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  Berlin (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday. The magazine said it has seen information indicating that Russia's military is negotiating with Chinese drone manufacturer Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology to produce such drones for Moscow on a large scale. The Chinese manufacturer, the report said, has agreed to build and test 100 ZT-180 prototype drones before deliver ... read more |
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US pledges $2 bn in Ukraine security aid on invasion anniversaryWashington (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 The United States announced $2 billion in additional security assistance for Kyiv on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
Putin says Sarmat nuclear missile to be deployed this yearMoscow (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year following US reports that the weapon failed a recent test. ... more  
DoD invests additional $1.5M toward 3D-printed hypersonic rocket engineWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023 The Department of Defense awarded a $1.5 million contract to New Frontier Aerospace to continue its work on a 3D printed rocket engine. ... more  
Key takeaways from China's Ukraine position paperBeijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 China released a new position paper outlining its stance on the Ukraine conflict on Friday, the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion. ... more |
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NATO says 'resolute' in supporting UkraineBrussels (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 NATO on Friday declared itself "resolute" in its support of Ukraine and said "Russia's efforts to break the resolve of the brave people of Ukraine are failing". ... more 
Ukrainians pray, ready for strikes one year after Russian invasionKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 Ukrainians will hold ceremonies across their war-ravaged country Friday on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion, with President Volodymyr Zelensky to assure them of victory even as they face the threat of new missile strikes. ... more  
Russia launches empty ship to ISS to replace damaged capsuleMoscow (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 An uncrewed Russian Soyuz capsule took off early Friday from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station to eventually bring home three astronauts whose return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid. ... more  
North Korea fires more missiles after US-South Korea nuclear drillSeoul (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 North Korea said Friday it had fired cruise missiles and claimed that ramped-up US-South Korean military drills "can be regarded as a declaration of war". ... more |
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UN to vote on demand for Russia to withdraw from UkraineUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 The United Nations is expected to vote Thursday on a resolution demanding Russia withdraw troops from Ukraine one year after invading the country. ... more 
China urges Russia, Ukraine to hold talks, warns against using nuclear weaponsBeijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 China called Friday for urgent peace talks as it released its plan to end the war in Ukraine, but Western powers quickly rebuffed the proposals while warning against Beijing's closening ties to Moscow. ... more 
Zelensky wants to meet China over its Ukraine peace planKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he had not seen a peace plan promised by China but wanted to meet with Beijing over their proposal before assessing it. ... more  
Advanced comms satellite launched from SichuanBeijing (XNA) Feb 24, 2023 China successfully launched its sixth rocket of 2023, a Long March 3B carrier rocket, on Thursday evening from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province. The rocket carried the ChinaSat 26 communications satellite into geostationary orbit ... more |
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BAE Systems announces record military ordersLondon (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 British military equipment maker BAE Systems said Thursday that it won a record-high number of orders last year, the start of which saw Russia invade Ukraine. ... more 
US, S.Korea hold 'tabletop' exercise on North's nuclear threatWashington (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 The United States and South Korea held a "tabletop" exercise at the Pentagon on the nuclear threat from Pyongyang, the two countries said Thursday. ... more 
British PM to urge G7 to speed up military aid to KyivLondon (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Friday tell G7 allies they must increase aid to Kyiv faster to give Ukraine a "decisive" battlefield advantage, a statement issued by his office said. ... more 
Scholz urges caution on China's relationship with RussiaBerlin (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday there should be "no illusions" over China, which has been seeking to position itself as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, almost a year after Moscow's invasion. ... more  
Russia turns to spam tactics in online war on Ukraine: MetaSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 Russia is resorting to spammer tactics to spread Ukraine war propaganda after more sophisticated influence operations at Facebook and Instagram have been thwarted, Meta said on Thursday. ... 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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 Moscow (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year following US reports that the weapon failed a recent test.
The Sarmat - dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts - is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and is among Russia's next-generation missiles that Putin has described as "invincible".
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 Berlin (AFP) Feb 24, 2023  Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday.
The magazine said it has seen information indicating that Russia's military is negotiating with Chinese drone manufacturer Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology to produce such drones for Moscow on a large scale.
The ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 24, 2023  China successfully launched its sixth rocket of 2023, a Long March 3B carrier rocket, on Thursday evening from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province. The rocket carried the ChinaSat 26 communications satellite into geostationary orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully moved its first Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated Sensor (EMRIS), a new ultra-wideband sensor, into integration and test. Northrop Grumman's sophisticated multifunction sensors, including EMRIS, enable warfighters to accelerate decision timelines and act collectively.
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 London (AFP) Feb 23, 2023  British military equipment maker BAE Systems said Thursday that it won a record-high number of orders last year, the start of which saw Russia invade Ukraine.
Orders totalled 37.1 billion pounds ($44.7 billion) in 2022, and BAE said it expected "renewed importance of armoured combat vehicles in the Ukraine conflict to benefit" the group going forward.
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 
China released a new position paper outlining its stance on the Ukraine conflict on Friday, the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion.
The 12-point document mostly reiterates Beijing's existing standpoint on the conflict, while portraying China as a neutral party and urging the two sides to enter into peace negotiations.
But Beijing's claim to neutrality has been questioned by the U ... 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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 Najaf, Iraq (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 
Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries.
Flowers, photographs and religious banners honour many of the millions buried in the ochre desert sands of the "Valley of Peace" - victims of war and disease, accidents and old age.
"Oh my father!" lame ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 24, 2023 
North Korea said Friday it had fired cruise missiles and claimed that ramped-up US-South Korean military drills "can be regarded as a declaration of war".
It came after the two allies conducted a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon focused on responses to a nuclear attack by Pyongyang.
North Korean forces held a "strategic cruise missile launching drill" in the early hours of Thursday, fir ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 23, 2023 
Markets were mixed Thursday, with little buying enthusiasm after minutes from a Federal Reserve policy meeting indicated interest rates will likely keep rising longer than previously feared.
A blockbuster jobs report and sticky inflation data this month have dealt a hammer blow to earlier expectations the US central bank could soon pause its monetary tightening campaign or even cut borrowing ... more |
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 Ankara (AFP) Feb 23, 2023  Turkish authorities have expanded a criminal probe into individuals responsible for buildings levelled by a deadly earthquake with 564 suspects identified, the interior minister has announced.
A 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6 and its aftershocks have killed more than 43,000 people in Turkey and left millions without homes.
"160 of them have been detained, 18 are in police custody an ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 
Multiple engineering experiments are currently underway, or poised to begin, at a cabinet on China's space station which is in a near-Earth orbit. These experiments aim to acquire know-how that can support more experimental possibilities and human survival in outer space.
The Space Basic Experiment Cabinet mounted on the country's space lab module Mengtian is carrying its first group of fi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 
With China's dropping of its "zero-Covid" policy, makeshift quarantine centres and testing booths are being repurposed as mini-libraries, information points or even housing.
Since Beijing suddenly abandoned its hardline virus control measures in December after almost three years, cities across China have been left with tens of thousands of the temporary structures.
Some of the metal or p ... more |
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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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