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  Cotai, Macao (XNA) Dec 22, 2022 China recently deployed a mini satellite to a low-Earth orbit to help students in the Macao Special Administrative Region learn about spaceflight activities. The 12-kilogram satellite, named Macao Student Science Satellite 1, was released into orbit by the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft on Sunday, Ho Iat-seng, chief executive of the Macao SAR, announced on Tuesday as the region marked its 23rd birthday. Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing, the satellite was carried int ... read more |
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Chinese space-tracking ship sets sail for new missionsNanjing, China (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 China's space-tracking ship, Yuanwang 3, set sail on Sunday for a new round of spacecraft monitoring missions. The ship, which is a second-generation vessel and responsible for monitoring high-, med ... more  
China launches one more space experiment satelliteBeijing (XNA) Dec 18, 2022 China launched a Long March 11 carrier rocket early on Friday afternoon to transport an experimental satellite into space, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's lea ... more  
Philippines boosts military in disputed sea after Chinese 'encroachment'Manila (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 The Philippines ordered its military to boost their presence in the South China Sea on Thursday, citing a "threat" to a garrison in the disputed waterway after nearby Chinese "activities". ... more  
Blinken says will ask China to encourage N.Korea talksWashington (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he will seek China's help in persuading North Korea to sit down for talks after Pyongyang's slew of missile tests ratcheted up tensions. ... more |
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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 Deadly California avalanche search to go through weekend |
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French aerospace firm to pay $17 mn after China bribery probeWashington (AFP) Dec 24, 2022 France's Safran will pay around $17.2 million as part of a settlement with the US Justice Department over bribes allegedly paid in China by its subsidiaries before they were acquired by the jet engine maker, US media reported Friday. ... more  
China's ByteDance admits using TikTok data to track journalistsBeijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 Employees of Chinese tech giant ByteDance improperly accessed data from social media platform TikTok to track journalists in a bid to identify the source of leaks to the media, the company admitted Friday. ... more  
Naval drills with China response to 'aggressive' US: Russian army chiefMoscow (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 Russia's army chief on Thursday called joint naval drills between Russian and Chinese warships a response to increasingly aggressive US military posturing in the Asia-Pacific region. ... more 
Philippines 'concerned' over China land reclamation in disputed seaManila (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 The Philippines said Wednesday it was "seriously concerned" over a report that China has started reclaiming several unoccupied land features in the disputed South China Sea. ... more |
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Australia FM says raised human rights, detained citizens in China talksBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Wednesday she addressed human rights issues and the release of two citizens held in China during the first visit to Beijing by a top diplomat from Canberra in four years. ... more 
China's space sector set to rocket into futureBeijing (XNA) Dec 20, 2022 Chen Li, who owns a restaurant in Longlou, a coastal township in China's southernmost province of Hainan, said he is grateful to the country's space industry because it has boosted business at his e ... more
Australia's top diplomat makes first China trip in yearsSydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 Australia's top diplomat will visit China on Tuesday, the first such trip by an Australian foreign minister in four years and a sign of further thawing ties. ... more
Russia announces joint naval drills with ChinaMoscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 Moscow announced Monday that several of its warships were participating in naval exercises starting this week with Beijing's navy, as Russia and China deepen ties amid pressure from the West. ... more |
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China's propaganda machine sputters in zero-Covid reversalBeijing (AFP) Dec 24, 2022 China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy. ... more  
Eighteen trapped in Xinjiang gold mine collapseBeijing (AFP) Dec 25, 2022 Rescuers were working Sunday to reach 18 people trapped underground after a cave-in at a gold mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region, state media reported. ... more 
Chinese city seeing half a million Covid cases a day: officialBeijing (AFP) Dec 24, 2022 Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics. ... more 
China to stop publishing daily Covid figures-NHCBeijing (AFP) Dec 25, 2022 China will no longer publish daily figures for Covid-19 cases and deaths, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Sunday, ending a practice that began in early 2020. ... more  
'Give me my youth back': students return to forefront of China protestsBeijing (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 Students played a major role in recent nationwide rallies that sprouted up across China, upholding a long tradition of campus protest in the country and challenging the cliche that their generation is more apolitical than the last. ... more |
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 Nanjing, China (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 
China's space-tracking ship, Yuanwang 3, set sail on Sunday for a new round of spacecraft monitoring missions. The ship, which is a second-generation vessel and responsible for monitoring high-, medium-, and low-orbit satellites, spaceships, and space station modules, has a long history of service. It was launched over 20 years ago and has completed more than 100 missions with a 100% success rat ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
The yen held onto gains Wednesday and equity markets were mixed after plunging the day before in response to the shock Bank of Japan decision to shift away from its ultra-loose monetary policy.
