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  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 06, 2019 This follows the Russian Foreign Ministry underscoring in April that Moscow is ready and willing to hold a full-fledged dialogue with any country in order to prevent militarisation of outer space. Air Force General John Raymond, who has been nominated to lead the US Space Command, has claimed that the armed forces of Russia and China are rapidly developing their space capabilities, while the US military's operational advantages in this sector are shrinking. "We no longer have the luxury of o ... read more |
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China's Xi in Russia to boost cooperation amid US tensionsMoscow (AFP) June 5, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin praised their countries' ties during a meeting in the Kremlin on Wednesday, as Beijing and Moscow seek to shore up cooperation amid tensions with the US. ... more  
Senators seek to block Trump's arms sales to SaudisWashington (AFP) June 6, 2019 US senators across the political spectrum on Wednesday moved to block President Donald Trump's plan to sell $8.1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies as lawmakers' frustration with the kingdom soars. ... 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  
Chinese warships cause surprise in Sydney HarbourSydney (AFP) June 3, 2019 Australians enjoying a sunny winter morning were surprised by the sight of three Chinese warships steaming into to Sydney Harbour Monday, forcing the prime minister to reassure jittery residents. ... more |
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US D-Day veterans find 'second family' in modern NormandySainte-Mere-Eglise, France (AFP) June 5, 2019 Three quarters of a century ago, they came to Normandy's beaches as young men, many still in their teens, braving German fire to free France from Nazi occupation and help win the war in Europe. ... more 
Syria regime bombardment kills 10 during Eid: monitorKafr Aweid, Syria (AFP) June 5, 2019 Air strikes and shelling by regime forces killed 10 civilians in Syria's northwest on Wednesday, as residents marked the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, a war monitor said. ... more  
Uighur leader urges pressure on China as he receives US awardWashington (AFP) June 5, 2019 An exiled Uighur leader called for more concerted international pressure on China to end its mass detention of the ethnic group as he received a US award. ... 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  
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 |
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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  |
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Oshkosh, Broshuis land $13.3M Army contract for new semitrailersWashington (UPI) May 30, 2019 Oshkosh Defense said Thursday that the U.S. Army has awarded it and a partner a $13.3 million contract to produce a semitrailer for heavy equipment transporter. ... more 
Trump blames drug use for transgender army banLondon (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". ... more  
YouTube to ban 'hateful,' 'supremacist' videosWashington (AFP) June 5, 2019 YouTube announced Wednesday it would ban videos promoting or glorifying racism and discrimination as well as those denying well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. ... more 
Lockheed awarded $9.3M for post shakedown work on USS BillingsWashington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 Lockheed Martin was awarded a $9.3 million contract to provide post shakedown availability on the U.S. Navy's future USS Billings, a littoral combat ship undergoing sea trials. ... more 
HII cuts first steel for Columbia-class submarine programWashington (UPI) May 24, 2019 Huntington Ingalls Industries cut the first steel plate of the Columbia ballistic missile submarine at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, marking the start of advance construction for the new class of subs. ... 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) May 31, 2019 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. received a $36.4 million contract modification for unmanned drone services in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced.
The contract, announced Thursday, provides for nine months of Group 5 unmanned air system intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services.
The air system, the MQ-9 Reaper, is part of Group 5, which indicates ... 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) June 6, 2019 
US senators across the political spectrum on Wednesday moved to block President Donald Trump's plan to sell $8.1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies as lawmakers' frustration with the kingdom soars.
The Trump administration last month said it would use emergency powers to defy Congress and provide munitions, aircraft maintenance and other military components to Saudi Arabia ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) June 5, 2019 
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin praised their countries' ties during a meeting in the Kremlin on Wednesday, as Beijing and Moscow seek to shore up cooperation amid tensions with the US.
Putin said the visit was a "key event" in relations between the two neighbours.
"Our relationship will be better and better," said Xi, who was received with full honours when he ... 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) 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 Subcomm ... 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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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 4, 2019  Crowds began arriving for a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening marking 30 years since China's bloody Tiananmen crackdown, a gathering tinged with symbolism as the city struggles to preserve its own cherished freedoms.
The eye-catching spectacle - in which tens of thousands of Hong Kongers clutch candles, sing songs and listen to emotional speeches - is the only place in Chin ... 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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