
China Unicom says no ‘justifiable grounds’ for US ban
Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - China Unicom said Friday there were no justifiable grounds for a US order that banned the company from operating in the country on national security concerns.
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - China Unicom said Friday there were no justifiable grounds for a US order that banned the company from operating in the country on national security concerns.
Jan 28, 2022

Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 - Radio frequency (RF) and microwave signals invisibly permeate the environment around us, carrying everything from radar signatures to the data from our mobile phones. Within RF systems, electronic o
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Tallinn (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - Europe and the US should be very careful not to make concessions to Russia, Estonia's prime minister told AFP on Friday, insisting that Moscow alone can de-escalate the situation.
Jan 28, 2022

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - Hong Kong's economy grew by 6.4 percent in 2021 but the city warned that anti-Covid measures in response to the latest outbreak may stifle further recovery, a government spokesperson said on Friday.
Jan 28, 2022

Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - A funding crisis battering China's big property developers could start to shake the wider economy and global markets, the IMF warned on Friday, saying deeper reforms were needed to fully curb the threat.
Jan 28, 2022

Vienna (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - The latest round of talks to salvage the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna have been put on pause, the European Union coordinator Enrique Mora said Friday, calling for political decisions to break the deadlock.
Jan 28, 2022

Brussels (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - Russia could conduct a wide range of aggressive acts against Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, but he emphasised the window was still open to a peaceful and negotiated resolution.
Jan 28, 2022

Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - Top Pentagon officials on Friday backed a renewed push for diplomacy to avert conflict in Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western leaders to avoid stirring panic over the Russian troop buildup on his country's borders.
Jan 28, 2022

Seoul (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - North Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, while highlighting Kim Jong Un's inspection of an important munitions factory.
Jan 28, 2022

Helsinki (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has reignited debate in Finland and Sweden over whether they should join NATO to fend off any possible eastern aggression.
Jan 28, 2022

Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - The Pentagon said Friday that the destruction and human cost of a full-scale incursion by Russian forces into Ukraine would be horrific, but that there was still time for diplomacy to avoid a war.
Jan 28, 2022

Baghdad (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - Six rockets were fired Friday at the Iraqi capital's airport, causing damage but no casualties, authorities said, the latest in a string of attacks the US blames on Iran-linked militias.
Jan 28, 2022

Geneva (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 - Escalating tensions over Ukraine are increasing the risk that nuclear weapons could be used, putting the world in dire jeopardy, the head of the Nobel prize-winning group ICAN told AFP.
Jan 28, 2022

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 - Equity markets tanked Thursday following a late sell-off on Wall Street in reaction to a surprisingly hawkish turn by Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, who signalled the bank would begin lifting interest rates in March.
Jan 27, 2022

Seoul (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 - North Korea fired an unidentified projectile early Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth apparent weapons test this year as the nuclear-armed country flexes its military muscles and ignores Washington's offers of talks.
Jan 27, 2022

Seoul (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 - North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth weapons test this month in one of the most intense spates of launches on record that has delivered an emphatic rejection of Washington's offers for talks on its nuclear programme.
Jan 27, 2022