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  Washington (UPI) Jun 4, 2019 Legislation by a Democratic-lead U.S. House committee would block funding for the deployment of a new low-yield nuclear warhead, which has been proposed by the Trump administration amid warnings Russia has restarted its own nuclear tests of that type. On Monday, Democrats on the Armed Services Committee released their version of the annual defense policy bill. The Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, which is run by Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., will meet Tuesday afternoon for "markup" ... read more |
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Trump approved Saudi nuclear transfers after Khashoggi killing: senatorWashington (AFP) June 5, 2019 President Donald Trump's administration approved the transfer of nuclear technical expertise to Saudi Arabia twice after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Democratic senator said Tuesday. ... more  
Ukraine's new leader asks Europe to pressure Russia to end warBrussels (AFP) June 4, 2019 Ukraine's new President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to press Europe to step up pressure on Russia to end the war in his country's east, as he arrived in Brussels on Tuesday for his first foreign trip as leader. ... more  
US says to take action to ensure rare earths supplyWashington (AFP) June 5, 2019 The United States says it will take "unprecedented actions" to ensure the supply of strategic elements and rare earths, as China mulls possible export controls for materials that are critical to modern technology. ... more 
Xi Jinping in Russia to usher 'new era' of friendshipBeijing (AFP) June 5, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping headed for Russia Wednesday to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefitted from Moscow's isolation from the West. ... more |
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U.S. Navy's 2nd Fleet reaches initial operational capabilityWashington (UPI) May 30, 2019 The U.S. Navy's 2nd Fleet has reached initial operational capability a year after it was re-established, the branch announced late Wednesday. ... more  
State Department OKs $1.7B sale of eight F-16 Vipers to BulgariaWashington (UPI) Jun 4, 2019 The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $1.7 billion sale to Bulgaria of eight F-16 Viper fighter jets and related equipment. ... more 
Japan ends search for crashed F35 fighter jetTokyo (AFP) June 4, 2019 Japan called off its search for an F-35A on Tuesday, almost two months after the stealth jet crashed into the sea sparking a scramble to recover the pilot and secrets onboard. ... more 
Japan receives first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft from Northrop GrummanWashington (UPI) May 31, 2019 Northrop Grumman completed delivery of its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to Japan's military, the company announced on Friday. ... more  
Taliban detain Afghan peace marchers, supporters sayKandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) June 4, 2019 Afghan peace protesters marching through Taliban territory have been detained by the insurgents, two supporters of the movement told AFP on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Wrecked mosques, police watch: A tense Ramadan in Xinjiang  
Hyperspectral camera captures wealth of data in an instantHouston TX (SPX) May 23, 2019 Standard snapshots from space don't quite show Earth in all its glory. There's so much more to see. To reveal details impossible to observe with the naked eye, Rice University engineers are bu ... more  |
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Global airline body warns of US-China trade war spilloverSeoul (AFP) June 2, 2019 The intensifying US-China trade war and rising fuel prices will continue to bog down airline profits this year, the International Air Transport Association said Sunday. ... more  
Turkey's Erdogan says no backtracking on S400 deal with RussiaIstanbul (AFP) June 4, 2019 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey would not withdraw from a deal made with Russia to buy an S400 missile defence system despite pressure from the United States. ... more 
Iran president rules out talks until US acts 'normal'Tehran (AFP) June 3, 2019 Iran's president on Monday ruled out negotiations with Washington until it acts "normal", after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US is ready to talk to Tehran without preconditions. ... more  
Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assetsBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strengt ... more  
RUAG Space produces thermal insulation for launchersZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Europe's leading space supplier, RUAG Space, kicked off a new product line. RUAG Space has started providing thermal insulation for launch vehicles. "We have more than 25 years of experience in high ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 30, 2019 
A top Pentagon official said on Thursday the consequences would be "devastating" for Turkey's joint F-35 fighter program and its cooperation with NATO if the country bought a Russian missile defense system.
