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  Seoul (AFP) May 22, 2022 President Joe Biden had a short message for North Korea's Kim Jong Un: "Hello. Period." he told reporters Sunday in Seoul, before heading to Japan for the second leg of his Asia trip which has been overshadowed by fears of a nuclear test by Pyongyang. Biden is leaving South Korea, after spending two days with newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeol, with the pair discussing possibly expanding joint military exercises to counter Kim Jong Un's sabre-rattling. His goal to reinforce US leadership acro ... read more |
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Biden arrives in Japan with no response on outreach to North KoreaTokyo (AFP) May 22, 2022 President Joe Biden arrived Sunday in Japan for the second leg of an Asia trip underlining US commitment to the region but overshadowed by concern that North Korea will test a nuclear weapon after ignoring Washington's attempt at outreach. ... more 
Biden sends greeting to Kim, but says US 'prepared' for North Korea weapons testSeoul (AFP) May 22, 2022 Before President Joe Biden left South Korea for Japan Sunday, he offered a brief message to Kim Jong Un, whose nuclear sabre-rattling has risked overshadowing the US leader's first Asia trip: "Hello. Period." ... more  
New military bases in western Russia in response to NATO expansion: ministerMoscow (AFP) May 20, 2022 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday that Moscow would create new military bases in western Russia in response to the expansion of NATO. ... more 
Greece accuses Turkey of violating its air spaceAthens (AFP) May 20, 2022 Greece on Friday issued a formal complaint to Turkey following what it said was "the unprecedented violation of Greece's national sovereignty by two Turkish fighter aircraft". ... more |
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UK's Truss says West could arm MoldovaLondon (AFP) May 21, 2022 Western allies are exploring long-term military backing for Ukraine that could encompass support for non-NATO member Moldova as well, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in an interview published Saturday. ... more  
China launches three low-orbit communication test satellitesJiuquan (XNA) May 20, 2022 China successfully sent three low-orbit communication test satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Friday. The three communication satellites were lau ... more 
Tokyo protests to Beijing over East China Sea constructionTokyo (AFP) May 21, 2022 Japan has lodged an official protest with China after discovering what it claimed were efforts by Beijing to develop gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea. ... more 
Macron names new foreign, defence ministers in cabinet shake-upParis (AFP) May 20, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron named new foreign and defence ministers on Friday as part of a government re-shuffle intended to create fresh momentum ahead of parliamentary elections next month. ... more |
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Six killed in Iraq drone strikes blamed on TurkeySulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) May 21, 2022 Drone strikes targeting Kurdish rebels killed at least six people, including three civilians, in northern Iraq on Saturday, local officials and the rebels said, blaming Turkey for the attack. ... more 
Pentagon spokesman Kirby named to White House postWashington (AFP) May 21, 2022 US Pentagon press secretary John Kirby will join the National Security Council as coordinator for strategic communications, the Biden administration announced on Friday. ... more  
Huawei calls Canada 5G ban an 'unfortunate political decision'Ottawa (AFP) May 20, 2022 Huawei said Friday a ban on the Chinese telecoms giant from Canada's 5G networks was "an unfortunate political decision" that cannot be justified on national security grounds raised by Ottawa. ... more  
PM-elect vows to repair Australia's image overseasSydney (AFP) May 22, 2022 Incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese vowed to reset Australia's relations with the world and sweep aside the country's reputation as a climate laggard Sunday, as he raced to form a government in time for a key Tokyo summit. ... more |
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AFWERX Agility Prime Partner Joby Aviation announces acoustic data FROM NASA testingWright-Patterson AFB OH (AFRL) May 19, 2022 AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently completed developmental testing with NASA t ... more  
Mechanics, hairdressers... Ukraine recruits train for attackKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) May 21, 2022 "Hold on to the rope, look at me," the instructor says, coaxing 28-year-old lawyer Iryna Gorobiyovska who is nervously about to abseil down a building. ... more  
Turkey's Erdogan conditions support for Nordic nations' NATO bidsIstanbul (AFP) May 21, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States. ... more 
Ukraine orders end to defence of MariupolKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) May 20, 2022 Ukraine on Friday ordered its last troops holed up in Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms after nearly three months of desperate resistance against a ferocious Russian assault. ... more 
Russia's hastily abandoned positions near KharkivMala Rogan, Ukraine (AFP) May 20, 2022 On a small hill around a dozen kilometres (seven miles) from Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, some burnt-out vehicles lie abandoned. Nearby in the woodland undergrowth are the former positions of Russian troops. ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 19, 2022 
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.
