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  Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2023 More than 50 research results on the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission have been published in notable academic journals at home and abroad, pushing China's lunar science research to the international forefront, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Over 150 scientists and researchers participated in the first Chang'e-5 Lunar Sample Research Results Seminar held by the CNSA on Monday. They discussed topics ranging from the characteristics of Chang'e-5 lunar ... read more |
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China to launch 200-plus spacecraft in 2023Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2023 The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch more than 200 spacecraft with over 60 space missions in 2023, according to a company report released Wednesday. Th ... more  
New explanation for Jupiter's two massive asteroid swarmsAbu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Jan 18, 2023 An international team of scientists including NYUAD researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the US, Japan, and China led by Jian Li from Nanjing University, has developed new insights that ... more  
China powers up satellite payloads for gamma-ray burst observationBeijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2023 The four payloads on three satellites that were sent into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province on Jan 15 have been powered up for preliminary testing, acco ... more  
Chinese, European Mars probes help examine atmosphere near sunShanghai (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 In an "almost-out-of-service" period in 2021, China's Tianwen-1 orbiter, along with Mars Express of the European Space Agency, helped solar scientists know more about what happens near the sun. ... 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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Crop seeds, microbial strains tested in China's two space missions unveiledBeijing (XNA) Jan 15, 2023 The China Manned Space Agency on Friday unveiled a detailed list of crop seeds and microbial strains on board the Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV manned spaceships. More than 1,300 pieces of crop ... more  
S.Africa unveils joint naval drills with Russia, ChinaJohannesburg (AFP) Jan 19, 2023 South Africa, which has resisted taking sides following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, announced Thursday it will stage 10-day joint maritime drills with Russia and China next month. ... more  
Structural details of Long March 9 revealedBeijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2023 Chinese rocket researchers are now definite on the overall structural design for the nation's super-heavy carrier rocket, known as the Long March 9, a project insider said on Wednesday. Gu Min ... more  
China launches 14 new satellitesTaiyuan, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2023 China successfully launched a Long March-2D rocket on Sunday, sending 14 new satellites into space. The rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi prov ... more |
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Carrier rockets place four satellites into orbitXichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2023 China launched two carrier rockets on Friday to place four satellites into orbit. A Long March 2C rocket blasted off at 2:10 am at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan pr ... more  
Taiwan ex-rear admiral detained in spy probeTaipei (AFP) Jan 19, 2023 A retired Taiwanese rear admiral and a former lawmaker have been detained for allegedly violating the island's national security law, a court said Thursday, in the latest spying scandal to hit the military's upper echelons. ... more  
Zelensky writes letter to invite Xi for 'dialogue'Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has written a letter inviting Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks which was handed over in Davos to the Chinese delegation, his wife Olena Zelenska said on Wednesday. ... more 
Philippines' Marcos says South China Sea 'keeps him up at night'Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Wednesday that tension in the disputed South China Sea "keeps him up at night", but his country was committed to peace despite Beijing's territorial claims. ... more |
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Taiwan presidential contender warns against appeasing ChinaTaipei (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 Appeasing China will not bring peace, Taiwan's vice-president said Wednesday, days after he was elected head of the ruling party in a move that makes him a prime presidential contender at the next election. ... more 
Blinken to pay long-awaited China visit on February 5-6Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Beijing on February 5-6, a US official said Tuesday, confirming a long-awaited trip aimed at keeping high tensions in check between the world's two largest economies. ... more 
China's space industry hits new heightsBeijing (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 China's space industry had a busy year in 2022, the highlight of which was completion of one of the world's largest and most sophisticated orbiting infrastructures, the Tiangong space station. ... more  
Rural China's subsiding Covid wave suggests virus spread before reopeningMayidui, China (AFP) Jan 19, 2023 Covid-19 swept swiftly through southern China's rural mountain villages last month, and the wave appears to have subsided - supporting expert theories that the country's most recent outbreak preceded the lifting of restrictions. ... more  
'We can't wait!': Jubilant Chinese head home for Lunar New YearOn The Shanghai-Wuhan Train, China (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 Piling onto a packed train, factory owner Wang Chunfeng was among millions of Chinese looking to make up for lost time this Lunar New Year after years of pandemic-enforced separation from his family. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2023 
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch more than 200 spacecraft with over 60 space missions in 2023, according to a company report released Wednesday.
