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  Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 The China Manned Space Agency began to solicit logos on Wednesday for the country's upcoming crewed space missions, marking the first open logo solicitation of its manned space program. The event aims to solicit logos for three missions of China's manned space program this year, including the launches of the cargo craft Tianzhou 6, and the crewed spaceships Shenzhou XVI and Shenzhou XVII, according to an announcement on the event released by the CMSA. Ever since China's historic Shenzhou V m ... read more |
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Two crews set for Tiangong station in '23Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 China will launch two crews to work on its Tiangong space station this year, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency published schedules for the Shenzhou XVI and XVII mission cr ... more 
China's space station experiments pave way for new space technologyBeijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 Multiple engineering experiments are currently underway, or poised to begin, at a cabinet on China's space station which is in a near-Earth orbit. These experiments aim to acquire know-how that can ... more  
Complex subsurface of Mars imaged by Chinese rover ZhurongBoulder 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 ... more  
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 |
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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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Countries urge action for rules on AI use in warThe Hague (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 Countries including the United States and China called Thursday for urgent action to regulate the development and growing use of artificial intelligence in warfare, warning that the technology "could have unintended consequences". ... more  
Biden says will contact Xi in wake of balloon shoot-downWashington (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the wake of the US Air Force shooting down what Washington says was a high-tech Chinese spy balloon earlier this month. ... more  
Italy wants China to 'pressure' Russia over Ukraine; Estonia calls on allies to do moreRome (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday appealed to his Chinese counterpart, who was on a visit to Rome, to put pressure on Russia to find a "just peace" in Ukraine. ... more  
Taiwan finds remains of suspected Chinese balloon, tightens military securityTaipei (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 Taiwan said it found the remains of a suspected Chinese meteorological balloon on Thursday and would increase patrols at military facilities as Beijing intensifies threats toward the self-ruled island. ... more |
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Paraguay leader hails Taiwan as 'beacon of democracy'Taipei (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 Paraguay's outgoing leader hailed Taiwan as a "beacon of democracy" Thursday, ahead of a presidential vote that could see his country cutting ties with the island. ... 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 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 |
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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  
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 
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 
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 |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023  China will launch two crews to work on its Tiangong space station this year, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency published schedules for the Shenzhou XVI and XVII mission crews on Wednesday, saying that the Shenzhou XVI team will leave for the Tiangong station in May while their counterparts in the Shenzhou XVII mission will fly to the massive orbiting outpost in October ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2023  World Bank chief David Malpass announced Wednesday he would step down nearly a year early, ending a tenure at the head of the development lender that was clouded by questions over his climate stance.
The veteran of Republican administrations in the United States was appointed to the role in 2019 when Donald Trump was president and previously served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for inte ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told Turkey on Thursday it was time to finally ratify Sweden and Finland's bids to join the Western defence alliance.
Stoltenberg arrived in Ankara 10 days after Turkey was hit by a massive earthquake that has claimed nearly 40,000 lives across the country's southeast and parts of Syria.
"In your time of need, NATO stands with Turkey," Stoltenberg said.
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 17, 2023  France's state-controlled energy giant EDF reported a record annual loss and massive debt Friday as the fallout from the Ukraine conflict and idling of several nuclear reactors weighed on the company.
EDF's debt ballooned to 64.5 billion euros ($68.6 billion) in 2022 while losses totalled 17.9 billion euros.
EDF struggled with a drop in electricity output last year as it had to close sev ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 
Dutch officials urged the creation of clear definitions on how artificial intelligence can be used in war, as a conference billed as the first of its kind to tackle the issue opened on Wednesday.
The two-day meet in The Hague aimed at taking a first step towards international rules in regulating the use of AI on the battlefield in an agreement similar to those on chemical and nuclear weapons ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 France's state-controlled energy giant EDF reported a record annual loss and massive debt Friday as the fallout from the Ukraine conflict and idling of several nuclear reactors weighed on the company.
EDF's debt ballooned to 64.5 billion euros ($68.6 billion) in 2022 while losses totalled 17.9 billion euros.
EDF struggled with a drop in electricity output last year as it had to close sev ... 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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 Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
Silicon, the standard semiconducting material used in a host of applications-computer central processing units (CPUs), semiconductor chips, detectors, and solar cells-is an abundant, naturally occurring material. However, it is expensive to mine and to purify.
Perovskites-a family of materials nicknamed for their crystalline structure-have shown extraordinary promise in recent years as a f ... 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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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 15, 2023  Germany on Wednesday said it has "half a battalion" of Leopard 2 tanks to send to Ukraine, as NATO allies appear to struggle to muster the heavy vehicles pledged to Kyiv.
Berlin said late last month that it was aiming to send around 30 battle tanks to help Ukrainian forces fight Russia's invasion after pressure from Kyiv and its supporters to greenlight the supplies.
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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.
"The current rate of Ukraine's ammunition expenditure is man ... more |
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 Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2023  SpaceDaily, a leading news organization covering space exploration, astronomy, and technology, has implemented ChatGPT's technology, along with simple rules lists and innovative software development, to streamline its imaging process.
The combination of these technologies has enabled SpaceDaily to generate filenames for image files based on their captions and vice versa, while also enablin ... more |
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 Oxford (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that watching nature documentaries makes people more interested in plants, potentially provoking an involvement in botany and ecology.
Some 40% of plant species are under threat of extinction. Plants that are not directly useful to humans are particularly vulnerable. People often do not recognize how important ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 
Taiwan said it found the remains of a suspected Chinese meteorological balloon on Thursday and would increase patrols at military facilities as Beijing intensifies threats toward the self-ruled island.
The incident comes after US President Joe Biden ordered the shooting down of a Chinese balloon after it crossed US territory, including over areas with sensitive military sites.
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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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