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  Beijing (XNA) Jan 25, 2023 The China National Space Administration on Saturday released a group of new photos from the country's lunar rover Yutu 2, together with its good wishes for all Chinese people, ahead of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit. The photos showed the wheel track left by the rover, some rocks and a small impact crater on the lunar surface. Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, is known as the pet of Lunar Goddess Chang'e in the Chinese mythology. The rabbit's common association with Earth's only natural sa ... read more |
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Chinese astronauts send Spring Festival greetings from space stationBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2023 The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA ... 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 
Researches on Chang'e 5 lunar samples gain fruitful resultsBeijing (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 t ... more 
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 |
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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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Norway fund drops China, India firms over Myanmar as junta accused of war crimesOslo (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank said. ... more  
Yellen contrasts US-Africa relations with China, Russia on Senegal visitDakar (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday touted the fruits of a new "mutually beneficial" economic strategy towards Africa, contrasting the damage caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's practices. ... more  
US, Philippines vow to boost security ties to address 'flashpoints'Manila (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 The United States and the Philippines vowed Friday to "invigorate" defence cooperation to address shared security concerns including disputes over the South China Sea. ... more  
Blinken sees lower US tensions with China but risks on TaiwanChicago (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that tensions have eased with China as he prepares for a rare visit but he renewed alarm over Beijing's intentions over Taiwan. ... more |
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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 
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  
AIR launches high-resolution sensing and electrical stimulation neural activity studyBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 23, 2023 A major interdisciplinary project "Research on high-resolution sensing and electrical stimulation of sleep-wake neural electrical activity", led by Prof. CAI Xinxia from the Aerospace Information Re ... more |
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Zero-Covid left in dust as Chinese revellers fuel travel boomDali, China (AFP) Jan 19, 2023 Armed with selfie sticks and freshly recovered from Covid, Chinese tourists ambled through bar streets in the country's backpacker haven of Dali, partying the stress of the past three years into oblivion. ... more  
China logs nearly 13,000 Covid deaths in a weekBeijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2023 China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population had already been infected. ... more 
'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years onWuhan, China (AFP) Jan 23, 2023 Residents of China's Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus. ... more  
Search for Tibet avalanche survivors endsBeijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2023 Search and rescue operations after a devastating avalanche that engulfed travellers on a Tibetan highway have ended, Chinese state media reported, with the death toll now at 28. ... 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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 Brasilia (AFP) Jan 21, 2023 
Just weeks after taking office and the major violence that ensued in the capital Brasilia, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is making his first trip abroad Sunday, swiftly putting in action his plan to return Brazil to the international stage.
Lula will head to Argentina, the customary first stop for Brazilian presidents. Beyond tradition, however, the trip will also allow him to ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Jan 21, 2023  Turkey on Saturday cancelled a visit by the Swedish defence minister over a demonstration by an anti-Islamic extremist in Stockholm, sparking a fresh crisis as Sweden tries to convince Ankara not to block its bid to join the NATO military alliance.
Turkish officials denounced the permission granted to Rasmus Paludan, a right-wing Swedish-Danish politician, to stage a protest Saturday in fron ... 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.
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2023  Chinese players of roleplaying epic "World of Warcraft" bade a sad farewell to the land of Azeroth on Monday, with the game set to go offline after a dispute between US developer Blizzard and local partner NetEase.
Massively popular worldwide, particularly in the 2000s, "World of Warcraft" - often abbreviated as WoW - is an online multiplayer role playing game set in a fantasy-Medieval wor ... 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.
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 Paris, France (AFP) Jan 18, 2023 
Researchers in Scotland have developed a tool to help ensure porpoises are not being harmed by the construction of offshore wind farms, which are crucial for scaling up renewable energy globally.
The pile driving required to build offshore turbines can harm or even kill noise-sensitive marine mammals like porpoises, sparking concern among environmentalists.
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 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 20, 2023  The head of the IMF warned Friday that Western subsidies to combat climate change and encourage the transition to clean energy sources risked hitting the economies of the developing world.
The United States under President Joe Biden has passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which contains sweeping subsidies and tax cuts worth around $370 billion for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, maki ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2023 
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote in a book published Tuesday that India and Pakistan came close to nuclear war in 2019 and that US intervention prevented escalation.
"I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over into a nuclear conflagration in February 2019," the likely future presidential contender wrote in "Never Give ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Jan 25, 2023  Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling weapons to Myanmar, the Norwegian central bank said.
The fund said it had divested from AviChina Industry & Technology and Bharat Electronics due to the "unacceptable risk that the companies are selling weapons to a state that uses these weapons in ways that constitute serious and ... more |
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 Mont-De-Marsan, France (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday announced plans to increase France's defence budget by a third for the next seven years, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year rattled Europe.
The announcement came a day after more than a million people protested in France against a proposed reform to cut pensions deficits.
Macron said he would ask parliament to approve a new budget of more tha ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Since its founding in 1998, Vecna Technologies has developed a number of ways to help hospitals care for patients. The company has produced intake systems to respond to Covid-19 patient surges, prediction systems to manage health complications in maternity wards, and telepresence robots that have allowed sick people to stay connected with friends and loved ones.
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 Yokohama, Japan (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
The dancers' futuristic headgear glints under the lights at a top ballet show, but just two months ago their plastic costumes were sticky bottles tossed into a Tokyo recycling bin.
"Plastic", a new production by renowned Japanese company K-BALLET, aims to draw attention to a global pollution crisis through some unusual set and wardrobe design.
Tutus made from used bubble wrap, four huge ... more |
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 Taipei (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.
Hsia Fu-hsiang, who served as deputy head of the Navy's political warfare department, and former parliamentarian Lo Chih-ming were deemed flight risks and taken into cust ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
A rights group representing China's Muslim Uyghur minority on Friday lost its case against the UK government, which it claimed had failed to investigate cotton imports allegedly linked to forced labour camps.
The German-based World Uyghur Congress (WUC) alleged that the UK government and police had blocked a criminal probe into the sale of goods sourced from Xinjiang, in northwest China.
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