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  Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 Ground-penetrating radar from China's Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters and other geologic structures in the top five meters of the red planet's surface. The images of the Martian subsurface are presented in a paper published in Geology Thursday. The Zhurong rover was sent to Mars as part of China's Tianwen-1 mission. Launched in July 2020, the rover landed on the surface on 15 May 2021. The rover was sent to a large plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars named Utopia Planitia ... read more |
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Phase II of China's deep space observation radar facility kicks off constructionBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 The second phase of China's deep space observation radar facility, dubbed "China Compound Eye", started construction Tuesday in southwestern Chongqing, according to the Beijing Institute of Technolo ... more  
US shoots down another object, this time over Lake HuronWashington (AFP) Feb 12, 2023 A US warplane shot down another flying object on Sunday, this time over Lake Huron on the US-Canadian border, the fourth in a dramatic series that began with the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon a week ago. ... more  
Chinese astronauts complete first walk outside Tiangong space stationWashington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2023 A crew of Chinese astronauts on a six-month mission aboard the country's newly completed space station ventured outside the orbiter for the first time Friday for what became a successful spacewalk. ... more
Shenzhou XV astronauts take their first spacewalkBeijing (XNA) Feb 10, 2023 Shenzhou XV mission crew members have just concluded their first spacewalk, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release early on Friday morning that mission command ... more |
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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 Deadly Indonesia floods force a deforestation reckoning Three killed in Austria Alps avalanches: police |
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Shenzhou XV astronauts to conduct first spacewalkBeijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2023 The Shenzhou XV mission crew, who are now inside the Tiangong space station, are scheduled to carry out their first spacewalk soon, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said ... more  
US seeks to deflate Chinese balloon worries; as US jets intercept Russian aircraftWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The White House sought Tuesday to take the air out of an escalating diplomatic crisis with Beijing, saying that preliminary evidence suggests three unidentified aerial objects shot down by US jets were not involved in a broader Chinese spy balloon program. ... more 
Japan says past aerial objects likely Chinese spy balloonsTokyo (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan's airspace in recent years "strongly" suggests they were Chinese spy balloons, according to Tokyo's defence ministry. ... more 
Ukraine war boosts NATO, but China concerns the US: think-tankLondon (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 The conflict in Ukraine "has given NATO renewed purpose" and spurred Eastern Europe to ditch Soviet-era equipment, but China's military modernisation remains the United States' chief concern, a British think-tank said Wednesday. ... more |
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Philippines' Marcos summons Chinese envoy over laser incident at seaManila (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos summoned Beijing's ambassador Tuesday to express "serious concern" after a Chinese security vessel was accused of using a military-grade laser light against a Philippine patrol boat in the disputed South China Sea. ... more  
China's Xi hails Iran 'solidarity' during 'complex' world situation: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Beijing's "solidarity" with Iran on Tuesday, state media reported, as he hosted the Islamic Republic's President Ebrahim Raisi at the start of a three-day visit. ... more  
Xinjiang governor cancels controversial UK trip: LondonLondon (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The governor of Xinjiang, sanctioned by the US over the Chinese region's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, is believed to have cancelled his controversial trip to the UK, the Foreign Office said Tuesday. ... more  
Hong Kong mandates national security law promotion on free TV, radioHong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Hong Kong's free television and radio broadcasters must air weekly programmes that promote Chinese "national identity" as well as a national security law, according to licensing requirements announced by the government on Tuesday. ... more |
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Chinese crypto scams targeting Filipinos to work for them: officialManila (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 Chinese criminals running cryptocurrency scams in Southeast Asia are targeting Filipinos to work for them because of their English language and computer skills, a Philippine foreign ministry official said Monday. ... more 
Large number of launches plannedBeijing (XNA) Feb 14, 2023 China plans to carry out more than 70 launch missions this year, according to the nation's major space contractors. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's dominant space ent ... more 
Iran woos Chinese, other tourists as Westerners stay awayTehran (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 Western tourists, who flocked to Iran just a few years ago, are being advised by their governments to stay away, forcing the Islamic republic's struggling tourism industry to look elsewhere. ... more
US still in dark over mystery flying objects, rejects China balloon accusationWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The White House responded Monday to growing and at times fevered speculation over the shooting down of unidentified aerial objects by saying the targets could be anything from commercial craft to espionage devices, while denying that US balloons spy on China. ... more  
Philippines condemns China's 'aggressive' laser use against shipManila (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The Philippines condemned Tuesday the "aggressive" actions of a Chinese security vessel, which is accused of using a military-grade laser light against a Philippine patrol boat in the disputed South China Sea, leaving crew members temporarily blinded. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2023 
A crew of Chinese astronauts on a six-month mission aboard the country's newly completed space station ventured outside the orbiter for the first time Friday for what became a successful spacewalk.
Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu donned the puffy white space suits and exited the station to conduct the 7-hour walk, while the third astronaut, Deng Qingming, stayed behind to mo ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 
China will resume issuing short-term visas for South Korean nationals on February 18, the Chinese embassy in Seoul said Wednesday.
The move follows South Korea's decision last week to end Covid-linked travel restrictions on Chinese nationals - rules that sparked a furious response and tit-for-tat measures from Beijing.
From Saturday, the Chinese embassy in Seoul and other consulates "wi ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 12, 2023 
The NATO alliance confirmed Sunday that its long-serving chief would leave office in October, launching a new round of speculation about his successor.
Diplomats in Brussels say there is no consensus as to who should replace former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg as the Western alliance's top civilian official.
Some allies were considering a plan to extend his already nine-year ... more |
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 Niamey (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
A court in the West African state of Niger has ordered a Canadian-owned uranium mine in the north of the country to suspend operations after environmentalists filed a lawsuit, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday.
A court in Agadez, in a ruling handed down on Monday, issued the suspension against the mining firm SOMIDA, majority owned by Canada's Global Atomic, which symbolically broke grou ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
Hong Kong's free television and radio broadcasters must air weekly programmes that promote Chinese "national identity" as well as a national security law, according to licensing requirements announced by the government on Tuesday.
The stipulations come as Beijing works to remould the territory, cracking down on a protest movement that had championed a Hong Kong identity that was distinct fro ... more |
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Niamey (AFP) Feb 14, 2023
A court in the West African state of Niger has ordered a Canadian-owned uranium mine in the north of the country to suspend operations after environmentalists filed a lawsuit, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday.
A court in Agadez, in a ruling handed down on Monday, issued the suspension against the mining firm SOMIDA, majority owned by Canada's Global Atomic, which symbolically broke grou ... more |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
Airborne wind energy (AWE) is a lightweight technology which uses flying devices including kites and gliders to harvest power from the atmosphere. To maximise the energy they extract, these devices need to precisely control their orientations to account for turbulence in Earth's atmosphere.
Through new research published in EPJ E, Antonio Celani and colleagues at the Abdus Salam Internatio ... more |
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 Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 
Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin revealed on February 10, 2023, in their blog that since 2021 they have been developing an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology called "Blue Alchemist" a solar cell and electricity transmission wire prototype by using a material "chemically and mineralogically equivalent" to lunar regolith.
"We can make power systems on the moon directly ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 15, 2023  For decades, children in the United States and the Soviet Union were drilled on what to do in a nuclear war. One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, could the danger have returned for new generations?
Within days of Moscow's attack, President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of Russian nuclear forces, stunning the world.
Washington bashed such talk as "dangerous" and "irrespo ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023  The US Army announced Tuesday that it had awarded $522 million in orders to two companies to manufacture 155 mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
The orders, officially decided on January 30, went to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and Global Military Products Inc. and came amid worries that Ukraine was fast depleting the stockpiles of artillery shells from the United States and other allies. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 
Ukraine is urging allies for more weapons to fight Russia but experts warn the West is struggling to produce enough ammunition for the arms it has already donated to Kyiv.
"The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting allied stockpiles," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told journalists on Monday.
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 The Hague (AFP) Feb 9, 2023 
While chatbots have caught the world's imagination, should we be more worried about "slaughterbots"?
The first international conference on responsible military uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being held in the Netherlands next week.
The United States and China are among around 50 countries that will attend, with hopes of producing a declaration at the end of the meeting in The Ha ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning.
Cabinet spokesman and media minister Bandula Gunawardana said the manufacture or sale of plastic cutlery, cocktail shakers and artificial flowers will be prohibited from June.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2023 
A senior US official voiced optimism Thursday that China could be deterred from invading Taiwan over this decade, a contrast to more dire predictions from Washington.
"I think they have intention. But absolutely, I think we can get to the end of this decade without them committing major aggression against Taiwan," Ely Ratner, the top Pentagon official for Asia, said of China.
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 London (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
The governor of Xinjiang, sanctioned by the US over the Chinese region's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, is believed to have cancelled his controversial trip to the UK, the Foreign Office said Tuesday.
Erkin Tuniyaz was due to visit this week, and set to meet with Foreign Office officials in a move that sparked anger among UK lawmakers.
But a ministry spokesperson said Tuesday t ... more |
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