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  Washington (AFP) April 29, 2022 The Russian campaign to seize control of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine is moving slowly and behind schedule, a Pentagon official said Friday. Stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops and caution after Russia's failure to capture Kyiv has led to "slow and uneven progress" in Donbas, the official told reporters. "We believe that essentially what they're doing is continuing to set conditions for a sustained and larger and longer offensive," the official said. That includes a "doctrinal" ap ... read more |
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North Korea leader warns of 'preemptive' use of nuclear force: KCNASeoul (AFP) April 30, 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday. ... more 
Ignoring Putin's threats, US boosts support for UkraineWashington (AFP) May 1, 2022 In rallying global arms supplies and asking Congress for $33 billion more to support Ukraine, Washington is choosing to ignore Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear arms, and instead is openly testing the Russian leader's limits. ... more 
Ukraine FM asks China to be security guarantor: interviewBeijing (AFP) May 1, 2022 Ukraine's foreign minister has asked China to provide security guarantees for Kyiv, in a lengthy interview containing some of the most direct criticisms of Moscow recently published by Beijing's state media. ... more  
Russia admits striking Kyiv during UN chief's visitKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 29, 2022 Russia confirmed Friday that it carried out an air strike on Kyiv during a visit by the UN's secretary general, the first such attack on the Ukrainian capital in nearly two weeks, and in which a journalist also died. ... more |
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Ukraine seeks to stall relentless Russian onslaught in DonbasKramatorsk, Ukraine (AFP) April 30, 2022 Russian troops in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region have shifted from a steamroller strategy to one of relentlessly chipping away at their opponents in the hope of grinding them down. ... more 
UK deploys 8,000 troops to Europe to deter 'Russian aggression'London (AFP) April 29, 2022 The UK government said Friday it was deploying about 8,000 troops for exercises across eastern Europe in a show of strength after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more 
Russia urges US, NATO to halt Kyiv arms supply: state mediaBeijing (AFP) April 30, 2022 Russia's foreign minister urged the US and NATO to stop supplying Kyiv with arms if they are "really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis", Chinese state media reported Saturday. ... more 
EU demands 'proper answer' over detained staffer in ChinaBeijing (AFP) May 1, 2022 The European Union has demanded a "proper answer" from Chinese authorities over the arrest of a local employee at its Beijing mission who has been held for eight months. ... more |
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Satellogic and Geollect to provide geospatial insights for the maritime domainNew York NY (SPX) Apr 27, 2022 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has entered into a teaming agreement with Geollect, a world leading geospatial intelligence and data an ... more  
Planet unveils details about Pelican ConstellationSan Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today unveiled details about plans for Pelican, its next-generation satellite constellation, which was previous ... more  
Advanced Air Mobility Plans for VertiportsEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 Looking forward to catching an air taxi? NASA is working to answer where Advanced Air Mobility or AAM vehicles will take off and land. Many AAM aircraft will be electric vertical takeoff and landing ... more 
NASA selects investigation teams to join Geospace Dynamics MissionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 27, 2022 NASA has selected three investigation teams to join the agency's Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission science team in studying Earth's upper atmosphere, as well as five additional investiga ... more |
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Two rockets target coalition troops in Iraq, no casualtiesFallujah, Iraq (AFP) April 30, 2022 Two rockets targeting a base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Saturday crashed near the complex without causing casualties or damage, security sources said. ... more  
France 24 TV and RFI radio say Mali has banned them for goodParis (AFP) April 27, 2022 The ruling junta in Mali has definitively banned French broadcasters RFI and France 24 after complaining of false accusations that the Sahel nation's army caried out abuses, the radio and television channels said Wednesday. ... more 
Ethiopia says Tigrayan peacekeepers victims of rebel 'propaganda'Addis Ababa (AFP) April 28, 2022 Ethiopian peacekeepers from the war-torn Tigray region, who are refusing to return home, are victims of rebel "propaganda", the defence ministry said, following the soldiers' request for political asylum in Sudan. ... more 
Death toll soars under year of DR Congo's 'state of siege'Kinshasa (AFP) April 28, 2022 The Democratic Republic of Congo imposed a "state of siege" a year ago to try to restore order in two violence-wracked provinces, but the civilian death toll has nearly doubled and lawmakers are voicing growing anger. ... more  
Colombian soldiers confess murders to victims' familiesOcana, Colombia (AFP) April 28, 2022 Rural peasant Eliecer Ortega was on his own at his farm when soldiers burst onto his property to first kidnap and then murder him. ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 27, 2022 
NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring a second batch of one of its most advanced missile defence systems despite the war in Ukraine.
