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  Washington (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 President Joe Biden called Monday on Russia and China to enter nuclear arms control talks, saying that Moscow in particular has a duty to show responsibility after its invasion of Ukraine. In a statement, the US leader reiterated that his administration is ready to "expeditiously negotiate" a replacement to New START, the treaty capping intercontinental nuclear forces in the United States and Russia, which is set to expire in 2026. "Russia should demonstrate that it is ready to resume work on nu ... read more |
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Taking space-augmented JADO from concept to orbit in 2023Washington DC (SPX) Aug 01, 2022 To date, limited experiments on Earth show how space could potentially enhance Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) but that's about to significantly change. In 2023, Lockheed Martin will launch ... more  
Russia says US, NATO 'main threats' to national securitySaint Petersburg (AFP) July 31, 2022 The United States' quest to dominate the oceans and NATO's expansion are the biggest threats facing Russia, according to a new Russian naval doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. ... more 
Iran says 'optimistic' after EU proposal for nuclear dealTehran (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March. ... more  
Pelosi's Asia tour kicks off under Taiwan cloudSingapore (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday kicked off an Asia tour that has been shrouded in secrecy following an escalation in tensions with China over Taiwan. ... more |
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Xi warns Biden not to 'play with fire' over TaiwanWashington (AFP) July 28, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Joe Biden not to "play with fire" over the self-ruled island of Taiwan during a lengthy phone call Thursday that the White House said aimed to steady the superpowers' rocky relationship. ... more 
Blinken to meet new Philippine leader on allianceWashington (AFP) July 29, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to the Philippines to meet new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with Washington expecting a close alliance despite rights concerns. ... more  
Russia says drone attack hits Crimea navy HQKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 31, 2022 Russia said an attack from a drone Sunday wounded six personnel at the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, as authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv reported it had suffered its "strongest" shelling of the war. ... more  
When Russia leaves, what's next for the International Space Station?Washington (AFP) July 29, 2022 Russia's announcement this week that it will leave the International Space Station "after 2024" raises critical questions about the outpost's future viability. ... more |
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Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to EarthWashington (AFP) July 31, 2022 A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide Beijing for not sharing information about the potentially hazardous object's descent. ... more 
China announces Taiwan Strait drills ahead of possible Pelosi tripBeijing (AFP) July 29, 2022 China on Saturday will hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait, the government announced via state media, raising the stakes ahead of a possible trip to the self-governing island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ... more 
Blinken hopes US, China can manage Taiwan differences 'in wise way'Washington (AFP) July 29, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday voiced hope of managing differences over Taiwan with China after Beijing's furious warnings against a potential visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ... more  
South Ukraine city pounded as Russia says drone attacks Crimea navy HQKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 31, 2022 Ukraine said the "strongest" shelling by Moscow so far of the southern city Mykolaiv killed a grain tycoon Sunday, as Russia claimed an attack from a drone wounded six personnel at the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea. ... more |
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Moqtada Sadr: Iraq's political, religious forceBaghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 When he raises his index finger and frowns, Iraq holds its breath. The mercurial Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has yet again emerged as a powerful player in Iraqi politics, able to mobilise his loyalists. ... more  
Nigeria's army orders reshuffle as insecurity growsLagos (AFP) July 29, 2022 Nigeria's military command has ordered a major reshuffle of senior officers, an army statement said on Friday, as the government faces pressure over the country's growing insecurity. ... more  
Pro-Sadr protesters vow to remain inside Iraq parliamentBaghdad (AFP) July 31, 2022 Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr occupied the country's parliament on Saturday with no plan to leave, deepening a months-long political standoff. ... more 
North Korea's Kim says 'ready to mobilise' nuclear weaponsSeoul (AFP) July 29, 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was "ready to mobilise" its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday. ... more  
New Chinese rocket makes debut flightBeijing, China (SPX) Jul 27, 2022 The ZK 1A, a new model of carrier rocket, conducted its debut flight at noon on Wednesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, becoming the country's largest and most powerf ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
The Department of Defense has awarded two firm fixed price Other Transaction (OT) Agreement modifications to exercise options; one to Northrop Grumman and one to Raytheon through the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) authority under 10 U.S.C. 4022.
Each modification has an approximate value of $41.5M and an anticipated Period of Performance through February 2023. These modifications will allo ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) systems fused sensor information from multiple services to create a fire-control-quality composite track on a multi-service network during U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's (INDOPACOM) Valiant Shield exercise, enabling an extended battlespace and allowing better and quicker decisions.
