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  Moscow, Russia (AFP) April 11, 2018 The Kremlin said on Wednesday it would not take part in "Twitter diplomacy", after US President Donald Trump tweeted that "missiles will be coming" to Syria. "We do not take part in Twitter-diplomacy. We support serious approaches. As ever, we believe it is important not to take steps that could damage an already fragile situation," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments reported by news agencies. Trump tweeted that strikes could be expected in retaliation for an alleged chemical ... read more |
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US displays military muscle as carrier sails in South China SeaAboard Uss Theodore Roosevelt (AFP) April 11, 2018 More than two dozen F/A-18 Hornets roared off the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in an ear-splitting display of US military might as the aircraft carrier sailed through the South China Sea. ... more 
Mnuchin defends US call to slash support for development banksWashington, United States (AFP) April 11, 2018 US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday defended budget proposals that would sharply cut or eliminate American support for multilateral aid agencies and programs. ... more  
Russia vows to target source of any Syria missile strikeBeirut, Lebanon (AFP) April 11, 2018 Russia has threatened retaliatory action against the United States if missiles are fired at Syria over chemical attack allegations it claims are fabricated. ... more  
RAND identifies new strategies for countering Russian social mediaSan Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 A new RAND Corporation report finds that Russia is waging a social media campaign in the Baltics, Ukraine and nearby states to sow dissent against neighboring governments, as well as NATO and the Eu ... more |
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Orbital ATK receives $115M to produce Army ammunitionWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 Orbital ATK announced Wednesday it was awarded a $115 million contract by the U.S. Army to produce small-caliber ammunition. ... more  
Boeing to restart production of Standoff Land Attack MissilesWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for standoff land attack missiles to support Saudi Arabia. ... more  
Fierce clashes as French police try to clear anti-capitalist campNotre-Dame-Des-Landes, France (AFP) April 11, 2018 Activists reinforced by dozens of their supporters clashed with police for a third day in western France on Wednesday to oppose their eviction from an anti-capitalist camp set up 10 years ago to protest a new airport. ... more 
Boeing to advance design process for new Air Force OneWashington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 Boeing was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to advance design services on VC-25B, the next version of Air Force One. ... more  
Yemen rebel missiles, drones shot down over SaudiRiyadh (AFP) April 11, 2018 Saudi Arabia said its air defences on Wednesday intercepted ballistic missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen at Riyadh and the south of the kingdom where two drones were also shot down. ... more |
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Chinese official, art troupe to attend North Korea festivalBeijing (AFP) April 11, 2018 China will send a Communist Party official with an art troupe to North Korea for a festival celebrating the country's founder, state media said Wednesday, as the neighbours seek to heal battered relations. ... more  |
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CBAS Space Vehicle Completes Launch Base TestingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 The Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM, or CBAS, Satellite completed launch base testing March 15 in preparation for the payload's scheduled launch aboard the AFSPC-11 mission. The U.S. Ai ... more 
257 dead as military plane crashes in Algeria's worst air disasterBoufarik, Algeria (AFP) April 11, 2018 Algeria suffered its deadliest ever air catastrophe Wednesday when a military plane crashed after takeoff, killing 257 people on board, mostly army personnel and their family members. ... more  
New Zealand to probe deadly SAS raid in AfghanistanWellington (AFP) April 11, 2018 New Zealand ordered a top-level inquiry Wednesday into allegations its special forces killed six civilians, including a three-year-old child, during a botched 2010 raid on an Afghan village. ... more 
China, Vanuatu deny military base planBeijing (AFP) April 10, 2018 Vanuatu and China both insisted Tuesday there were no plans for Beijing to open a military base in the Pacific nation after a report suggesting the Asian giant was pushing the proposal sparked concern in Australia and New Zealand. ... more 
Israel will not accept Iranian entrenchment in Syria: defence ministerJerusalem (AFP) April 10, 2018 Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday his country would not accept Iranian entrenchment in Syria after missile strikes on a Syrian regime air base blamed on Israel. ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) April 8, 2018 
On January 5, as Tokyo's commuters were struggling back to work after their long New Year break, blaring sirens from every phone pierced the sleepy atmosphere: "strong" earthquake coming.
