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  Suva, Fiji (AFP) May 30, 2022 Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging security deal Monday, after sharp warnings the proposal would push the region into "Beijing's orbit". A virtual summit of leaders and foreign ministers was expected to discuss proposals to radically increase China's involvement in the security, economy and politics of the South Pacific. But the effort appeared to have fallen short after some regional leaders voiced deep con ... read more |
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Russia says carried out hypersonic missile testMoscow (AFP) May 28, 2022 Russian forces Saturday announced a latest successful test of their Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as Moscow steps up its Ukraine offensive. ... more  
Turkey shows off drones at Azerbaijan air showBaku (AFP) May 28, 2022 Looping in the air at lightning speed, Turkish drones like those used against Russian forces in Ukraine draw cheers from the crowd at an air show in Azerbaijan. ... more 
Iran unveils underground drone baseTehran (AFP) May 28, 2022 Iranian state television on Saturday broadcast footage of an air force base for drones under the Zagros mountain range in the west of the country. ... more  
NATO has right to deploy in eastern Europe: deputy chiefVilnius (AFP) May 29, 2022 NATO is no longer bound by past commitments to hold back from deploying its forces in eastern Europe, the US-led alliance's deputy secretary general said Sunday. ... more |
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Seven Indian troops killed in accident near disputed borderSrinagar, India (AFP) May 27, 2022 At least seven Indian soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident in the remote Ladakh region, close to the country's disputed border with China, police said Friday. ... more 
Romania, Poland hopeful for Sweden, Finland NATO bidsAnkara (AFP) May 27, 2022 Romania and Poland hope Sweden and Finland will be able to join NATO despite Turkey's reluctance, the country's foreign ministers said Friday during a visit to Ankara. ... more 
As Sweden woos Turkey, fears mount over what it will cedeStockholm (AFP) May 27, 2022 Sweden hopes to strike a compromise with Turkey to seal its NATO membership bid, but fears are mounting in the Scandinavian country that the government may sacrifice too much to get what it wants. ... more  
Secure communication with light particlesDarmstadt, Germany (SPX) May 26, 2022 The new system is used to exchange symmetric keys between parties in order to encrypt messages so that they cannot be read by third parties. In cooperation with Deutsche Telekom, the researchers led ... more |
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General Dynamics and Iridium awarded Ground Control and Operations Contract by SDAFairfax VA (SPX) May 27, 2022 General Dynamics Mission Systems (NYSE: GD) and Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) have been jointly awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency in the amount of $324,516,613, includi ... more 
MINC Program Aims to Enable Critical Data Flow Even in Contested EnvironmentsWashington DC (SPX) May 29, 2022 DARPA has selected three teams for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program. MINC's objective is to ensure that critical data finds a path to the right user at the right time in highly ... more 
Russia moves on key city amid Ukraine church schismLysychansk, Ukraine (AFP) May 28, 2022 Russian troops were approaching the strategic city of Severodonetsk on Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the war triggered a historic schism between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its Russian patriarchate. ... more 
Raytheon Missiles and Defense awarded $624 million for Stinger missile productionTucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2022 Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $624 million U.S. Army contract to produce 1,300 Stinger missiles. The contract includes provisions for eng ... more |
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Kurdish asylum seekers on hunger strike in PolandWarsaw (AFP) May 27, 2022 Ten Kurdish asylum seekers in Poland on Friday entered their third week of a hunger strike to protest what they described as prison-like conditions and a slow immigration process. ... more 
UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machineBeijing (AFP) May 27, 2022 Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang. ... more 
Turkish soldiers killed in northern IraqIstanbul (AFP) May 29, 2022 Another two Turkish soldiers have been killed during military operations against Kurdish militants in the north of Iraq, Turkey's defence ministry and media said Sunday. ... more  
Two minors killed by PKK fire in north Iraq: Iraqi KurdsDohuk, Iraq (AFP) May 26, 2022 At least two minors were killed Thursday when projectiles hit orchards in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, a local official said, in fire local authorities blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). ... more  
Ankara will not await US 'permission' for new Syria offensiveIstanbul (AFP) May 29, 2022 Turkey will not wait for US "permission" to launch a new offensive in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published on Sunday, defying a warning from Washington. ... 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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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 29, 2022 
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $624 million U.S. Army contract to produce 1,300 Stinger missiles. The contract includes provisions for engineering support, as well as the test equipment and support needed to address obsolescence, modernize key components, and accelerate production.
