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  United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday proposed that the United Nations create an "international peace zone" to replace the peninsula's divide, saying the idea would both reassure the North and inspire the world. The left-leaning leader, whose diplomacy paved the way for historic summits between President Donald Trump and North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un, laid out his rosy vision for the last Cold War frontier in an address to the UN General Assembly. He asked the international communit ... read more |
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Iran vows to 'destroy' any attackerTehran (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 Iran's armed forces chief of staff on Tuesday vowed to destroy any enemy that attacked the country, a news agency reported. ... more 
Trump vows pressure on Iran as mediation hopes dim at UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to intensify sanctions on Iran, as hopes dimmed among world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a breakthrough in reducing tensions. ... more  
US pressures China on Hong Kong, Uighurs and tradeUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 The United States ramped up pressure on China at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, rallying countries against Beijing's treatment of Uighur Muslims and warning it is watching on Hong Kong. ... more  
Improving the ductility of ceramic materials for missiles, enginesBy Chris Adam for Purdue News West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 25, 2019 Something as simple as an electric field could soon make wartime missiles or drinking mugs easier to produce and more resilient for fracture. Items such a ... more |
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Navy opens probe after three suicides on USS George H.W. BushWashington (UPI) Sep 24, 2019 Federal and local authorities are investigating four suicides on the USS George H.W. Bush, including three this week and one back in July. ... more 
U.S. Navy ship completes three-day mine countermeasures testWashington (UPI) Sep 23, 2019 The U.S. Navy announced it completed a three-day test of a mine countermeasures system in Chesapeake Bay, Md., aboard an expeditionary sea base vessel using components from a littoral combat ship. ... more  
France receives its first KC-130J Super Hercules tankerWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2019 France received its first KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft in a ceremony at Orleans-Bricy Air Base. ... more 
Japan refers US military pilot to prosecutors over Osprey crashTokyo (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 Japanese authorities on Tuesday referred the case of a US military pilot to prosecutors over the 2016 crash of an Osprey aircraft that fuelled sentiment against a US base on Okinawa island. ... more  
7 children among 16 killed by air strikes in YemenDubai (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 Air strikes allegedly carried out by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen on Tuesday killed 16 people including seven children, an official and a doctor said. ... more |
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Navy awards contracts for work on U.S. destroyers Stethem, Decatur, StockdaleWashington (UPI) Sep 18, 2019 Three of the Navy's guided-missile destroyers are set to receive maintenance, upgrades and modernization with the award of three contracts to two companies. ... more  |
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Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in FrancePluvigner, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting - but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said. ... more  
Digital threats multiply ahead of 2020 US electionsWashington (AFP) Sept 22, 2019 It could be a manipulated video embarrassing a candidate. Or a computer voting system locked by ransomware. Or doubts about electronic voting machines with no paper backups. ... more  
20,000 apply for chance to 'vent anger' at Hong Kong leaderHong Kong (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 Hong Kong's embattled leader said Tuesday more than 20,000 people have applied to take part in a dialogue session with her and "vent their anger" at the government after three months of huge pro-democracy protests. ... more  
Colt to stop making AR-15 rifles, weapon of choice in US mass shootingsWashington (AFP) Sept 20, 2019 Legendary US gun manufacturer Colt has said it will no longer produce the AR-15, blaming market forces rather than the semi-automatic rifle's role in some of the country's worst mass shootings. ... more 
Work on 6th-Generation fighters underway in RussiaMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2019 Work on sixth-generation fighters is underway in Russia, with the possibility of pilot control expected to be optional, State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) Director General Serge ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 23, 2019 
Orbital Sciences Corp. received a $1.1 billion contract with the Missile Defense Agency for missile defense targets, the Defense Department announced.
The company, based in Chandler, Ariz., and a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, will build "threat-representative subscale targets with simple and complex re-entry vehicles," the Defense Department said on Friday.
