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  Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The White House sought Tuesday to take the air out of an escalating diplomatic crisis with Beijing, saying that preliminary evidence suggests three unidentified aerial objects shot down by US jets were not involved in a broader Chinese spy balloon program. The United States has been in a state of alarm since a huge white balloon from China was spotted tracking over a series of top secret nuclear weapons sites, before being shot down just off the east coast on February 4. In the wake of the incid ... read more |
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Japan says past aerial objects likely Chinese spy balloonsTokyo (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan's airspace in recent years "strongly" suggests they were Chinese spy balloons, according to Tokyo's defence ministry. ... more 
Ukraine war boosts NATO, but China concerns the US: think-tankLondon (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 The conflict in Ukraine "has given NATO renewed purpose" and spurred Eastern Europe to ditch Soviet-era equipment, but China's military modernisation remains the United States' chief concern, a British think-tank said Wednesday. ... more  
Philippines' Marcos summons Chinese envoy over laser incident at seaManila (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos summoned Beijing's ambassador Tuesday to express "serious concern" after a Chinese security vessel was accused of using a military-grade laser light against a Philippine patrol boat in the disputed South China Sea. ... more 
Oops -- US jet pilot misses mystery object with first missileWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 It was more "oops" than "Top Gun" when a US fighter pilot roared up to fire a nearly half-million-dollar Sidewinder missile at a mysterious unarmed object in the sky over Lake Huron - and missed. ... more |
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Roscosmos is delaying the launch of the replacement Soyuz for crew returnSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 The launch of the unmanned Soyuz MS-23, a replacement vehicle for the damaged Soyuz MS-22, was postponed until March 2023; it was originally planned to launch on February 19th, 2023, from the Baikon ... more  
Ukraine troops train on Leopard tanks in PolandSwietoszow, Poland (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 Ukrainian soldiers, who arrived at a Polish military base straight from the frontline, on Monday praised the Leopard battle tanks whose ins and outs they have been learning under the watchful eye of allied instructors. ... more  
North Korea unveils stamps featuring Kim Jong Un's daughterSeoul (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 North Korea has unveiled new postage stamps featuring leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, in what experts described as another sign of her rise as heir apparent of the nuclear-armed nation. ... more 
US awards $522 mn for artillery shells; Ukraine's allies scramble to keep ammo flowingWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The US Army announced Tuesday that it had awarded $522 million in orders to two companies to manufacture 155 mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine. ... more |
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Ukraine one year on: the specter of nuclear warWashington (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 For decades, children in the United States and the Soviet Union were drilled on what to do in a nuclear war. One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, could the danger have returned for new generations? ... more 
China's Xi hails Iran 'solidarity' during 'complex' world situation: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Beijing's "solidarity" with Iran on Tuesday, state media reported, as he hosted the Islamic Republic's President Ebrahim Raisi at the start of a three-day visit. ... more  
On EU, Ukraine borders, Belarus special forces are 'ready'Brest, Belarus (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 In reclusive Belarus, just a few kilometres from the EU frontier, special forces in the army of Kremlin ally Alexander Lukashenko are simulating forest combat while paratroopers nearby practise jumping from aircraft. ... more  
EagleView expands imagery archive and resolution options for all enterprise customersRochester NY (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 EagleView, a leading provider of aerial imagery, data, and analytics announces the expansion of its EagleView Cloud offering to all customers following a successful launch to Government customers. E ... more |
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Saudi plane carrying aid lands in Syria, first in decadeAleppo, Syria (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in second city Aleppo Tuesday - the first in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry official told AFP. ... more  
Xinjiang governor cancels controversial UK trip: LondonLondon (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The governor of Xinjiang, sanctioned by the US over the Chinese region's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, is believed to have cancelled his controversial trip to the UK, the Foreign Office said Tuesday. ... more  
Hong Kong mandates national security law promotion on free TV, radioHong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Hong Kong's free television and radio broadcasters must air weekly programmes that promote Chinese "national identity" as well as a national security law, according to licensing requirements announced by the government on Tuesday. ... more 
Chinese crypto scams targeting Filipinos to work for them: officialManila (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 Chinese criminals running cryptocurrency scams in Southeast Asia are targeting Filipinos to work for them because of their English language and computer skills, a Philippine foreign ministry official said Monday. ... more 
Spacecraft controllers aim for the heightsBeijing (XNA) Feb 14, 2023 Like many office workers, Hu Guolin and his colleagues deal with figures, charts and graphics on their computer screens. However, the information in front of Hu's team comes from Earth's orbit ... more |
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 Bratislava (AFP) Feb 9, 2023 
Germany will give Bratislava two sets of the MANTIS air defence system to protect Slovakia's eastern border with Ukraine, the Slovak defence ministry said Thursday.
