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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 31, 2008 
NATO is seeking to seal an agreement with Moscow to allow the military alliance to fly equipment over Russian airspace to Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. "Both sides are already aware of the fact that an air agreement would be desirable," the NATO official told AFP. The talks "at many levels" are able to take place now following the end of a four-month freeze the alliance impose ... read more
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 31, 2008Pakistani security forces arrested 28 rebels and killed three civilians as troops backed by helicopter gunships continued a major operation against militants for a second day on Wednesday, a senior official said. Supplies to NATO and US forces in Afghanistan via the historic Khyber Pass remained suspended because of the operation, local administration chief Tariq Hayat told a news conference ... more
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Paris (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama's first year of engagement with the rest of a watchful world will be defined by the economic crisis, by the calendar and by chance. As former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan observed, when asked to explain the main influences on his years in power: "Events, dear boy, events." The crisis and the calendar will come together at the Group of 20 meeting ... more  
Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 31, 2008Israel on Wednesday rejected world calls for a truce and pressed on with its deadly Gaza offensive, as warplanes pounded Hamas targets for a fifth day and the Islamists shot back with rockets. "The cabinet decided to continue with the military operation," a senior government official told AFP after a six-hour meeting of the country's security cabinet that debated international truce proposal ... more  
Moustache Island, Iraq (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 On Moustache Island, on the Tigris River, close to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, American soldiers slowly worked their way through the groves and orchards, map grid by map grid, pulling apart piles of fallen branches and palm fronds, digging through dung piles used for fertilizer and checking large holes or mounds of dirt in a recent operation. They were hunting hidden caches of weapons ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 1, 2009Relations between Washington and Beijing are improving and they will need to work together in the face of the global economic slowdown, state media said in a commentary early Thursday. Both sides had made "concerted efforts" to improve ties in the last 30 years, the Xinhua news agency said in an editorial, together making "important contributions to world peace and development." "The two ... more |
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Italy challenges EU over key climate toolRome (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills. ... more  
Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund'Geneva (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to create a multibillion-dollar climate fund aimed at combating global warming and its consequences, voting against it by a large margin. ... more 
AI giants promise Trump to pay for increased energy needsNew York (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Seven US tech giants at the forefront of artificial intelligence committed Wednesday to offset the costs of their increased electricity needs through investments in energy infrastructure. ... more 
  
CesiumAstro buys Vidrovr to embed AI across satellite communicationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 CesiumAstro has acquired Vidrovr in a move to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its space communications systems, payloads, and satellite platforms, extending AI-driven analytics and r ... more 
Behind Space Innovation The Growing Role of Outsourcing ServicesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Explore the reasons outsourcing has become the norm in space innovation. Discover how it helps teams reduce turnaround times, lower costs and improve results within a short time. ... more 
After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan mineralsCaracas (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. ... more
  
Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more 
Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2008Chinese President Hu Jintao called Wednesday for military exchanges with Taiwan, in another sign of rapidly improving ties between the former arch enemies. "The two sides can pick the right time to engage in exchanges on military issues and explore setting up a military and security mechanism to build mutual trust," Hu said. This would help "improve the situation in the Taiwan Strait and ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 31, 2008The world can look forward to peace and harmony in 2009, but Chinese soothsayers warned that the road to economic recovery will be long. The Year of the Rat, marked by an unprecedented, global financial crisis, will give way to a much more stable Year of the Ox, Chinese astrologists and feng shui masters predicted. "The soil represents a garden or a green field, a feng shui symbol for ha ... more  
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 31, 2008Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest wind energy group, said Wednesday it had received Chinese orders for turbines with a total capacity of 100 megawatts, just two days after it announced a similar-sized contract in China. "Vestas has received another two orders with a total capacity of 100 MW to be delivered to two wind power projects in China," the Danish company said in a statement. ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 31, 2008US personal computer giant Dell Inc. announced a major reorganization of its operations on Wednesday and the departure of two top executives. Dell said that instead of regionally it will now organize globally around four major customer segments -- large enterprise, public sector, small and medium businesses and consumer products. Dell, which has been hard-hit by the economic slowdown and ... more |
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Northrop Grumman moves to boost B-21 Raider outputLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are ramping up production capacity for the B-21 Raider to field the new bomber more quickly. The company describes the program as a demonstration of its perfo ... more 
Dubai airport briefly suspends operations after interceptionDubai (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran. ... more 
France's Dassault accuses Airbus of sabotaging European aircraft projectSaint-Cloud, France (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 France's Dassault Aviation on Wednesday accused Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane programme, of seeking to sabotage the project. ... more
  
Water emerges as a dangerous new war targetParis, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants - critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. ... more 
Hydromea and Equinor prove subsea wireless link from seabed to cloudLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Hydromea and Equinor have completed what they describe as the world's first real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data link from the seabed directly to a cloud environment, demonstrating a subsea-to-sa ... more 
Warming El Nino may return later this year: UNGeneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more
  
Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floodsSydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more 
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rocketsJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more 
Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN expertsGeneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more |
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