The move to allow yields on certain government bonds to move in a wider band was seen as a precursor to a possible interest rate hike next year, finally bringing the central bank in line with others a ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 
Sweden's Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of exiled Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm's NATO membership.
There were "several hindrances" to sending back the former editor-in-chief of the Zaman daily, who Turkey accuses of being involved in a 2016 attempt to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the court said.
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 Koriyama, Japan (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 
The 2011 Fukushima disaster made working in the nuclear industry unappealing for many Japanese students, but a new government push to revive the sector could start to shift the narrative.
It's a welcome development for some young professionals, who have experienced the stigma sometimes associated with their job.
Chisato, who declined to give her family name, studied chemistry and radiati ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
The French government announced a "vast training programme" on Wednesday to help hospital staff guard against hackers after a series of cyberattacks against medical facilities.
"The target is that 100 percent of the most important health facilities have undergone these new exercises by May 2023," the interior, health and digital services ministers announced in a joint statement.
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Koriyama, Japan (AFP) Dec 22, 2022
The 2011 Fukushima disaster made working in the nuclear industry unappealing for many Japanese students, but a new government push to revive the sector could start to shift the narrative.
It's a welcome development for some young professionals, who have experienced the stigma sometimes associated with their job.
Chisato, who declined to give her family name, studied chemistry and radiati ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2022 
Nearly 10 percent of today's electricity in the United States comes from wind power. The renewable energy source benefits climate, air quality, and public health by displacing emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants that would otherwise be produced by fossil-fuel-based power plants.
A new MIT study finds that the health benefits associated with wind power could more than quadruple ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 22, 2021 
NASA astronauts on Thursday morning successfully attached a solar array on the International Space Station after a piece of space junk was determined to be flying dangerously close to the orbiting laboratory.
Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio began the spacewalk at 8:19 a.m. EST to install an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array, or iROSA, to augment power generation f ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (VOA) Dec 20, 2022 
North Korea claimed Monday to have taken satellite photos of the South Korean cities of Seoul and Incheon, as its state media boasted of success toward developing its first military spy satellite.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported an "important final-stage test" involving a mock satellite that it said was launched Sunday from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 
A US court on Friday ordered the Marines to let Sikh recruits maintain beards and wear turbans, rejecting the elite unit's contention that permitting religious exemptions would reduce cohesion.
The US Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard - along with many foreign militaries - all already accommodate the religious requirements of Sikhism, the faith born five centuries ago in South Asia tha ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 
Japan on Friday approved a 114 trillion yen ($839 billion) budget for the year ahead, including record defence spending after a major security strategy overhaul announced this month.
The fiscal 2023 budget approved by the cabinet includes 6.8 trillion yen ($51 billion) for the defence ministry, up approximately 30 percent from last year.
It comes a week after the government approved a ne ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 
What if the U.S. placed a tax on robots? The concept has been publicly discussed by policy analysts, scholars, and Bill Gates (who favors the notion). Because robots can replace jobs, the idea goes, a stiff tax on them would give firms incentive to help retain workers, while also compensating for a dropoff in payroll taxes when robots are used. Thus far, South Korea has reduced incentives for fi ... more |
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 Levallois-Perret, France (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 
Fast-food eateries in France will soon no longer be able to use disposable containers, plates, cups and tableware for clients eating in, the latest measure from a 2020 law to combat waste and encourage recycling.
Restaurants have been preparing for months to implement a rule that comes into force on January 1, which for many has upended business models based on single-use packaging and utens ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 
China sent a record 18 nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan's air defence zone, Taipei said Tuesday, just days after Beijing banned more Taiwanese imports in the latest sign of deteriorating ties.
Democratic Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized one day.
Beijing has ramped up military, diplomatic ... more |
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 Bannu, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 
All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed and their hostages freed in a clearance operation by special forces on Tuesday, the defence minister said.
The hostage takers, who were suspected of being members of various militant groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), overpowered their jailers and snatched weapons on Sun ... more |
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