Kathryn Wheelbarger, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, said that Ankara's planned purchase of the S-400 system would damage Turkey's ability to wo ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) June 4, 2019
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey would not withdraw from a deal made with Russia to buy an S400 missile defence system despite pressure from the United States.
"We have made an agreement (with Russia). We are determined. There is nothing like backtracking from that," Erdogan was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu news agency.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 
Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract for 34 ScanEagle reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles for four governments in Asia.
The Boeing subsidiary will provide 12 aircraft for Malaysia, 8 for Indonesia, 8 for the Philippines and six for Vietnam, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday.
The order also provides for spare payloads, spare and repair parts, support equipmen ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Harris Corporation (will build and demonstrate a prototype ground antenna system under a U.S. Air Force Defense Innovation Unit program designed to improve communications with the agency's growing number of satellites.
The prototype will feature multi-band, multi-mission, digital beam-forming phased array antennas to improve the Air Force's ground system capability. The phased array antenn ... more |
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 London (AFP) June 5, 2019 
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he decided to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military because they take a "massive amounts of drugs".
Trump told Britain's ITV television in a wide-ranging interview that the military had strict rules regulating the use of prescription drugs.
"They take massive amounts of drugs, they have to, and you are not allowed to take drugs, y ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 25, 2019  President Donald Trump's administration on Friday bypassed Congress to sell $8.1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies, citing a threat from Iran, infuriating lawmakers who fear the weapons could kill civilians in Yemen.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the administration would circumvent the required review by Congress to approve 22 arms transfers to Saudi Arabia, the Uni ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 5, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping headed for Russia Wednesday to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefitted from Moscow's isolation from the West.
Due to arrive in the early afternoon, Xi will be received with full honours.
He will have talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin before attending a formal reception and in the evening he will attend a n ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, home to the Iraqi parliament and US embassy, will be opened to traffic around the clock from Tuesday, the government said.
"From the first day of Eid al-Fitr" marking the end of the Muslim month of fasting for Ramadan, "the Green Zone will be completely open", Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi's office said in a statement.
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 Washington (UPI) May 31, 2019 
China will double its stockpile of nuclear weapons in the next decade, the chief of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said.
Speaking to the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley added that assessments indicate Russia violated a 1996 treaty banning nuclear detonation tests that could cause a self-sustaining chain reaction.
"Over the next decade, China is ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2019  Chinese authorities will investigate US delivery company FedEx over harming the interests of its clients, state media reported Saturday.
FedEx earlier this week apologised for misrouting some Huawei parcels after the Chinese telecom giant said it was reviewing its ties with the package service over the incident.
"Related Chinese government departments announced on June 1 that because US ... more |
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 Venice (AFP) June 2, 2019 
A massive cruise ship lost control in Venice Sunday, crashing into a wharf and sparking a fresh controversy over the damage the mammoth vessels cause to one of the world's most famous cities.
Footage posted to social media showed people on the harbour fleeing as the 13-deck MSC Opera, which suffered an engine failure, scraped along the dockside before knocking into a luxury tourist boat.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 3, 2019  The United States said Monday it had lost hope for human rights progress in China 30 years after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square as Beijing, in rare official comments on the bloodshed, insisted it had "immunized" itself against turmoil.
As China tried to impose a media blackout ahead of Tuesday's anniversary of the 1989 assault on pro-democracy protesters, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sa ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 3, 2019  A Iraqi court Monday sentenced to death two more French nationals for joining the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing the gallows and potentially opening the door for other cases.
Bilel Kabaoui, 32, and Mourad Delhomme, 41, join nine other French citizens and a Tunisian national already on death row after trials over the past week. They have 30 days to ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) May 27, 2019 
In an attempt to outflank Russian and Chinese naval tactics, the US Navy is rushing to put a laser defense system on its destroyers - first, for the purpose of improving targeting, but eventually scaling the lasers up to being weapons in themselves.
The US Navy aims to begin replacing its present anti-missile weapons systems with laser-based ones beginning in 2021 with the guided missile d ... more |
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