The announcement came on the 85th day of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, with thousands killed. Belarus, Moscow's main ally, has allowed Russian troops to use the country bordering Ukraine as a rear base.
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 Washington DC (AFNS) May 12, 2022 
Cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can be launched from aircraft, ground launchers and ships or submarines, along with hypersonic missile capabilities.
Navy Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill, director, Missile Defense Agency, discussed the defense against these missiles ... more |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) May 21, 2022 
Drone strikes targeting Kurdish rebels killed at least six people, including three civilians, in northern Iraq on Saturday, local officials and the rebels said, blaming Turkey for the attack.
Turkey routinely carries out attacks in northern Iraq, where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has bases and training camps.
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 Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) May 17, 2022 
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC, the UAE's flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced that its dedicated government arm, Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), has been successfully awarded a contract by the UAE Government, to provide satcom capabilities for its platforms.
To supplement and support the UAE Government contract, YGS has also been awarded a contract by the ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 12, 2022 
One person died and several others were injured in an explosion that took place while ammunition was unloaded at a military base in Russia's Far East, Russian news agency TASS reported Thursday.
Accidents at arms depots are fairly common in Russia, especially due to lax safety requirements and large amounts of old munitions remaining in storage.
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 Paris (AFP) May 17, 2022 
French President Emmanuel Macron told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during a call on Tuesday that arms supplies from Paris would "increase in intensity", according to a statement from the French presidency.
"He confirmed that arms deliveries by France would continue and would increase in intensity in the days and weeks to come, the same as for the supply of humanitarian equipm ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) May 18, 2022  Turkey has strongly objected to Finland and Sweden joining the NATO military alliance, but analysts say the issue could be resolved through concessions and pressure on Ankara.
Helsinki and Stockholm on Wednesday submitted a joint application to join the alliance. New members must be approved by all 30 NATO states.
Here, AFP looks at what Turkey wants:
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smaller, faster microelectronics with a heat-transfer-efficiency that surpasses current technologies.
Electronic devices powered by microchips that efficiently dissipate heat would in t ... more |
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 Najaf, Iraq (AFP) May 14, 2022 
Iraqi authorities have exhumed the remains of 15 people from a mass grave believed to hold dozens more likely killed under dictator Saddam Hussein, an official said Saturday.
The mass grave was first discovered in April near the southern city of Najaf, during work to build a residential compound.
It is believed to date back to the 1990s, when Saddam unleashed a deadly campaign against me ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) May 22, 2022 
Before President Joe Biden left South Korea for Japan Sunday, he offered a brief message to Kim Jong Un, whose nuclear sabre-rattling has risked overshadowing the US leader's first Asia trip: "Hello. Period."
He offered the succinct greeting when reporters asked whether he had anything to say to North Korea's leader, highlighting his administration's openness to dialogue with Pyongyang, even ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 20, 2022 
Asian markets saw a sustained bump Friday following China's decision to lower a key benchmark rate, injecting optimism among traders that it could boost the world's second-largest economy from its Covid-battered knees.
Downcast earning reports from retailers this week have heightened uncertainty in the world markets at a time of rising interest rates, surging energy prices, China's Covid loc ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) May 17, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, announced that it has entered into a teaming agreement with Mayday.ai ("Mayday"), a German-based provider of real-time risk and disaster intelligence, to improve and democratize data intelligence for risk and disaster management.
The combined technological capabilities of the two comp ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2022 
It has been a year since China's Tianwen-1 probe reached Mars. The mission has not only marked an important step in the country's interplanetary exploration but has also made a number of achievements in that time.
The Tianwen-1 probe consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. On May 15, 2021, it touched down at its pre-selected landing area in Utopia Planitia, a vast Martian plain, mark ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 19, 2022 
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to over six years in jail on Thursday for running a channel on the messaging app Telegram at the height of the city's democracy protests.
Telegram played a key role in Hong Kong's massive and sometimes violent democracy rallies in 2019, with public channels used to coordinate demonstrations and report on-the-ground developments.
On Thursday a judge gave 26-y ... more |
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 Accomarca, Peru (AFP) May 20, 2022 
After 37 years, dozens of victims of the worst massacre in Peru's conflict with radical left-wing guerrillas will finally be laid to rest in their Andean village following a years-long identification process.
A funeral ceremony will take place Friday in the tiny isolated village of Accomarca where its 500 inhabitants, most of whom speak only their native Quechua language, live off potato, qu ... 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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