Northrop Grumman's systems, including the U.S. Army's Integrated Batt ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 31, 2022 
Russia said an attack from a drone Sunday wounded six personnel at the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, as authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv reported it had suffered its "strongest" shelling of the war.
AFP journalists witnessed an intense bombardment of the eastern town of Bakhmut after President Volodymyr Zelensky called in a late night address for c ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 26, 2022 
French and British satellite operators Eutelsat and OneWeb announced Tuesday plans to merge and create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivalling US giants such as Elon Musk's Starlink.
Eutelsat and OneWeb said in a joint statement that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to join forces to become "a leading global player in connectivity... in an all-share transaction." ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA's newest biotechnology funding opportunity aims to develop a hand-held prediction tool for warfighter physiological states based on molecular biomarkers. The device developed under the Smart Non-invasive Assays of Physiology (SNAP) program would be readily configurable to dive ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) July 27, 2022 
Poland signed Wednesday contracts to purchase South Korean weapons including tanks, artillery and fighter jets as the NATO member bordering Russia and Ukraine boosts its defences.
The amount of the contracts, signed at a ceremony in the Polish capital with representatives of Korea Aerospace Industries and Hyundai, was not provided.
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 Washington (AFP) July 29, 2022 
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to the Philippines to meet new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with Washington expecting a close alliance despite rights concerns.
Blinken will meet Marcos in Manila on August 6 as part of efforts "to strengthen the US-Philippines alliance" including on energy and trade, the State Department said.
They will also discuss "our shar ... more |
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 Tokushima, Japan (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 
Raman spectroscopy, an optical microscopy technique, is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique that provides rich molecular fingerprint information about chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions. The technique relies on the interaction of light with chemical bonds within a material.
However, since light is a wave, optical microscopes are unable to resolve ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 
When he raises his index finger and frowns, Iraq holds its breath. The mercurial Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has yet again emerged as a powerful player in Iraqi politics, able to mobilise his loyalists.
Hundreds of them have, for three days, occupied the country's parliament with adherence to one guiding principle: obedience to Moqtada. He has urged other political factions to support the pro ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 
Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March.
"We remain optimistic that the negotiation process will lead us to a logical and reasonable outcome," foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said at his weekly news conference.
The comment comes a ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 20, 2022 
CIA chief Bill Burns on Wednesday blamed "dumb bets" on high-debt Chinese investment as a factor in Sri Lanka's economic collapse, saying it should serve as a warning to other nations.
"The Chinese have a lot of weight to throw around and they can make a very appealing case for their investments," Burns said at the Aspen Security Forum.
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 Marsabit, Kenya (AFP) July 27, 2022 
Under an acacia tree in Kenya's drought-ravaged north, malnourished infants feed on sticky mouthfuls of a nutrient-dense peanut paste long used to prevent child starvation in disasters across the globe.
This wonder food can mean the difference between life and death for a child in hard-hit Marsabit, where aid workers say young children are perishing in conditions that border on famine.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 27, 2021 
A hunk of Chinese space rocket junk weighing roughly 25 tons will fall back to Earth on Sunday, according to researchers at the Aerospace Corp.'s Center for Orbital Re-entry and Debris Studies.
CORDS researchers predict the rocket body re-entry into Earth's atmosphere will happen Sunday based on current projections.
Aerospace plans to host a Twitter discussion Thursday with other ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 29, 2022 
Four Hong Kong activists on Friday pleaded guilty to subversion, a violation that could see them jailed for years under the city's Beijing-imposed national security law.
China is remoulding Hong Kong in its authoritarian image, using the wide-ranging security law to silence dissent.
The latest international criticism of the law came this week from the UN Human Rights Committee, which sai ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) July 20, 2022 
Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying landmines on a "massive scale" around villages where they are battling anti-coup fighters, rights campaign group Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Fighting has ravaged swathes of the country since last year's putsch, which sparked renewed clashes with ethnic rebel groups and the formation of dozens of "People's Defence Forces" now ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 
Dragonfire, the UK's Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon.
The first of these trials recently conducted by the Dragonfire consortium - a joint industry and UK MOD collaboration between MBDA, Leonardo, QinetiQ and Dstl - at low power proved the system can successfully track air ... more |
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