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  Washington (UPI) May 29, 2018 From increasing sanctions pressure to energy leverage, the Kremlin has the impression Washington is up to political games in the region, an aide said. Speaking at the start of the year, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said he was expecting more U.S. troops in a country on the edge of the Russian sphere of influence. "I guarantee that this presence could be a success not only for Poland, but also for Central and Eastern Europe," he said. U.S. interests in Poland extend b ... read more |
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US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: MattisAboard A Us Military Aircraft (AFP) May 29, 2018 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established a significant military presence on contested islands. ... more 
Poland proposes to help fund US troops in country: ministryWarsaw (AFP) May 29, 2018 Poland has a proposal to welcome a permanent deployment of US troops to the country, including helping to defray the costs, the defence ministry confirmed Tuesday, amid fears over recent aggression by neighbouring Russia. ... more 
Russia comes under fire at UN over MH17 downingUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 29, 2018 Russia on Tuesday rejected calls at the United Nations to accept responsibility for the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine after an investigation found that a Russian army missile was used in the attack. ... more  
Russia to Create Rocket Production Holding on Basis of RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) May 25, 2018 Russia may create a new rocket production holding on the basis of the Roscosmos state corporation, space industry sources have told Sputnik. "There are plans to create a holding on the basis o ... more |
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Phase Four Signs Contract with NASA to Vet its Propulsion System for Upcoming Small Satellite MissionsEl Segundo CA (SPX) May 25, 2018 Phase Four, a provider of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, has announced that NASA has purchased one of Phase Four's second-generation RF thrusters to vet its capabil ... more  
NanoRacks Launches 15 CubeSats, New Commercial Customers, on Latest Space Station Cargo Resupply LaunchWallops Island, VA (SPX) May 30, 2018 Early this week Cygnus, the spacecraft from the ninth contracted resupply mission for Orbital ATK, berthed with the International Space Station carrying another satellite-filled NanoRacks mission. N ... more  
Dialing up the body's defenses against public health threatsWashington DC (SPX) May 30, 2018 Protection against many common pathogens and environmental stressors is written into our DNA. Our skin responds to sun exposure. Our immune system mounts defenses when we get the flu. Our bodies inh ... more  
Israel begins work on sea barrier to prevent Gaza infiltrationsJerusalem (AFP) May 27, 2018 Israel announced Sunday it had begun working on a barrier off the Mediterranean coast to prevent the possibility of infiltrations by sea from the Gaza Strip. ... more  
Afghan special forces kill nine civilians: officialsJalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) May 29, 2018 Afghan special forces have killed nine civilians in an apparently botched operation in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Spirit of Ramadan returns to Iraq's IS-free Mosul  
White House has deal to lift sanctions on China's ZTEWashington (AFP) May 26, 2018 US President Donald Trump said Friday he had reached a deal to keep Chinese telecoms giant ZTE running, rolling back some penalties in exchange for security guarantees - a move that infuriated Democrats and some in his own party. ... more  |
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Pakistan, India vow to stop ceasefire violations in KashmirIslamabad (AFP) May 30, 2018 Pakistan and India have promised to end ceasefire violations in disputed Kashmir, their militaries said, following the highest levels of violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in the restive region in 15 years. ... more 
Israel says struck 25 more Hamas targets after rocket, mortar fireJerusalem (AFP) May 30, 2018 Israel said Wednesday it had struck 25 more Hamas "military targets" in air raids in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket and mortar fire, part of the worst military flare-up since a 2014 war. ... more 
11 FARC dissidents killed in Colombian military operationBogota (AFP) May 28, 2018 Colombian troops killed 11 dissidents of the disbanded FARC guerrilla group, officials said Monday, as a fight looms over the future of a 2016 peace agreement in runoff presidential elections. ... more  
Trump, Abe say 'imperative' to dismantle N. Korean weaponsWashington (AFP) May 28, 2018 President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday that it is "imperative" to completely dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program, the White House said. ... more 
Diplomatic duels: what now for the Trump-Kim summit?Seoul (AFP) May 28, 2018 Events around the Korean peninsula have been moving at a dizzying pace over the last few days, with a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un that was on, then off, then apparently on again. ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) May 25, 2018 
Saudi air defences on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile over the southern city of Najran after it was fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition said.
