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  Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2023 China placed two Earth-observation satellites in space on Friday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned space giant said the Tianhui 6A and 6B satellites were transported to orbit by a Long March 4C rocket that blasted off at 6:41 am from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province. Made by the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing, the two spacecraft are tasked to conduct geological survey, land resources investigation and scient ... read more |
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Kendall outlines clear path for modernizing Air, Space Forces and confronting peer competitorsAurora CO (SPX) Mar 09, 2023 Reporting progress but conceding that "hard choices" remain, Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall offered a report card March 7 during a major address at the 2023 Air and Space Forces ... more  
UK in major defence boost to respond to Russia, ChinaLondon (AFP) March 12, 2023 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday announced a 5B pounds investment in defence as part of a review aimed at responding to emerging geopolitical threats from Russia and China. ... more  
China's Xi spotlights national security in congress closing speechBeijing (AFP) March 13, 2023 China's Xi Jinping on Monday emphasised the need to strengthen national security, in his first address since being handed a historic third term as the country's president. ... more  
Missing Taiwan soldier found in ChinaTaipei (AFP) March 13, 2023 A Taiwanese soldier who went missing last week while stationed on an island near China has been found in the mainland, the government said Monday. ... 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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Biden meets Australian, British leaders in California on subs pactWashington (AFP) March 13, 2023 President Joe Biden meets Monday with the leaders of Australia and Britain at a California naval base for an expected announcement of a nuclear submarines deal aimed at stabilizing the Asia-Pacific region as it faces a rising China. ... more 
Made in China: Saudi-Iran deal goes beyond Middle East, say analystsRiyadh (AFP) March 10, 2023 A surprise deal to restore ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran will reverberate across and beyond the Middle East, analysts said Friday, touching everything from Yemen's war to China's regional engagement. ... more  
Iran, Saudi to restore ties in China-brokered dealTehran (AFP) March 10, 2023 Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to restore ties and reopen diplomatic missions in Chinese-brokered talks, they said in a joint statement, seven years after relations were severed. ... more  
Micronesia president accuses China of bribery, 'political warfare'Majuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) March 10, 2023 Micronesia's president has accused China of bribery, harassment and "political warfare", in an explosive letter to his country's legislature obtained by AFP on Friday. ... more |
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US worries China will use supply chains as weaponWashington (AFP) March 9, 2023 The United States worries that China will use its power in global supply chains as an additional weapon to advance its political and military might, a report released Wednesday showed. ... more  
Li Qiang appointed Chinese premier as Xi asserts influenceBeijing (AFP) March 11, 2023 Li Qiang, one of Chinese President Xi Jinping's most trusted allies, was confirmed as premier on Saturday, as Xi cements his influence on the country's top leadership. ... more 
Who is China's President Xi JinpingBeijing (AFP) March 10, 2023 When Xi Jinping took power in 2012, some observers predicted he would be the most liberal Communist Party leader in China's history, based on his low-key profile, family backstory and perhaps a degree of misguided hope. ... more  
China's space technology institute sees launches of 400 spacecraftBeijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2023 The China Academy of Space Technology has developed and successfully launched a total of 400 spacecraft with its Tianhui 6 twin satellites sent into space on Friday morning. The two satellites ... more |
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Hong Kong hands jail terms to Tiananmen vigil organisersHong Kong (AFP) March 11, 2023 A Hong Kong court sentenced three former organisers of the city's annual Tiananmen square vigil to four and a half months in jail on Saturday for refusing to hand over records to national security police. ... more  
Czech cyber watchdog calls TikTok a 'security threat'Prague (AFP) March 8, 2023 The Czech cyber watchdog issued a warning about using TikTok on Wednesday, joining other Western authorities in deeming the Chinese-owned video-sharing app a security threat. ... more 
China's Xi handed historic third term as presidentBeijing (AFP) March 10, 2023 Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese president on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations. ... more 
Chinese security vessel orders Philippine plane carrying media to 'leave'Over The Spratly Islands, Philippines (AFP) March 10, 2023 As a Philippine Coast Guard plane carrying journalists flew over the Spratly Islands in the hotly disputed South China Sea, a Chinese voice issued a stern command over the radio: "Leave immediately." ... more  
US blacklists Chinese firms supplying drone parts to IranWashington (AFP) March 9, 2023 The United States placed five Chinese companies on its sanctions blacklist Thursday for supplying components to Iran drone builders. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2023 
The China Academy of Space Technology has developed and successfully launched a total of 400 spacecraft with its Tianhui 6 twin satellites sent into space on Friday morning.
