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The United States has agreed to sell "bunker-buster" bombs to South Korea that are capable of destroying underground facilities in North Korea, a military official said Tuesday. Washington recently approved the sale of GBU-28 bombs, which were used during the 1990-91 Gulf War to destroy underground command centres in Iraq, a defence ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity. ... read more 
Washington (AFP) June 3, 2009A US military probe has found US staff made significant mistakes in implementing deadly airstrikes in western Afghanistan May 4 that killed dozens of civilians, The New York Times reported Wednesday. "A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the airstrikes in western Afghanistan on May 4 that killed dozens of Afghan civili ... more
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US energy firm Constellation to buy Calpine in $27 bn deal
Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court to conspiring to sell nuclear material Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site: state media Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers January 13: local media Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream Milei vows to promote nuclear energy in Argentina Swiss govt wants to lift ban on more nuclear power plants Trump can negotiate to stop Iran from getting nuclear bomb: Blinken 
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Seoul (AFP) June 3, 2009Two US women journalists will go on trial in North Korea's highest court Thursday on charges that could send them to a labour camp, amid growing international tensions sparked by Pyongyang's nuclear test. The pair were detained by North Korean border guards on March 17 along the narrow Tumen River which marks the border with China, while researching a story about refugees fleeing the hardlin ... more  
Seoul (AFP) June 3, 2009US forces in South Korea will deploy unmanned spy planes to keep closer watch over nuclear-armed North Korea amid mounting tensions on the peninsula, the deputy head of US forces in the South has said Lieutenant General Jeffrey Remington said the US Air Force in the South would retire decades-old U-2 spy planes and replace them with Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance planes. Remington's ... more 
Moscow (AFP) June 2, 2009Russia does not rule out reaching initial agreement with the United States on nuclear arms cuts by the time President Barack Obama visits Moscow in July, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Tuesday. "A complicated process is under way," said President Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman, Natalya Timakova, referring to nuclear arms reduction talks between Russia and the United States. "I wouldn't say ... more  
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jun 2, 2009 Four months into his first -- and possibly only -- term of office, U.S. President Barack Obama is beginning to grasp the severity of the federal government's fiscal crisis. The U.S. government is spending $5 billion per day it does not have; the bond market is signaling that it will demand much higher interest rates to absorb all the debt the U.S. Treasury needs to place; the dollar is ... more |
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How hard is it to prevent recurring blackouts in Puerto Rico?Boston MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have shown that using decision-making software and dynamic monitoring of weather and energy use can significantly improve ... more 
US emissions stagnate in 2024, challenging climate goals: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world's largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set to double down on fossil fuels. ... more 
Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: studyBerlin (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 German greenhouse gas emissions fell again in 2024 but at a slower rate, due to lagging green investment by industry and households, according to a study published Tuesday. ... more 
  
A Sustainable Development Goal for Earth's OrbitLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Scientists are advocating for the United Nations to establish a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on protecting Earth's orbit and curbing the accumulation of space debris. Current ... more 
ReOrbit and Ananth Technologies Collaborate on GEO Satellite DevelopmentBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 ReOrbit, a prominent provider of software-driven satellites for secure communications, has formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ananth Technologies, a leading Indian aerospace and def ... more 
Debris falling from the sky: more often, more riskParis (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet. ... more
  
RoboForce secures $10M to launch AI-powered robotic workforceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 RoboForce, a pioneering provider of robotic labor solutions, has announced the completion of $10 million in early-stage funding. Supported by prominent investors such as Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes ... more 
Passed the Turing Test living in Turing FuturesSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2024 A recent perspective published in the Nov. 13 issue of Intelligent Computing has highlighted how modern artificial intelligence systems have fulfilled Alan Turing's vision of machines capable of lea ... more 
Are we ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robotsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enabled robots are rapidly integrating into everyday life, evolving from simple tools into entities that resemble human partners. This transformation brings criti ... more
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Seoul (AFP) June 2, 2009North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il, believed to be gearing up for another barrage of missile tests, has named his youngest son as the eventual heir to the family dynasty, reports said Tuesday. The hardline communist state has defied global condemnation of its second nuclear test last week by firing a series of short-range missiles, and analysts believe Kim may be trying to bolster his a ... more  
Seoul (AFP) June 2, 2009North Korea seems to be preparing to test-fire several medium-range missiles from its southeast coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. At least three missiles are apparently being prepared for launch from a missile base in Anbyon County, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Seoul, Yonhap said. It said that several vehicles mounted with mobile launch pads were ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 2, 2009Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Tuesday with US President Barack Obama and leading senators amid mounting tensions between Israel and Washington over the best path to Middle East peace. Obama, who has pressured Israel to freeze the settlements in the West Bank, joined White House talks between Barak and US national security advisor General James Jones, a White House spokesman said. ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jun 2, 2009 Wars are costly, messy things. They are never efficient and only very seldom elegant. Larger wars between major industrial powers, of course, destroy lots of weapons systems as well as lots of people. That is why major powers still need lots of soldiers and lots of relatively cheap, easily manufactured and easily replaced weapons systems. Carl von Clausewitz, the greatest theoret ... more |
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