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  Paris (AFP) March 23, 2022 Russia's forces in Ukraine appear to be turning to a war of attrition with devastating effect on civilians, after failing to secure hoped-for swift gains when President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion one month ago. The US government says recent days have brought more intense aerial and naval bombardment as Ukrainian resistance holds up the invaders' advance on land. Attacking forces remain 15 kilometres (10 miles) from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to the north-west and 30 kilometres away to ... read more |
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'Hellscape' in Ukraine's Mariupol but Russia talks toughKyiv (AFP) March 23, 2022 Almost 100,000 people are trapped by Russian bombardment and facing starvation in the ruins of Mariupol, Ukraine's leader said, as Moscow accused Washington of undermining peace talks. ... more  
Chemical attacks in Syria's war: the Russian positionBeirut (AFP) March 23, 2022 Ahead of a series of summits in Europe on Russia's war in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden warned Wednesday of a "real threat" Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine, repeating earlier allegations from the White House. ... more 
Ukraine pleads for help as Biden heads to crunch NATO summitKyiv (AFP) March 23, 2022 Ukraine on Wednesday appealed for Western military help, ahead of an emergency NATO summit, and denounced Russian "war crimes" in besieged places including the port of Mariupol where it says mass starvation is possible. ... more 
NATO to bolster eastern flank forces as Ukraine fighting ragesBrussels (AFP) March 23, 2022 NATO leaders are set to agree new troop deployments for eastern allies and more support to Ukraine in response to Russia's war on its neighbour, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. ... more |
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Ukrainian forces 'going after' Russians: Day 27 of Russia's invasionWashington (AFP) March 22, 2022 Ukraine forces have reversed the battlefield momentum against invading Russians in some areas to reclaim ground in recent days, the Pentagon said Tuesday. ... more  
Kyiv urges West to supply offensive weapons to fight RussiaKyiv (AFP) March 23, 2022 Ukraine has repeated a call to Western leaders to supply Kyiv with advanced weapons to fight Moscow's slowly advancing troops, one month after their invasion. ... more  
Russia would only use nuclear weapons faced with 'existential threat': KremlinWashington (AFP) March 22, 2022 Russia would only use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict if it were facing an "existential threat," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN International Tuesday. ... more 
US less optimistic over reaching Iran nuclear dealWashington (AFP) March 22, 2022 US optimism that a deal to restore the 2015 agreement to limit Iran's nuclear developed has soured, with the State Department warning Tuesday it was headed toward "Plan B" if Tehran doesn't budge. ... more |
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War in Kyiv, Zelensky accuses Moscow of seeking Ukraine destructionKyiv (AFP) March 21, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday accused Moscow of seeking to "destroy" his country, as Russia defended its overnight strikes that obliterated a shopping mall in the capital Kyiv, killing eight people. ... more 
Russia ramps up air, naval activity in Ukraine war: PentagonWashington (AFP) March 21, 2022 Russia is boosting air and sea military operations as it struggles to turn the tide of war in Ukraine, where the "dexterity" of the defense mounted by Kyiv is stalling the invasion, the Pentagon said Monday. ... more 
US says has not yet seen Chinese arms shipments to RussiaWashington (AFP) March 22, 2022 The United States has not seen evidence of any recent Chinese weapons shipments to its ally Russia as Moscow wages its war in Ukraine, a top US official said Tuesday. ... more  
Russia's energy clout also comes from being a key nuclear supplierGolden CO (SPX) Mar 19, 2022 As Western nations look for ways to reduce their reliance on Russian oil and gas, another aspect of the Ukraine crisis has received less attention: Most of the 32 countries that use nuclear power re ... more |
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US, Philippines to hold their 'largest-ever' war gamesManila (AFP) March 22, 2022 The Philippines and the United States will kick off the largest-ever joint military drills in the archipelago nation next week, US officials said Tuesday, showing off their strong defence ties in the face of growing Chinese assertiveness. ... more 
Egypt's Sisi hosts UAE, Israeli leaders for historic summitCairo (AFP) March 22, 2022 Egypt hosted the Israeli and UAE leaders for unprecedented three-way talks Tuesday as the Ukraine war rocks energy and food markets and major powers inch toward a revived Iran nuclear deal. ... more  
Trisept completes space simulation tests of TSEL satellite security systemChantilly VA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration and mission management services, has announced its new TriSept Security Enhanced Layer (TSEL) satellite security solution has successful ... more 
Hughes selected to deploy Private 5G Network for DoDGermantown MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, has announced the award of an $18 million contract from the Department of ... more 
Russian Military Takes Command of Meridian-M Comms SatelliteMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2022 The Meridian series of dual-use civilian/military communications satellites began to sent to space in the mid-2000s. In 2019, the first upgraded Meridian-M satellite was deployed. The Russian ... more |
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 Bratislava (AFP) March 17, 2022 
Slovakia said Thursday it was willing to provide its Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine but only on the condition that it receive a substitute to avoid a NATO security gap.
