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  Beijing (XNA) Feb 20, 2023 China has released a new batch of datasets from the payloads installed on the Chang'e-4 probe on the official website of the Lunar and Planetary Data Release System. The datasets include 3,991.1 MB of 803 data files obtained by the four scientific payloads on the Chang'e-4 lander and rover between December 26, 2021 and January 10, 2022. The Chang'e-4 probe, launched on Dec 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing in the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the ... read more |
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China, Europe cooperate in satellite-rocket testBeijing (XNA) Feb 20, 2023 A China-Europe joint space mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), has successfully completed a satellite-rocket test, according to the National Space Science Center (NSS ... more  
China solicits logos for manned space missions in 2023Beijing (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 ev ... more 
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  
US general warns China biggest threat in spaceMunich, Germany (AFP) Feb 19, 2023 Space has "fundamentally changed" in a just a few years due to a growing arms race, a US general said, singling out China as the "most challenging threat", followed by Russia. ... 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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Marcos insists Philippines 'will not lose one inch' of territoryManila (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 President Ferdinand Marcos said Saturday the Philippines "will not lose one inch" of territory, following the latest maritime incident between Manila and Beijing in the disputed South China Sea. ... more 
Japan, China agree to hold senior-level defence talksMunich, Germany (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 Japanese and Chinese officials will hold senior-level security discussions next week for the first time since February 2019, Tokyo's top diplomat said Saturday. ... more 
US says China mulling arming Russia in Ukraine warWashington (AFP) Feb 19, 2023 The United States on Sunday accused China of considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine, ratcheting up tensions as the conflict hits its one-year mark this week. ... more 
Blinken, China's top diplomat in 'direct, candid talks' amid balloon spatMunich, Germany (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China not to repeat its "irresponsible act" of sending a spy balloon into American airspace, as he held rare talks late Saturday with China's top diplomat Wang Yi. ... more |
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US ends search for downed Chinese balloon debris, other objectsWashington (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 The United States has ended its search for debris from an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down earlier this month as well as two other objects downed near Alaska and on Lake Huron, the military's Northern Command said Friday. ... more  
Beijing slams 'false' US claims that China may arm RussiaBeijing (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 Beijing lashed out on Monday against what it said were "false" claims by the United States that China is considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine. ... more 
EU warns China supplying Russia arms would be 'red line'Brussels (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 The EU's foreign policy chief on Monday warned China against providing Russia weapons for its war on Ukraine, after Beijing dismissed US allegations that it was considering sending arms. ... more  
Delegation of Chinese officials make rare visit to TaiwanTaipei (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 A group of officials from Shanghai arrived in Taiwan on Saturday for the first visit to the island by Chinese politicians since 2020, as scores of activists gathered in protest. ... more |
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Senior Pentagon official visits Taiwan: reportWashington (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 A top US defense official has arrived in Taiwan on a rare visit, the Financial Times reported Friday, a trip bound to further enflame Washington-Beijing tensions over the downing of an alleged Chinese spy balloon. ... more 
Paraguay leader says ditching Taiwan would be 'historic mistake'Taipei (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 Paraguay's outgoing leader on Saturday warned his successor against making a "historic mistake" by ditching Taiwan in favour of China as he wrapped up a visit to the island. ... more  
S.Africa's navy stages controversial exercises with China, RussiaJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 South Africa was Friday to embark on a 10-day joint military exercise with Russia and China along its eastern coast coinciding with the one year anniversary of the Kremlin's onslaught on Ukraine. ... 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 
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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 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
For more than a century, much of the world has run on the combustion of fossil fuels. Now, to avert the threat of climate change, the energy system is changing. Notably, solar and wind systems are replacing fossil fuel combustion for generating electricity and heat, and batteries are replacing the internal combustion engine for powering vehicles. As the energy transition progresses, researchers ... 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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Boston MA (SPX) Feb 17, 2023
For more than a century, much of the world has run on the combustion of fossil fuels. Now, to avert the threat of climate change, the energy system is changing. Notably, solar and wind systems are replacing fossil fuel combustion for generating electricity and heat, and batteries are replacing the internal combustion engine for powering vehicles. As the energy transition progresses, researchers ... 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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 Vienna (AFP) Feb 19, 2023 
The UN's nuclear watchdog on Sunday said it was in discussions with Iran as a media report said inspectors had found that the Islamic republic had stepped up nuclear enrichment.
Bloomberg News reported that inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iran last week found uranium enriched to 84-percent purity.
Iran was last known to enrich up to 60 percent, while a 90-p ... 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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 Berlin (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck on Wednesday criticised Switzerland for refusing to supply munitions for German-made Gepard anti-aircraft guns being used by Ukraine to repel Russia's invasion.
"Some countries still have munitions but are reluctant to supply them to Ukraine for historical reasons," Habeck said in an interview with Die Zeit newspaper.
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 New York NY (AFP) Feb 19, 2023 
Generative AI, of which ChatGPT is an example, wades through oceans of data to conjure up original content - an image, a poem, a thousand-word essay - in seconds and upon a simple request.
Since its discrete release in late November, ChatGPT has become one of the fastest growing apps ever and pushed Microsoft and Google to rush out projects that had until now stayed carefully guarded over ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) Feb 19, 2023 
Kenyan President William Ruto called Sunday for rich countries to be held accountable for driving global warming and for a revamp of international financial institutions to better fight climate change.
Poorer nations, especially those in Africa, have been hit disproportionately hard by the fallout from climate change, which has aggravated droughts and flooding, despite being least responsibl ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 
A top US defense official has arrived in Taiwan on a rare visit, the Financial Times reported Friday, a trip bound to further enflame Washington-Beijing tensions over the downing of an alleged Chinese spy balloon.
Deputy Assistant US Secretary of Defense for China, Michael Chase, is the most senior Pentagon official to visit the island since a 2019 trip by the deputy assistant secretary for ... more |
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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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