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  Yeoncheon, South Korea (AFP) June 8, 2018 The way to rice farmer Choi Ki-joong's paddy fields goes through a military checkpoint where soldiers stand guard against nuclear-armed North Korea only a few kilometres away, a legacy of the war that stopped in 1953. Declaring a formal end to the Korean War, when hostilities ceased with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, will be on the agenda when US President Donald Trump and the North's leader Kim Jong Un meet next week in Singapore for their unprecedented summit. Although residents liv ... read more |
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Xi, Putin meet as US tensions brings them closerBeijing (AFP) June 8, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state visit on Friday as the neighbouring giants forge closer ties in the face of US diplomatic and economic challenges. ... more 
Trump's brash diplomacy faces summit testsQuebec City (AFP) June 8, 2018 President Donald Trump embarks Friday on four days of summitry that could tip the world toward trade war or nuclear peace, and perhaps show whether he is in fact a dealmaker extraordinaire or one-man wrecking ball. ... more  
Suspected Russian strikes kill 38 civilians in northwest SyriaBeirut (AFP) June 8, 2018 Air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russian jets on a rebel-held residential area in northwestern Syrian have killed 38 civilians, a Britain-based monitor said Friday. ... more 
Trump dangles White House invite for KimWashington (AFP) June 7, 2018 US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday he is "very well-prepared" for a historic and potentially fraught summit with Kim Jong Un in five days, while hinting at the signing of a peace treaty and even a future White House visit by the North Korean dictator. ... more |
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Trump appeals court ruling he can't block Twitter criticsNew York (AFP) June 5, 2018 The US Department of Justice on Wednesday said it will appeal a federal judge's ruling last month that President Donald Trump cannot legally block Twitter users who disagree with him. ... more 
Sweden marks national day with major military exerciseStockholm (AFP) June 6, 2018 Marking national day on Wednesday, Sweden called up 22,000 reservists for an exercise of a scale not seen in 40 years as tensions simmer between the West and Russia. ... more 
Top US, Russian military brass to meet in HelsinkiHelsinki (AFP) June 7, 2018 Top US and Russian military officials will meet in Helsinki on Friday as part of recurring talks to prevent conflicts such as Syria and Ukraine from escalating, Finnish and US officials said. ... more 
India's Modi to meet China's Xi for second talks in weeksNew Delhi (AFP) June 7, 2018 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday just weeks after the pair agreed to open a new chapter in their relationship following a tense border standoff. ... more  
Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space CooperationVienna (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2018 Experts commented on the new Chinese space exploration initiative announced by Shi Zhongjun, Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna. "China is a pioneer in inter ... more |
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Google rules out using artificial intelligence for weaponsSan Francisco (AFP) June 7, 2018 Google announced Thursday it would not use artificial intelligence for weapons or to "cause or directly facilitate injury to people," as it unveiled a set of principles for the technologies. ... more  |
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Qantas defends listing Taiwan as part of ChinaSydney (AFP) June 5, 2018 Qantas chief Alan Joyce on Tuesday defended the carrier's move to list Taiwan as part of China on its websites after Australia's foreign minister said private firms must be able to conduct business "free from political pressure". ... more
Taiwan military drill repels 'invasion' as China tensions riseTaipei (AFP) June 7, 2018 Fighter jets, helicopters and thousands of troops in Taiwan fought back a simulated Chinese invasion Thursday as the self-ruled island faces increasing military and diplomatic pressure from Beijing. ... more  
Navy to start annual exercise Malabar in GuamWashington (UPI) Jun 7, 2018 The U.S. Navy is hosting forces from India and Japan for the annual exercise Malabar, June 7 through 16 off the coast of Guam. Naval ships, aircraft and personnel convened Thursday in the Philippine Sea. ... more  
Britain's first four F-35Bs arrive ahead of scheduleWashington (UPI) Jun 7, 2018 Britain's first four F-35B Lightning aircraft, the country's next-generation fighter jets, landed there Wednesday - two months ahead of schedule. ... more  
Algerian ex-defence chief can face war crime charges: Swiss courtGeneva (AFP) June 6, 2018 A Swiss court on Wednesday cleared the way for former Algerian defence minister Khaled Nezzar to face war crimes charges, the latest twist in a winding legal saga. ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) June 5, 2018  Saudi air defences on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile that targeted the western city of Yanbu after being fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition said.
