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Geespace expands GEESATCOM network with launch of 11 new satellitesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 On August 9, 2025, Chinese aerospace company Geespace completed its fourth GEESATCOM orbital deployment, launching 11 satellites from waters off Rizhao, Shandong Province, aboard a single rocket. Al ... more
Astronaut crew tests new generation spacewalk suits and conducts health research aboard TiangongTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 The Shenzhou XX mission astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have recently completed key assignments, including unpacking and testing two newly delivered spacewalk suits, the China Manne ... more
Some young suns align with their planet-forming disks, others are born tiltedSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Researchers at UC Santa Barbara, The University of Texas at Austin, Yale University and National Taiwan Normal University have found that a fair number of sun-like stars emerge with their rotational ... more
Another baked Alaska -- Trump and PutinWashington DC (UPI) Aug 13, 2025 Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold an Alaskan summit over Ukraine on Friday. ... more |
Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summitWellington (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that includes China, Taiwan and the United States. ... more
China advances crewed lunar mission with lander landing and takeoff trialTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 China has successfully carried out its first integrated landing and takeoff trial of a crewed lunar lander, marking a milestone in its manned lunar exploration program. The test took place Wednesday ... more
New internet satellites expand China's orbital networkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 China has placed another batch of internet satellites into orbit, marking the third deployment in just over a week. The latest mission, launched Monday evening from the Hainan International Commerci ... more
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China SeaManila (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its own coast guard while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday, Manila said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation. ... more |
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Marcos says Philippines would be dragged 'kicking and screaming' into Taiwan warManila (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos warned Monday that his country would be dragged "kicking and screaming" into any war over Taiwan, but must prepare for it. ... more |
Storm makes landfall in China after raking Taiwan as typhoonKaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 /> Typhoon Podul weakened to a severe tropical storm when it roared ashore in southeastern China early Thursday, state media said, after carving a path across Taiwan, shutting down businesses, grou ... more
Australia hails breakthrough in Vanuatu security talksSydney (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 Australia on Wednesday hailed a breakthrough in efforts to sign a security agreement with Vanuatu, a deal that could dilute China's influence in the Pacific island nation. ... more
Typhoon Podul pummels TaiwanKaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 /> Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding hundreds of flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of households. Wind gusts of up t ... more
Canada says 'disappointed' at new China canola dutiesOttawa (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 Canada said Tuesday it was "deeply disappointed" with China's decision to impose a temporary tax on Canadian canola, after Beijing said it had preliminarily concluded that Ottawa was dumping the crop onto its market. ... more |
India and China eye border trade resumptionNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US tariffs disrupt the global trade order. Past tr ... more ![]() |
China's Tencent posts strong Q2 revenue growth as AI race heats upBeijing (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 /> Chinese internet giant Tencent on Wednesday reported a third consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth, beating forecasts, as it began rolling out AI services in its games and messaging ... more
The semiconductors costing Nvidia, AMD dearlyBeijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 US semiconductor giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will pay the United States government 15 percent of their revenue from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, according to media reports. ... more
In China's factory heartland, warehouses weather Trump tariffsGuangzhou (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Labourer Shuai Hang went a week without work earlier this year when sky-high US tariffs on Chinese goods overwhelmed the warehouse he works at and slowed the company's US-bound parcels to a trickle. ... more
Xi says China, Brazil can model 'self-reliance' for Global SouthBeijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 China's President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart Tuesday the two countries could set an example of "self-reliance" for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount. ... more |
China the world's biggest plastic producerGeneva (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Seven countries produced two-thirds of the four most common types of plastic in 2024, according to the British environmental consultancy Eunomia and the Zero Carbon Analytics a climate and energy research group. ... more
Trump says Nvidia to give US cut of China chip salesWashington (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed reports that semiconductor giant Nvidia would pay the United States 15 percent of its revenues from sales of certain artificial intelligence chips to China. ... more
Stocks gain on China-US truce, before key inflation dataLondon (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Stock markets rose Tuesday, with Tokyo hitting a record, as investors welcomed the extension of a China-US tariff truce and awaited key US inflation data. ... more
US, China extend tariff truce for 90 daysWashington (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 China and the United States delayed higher tariffs on each other's imports for 90 days, hours before a trade truce between the world's two largest economies was due to expire Tuesday. ... more |
China says consumer prices stable in JulyBeijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Consumer prices in China remained stable in July, official data showed Saturday, providing a respite for the world's second-largest economy, which is facing strong deflationary pressure and fragile domestic demand. ... more
Russia breaks ground for Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plantAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Russia on Friday launched work to build the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, the world's biggest uranium producer and vast Central Asian state where Moscow, Beijing and Europe are all vying for influence. ... more
China announces temporary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canolaBeijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 China will begin collecting a temporary customs duty on canola imports from Canada, a commerce ministry statement said Tuesday, after an investigation made a preliminary determination of dumping. ... more
Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao taken in for questioning: WSJBeijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 A senior Chinese diplomat considered a contender for future foreign minister has been detained by authorities for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. ... more |
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Death toll from northwest China floods rises to 13Beijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 The death toll from flash floods and mudslides in northwest China has risen to 13, state media said on Saturday, after the bodies of three people were found. ... more |
Chinese tech financier released after probe: former colleagueBeijing (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 Chinese tech financier Bao Fan has been released by Chinese authorities after vanishing from public view over two years ago while "cooperating" with an investigation, a former colleague told AFP Saturday. ... more
Xi tells Putin China glad to see improved US-Russia relationsBeijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Friday that China was pleased to see Moscow and Washington improving their relations, state media said. ... more
10 dead, 33 missing in northwest China floods as 'Never seen before' rains lash southern JapanBeijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Ten people are dead and 33 missing after flash floods and mudslides in northwest China's Gansu province, state media reported Friday, the latest in a series of lethal weather events to hit the country. ... more
Philippines says 3 Chinese ships spotted near islets close to TaiwanManila (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Three Chinese coast guard vessels were being monitored in the waters off remote islands in the northern Philippines near Taiwan, maritime officials in Manila said on Friday. ... more |
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