The message delivered via the country's alert system, part of its much-hyped J-Alert mechanism, warned of a big one directly hitting the Japanese capital - potentially on the scale of the devastating 2011 ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 
Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for standoff land attack missiles to support Saudi Arabia.
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $64 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.
The agreement enables Boeing to "restart" the AGM-84 Standoff Land Attack Missile production line and expand the production ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2018 
SRC Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for services in support of counter unmanned aerial systems.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $57.5 million under the terms of a undefinitized contract action.
The agreement enables SRC Inc., out of North Syracuse, N.Y., for counter unmanned aerial systems.
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said it has not given up on the recently launched GSAT-6A that went missing ahead of the third and final course correction firing on April 1.
The communication satellite was launched on March 29 this year from the spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
"The scientists completed the second orbit raising operation of GSAT-6A on Saturd ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 11, 2018 
Orbital ATK announced Wednesday it was awarded a $115 million contract by the U.S. Army to produce small-caliber ammunition.
The 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 caliber ammunition will be manufactured at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., which is owned by the U.S. government and operated by Orbital ATK.
"This latest order continues a long history of supplying only ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The United States on Thursday approved a contract to sell Saudi Arabia 180 self-propelled artillery systems for $1.31 billion, in the latest stage of perhaps the world's biggest arms deal.
When US President Donald Trump visited Riyadh last year he boasted that the desert kingdom would spend $110 billion on US equipment and the howitzer contract is one more step towards that goal.
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 Moscow, Russia (AFP) April 11, 2018  The Kremlin said on Wednesday it would not take part in "Twitter diplomacy", after US President Donald Trump tweeted that "missiles will be coming" to Syria.
"We do not take part in Twitter-diplomacy. We support serious approaches. As ever, we believe it is important not to take steps that could damage an already fragile situation," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments repo ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 8, 2018 
After the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 there were hopes its millennium-old capital Baghdad could rise again from the ashes, but construction sites have remained idle as if time stood still.
For 15 years promises of rebuilding infrastructure in the second most populous Arab capital have fallen through and a multitude of projects have been shelved.
Baghdad's skyline is dotted with the d ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (AFP) April 12, 2018 
South Korea's national security adviser has flown to Washington to meet his newly appointed US counterpart John Bolton, an official said Thursday in Seoul, where concerns are growing over the American's hardline stance on the nuclear-armed North.
Chung Eui-yong, who personally delivered Kim's summit offer to Trump last month, returned to the US capital unannounced Wednesday as the two allies ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 12, 2018  China denied President Xi Jinping's pledge this week to further open the country's economy was related to its trade spat with the United States, insisting on Thursday there were currently no negotiations between the two sides.
Xi on Tuesday vowed ease tariffs and open the economy up more in what was seen as a conciliatory gesture to temper fears of a US trade war after Donald Trump last week ... more |
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 Yangon (AFP) April 10, 2018 
Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to jail with hard labour for their part in the extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men last year, according to a Facebook post by the army chief late on Tuesday.
The bloody incident in Inn Din village on 2 September is the only atrocity to which the military has admitted during its violent crackdown in northern Rakhine state, which has forc ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2018 
The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious plans to send humans to the moon.
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of exploring outer space.
But China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United ... more |
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 Tianjin, China (AFP) April 12, 2018 
A former top Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a leadership post pleaded guilty at his bribery trial on Thursday, the latest target of President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.
Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was accused by the prosecutor of taking advantage of his position to seek profi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A 43-year-old man has been arrested after around a dozen packages containing potentially explosive material were posted to military and intelligence facilities around the US capital, the FBI said Tuesday.
Thanh Cong Phan, who lives near the northwestern city of Seattle, was taken into custody after the FBI "determined that the packages contained potential destructive devices and appeared to ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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