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  Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of continuing to escalate its troop buildup on the border with Ukraine, and renewed its warnings against any "aggression" by Moscow. "Russia continues escalating and has not reversed its troop buildup," a US State Department spokesperson told AFP. Washington and its allies were "closely" monitoring the situation, the spokesperson said, repeating warnings that "any further aggression against Ukraine would have massive consequences and would carry a ... read more |
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Israel PM meets US national security adviser on IranJerusalem (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Wednesday with Israel's prime minister amid the Jewish state's opposition to efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, before visiting the Palestinian leader for talks. ... more  
Iran announces anti-missile system for its tanksTehran (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 Iran is to mount an anti-missile system on the turrets of T-72M tanks to protect them from attack, the Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. ... more  
L3Harris Completes Final US Missile Defense Agency Satellite Design MilestoneMelbourne FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 L3Harris Technologies has completed the final major design milestone on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program Phase IIb On-orbit Prot ... more  
China 'livestream queen' accounts disappear after record fineBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 The social media accounts of an influencer known as China's 'livestreaming queen' disappeared on Tuesday, after she was ordered to pay a record $200 million fine for tax evasion. ... more |
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Hong Kong university dismantles Tiananmen statue, sparks outcryHong Kong (AFP) Dec 23, 2021 Hong Kong's oldest university removed a statue commemorating the deadly 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square democracy protesters on Thursday, the latest step in China's campaign to silence dissent in its southern city. ... more  
Colombia's forgotten Alcatraz: the island prison of GorgonaGorgona Island, Colombia (AFP) Dec 23, 2021 At the end of October, a presidential candidate stirred up old memories when proposing to send corrupt politicians to Colombia's notorious former island prison of Gorgona. ... more  
Bosnian Serb leader speeds up withdrawal from joint institutionsSarajevo (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik announced on Wednesday an accelerated withdrawal from the divided country's central institutions after prosecutors opened an inquiry into his plan. ... more  
Japan tells US military to enforce virus rules after base clusterTokyo (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 Japan on Wednesday urged the US military to adhere to coronavirus testing and quarantine rules as a cluster linked to an American base grew to more than 200 cases. ... more 
Iran holds extensive military exercisesTehran (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 Iran fired missiles from land and sea Tuesday as part of five days of military exercises in three provinces, including near its only nuclear power plant, the Revolutionary Guards said. ... more |
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Iran, unlike West, upbeat about nuclear talks, say expertsTehran (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 Iran believes it has scored points in the Vienna talks meant to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal by managing to include sanctions relief in discussion documents for the next round, experts say. ... more 
Putin warns West of military measures over Ukraine threatsMoscow (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that Russia was prepared to take military steps in response to "unfriendly" Western actions over the Ukraine conflict, in a sharp escalation of rhetoric. ... more 
US expects January talks with Russia over Ukraine, Europe securityWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 The United States said Tuesday it expects talks with Russia over Ukraine tensions and European security more broadly to start in January, while warning Moscow some of its proposals are "unacceptable." ... more 
Belgian military in five-day battle against cyberattackBrussels (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 The Belgian military said on Tuesday it had been hit with a cyberattack five days ago and was still battling to restore affected parts of its system. ... more  
Taiwan protests after South Korea disinvites minister from conferenceTaipei (AFP) Dec 21, 2021 Taiwan said Tuesday it has lodged a protest with South Korea after a conference invitation to one of the island's ministers was rescinded over "cross-Strait issues". ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
The Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team has completed its System Requirements Review (SRR) and is proceeding with initial system design, further risk reduction testing, and critical component qualification activities.
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) approved the SRR, which was completed ahead of schedule, and is the first major technical revie ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
A unique partnership with Norway and the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command will extend satellite communications for U.S. polar forces and save taxpayers millions of dollars.
SSC's Enhanced Polar Systems-Recapitalization (EPS-R) program successfully completed the ready-to-ship review at the end of September for the first of two payloads to begin the integration process onto Space Nor ... more |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2021 
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia's first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was mounted onto Triton's unique one-piece wing. Once completed and delivered, Triton's powerful payload and endurance will provide the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the ability to detect and ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 21, 2021 
The SPAINSAT NG programme has successfully passed another important milestone, the critical design review (CDR) of the payload and the complete satellite, including the CDR elements of the Pacis 3 partnership project with the European Space Agency (ESA). The review was declared successful after verifying the good progress of the tests performed on the development models of the X-band payload. ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's complementary position, navigation, and timing (PNT) AgilePod prototype achieved three important objectives in flight tests conducted here November 1-10.
The test team - representing a broad base of Air Force, Navy, and vendor organizations - successfully executed eight sorties aboard a T-38C aircraft, which included the first test of the PNT AgilePod on ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 
The United Arab Emirates threatened Tuesday to scrap its mega-purchase of US F-35 fighter jets, protesting stringent conditions amid Washington's concerns on China, but both sides said they hoped to resolve the dispute.
President Joe Biden has pledged greater oversight over the state-of-the-art planes after the $23 billion arms package was pushed through by his predecessor Donald Trump in wh ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2021  The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of continuing to escalate its troop buildup on the border with Ukraine, and renewed its warnings against any "aggression" by Moscow.
"Russia continues escalating and has not reversed its troop buildup," a US State Department spokesperson told AFP.
Washington and its allies were "closely" monitoring the situation, the spokesperson said, repe ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 19, 2021 
Iraq has signed agreements with two Chinese companies to build 1,000 schools in the country in the space of two years, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday.
The country needs a total of 8,000 schools "to fill the gap in the education sector", a housing ministry official, Hassan Mejaham, was quoted as saying by the official Iraqi News Agency.
The deals were signed on Thursday in th ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2021  There are only "some weeks" left to revive the nuclear deal with Iran if it continues its nuclear activities at the current pace, US negotiator Rob Malley said Tuesday.
Malley, in an interview with CNN, warned of a "period of escalating crisis" if diplomacy failed to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 17, 2021 
Hong Kong's stock exchange announced Friday that it will allow the listing of an increasingly popular investment vehicle called special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) starting next month.
SPACs, which are sometimes called "blank cheque" companies, raise funds through an initial public offering to acquire an existing entity.
They have been a popular way for companies to go public in ... more |
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 General Luna, Philippines (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 
Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Rai wiped them out.
The strongest storm to hit the archipelago this year cut a swathe through Siargao, a tropical paradise known for its sandy beaches, big waves and relaxed vibe.
Packing wind speeds of 195 ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 15, 2021 
China launched a relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China early on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's major space contractor.
A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 0:09 am and then deployed the Tianlian II-02 satellite into orbit, the State-owned company said in a statement. The mission marke ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 
A prominent Harvard University chemistry professor has been convicted of lying to the US authorities about his links with a Chinese school and recruitment program.
Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard's chemistry and chemical biology department, was also convicted on Tuesday of failing to report income he received from the Wuhan University of Technology.
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 Gorgona Island, Colombia (AFP) Dec 23, 2021 
At the end of October, a presidential candidate stirred up old memories when proposing to send corrupt politicians to Colombia's notorious former island prison of Gorgona.
No one took the threat seriously but it did pique interest about a little known part of Colombia's history that could be compared to Alcatraz or Robben Island.
Right up until 1984, this 26 square kilometer island situa ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.
The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM and jointly managed by UNM's School of Engineering and UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). AFRL is recognized as the nation's ... more |
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