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  Fes, Morocco (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday against "dangerous rhetoric" stoking tensions among nuclear-armed rivals. "Growing divisions are threatening global peace and security, provoking new confrontations and making it all the more difficult to resolve old conflicts," Guterres told a conference in Morocco. "Dangerous rhetoric is raising nuclear tensions," he warned. "At the same time, we are dangerously close to the edge on the climate, while hate speech and disinformation ar ... read more |
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N. Korean leader's sister slams UN 'rabble' for double standardsSeoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed the UN Security Council for double standards after it convened a meeting over Pyongyang's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Tuesday. ... more 
IAEA confirms Iran boosting uranium enrichment at Fordo plantVienna (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 The UN nuclear watchdog on Tuesday confirmed Iran has started enriching uranium up to 60 percent at its Fordo plant amid the breakdown of the nuclear deal with major powers. ... more  
Northrop Grumman's C-UAS system of systems architecture excels during complex live fire testsHuntsville AL (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) short range Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) command and control (C2) system successfully completed its most complex system of systems test to date. ... more  
Germany army reservist found guilty of spying for RussiaBerlin (AFP) Nov 18, 2022 A German man was handed a suspended prison sentence on Friday for passing information to Russian intelligence services while working as a reserve officer for the German army. ... more |
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Sidus Space signs MOU with Capital C for maritime satellite developmentCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, ... more  
DAF outlines space acquisition philosophy, priorities, tenetsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a memorandum Oct. 31 that aims to cement the Department of the Air Force's space acquis ... more 
Head of Nobel-winning nuclear campaign group to step downGeneva (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 Beatrice Fihn, who has headed the Nobel Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons for nearly a decade, is to step down, the organisation said Tuesday. ... more  
UK Navy takes part in Pacific exercise for first timeLondon (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 A British patrol ship has taken part for the first time in "Exercise Keen Sword", the regular Pacific training operation carried out by the Japanese and US navies, the UK said Saturday. ... more |
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Over 100 unmanned vessels to be deployed in Gulf waters: CENTCOMManama (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 A US-led task force will deploy over 100 unmanned vessels in the Gulf region's strategic waters by next year to stave off maritime threats, the US Central Command chief said Saturday. ... more  
NATO says Russian jets conduct 'unsafe' Baltic ship overflightBrussels (AFP) Nov 18, 2022 NATO said Friday that two Russian fighter aircraft had conducted an "unsafe and unprofessional approach" towards alliance naval ships on routine operations in the Baltic Sea. ... more  
Russian, US pressure mounts on Turkey over Syria threatIstanbul (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 International pressure mounted Tuesday on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to launch a threatened ground offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria. ... more  
Bangkok shrine bombing trial resumes after long delaysBangkok (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 The trial of two Uighurs accused of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in Bangkok in 2015 resumed Tuesday after years of delays due to coronavirus disruptions and problems securing translators. ... more |
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Turkish intent 'stronger than ever' to secure Syrian border: ErdoganIstanbul (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Turkey is more determined than ever to secure its Syrian border from attacks by Kurdish forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, insisting that a ground operation would start "at the most convenient time." ... more 
Iran launches new strikes on Kurdish groups in IraqKirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 Iran launched new cross-border missile and drone strikes Tuesday against Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups based in northern Iraq whom it accuses of stoking a wave of protests in the Islamic republic. ... more  
Four Iraqi soldiers killed in machine gun attackKirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 A machine gun attack on a remote northern Iraqi military post killed four soldiers on Saturday, a military source said, the latest unrest in the troubled region. ... more  
Colombia resumes talks with powerful ELN guerrilla groupCaracas (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 Colombia's government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last recognized rebel group in the country, resumed formal peace talks in Venezuela Monday for the first time since they were suspended in 2019. ... more  
Australian tells of Myanmar jail squalor, torture fearSydney (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 An Australian economist released after nearly two years in a Myanmar jail has told of interrogations in leg irons, squalor and the sounds of screams from tortured cellmates during his time behind bars. ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 
Ukraine announced on Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, saying the weapons would help defend against Russian attacks that have recently targeted energy infrastructure.