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 By Chris Adam for Purdue News 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 25, 2019
Something as simple as an electric field could soon make wartime missiles or drinking mugs easier to produce and more resilient for fracture.
Items such as drinking mugs, missile heads, thermal barrier coatings on engine blades, auto parts, electronic and optic components are commonly made with ceramics.
The ceramics are mechanically strong, but ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 
Drone deliveries are coming soon, at least for one Virginia community, as part of a pilot project announced Thursday by Wing, the unit spun out of a "moonshot" lab at Google parent Alphabet.
The drone service to launch in October in Christiansburg, Virginia, will be the most advanced real-world test of the technology to quickly fly items ranging from Gummy Bears to painkillers to customers, ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2019 
The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to eight companies for worldwide work on its C4ISR platforms that is potentially worth up to $968.1 million.
The contract, announced on Thursday by the Department of Defense, covers installation of all shore-based command, control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms worldwide.
The deal also includes m ... more |
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 Aberdeen MD (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
Anticipating the technology and weapon systems of our future Army might not be entirely daunting, new Army research finds.
Trends in the progression of weapon systems from the early crossbowman to a musket to a military tank might help predict our future systems, according to a new study to be published in the Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, "Towards Universal Laws of Technolog ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Sept 21, 2019 
Airbus has sharply criticised Madrid for choosing defence systems specialist Indra to coordinate Spain's participation in a Franco-German project to develop a new-generation fighter jet, in which the aviation giant is deeply involved.
The decision, which was taken by the defence ministry in late August, saw Indra chosen to coordinate Spain's work on a stealth fighter whose development is be ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 
The United States ramped up pressure on China at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, rallying countries against Beijing's treatment of Uighur Muslims and warning it is watching on Hong Kong.
President Donald Trump fired several shots across the bow of the fellow Security Council member, moving beyond his typical attacks against China on international trade.
"The world fully expects that th ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 23, 2019 
Two rockets landed near the US embassy in Baghdad overnight, security sources told AFP early Tuesday, with foreign diplomats there reporting emergency sirens repeatedly going off.
The latest attack within the walled-off Green Zone, which hosts foreign embassies and Iraqi government buildings, comes amid heightened tensions between Baghdad's two main allies, Tehran and Washington.
A fore ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 
Iran's armed forces chief of staff on Tuesday vowed to destroy any enemy that attacked the country, a news agency reported.
"The result of any aggression will be destruction" and "captivity", the Fars news agency reported Mohammad Bagheri as telling parliament.
Iran has "no animosity towards the countries of the region", Bagheri said, according to the agency close to the country's ultra- ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 
The UN postal agency warned Tuesday of "total disruption" and rising consumer costs if the US delivers on threats to quit the body over complaints about rules Washington claims unfairly benefit China.
President Donald Trump's administration announced last October that it planned to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in a year unless it underwent dramatic reform.
The stando ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2019 
Why do big cities generate disproportionately large amounts of crime? A new mathematical model helped scientists show that it is easier for criminals to partner-up in major metropolitan areas.
Big cities not only house larger concentrations of potential victims, they also breed larger numbers of criminals. That means would-be perpetrators have an easier time finding accomplices.
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 
As the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China approaches, the country is looking very different from when the Communist Party seized power.
Here are some of the key ways in which the country - and citizens - have changed since the PRC was founded on October 1, 1949:
City Living
Some 70 years ago, the vast majority of Chinese people were rural, with just ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 
Murders of environmental activists and land defenders in the Philippines have risen sharply under President Rodrigo Duterte, an international rights watchdog said Tuesday, alleging his speeches and policies have "emboldened" the killers.
Campaigners who challenge powerful logging, mining and fruit growing interests have long faced deadly violence in the Philippines, but the recent increase m ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship.
While performance specifications or timetables have not yet been developed by the government Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, the announcement last week is the first time the German military has entered the arena of laser weapon development.
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