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  Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). HACM is a first-of-its-kind weapon developed in conjunction with the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE), a U.S. and Australia project arrangement. Under this contract, the Raytheon Missiles and Defense and Northrop Grumman team wil ... read more |
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UN chief urges end to 'era of nuclear blackmail'United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war. ... more  
With an eye on China, US to develop drones with IndiaWashington (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 The United States and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday, as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China. ... more  
Soviet-era rocket launchers still serving on Ukraine frontlineDonetsk Region, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 For a handful of Ukrainian gunners camping under a clump of trees not far from the Russian lines, the day passes beside a BM-21 Grad rocket launcher waiting for firing orders. ... more  
Prigozhin: Kremlin 'chef' and mercenary supremoMoscow (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 From taking a big Kremlin catering contract to personally recruiting convicts in a prison yard to fight in Ukraine, secretive businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have a unique role in President Vladimir Putin's Russia. ... more |
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Chinese and Ukrainian foreign ministers meet in New York: Chinese foreign ministryBeijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday. ... more  
Blaze-hit French nuclear submarine suffers new fire: officialsMarseille (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 A French nuclear submarine which was devastated by a blaze in 2020 has suffered another fire onboard as its repairs in the Mediterranean port of Toulon neared completion, officials said Tuesday. ... more  
France says European fighter jet 'will be completed'Berlin (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 France's defence minister sought Thursday to dispel doubts over plans to build the next-generation European fighter jet, saying the project backed by Paris and Berlin "will be completed". ... more  
Blinken urges calm on Taiwan in talks with ChinaNew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday for calm over Taiwan as he met his Chinese counterpart, as soaring tensions showed signs of easing a notch. ... more |
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North Korea sounds warning as US, South Korea begin naval drillsSeoul (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, leading to a warning by North Korea that the allies risked triggering war. ... more 
UN nuclear chief meets with Iran lead negotiatorVienna (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 The chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog said Monday he had met with the head of Iran's atomic energy agency, as attempts to revive the country's nuclear deal stall. ... more 
Marshall Islands halt negotiations with US over nuclear testing legacyMajuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 The Marshall Islands halted key negotiations with the US on Friday over ongoing grievances relating to nuclear testing dating back 70 years on the atolls in the heart of the Pacific. ... more 
Iran indicts 14 in top nuclear scientist's assassinationTehran (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Iran has pressed charges against 14 people for their alleged role in the November 2020 assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, local media reported Sunday. ... more |
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North Korea, China resume cross-border train trade after Covid suspensionSeoul (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 North Korea and China have resumed cross-border freight train trade, Seoul said Tuesday, ending a five-month suspension linked to Covid-19. ... more  
China, Russia face historic scrutiny at UN rights councilGeneva (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 China and Russia face possible action by the UN's top rights body following historic draft resolutions against the two powerful permanent members of the Security Council. ... more 
Kremlin proxies in Ukraine hold last day of annexation votesKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 Annexation polls organised by Kremlin-installed authorities in four regions of Ukraine mostly controlled by Russian forces were due to close Tuesday, with Moscow's threats of nuclear weapons looming. ... more  
Investigators find signs of 'Dirty War' abuses at Mexico army campMexico City (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 A truth commission investigating Mexico's so-called "Dirty War" of the 1960s-1980s said Friday there were indications that serious human rights violations were committed at a military base in the capital. ... more  
China steps up offensive at UN to tell Xinjiang 'truth'Geneva (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 China sent a small army of delegates from Xinjiang to the UN in Geneva Thursday, where they spent two hours hammering home the "truth" about the rights situation in the region. ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone.
The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. homeland from increasing and evolving intercontinental ballistic missile threats. Critically, the interceptor and its components must be able to receive and share data from the ground and throughout t ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
Iran unveiled a new medium-range ballistic missile on Thursday during a military parade commemorating the Iran-Iraq war, state television said.
"The liquid-fuelled Rezvan ballistic missile has an operational range of 1,400 kilometres (870 miles)," said the station, which aired images of the missile mounted on a military vehicle.
The Rezvan missile was presented in Tehran during an annual ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
During a technical session at IAC, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost's two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglider re-entry system to enable industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit.
The tests, conducted in April 2022, are a huge milestone for Outpost in creating a technology that wil ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
Somewear Labs, the enabler of critical communications for the world's most important organizations, reports it has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round.
The round was led by a group of over a dozen current and former Fortune 500 CEOs and legendary investors, chaired by David Dorman (former CEO of AT&T and former Chairman of Motorola), and including Egon Durban (Co-CEO of Silver ... more |
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 Donetsk Region, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
For a handful of Ukrainian gunners camping under a clump of trees not far from the Russian lines, the day passes beside a BM-21 Grad rocket launcher waiting for firing orders.
The Soviet-made contraption is the 1960s version of "Stalin's Organs", a fearsome World War II-era weapon that terrorised Nazi German soldiers, its 40 tubes able to launch 122 mm rockets that can hit targets up to 20 k ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
North Korea on Wednesday denied it was providing arms to Russia, state media said, weeks after the United States said Moscow was turning to Pyongyang to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine.
"We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia before and we will not plan to export them," an official at the defence ministry's General Bureau of Equipment said in a statement car ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Sept 26, 2022  China and Russia face possible action by the UN's top rights body following historic draft resolutions against the two powerful permanent members of the Security Council.
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva frequently investigates and tries to rein in abuses inside countries but has not taken on the two heavyweights directly until now.
A damning UN report warning of possible crimes aga ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation instead exhibited a more surprising property: bursts of superfluorescence that occurred at both room temperature and regular intervals. The work could lead to the development of faster microchips, neurosensors, or materials for use in quantum computing applications, as wel ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
Iraq's parliament, at the centre of a months-long political paralysis, is to convene Wednesday for the first time since deadly unrest in August and a sit-in protest by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr.
Parliament said in a brief statement on Monday that votes on the resignation of the assembly's speaker, Mohammed al-Halbussi, and the appointment of a first deputy speaker would top th ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war.
"Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we can hear once again the rattling of nuclear sabers," Guterres told a special General Assembly session on nuclear disarmament.
"Let me be clear - the era of nuclear bl ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 22, 2022 
Hong Kong is set to end the year in the midst of a full-blown recession, the city's finance chief warned Thursday, as spiralling interest rates join strict Covid-19 controls in hammering the economy.
"There is a very high chance for Hong Kong to record a negative GDP growth for this year," Financial Secretary Paul Chan told reporters, adding that interest rates were being raised "at a pace t ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
Canada deployed soldiers on Monday to help clean up widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona, which left three people dead in the country's Atlantic provinces.
More than 260,000 people were still without electricity in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick on Monday morning.
Soldiers were clearing debris from roads and restoring transportation links, as television ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday.
In a celebratory video message released by the China Manned Space Agency, taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe raised their right hands to their heads, expressing their appreciation for the country's accomplishmen ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 
Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes - acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad.
Savvy businesses have started offering crash courses in subjects like home repair and hairdressing, capitalising on a wave of people departing Hong Kong as China cracks down on dissent and strict pan ... more |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 
A truth commission investigating Mexico's so-called "Dirty War" of the 1960s-1980s said Friday there were indications that serious human rights violations were committed at a military base in the capital.
The announcement came after victims visited the army camp in Mexico City for the first time along with investigators probing decades-old alleged abuses against leftist movements.
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the most powerful laser that Lockheed Martin has produced to date. This 300 kW-class laser is ready to integrate with the DOD demonstration efforts including the U.S. Army's Indirect Fires Protection Capa ... more |
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