The two satellites were launched onboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket and will be used for geographic mapping, land resource survey, and scientific experiments, among others.
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2023 
The United States worries that China will use its power in global supply chains as an additional weapon to advance its political and military might, a report released Wednesday showed.
The "Annual Threat Assessment" issued by the Director of National Intelligence said China is already using its supply chain dominance to force foreign companies and countries to transfer technologies and intel ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2023  China's Xi Jinping on Monday emphasised the need to strengthen national security, in his first address since being handed a historic third term as the country's president.
Xi became China's most powerful leader in generations last week when he was reanointed for another five years at the helm of the world's most populous nation, in a break with long-standing political precedent.
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 Paris (AFP) March 9, 2023  France on Thursday warned of the "unacceptable risk for nuclear safety and security" from power cuts at a major Ukrainian power plant, after a Russian missile strike left it running on diesel generators.
"France has taken note and is concerned over information of a new disconnection (from the grid) at the Zaporizhzhia plant," foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said.
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 Prague (AFP) March 8, 2023 
The Czech cyber watchdog issued a warning about using TikTok on Wednesday, joining other Western authorities in deeming the Chinese-owned video-sharing app a security threat.
TikTok has come under growing scrutiny in many countries over concerns the app may give Chinese authorities access to sensitive user data.
The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) warned that ... more |
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Paris (AFP) March 9, 2023 France on Thursday warned of the "unacceptable risk for nuclear safety and security" from power cuts at a major Ukrainian power plant, after a Russian missile strike left it running on diesel generators.
"France has taken note and is concerned over information of a new disconnection (from the grid) at the Zaporizhzhia plant," foreign ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said.
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 London (AFP) March 6, 2023 
Most workers on Britain's offshore rigs want energy firms taken into public ownership to help fairly fund the transition to net zero, a survey showed Monday.
The poll, contained in a report by environmental campaigners and trade unions, quizzed more than 1,092 workers across the sector in England and Scotland.
The report, entitled "Our Power: Offshore Workers' Demands for a Just Energy T ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2023 
Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according to new Cornell University research published in the journal Applied Energy.
"We now have, for the first time, a physics-based tool to estimate the costs and benefits of co-locating solar panels and commercial agriculture from the perspective of i ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) March 10, 2023 
The UN nuclear watchdog's 35-nation board said on Friday it had backed Argentina's Rafael Grossi to serve as director general for a second term, until 2027.
Grossi's appointment for four more years still has to be approved by all 176 members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its annual meeting in September but this is seen as a formality.
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 Berlin (AFP) March 4, 2023 
Arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is holding "promising" talks to build a tank factory in Ukraine following the Russian invasion, the head of the Germany company said in an interview published Saturday.
"A Rheinmetall factory could be built in Ukraine at a cost of about 200 million euros," ($213 million) to turn out up to 400 Panther tanks a year, the firm's president Armin Papperger told the R ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 12, 2023  UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday announced a 5B pounds investment in defence as part of a review aimed at responding to emerging geopolitical threats from Russia and China.
The investment comes after Sunak's defence minister Ben Wallace warned in January that the British armed forces were "hollowed out and underfunded".
The investment, part of the 2023 Integrated Review Refresh ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2023  A new study from researchers at MIT and Brown University characterizes several properties that emerge during the training of deep classifiers, a type of artificial neural network commonly used for classification tasks such as image classification, speech recognition, and natural language processing.
The paper, "Dynamics in Deep Classifiers trained with the Squ ... more |
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 Dakar (AFP) March 9, 2023  Discarded containers and bags are an eyesore in many towns, while beaches are covered by debris - Senegal's notorious problem of plastic pollution is not going away.
Fly-tipping is a scourge and landfills like the sprawling Mbeubeuss site near the capital Dakar are overstretched, with several thousand tonnes of detritus dumped daily, polluting the ground and water.
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 Taipei (AFP) March 13, 2023 
A Taiwanese soldier who went missing last week while stationed on an island near China has been found in the mainland, the government said Monday.
The soldier, identified only by his family name Chen, was reported missing on Thursday after morning roll-call on Erdan Island, which lies just five kilometres (three miles) off the mainland coast.
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 Geneva (AFP) March 7, 2023 
United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday demanded action from Beijing to address "grave concerns" over the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang province.
Turk has been under pressure from Western nations and rights organisations to take a firm stand on Xinjiang following a bombshell report by his predecessor which cited possible crimes against humanity in the far-western regi ... more |
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