"Slovakia will receive the systems free of charge and permanently," the ministry spokeswoman Martina Kakascikova told AFP.
"The training of Slovak soldiers to use the system will begin in the coming months," Slovak Defence M ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2023 
The joint DARPA and U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) completed yet another successful flight test. The Lockheed Martin version of the missile, with its Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet, capped a program that accomplished all of its initial objectives. It was the final flight test for HAWC, which is providing critical data to inform Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) hype ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2023  A US warplane shot down another flying object on Sunday, this time over Lake Huron on the US-Canadian border, the fourth in a dramatic series that began with the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon a week ago.
Jittery Americans have been watching the skies as the mysterious incursions unfolded against a backdrop of acute tensions with China - although only the first object has so far ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully demonstrated its gateway technology in a flight test that proved the ability to connect airborne platforms with naval assets. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was conducted with Naval Air Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and BAE Systems.
"Our gateways provide an open, secure and resi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023  The US Army announced Tuesday that it had awarded $522 million in orders to two companies to manufacture 155 mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
The orders, officially decided on January 30, went to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and Global Military Products Inc. and came amid worries that Ukraine was fast depleting the stockpiles of artillery shells from the United States and other allies. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 
Ukraine is urging allies for more weapons to fight Russia but experts warn the West is struggling to produce enough ammunition for the arms it has already donated to Kyiv.
"The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting allied stockpiles," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told journalists on Monday.
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 12, 2023 
The NATO alliance confirmed Sunday that its long-serving chief would leave office in October, launching a new round of speculation about his successor.
Diplomats in Brussels say there is no consensus as to who should replace former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg as the Western alliance's top civilian official.
Some allies were considering a plan to extend his already nine-year ... more |
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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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 Baghdad (AFP) Feb 5, 2023 
Iraqi activists protested Sunday to demand a law against domestic violence, days after a YouTuber was strangled by her father in a killing that sparked outrage in the conservative country.
Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniyah, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan had said on Twitter on Friday.
Maan said there had been an attempt t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 15, 2023  For decades, children in the United States and the Soviet Union were drilled on what to do in a nuclear war. One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, could the danger have returned for new generations?
Within days of Moscow's attack, President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of Russian nuclear forces, stunning the world.
Washington bashed such talk as "dangerous" and "irrespo ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 
China will resume issuing short-term visas for South Korean nationals on February 18, the Chinese embassy in Seoul said Wednesday.
The move follows South Korea's decision last week to end Covid-linked travel restrictions on Chinese nationals - rules that sparked a furious response and tit-for-tat measures from Beijing.
From Saturday, the Chinese embassy in Seoul and other consulates "wi ... more |
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 Aleppo, Syria (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in second city Aleppo Tuesday - the first in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry official told AFP.
Planeloads of foreign aid have landed in Syria since a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the war-torn country and neighbouring Turkey killing more than 35,000 people.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 10, 2023 
A crew of Chinese astronauts on a six-month mission aboard the country's newly completed space station ventured outside the orbiter for the first time Friday for what became a successful spacewalk.
Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu donned the puffy white space suits and exited the station to conduct the 7-hour walk, while the third astronaut, Deng Qingming, stayed behind to mo ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 15, 2023  Several hundred retirees staged a protest in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday, according to witnesses and images on social media, following local anger over reforms to the public health insurance system.
Protests are rare in China, where authorities strictly enforce public order laws and opposition is quickly snuffed out.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2023 
A Pakistani who was tortured by the CIA and held in the Guantanamo Bay prison for 16 years after admitting to helping Al Qaeda was released to Belize, the US military announced Thursday.
Majid Khan, captured by US authorities in 2003 and interrogated by US intelligence for three years before being sent to Guantanamo, admitted in a 2012 plea deal to joining a plot to assassinate Pakistan's pr ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023  The United States on Monday criticized China's reported use of military-grade laser light against a Philippine coast guard vessel in the disputed South China Sea last week, which left the ship's crew temporarily blinded.
State Department Ned Price said the Chinese coastguard's "conduct was provocative and unsafe, resulting in the temporary blindness of the crew members."
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