Debris from the missile landed in residential areas of Najran without causing casualties, coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency.
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 Brussels (AFP) May 25, 2018 
The EU and NATO urged Russia on Friday to take responsiblity for the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine after international investigators concluded that a missile which destroyed the plane came from a Russian military brigade.
The 28-nation European Union and the 29-country US-led military alliance issued statements on the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines plane hours afte ... more |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) May 23, 2018 
Lockheed Martin's Stalker eXtended Endurance (XE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been upgraded with a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. This new option gives users greater mission flexibility allowing them to operate the system in more austere locations.
The new VTOL option features a reduced logistics footprint and expands how and where the Stalker XE UAS may operate. Oth ... more |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Lockheed Martin recently put its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite through its paces in realistic simulations of its future launch experience. The satellite completed the tests successfully and is now in system-level testing in preparation for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2019.
For the 39 days of Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) testing, AEHF-5 was subjected to e ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 8, 2018 
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for the HERCULES armored recovery vehicle.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $120.4 million, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award from 2017 worth more than $68.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract.
The modified contract from the U.S. Army Co ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 29, 2018 
Speculation was swirling Tuesday over the future of the French aeronautics and defence empire built by Serge Dassault, the industrialist-turned-politician who died aged 93 after heart failure at his Paris office.
With interests ranging from cutting-edge jets and industrial design software to wine and an auction house, Dassault's family company holds outsize influence, not least given its key ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 29, 2018  From increasing sanctions pressure to energy leverage, the Kremlin has the impression Washington is up to political games in the region, an aide said.
Speaking at the start of the year, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said he was expecting more U.S. troops in a country on the edge of the Russian sphere of influence.
"I guarantee that this presence could be a success no ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become effective building blocks for next-generation composite and polymer materials based on a new discovery at Rice University - and a previous one.
Scientists at known-for-nano Rice have found a way to enhance a unique class of nanotubes using a chemical process pioneered at the university. The Rice lab of chemist Angel Marti took advantage of the B ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 29, 2018 
Under the cover of night in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Rayan and Ali break the silence by drumming to announce suhur, the pre-dawn breakfast during the holy month of Ramadan.
The Islamic State (IS) group which controlled the city for three years before its ouster last July had banned drumming, along with other Ramadan traditions that make up the festive spirit of the dawn-to-dusk fasting month ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 29, 2018  A senior North Korean official was bound for New York for high-level talks with US officials on Tuesday as preparations for a historic nuclear summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un gathered pace.
General Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the central committee of the Workers' Party and right-hand man to Kim, will meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York on Wednesday or Thursday, ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 29, 2018 
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is moving to finalize trade sanctions against China even as a US delegation is set to travel to Beijing for talks to resolve the dispute.
The White House said the planned sanctions announced in March, largely focused on China's theft of American intellectual property, were still in the works and details would be announced in the coming month.
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2018 
Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies around the globe - the effects might also propagate through the global network of trade and supply chains, a study now published in Nature Climate Change shows.
It is the first to assess this effect for flooding on a global scale, using a newly d ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2018 
Beijing is open to other UN nations using the Chinese space station on an equal basis, Shi Zhongjun, China's ambassador to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna, said Monday.
"CSS belongs not only to China, but also to the world ... All [UN] countries, regardless of their size and level of development, can participate in the cooperation on an equal footing," Sh ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2018  Police in central China have come under fire on social media over their handling of a protest by teachers demanding unpaid performance bonuses, the latest in a series of reported demonstrations by educators.
The public security bureau in Lu'an, a small town in Anhui province, said it launched an investigation into allegations that officers beat some of the teachers during Sunday's demonstrat ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2018 
Investigators on Sunday were probing the background of a 20-year-old Frenchman born in Chechnya who killed one man and wounded four other people during a stabbing spree in central Paris, for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
The Saturday night attack in a lively area of theatres and restaurants near the city's historic opera house was the latest in a series of apparent Is ... 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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