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Taliban bombs made with British electronics: report London (AFP) Feb 21, 2009
Some roadside bombs used by the Taliban in Afghanistan include electronic parts that originally came from Britain and were supplied by British Muslims, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. According to the newspaper, which did not cite its source, the devices, which were used to activate bombs via remote control, were either sent to sympathisers in neighbouring countries or carried in by ... read moreBMD Watch: LM wins Aegis upgrade contract
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2009 Lockheed Martin has won a $78.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to create a new generation of computing equipment, voice communications and console displays for the Aegis Modernization and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense programs. The company said in a statement last week that the new upgrade contract for the Navy's Aegis Weapon System involved "two BMD 4.0.1 Combat System equipment ... more
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Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt
Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday urged China to keep buying US debt as she wrapped up her first overseas trip, during which she agreed to work closely with Beijing on the financial crisis. Clinton made the plea shortly before leaving China, the final stop on a four-nation Asian tour that also took her to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, where she worked the crowds to try to ... more Unenviable task for new US pointman on NKorea
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2009One month into President Barack Obamas's administration, the United States has a new pointman on North Korea but expectations are low that he can make any progress soon with the hardline communist state. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Friday in Seoul she was naming Stephen Bosworth to oversee Washington's North Korea policy -- a new high-level post designed to press Pyongyang ... more US summons Syrian ambassador over nuclear issue
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2009US officials have summoned Damascus' ambassador in Washington after the UN nuclear watchdog found unexplained uranium particles at a desert site in Syria, a State Department spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Gordon Duguid said US officials have asked to meet with Syria's ambassador Imad Moustapha "to discuss our concerns." There remain "key differences between our two governments including ... more Obama broadens US targets in Pakistan: report
Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2009US President Barack Obama's administration has broadened the number of radical groups targeted by the CIA inside Pakistan by attacking a militant network seeking to overthrow the Pakistani government, The New York Times reported Saturday. The newspaper said recent missile strikes on training camps run by Baitullah Mehsud represent a broadening of the US military campaign inside Pakistan ... 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 |
BMD Focus: Biden dances in Munich
Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2009 Russia has accepted a first crucial olive branch offered by the Obama administration that may lead to the scrapping of America's planned ballistic missile defense bases in Central Europe. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden announced at the annual Munich Security Conference on Feb. 7 that while the Obama administration was still going ahead with plans to build the new bases in Poland and the ... more US finds new Afghan routes amid Kyrgyz defiance
Dushanbe (AFP) Feb 20, 2009The United States said on Friday it had found new Central Asian routes for sending supplies for expanded military operations in Afghanistan after Kyrgyzstan refused to reverse its closure of a key base. US Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek said Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to the transit of non-lethal US supplies for troops in Afghanistan, after meeting Tajik officials in Dushanbe. ... more US, allies 'can't delay' Iran worries: White House
Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2009The United States and its partners "can't delay" addressing worries over Iran's suspected nuclear program, the White House said Friday after a new UN report on Tehran's atomic work. "This White House understands that -- working with our allies -- that this is an urgent problem that has to be addressed and we can't delay addressing," spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. The comments ... more Obama decision on Iraq troops soon: US military
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 22, 2009The US military insisted on Sunday it would be out of Iraqi cities by the end of June and indicated that President Barack Obama would announce "shortly" if troops would be redeployed to Afghanistan. Obama last week approved an extra 17,000 soldiers for Afghanistan, having been asked for near twice that number, confirming that Washington's focus was shifting from Baghdad to Kabul as the ... more |
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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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