"We've been in discussion with the United States, with Ukraine and also with other allies on the possibility to deploy or to send altogether our S-300 systems to the Ukrainians," Slovak Defence Min ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2022 
Russia's claim it used a hypersonic missile in Ukraine was a way to reclaim war momentum, but the next-generation weaponry has not proved to be a "game changer," the Pentagon's chief said Sunday.
Moscow has said it has fired two hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, and while US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would not "confirm or dispute" whether Russia used such weapons, he warned that President ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
Wireless sensors can monitor how temperature, humidity or other environmental conditions vary across large swaths of land, such as farms or forests.
These tools could provide unique insights for a variety of applications, including digital agriculture and monitoring climate change. One problem, however, is that it is currently time-consuming and expensive to physically place hundreds of se ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2022 
The Meridian series of dual-use civilian/military communications satellites began to sent to space in the mid-2000s. In 2019, the first upgraded Meridian-M satellite was deployed.
The Russian military has taken control over the Meridian-M communications satellite after its launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
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 Kyiv (AFP) March 23, 2022 
Ukraine has repeated a call to Western leaders to supply Kyiv with advanced weapons to fight Moscow's slowly advancing troops, one month after their invasion.
"Our armed forces and citizens are holding out with superhuman courage, but we cannot win a war without offensive weapons, without medium-range missiles that can be a means of deterrence," Ukrainian Presidential advisory Andriy Yermak ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) March 21, 2022 
The European Union on Monday approved a new defence strategy designed to increase the bloc's capacity to act, including setting up a 5,000-strong rapid reaction force.
The plan - in the pipeline for two years - underwent a last-minute rewrite to increase the focus on the threat from Russia after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
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 Washington (AFP) March 22, 2022 The United States has not seen evidence of any recent Chinese weapons shipments to its ally Russia as Moscow wages its war in Ukraine, a top US official said Tuesday.
Washington has raised concerns about Beijing helping Moscow in the midst of the bloody but stalled invasion.
"We have not seen... the provision of military equipment by China to Russia. But of course, this is something we a ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists.
Mosques, churches and century-old houses are being brought back to life in the northern metropolis, which the Islamic State group seized as its stronghold before being pushed out in mid-2017.
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 London (AFP) March 21, 2022 
A British-Iranian charity worker held in Tehran for six years called on Monday for all "unjustly detained" prisoners in Iran to be freed, as she spoke publicly for the first time since her return home.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe thanked everyone involved in securing her release but said "the meaning of freedom is never going to be complete (until) such time that all of us who are unjustly det ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2022 
Asian markets extended gains Wednesday, tracking a rally in New York, on optimism that the Federal Reserve's plan to hike interest rates will help bring inflation under control.
While there remains plenty of concern about the war in Ukraine, analysts said some confidence had seeped back into trading floors as investors bet on consumer resilience and economies continue to reopen.
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 Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) March 18, 2022 
Ukraine on Friday said "hundreds" of civilians were trapped in the wreckage of a theatre bombed by Russia, as the United States demanded China get tough with its "war criminal" allies in the Kremlin.
Russian missiles struck an aircraft repair site close to Lviv's airport in Ukraine's far west, extending the war to a relatively unscathed region near the border with NATO member Poland.
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 19, 2022 
China plans to conduct a number of frontier scientific experiments on its Tiangong space station, with the two laboratory modules, Wentian and Mengtian, scheduled to be launched this year, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The experiments include raising fish, growing vegetables, setting up the most precise clock ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 22, 2022 
A Hong Kong martial arts coach accused of running an armed separatist movement with his assistant has been charged with sedition, police said Tuesday, after a raid that seized weapons including crossbows and machetes.
Police allege the coach, 59, and a 62-year-old female assistant - both of whom face weapons charges - set up a martial arts training hall to "incite hatred" against the gover ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) March 23, 2022 
Ahead of a series of summits in Europe on Russia's war in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden warned Wednesday of a "real threat" Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine, repeating earlier allegations from the White House.
The last time chemical weapons were unleashed during a conflict was in Syria where a civil war erupted in 2011 as rebels sought to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate hosted a collaborative wargame with its sister AFRL unit, the Munitions Directorate, at Kirtland AFB, Jan. 24-28, 2022. The Directed Energy and Kinetic Energy Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment, or DEKE DEUCE, explored synergies between directed energy and kinetic concepts in the future battlespace.
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