology, developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), which develops military technology, was displayed to the public sh ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 
At the UN/China space exploration and innovation partnership conference on Monday, the China National Space Administration raised eight issues in the keynote speech delivered by its deputy director Wu Yanhua, which should inspire anybody who has concerns about China's space program.
China made clear, in no ambiguous terms, its basic principles about human space exploration, namely openness ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 
China's central bank on Friday cut the amount of cash that banks must hold in reserve for the second time this year, a move that will inject about 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) into the country's flagging economy.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said it would lower its reserve requirement ratio by 0.25 percentage points from December 5, bringing the weighted average ratio for financial in ... more |
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 Vatican City (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 
The Vatican on Saturday expressed regret at the appointment of a bishop in a diocese in China that the Holy see does not recognise, saying it violated a 2018 deal with Beijing and hinting at political pressure.
The Vatican last month said it had renewed for the second time the secretive deal allowing both Beijing and the Holy See a say in appointing bishops in China.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 
All three nuclear power plants still under Ukrainian control disconnected automatically from the electricity grid on Wednesday after fresh Russian air strikes hit the country, Ukraine's nuclear operator said.
The strikes activated emergency protocols at the Rivnenska, Pivdennoukrainska and Khmelnytska plants and "as a result... all reactors were automatically disconnected" from the electrici ... more |
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 London (AFP) Nov 24, 2022 
UK government departments were ordered Thursday to stop installing Chinese-made surveillance cameras at "sensitive sites", drawing a strong rebuke from one of the companies targeted.
The move comes with the government moving more forcefully against China and its companies on security grounds. Last week it ordered a Chinese-owned firm to divest most of Newport Wafer Fab, Britain's biggest sem ... more |
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 23, 2022
All three nuclear power plants still under Ukrainian control disconnected automatically from the electricity grid on Wednesday after fresh Russian air strikes hit the country, Ukraine's nuclear operator said.
The strikes activated emergency protocols at the Rivnenska, Pivdennoukrainska and Khmelnytska plants and "as a result... all reactors were automatically disconnected" from the electrici ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
A new research project at Aarhus University aims to develop intelligent, autonomous drones that can fly out to small and large wind farms and scan, detect and report any icing on the blades of the turbines.
The Independent Research Fund Denmark is funding the project with DKK 2.8 million. The project is headed by Associate Professor Erdal Kayacan from the Department of Electrical and Compu ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2022 
The European Space Agency could be tapping the power of the sun by deploying satellites that could beam the energy back to Earth, its director general said Tuesday.
The ESA said it was investigating the technology necessary to deploy a space-based solar power system through an initiative dubbed Solaris. A demonstration project carried out in Germany used a microwave beam to transmit the en ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 19, 2022  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of Pyongyang's newest intercontinental ballistic missile with his daughter in tow for the first time, state media reported Saturday.
Declaring he would meet perceived US nuclear threats with nukes of his own, Kim supervised the launch on Friday of the black-and-white missile, which the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said was the Hwas ... 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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 Jakarta (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 
France's defence minister met his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta on Friday, lauding the close ties between the two countries following an $8 billion fighter jet deal signed earlier this year.
"There is a powerful strategic intimacy that is being born with Indonesia and France," French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu told AFP.
Indonesia placed an order for 42 of France's Rafale ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
Researchers at MIT have made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to buildings to larger robots. The new work, from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), builds on years of research, including recent studies demonstrating that objects such as a deformable airplane wi ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 
Schoolchildren in the Iranian capital Tehran were told to stay home on Wednesday because of a spike in air pollution levels in the metropolis of more than nine million people.
"Following a decision by the capital's pollution monitoring committee, all classes in Tehran province will be taught remotely on Wednesday, except in the towns of Pardis, Firouzkoh and Damavand," deputy governor Abed M ... 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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 Beirut (AFP) Nov 24, 2022  Kurdish forces in northern Syria announced Thursday the deaths of eight fighters following Turkish airstrikes that targeted their positions at Al-Hol camp, which houses families of jihadists.
The Turkish strikes "left dead eight of our fighters responsible for protection of the camp," the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said in a statement.
Al-Hol, home to more than 50,000 pe ... more |
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