The comments on state television late Tuesday by the head of Turkey's military procurement agency underscore Ankara's efforts to maintain good relations with Moscow during the conflict.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 29, 2022 
Russia confirmed Friday that it carried out an air strike on Kyiv during a visit by the UN's secretary general, the first such attack on the Ukrainian capital in nearly two weeks, and in which a journalist also died.
Vera Gyrych, a producer for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was killed when a Russian missile hit the building where she lived, the media group said.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 27, 2022 
The world's largest drone maker DJI has said it will pause all business operations in Russia and Ukraine, in a rare public suspension by a Chinese firm since Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.
Russia has been hit with an avalanche of sanctions over the war and many Western multinationals have pulled out of the country.
Beijing has refused to condemn the invasion, however, and Chinese co ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
Warfighters depend on high-frequency (HF) radio transmissions to operate military systems across the space, air, ground, and maritime domains. Current understanding of how HF waves propagate through the electromagnetically noisy ionosphere typically depends on ground-based methods. To more accurately understand HF propagation in space requires scientific measurements taken from within the ionosp ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 
Five new Department of the Air Force, or DAF, capability priorities are in the 2022 Topical Call for Solutions and Concepts announced to industry partners at the DAF Future Force Capability Development Strategy Interchange Meeting, or SIM, Phase I from March 14-16.
Leaders shared DAF's future force strategies, efforts, challenges, and investments geared towards securing strategic advantage ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 27, 2022 
Ukraine's fate is hanging in the balance and its allies must brace for the long haul and "ramp up" military production including tanks and planes to help, Britain's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also warned that China must play by international rules or be punished and that it was vital to send the right message to "aggressors" watching closely the response ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 29, 2022 
The UK government said Friday it was deploying about 8,000 troops for exercises across eastern Europe in a show of strength after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The months-long drills in countries stretching from Finland to North Macedonia also involve allies including France and the United States, defence officials said in a statement.
Britain is deploying 72 Challenger 2 tanks and 120 a ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
From designing new biomaterials to novel photonic devices, new materials built through a process called bottom-up nanofabrication, or self-assembly, are opening up pathways to new technologies with properties tuned at the nanoscale. However, to fully unlock the potential of these new materials, researchers need to "see" into their tiny creations so that they can control the design and fabricatio ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 29, 2022 
The Iraqi Communist Party may have seen its red star fade but it hopes to come back by advocating what remain radical ideas in the country: women's rights and secular politics.
For now the movement with the hammer-and-sickle banner and the peace dove logo - Iraq's oldest active political party, founded in 1934 - claims only a few thousand members and no deputies in parliament.
The part ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) April 30, 2022 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday.
Kim told top military officers that to "maintain the absolute superiority" of North Korea's armed forces, the country should be able to "preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and thr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2022  Shares of major Chinese tech companies soared Friday after a meeting in which top officials called for the "healthy development" of the sector, fuelling hope among investors that a damaging state crackdown may ease.
Beijing has embarked on a sweeping clampdown over the past year that has clipped the wings of its biggest internet firms.
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 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine (AFP) April 26, 2022  The road toward Chernobyl is still littered with Russian soldiers' discarded ration boxes and occasional empty bullet shells in a subtle but harrowing warning of the invasion's terrible risk for the infamous nuclear site.
Tuesday marked the 36th anniversary of what is considered the worst ever nuclear disaster, and there was relief the hulking so-called sarcophagus covering the reactor's rad ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2022 
On Tuesday, China opened the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship which carried three astronauts back to Earth on April 16, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Items carried by the spacecraft, including crop seeds, 8K high-definition memory card storing images and videos taken by the astronauts in orbit, commemorative stamps, and paintings by Hong Kong teenager ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 29, 2022 
A Hong Kong judge increased a university student's jail sentence to five years on Friday for messages sent on Telegram advocating the city's independence from China and calls to resist communist rule.
Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old engineering student, pleaded guilty to "incitement to secession", a crime under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 to crush dissent.
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 Ocana, Colombia (AFP) April 28, 2022  Rural peasant Eliecer Ortega was on his own at his farm when soldiers burst onto his property to first kidnap and then murder him.
His wife, Eduvina Becerra, had to wait 15 years to hear his murderers confess and ask for forgiveness.
It happened during a historic two-day hearing of a special peace tribunal set up in Ocana - a town in northeastern Colombia near to where the 43-year-old's ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam.
The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weap ... more |
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