"NASAMS and Aspide air defence systems arrived in Ukraine! These weapons will significantly strengthen the Ukrainian army and will make our skies safer," Defence Minister Oleksiy Rezn ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
Hypersonic missiles, like traditional ballistic missiles which can deliver nuclear weapons, can fly more than five times the speed of sound.
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 
Taiwan's domestically produced drone technology, developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), which develops military technology, was displayed to the public shortly after the conclusion of China's annual air show at Zhuhai, as debates intensify over the likelihood of a Chinese invasion of its tiny island nation sibling, exacerbated by the conflict in Ukrain ... more |
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 Duluth GA (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 
DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of advanced and secure communications solutions and technical support services, has announced the delivery of its transformative more mobile Deployable Ku Band Earth Terminal (DKET) satellite communications terminal to the U.S. Space Force. The technological enhancement, along with the greatly improved transportability of this third generation DKET, has made th ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The EU on Tuesday gave the green light for Britain to join a project to speed the movement of troops around Europe, as the West frets about the threat from Russia.
"Russia's war against Ukraine has further demonstrated that being able to move troops and military equipment swiftly across Europe and beyond is essential for our security," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
The United States will provide air defense systems and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine as part of a new $400 million security assistance package, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
With "Russia's unrelenting and brutal air attacks on Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure, additional air defense capabilities are critical," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journa ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Tuesday the country will ask Beijing to explain its "more benign" account of an incident involving Chinese coastguard taking rocket debris from Filipino soldiers in disputed waters.
A senior Filipino navy official on Monday accused the Chinese coastguard of "forcefully" seizing parts of a rocket fairing that landed in the waters of the Spratly Isla ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022 
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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 Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 
A machine gun attack on a remote northern Iraqi military post killed four soldiers on Saturday, a military source said, the latest unrest in the troubled region.
The source said the pre-dawn assault targeted the desert post near Kirkuk, where remnants of the Islamic State group are active, as well as Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels waging an insurgency against Turkey.
Both Baghdad' ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Nov 19, 2022  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of Pyongyang's newest intercontinental ballistic missile with his daughter in tow for the first time, state media reported Saturday.
Declaring he would meet perceived US nuclear threats with nukes of his own, Kim supervised the launch on Friday of the black-and-white missile, which the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said was the Hwas ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 
PC-maker Hewlett Packard on Tuesday said it would layoff as many as 6,000 employees over the next three years as the slumping world economy continues to embroil the US tech sector.
HP, which has a payroll of about 61,000 people, said it aimed to secure $1.4 billion in annual savings through 2025 as it followed the cost-cutting path of other tech giants such as Facebook-owner Meta, Amazon and ... more |
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The United States is pressing China and other G20 members to do more on debt relief for the world's poorest countries, a senior US official said Tuesday.
The issue will be highlighted in the final joint statement when the summit in the Indonesian resort island of Bali ends this week, the official said, but there will not be unanimity.
"What you're going to see in the G20 statement is tha ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 
At the UN/China space exploration and innovation partnership conference on Monday, the China National Space Administration raised eight issues in the keynote speech delivered by its deputy director Wu Yanhua, which should inspire anybody who has concerns about China's space program.
China made clear, in no ambiguous terms, its basic principles about human space exploration, namely openness ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Chinese dissident Bao Tong, a top Communist Party official imprisoned in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who became a vocal critic of Beijing, has died at 90 years old, his son said on Twitter.
Bao had spent much of the past three decades under home surveillance or in prison following the Chinese military's violent crackdown on the student movement, which called for democratic ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 
The trial of two Uighurs accused of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in Bangkok in 2015 resumed Tuesday after years of delays due to coronavirus disruptions and problems securing translators.
Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed allegedly planted a bomb in a Hindu shrine in Bangkok's commercial heart in August 2015 that left 20 dead, mostly Chinese tourists.
The blast came weeks after Tha ... more |
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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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