The missile fired at the coastal city did not cause any casualties, coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said in a statement released by the official Saudi Press Agency.
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 Paris (AFP) June 2, 2018 
Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia's top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported.
Citing information it had obtained, Le Monde said Friday that Riyadh had written to French President Emmanuel Macron asking him to intervene to prevent the deal going ahead and to help preserve regional stability.
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 Marseille, France (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
Marking a world first, researchers from the Etienne Jules Marey Institute of Movement Sciences (CNRS / Aix-Marseille Universite) have drawn inspiration from birds to design an aerial robot capable of altering its profile during flight. To reduce its wingspan and navigate through tight spaces, it can reorient its arms, which are equipped with propellers that let it fly like a helicopter.
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 Quantico VA (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
Marine Corps Systems Command is improving the way Marines communicate with a reliable and convenient on-the-move system.
The Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, is a narrowband satellite communication system that uses commercial cell phone technology to increase access to voice and data communication while on the battlefield. The Marine Corps will be the first service to widely deploy t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2018  The U.S. Army awarded a $44.1 million contract modification to AM General LLC to produce 300 expanded-capacity high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles, commonly known as Humvees.
The South Bend, Ind., manufacturer can also deliver optional equipment under the terms of the contract modification, the Defense Department said Thursday. The department expects AM General to finish work by Februar ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 30, 2018 
Mack Defense has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense for heavy-load dump trucks.
The contract, from U.S. Army Contracting Command and announced on Tuesday, is valued at more than $296.4 million under the terms of a 7-year firm-fixed-price contract that enables Mack Defense to provide 683 M917A3 armored heavy-load dump trucks, according to the Pentagon.
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 Brussels (AFP) June 7, 2018  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday hailed German plans to increase defence spending by 80 percent by 2024 as "a step in the right direction" amid US demands for Europe to pay its way.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly lashed European allies for failing to meet a commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defence by 2024, with economic powerhouse Germany coming in for particular cr ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 04, 2018 
Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand - and much faster than recently possible. In the journal Nature Communications, Carlos Castro and Ratnasingham Sooryakumar and their colleagues from The Ohio State University report that the control system reduced the response time of prototype nano-robot components from several minutes to less than a ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 6, 2018  Iraq's parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw the polls that resulted in a surprise victory for a populist Shiite cleric.
After several failed attempts because of a lack of quorum, outgoing MPs met to order a recount at all polling stations, covering almost 11 million votes, in response to charges of electoral ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) June 5, 2018  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Iranian plan to increase its nuclear enrichment capacity was aimed at producing nuclear weapons to be used against Israel.
"Two days ago, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, stated his intention to destroy the State of Israel," Netanyahu said in a video posted on social media.
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 Washington (AFP) June 7, 2018 
Washington and Beijing have reached a deal to ease sanctions that brought Chinese smartphone maker ZTE to the brink of collapse, the US Commerce Department announced Thursday.
The deal could be a harbinger of progress in separate and fraught trade talks between the world's two largest economies although Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday reiterated a denial that there was any connect ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) June 1, 2018 
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hailed Friday the peace accord reached in his country, but warned it would take at least 15 years to build a truly peaceful society.
Speaking before the UN Labour Organization's annual assembly, Santos stressed that "peace is much more than just silencing the weapons."
"Building peace is like building a cathedral; it is a long and complex process th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 7, 2018 
Chinese authorities have called on the public to help track down fugitives abroad by publishing the names, photos and even addresses of 50 high-profile suspects beyond its grasp.
A massive anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi Jinping includes a push to repatriate allegedly corrupt officials who have fled abroad - an effort known as "Sky Net".
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 Paris (AFP) June 8, 2018 
An Iraqi refugee in France thought to be a former senior member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Paris and indicted on suspicion of "war crimes" over his alleged involvement in a massacre in his country.
The 33-year-old man, referred to as Ahmed H, is accused of having participated in the June 2014 capture and execution of an estimated 1,700 young, mainly Shiite army recruits ... 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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