The CASC report unveiled plans for the country's space science and technology activities in 2023. It said that the Tianzhou 6 cargo craft, the Shenzhou XVI and the Shenzhou XVII flight missions would ta ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
Asian markets mostly rose Friday after a rocky week that saw recession fears play up against growing hope that China's emergence from zero-Covid will help boost the struggling global economy.
While falling US inflation has fanned speculation the Federal Reserve will further slow its pace of interest rate hikes, several top bank officials have lined up to warn that still more needs to be done ... more |
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 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has written a letter inviting Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks which was handed over in Davos to the Chinese delegation, his wife Olena Zelenska said on Wednesday.
Zelensky has repeatedly sought to make contact with Xi since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year in the hope that Beijing will use its influence over Russian leader Vladimir ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 
Tokyo's High Court upheld on Wednesday the acquittal of three former executives from the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, again clearing them of professional negligence over the 2011 disaster.
A court official told AFP the trio's appeal had been dismissed in the only criminal trial to arise from the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Activists supporting the prosecut ... more |
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 Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 
The more-than 1.2 million km of fibre-optic cables that criss-cross the planet carry the world's phone calls, internet signals and data. But this summer, researchers published the eerie sounds of blue and fin whales detected by a fibre-optic cable on the west coast of Svalbard - a first.
Now the researchers want to eavesdrop on an even larger beast - the Earth itself.
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Tokyo (AFP) Jan 18, 2023
Tokyo's High Court upheld on Wednesday the acquittal of three former executives from the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, again clearing them of professional negligence over the 2011 disaster.
A court official told AFP the trio's appeal had been dismissed in the only criminal trial to arise from the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Activists supporting the prosecut ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 
Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has been selected by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as an early-career research fellow in the Offshore Energy Safety track. He and four other fellows will "contribute to the understanding, management and reduction of syst ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2023 
Solar power is becoming an increasingly important source of energy worldwide. At present, photovoltaic systems are predominantly being used in Germany. For sunny countries, solar tower power plants are a valuable addition. They store heat and can generate electricity at any time - even when the sun is not shining. The new highlight images from the German TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X radar satellites ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 18, 2023 
There is no good place to be when a nuclear bomb goes off. Anything too close is instantly vaporized, and radiation can pose a serious health threat even at a distance. In between, there is another danger: the blast wave generated by the explosion, which can produce airspeeds strong enough to lift people into the air and cause serious injury.
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, resear ... more |
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 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said he had "very good and positive signals" that new weapons would be announced for Ukraine at a meeting of the country's Western allies in Germany on Friday.
The former heavyweight boxer has been at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week as part of a large Ukrainian delegation that is lobbying for more financial aid and modern weapons.
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 Rabat (AFP) Jan 17, 2023 
Morocco's army said Tuesday it had agreed with Israel to strengthen military cooperation including in intelligence and cybersecurity, following defence meetings in Rabat.
The two countries "agreed to further strengthen cooperation and expand it to other areas, including in intelligence, air defence and electronic warfare," the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces said in a statement.
The announce ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2023 
Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman teased an upcoming version of ChatGPT "geared for professional use" as media reports swirled that Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in the startup.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2023 
A new computational system uses satellite data to identify sites on land where people dispose of waste, providing a new tool to monitor waste and revealing sites that may leak plastic into waterways. Caleb Kruse of Earthrise Media in Berkeley, California, Dr. Fabien Laurier from the Minderoo Foundation in Washington DC, and colleagues present this method in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on Ja ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 
Appeasing China will not bring peace, Taiwan's vice-president said Wednesday, days after he was elected head of the ruling party in a move that makes him a prime presidential contender at the next election.
William Lai, 63, is seen as a likely successor to President Tsai Ing-wen, who is barred from running again after her second four-year term ends in May 2024.
Lai has been more outspoke ... more |
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 Darra Adamkhel, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 16, 2023 
When the din of Pakistan's most notorious weapons market becomes overwhelming, arms dealer Muhammad Jahanzeb slinks away from his stall, past colleagues test-firing machine guns, to read in the hush of the local library.
"It's my hobby, my favourite hobby, so sometimes I sneak off," the 28-year-old told AFP after showing off his inventory of vintage rifles, forged assault weapons and a menac ... more |
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