"We're aligned with the U.S. Army on a plan that ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) May 24, 2022 
Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, made its second operational deployment, and first deployment to the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility aboard USS Jackson (LCS-6) providing military commanders greater maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) capability.
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) May 26, 2022 
Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum Internet. This breakthrough was made possible by a greatly improved quantum memory and enhanced quality of the quantum links between the three nodes of the network. The researchers, working at QuTech-a collaboration between Delf ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 25, 2022 
Time and again, America's worst mass shootings - including the one this week at an elementary school in Texas - have featured a common thread: the killer's use of a military-style assault rifle that is inexpensive, easy to use and deadly efficient.
The type of weapon, commonly known as the AR-15, is once again under scrutiny after a gunman used the rifle to kill 19 children and two teacher ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) May 18, 2022 
The Czech Republic will receive 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks from Germany in exchange for military equipment it sent Ukraine, its defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Prague will also start talks on the purchase of another 50 Leopard 2 A7+ tanks, ministry spokesman Jakub Fajnor said in a statement.
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 Stockholm (AFP) May 27, 2022  Sweden hopes to strike a compromise with Turkey to seal its NATO membership bid, but fears are mounting in the Scandinavian country that the government may sacrifice too much to get what it wants.
"If you want to sell everything for NATO membership, then go ahead but I think it's awful", blasted Amineh Kakabaveh, a Swedish lawmaker of Iranian Kurdish origin.
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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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 Dohuk, Iraq (AFP) May 26, 2022 
At least two minors were killed Thursday when projectiles hit orchards in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, a local official said, in fire local authorities blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The PKK which has been waging an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, a conflict that has killed 40,000 people, many of them civilians, denied responsibility.
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 Tehran (AFP) May 26, 2022 
Iran said Thursday an engineer was killed in an "accident" at a defence research unit in an area near Tehran that hosts a military complex previously scrutinised by the UN nuclear watchdog.
The incident late Wednesday came days after a colonel in the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military, was shot dead near his home in east Tehran.
Iran's arch foe Israel told the U ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2022 
China's premier called for more to be done to stabilise the world's second-largest economy, issuing an unusually stark warning as the country's zero-Covid strategy bites into growth.
China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and hard lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict curbs have battered businesses.
Restrictions around the nation in recent mont ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 27, 2022  Moscow is ready to make a "significant contribution" to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin told Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday.
Russia was slapped with unprecedented sanctions after Putin ordered troops into neighbouring Ukraine on February 24.
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 Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2022 
Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months.
The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and fungi, were selected by multiple research institutions last year. They were brought back to Earth by the Shenzhou-13 on April 16.
Space breeding refers to the process of exposing seeds to cosmic ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 30, 2022 
Markets rose Monday as investors rediscovered some verve after the release of healthy US data and as China eases some of its strict Covid curbs in Shanghai and Beijing, lifting hopes for the world's number two economy.
The gains extended a positive end to last week for global equities with some commentators saying there was a growing hope that the months-long sell-off may have run its course ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) May 27, 2022  A leading member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Turkey, a top official said Friday, refusing to confirm that it was the jihadist group's leader.
Turkey had "no clear information" yet whether the suspect was - as media reports had claimed - IS leader Abu Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the official told AFP, who was speaking on condition of anonymity.
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 26, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate recently signed a five-year Strategic Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces that extends the loan of a laser diode system NMSU will use in testing novel cooling solutions for directed energy laser and high power microwave systems.
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