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Outside View: Punjabi power and Zardari Manipal, India (UPI) Mar 18, 2009
Regular readers of this column will not have been surprised at recent developments in Pakistan, in which army chief Ashfaq Kayani enforced the surrender of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government to the demands of the Pakistan Muslim League-N chief, Nawaz Sharif. The core purpose of Kayani's institution is to ensure the continued supremacy of Wahhabi Punjabis over all other groups in ... read moreUS Senator: US, Russia must work through 'strained' ties
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009An influential US Senator warned Thursday that US-Russia relations will be "strained for some time" but urged speedy efforts to extend a nuclear cooperation accord that expires December 5. "The foundation of the US-Russian strategic relationship is at risk of collapsing in less than nine months," Senator Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in ... more
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SeaCom Provides Naval Network Centric Warfare Solutions
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 20, 2009Elbit Systems' is a world leader in providing a family of Command and Control systems offering true Network Centric Warfare (NCW) capability. SeaCom is the latest addition integrating naval systems into the combined battle by offering a high-end solution of modern C4I capabilities on top of cutting edge technology network management core technology. Force interoperability and net-cen ... more US mulls sending more civilians to Afghanistan
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009President Barack Obama's administration is studying plans to send more civilians to Afghanistan to complement a surge of US armed forces there, a senior US official said Thursday. The State Department hopes to dispatch 51 civilians to Afghanistan while other government agencies also plan to send people there to boost its political and economic development, department spokesman Robert Wood sa ... more NKorea may launch several missiles: Detains US Journalists
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009The US military is prepared for the possibility that North Korea may launch several missiles to coincide with its scheduled rocket launch next month, a US general said on Thursday. When the North Korean regime last tried to test a long-range missile in 2006, at "about the same time they also launched six other missiles," said General Walter Sharp, commander of US forces in South Korea. ... more Russia test fires cruise missiles: reports
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009Russian Tupolev bombers Thursday successfully test-fired cruise missiles in the country's far-northern Vorkuta region, local news agencies Interfax and Ria Novosti reported. "The last two bombers returned a few minutes ago to their permanent base after launching the missiles. In all six long-range bombers took part," in the exercise, said air force spokesman Vladimir Drik. Tu-95Mc and Tu ... 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 |
'Opportunity' for US missile deal: Russian spokesman
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009Russia sees "every opportunity" to reach agreement with the United States on missile defence issues, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday, referring to controversial US plans. "Potentially we have every opportunity to agree on anti-missile defence," Andrei Nesterenko told journalists at a briefing. The issue of missile defence created severe strains between Moscow and Washington ... more NKorea assembly to meet one day after missile test
Seoul (AFP) March 20, 2009North Korea's new parliament will convene on April 9, one day after the period set aside for a rocket launch, state media said Friday. "The first session of the 12th SPA (Supreme People's Assembly) will be convened in Pyongyang on April 9," the Korean Central News Agency reported. The meeting will re-elect leader Kim Jong-Il to his post as chairman of the National Defence Commission, the ... more Electronic Nose Sniffs Hazards
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 20, 2009An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm's metro system. This technique, called the 'electronic nose', was developed for ESA in the 1990s as a contribution to the Russian MIR programme to ensure constant monitoring of the air inside the MIR space station. ... more German official moots A400M cancellations
Frankfurt (AFP) March 19, 2009German Deputy Defence Minister Ruediger Wolf said Thursday that cancelling orders for the problem-plagued Airbus A400M military transport plane was a serious option. Wolf told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that to bring pressure on Airbus' parent company EADS, "cancellation must be a serious option after a delay of three to six months." The A400M has been plagued by setbacks, with ... 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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