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Poland wants a clear answer from Washington on plans to deploy part of a US anti-missile shield and a battery of Patriot missiles on Polish soil under a 2008 deal, the government said Friday. "We're still lacking an essential, clear response as to whether the United States will go ahead with the shield plan. It's a fundamental question to which we need a definite answer," government spokesma ... read more 
Seoul (AFP) June 14, 2009North Korea's vow to start a new nuclear weapons programme based on enriched uranium will make the goal of denuclearisation even more daunting for the US and its allies, analysts say. The North, which for years adamantly denied any uranium enrichment plan, said Saturday it would start such a programme to bolster its nuclear arsenal in protest at new United Nations sanctions. "It's a thre ... more
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Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
North Korea says Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped 'at any cost' India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms Russian nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik deployed in Belarus Mossad chief says Israel must 'ensure' Iran won't restart nuclear programme Zelensky says Donetsk among key disagreements in peace talks Press Release from Business Wire: Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus France probes mystery drone flight over nuclear sub base France takes anti-drone measures after flight over nuclear sub base 
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Washington (AFP) June 14, 2009The reelection of Iran's hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dealt a swift blow to US President Barack Obama's efforts to overturn decades of hostility between Washington and Tehran. Ahmadinejad's declared landslide win, which triggered riots by opposition supporters and furious complaints of cheating from his defeated rivals, will also complicate international efforts to ha ... more  
Bishkek (AFP) June 14, 2009The presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Russia will discuss the future of a key US airbase at a meeting on Sunday in Moscow, a source in the Kyrgyz government told AFP. Kyrgyzstan has ordered US forces to quit the Manas airbase, which is used to support operations in Afghanistan, by August 18 in a decision that was widely seen as having been made under Russian pressure. Kyrgyz President Kurma ... more 
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2009US and South Korean leaders meet Tuesday to coordinate action in an escalating showdown with North Korea, with President Barack Obama expected to try to reassure the US ally of security commitments. President Lee Myung-Bak's visit to Washington was planned well ahead of the North Korea crisis and aimed in part at smoothing out relations after Obama in his campaign rejected a hard-negotiated ... more 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) June 14, 2009A suspected US missile strike targeting Islamist militants killed three people Sunday in a tribal area of northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The attack hit in the Laddha region of South Waziristan, where Washington alleges Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels who fled Afghanistan after the 2001 US-led invasion are holed up, plotting attacks on Western targets. "A drone atta ... more |
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France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout; Fight over fossil fuels nixes key text of UN environment reportParis, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. ... more  
Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissionsBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation in ... more 
EU agrees to weaken and delay green business rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 European governments and lawmakers agreed to weaken and delay new environmental and human rights rules Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in a push to unpick EU regulations seen as too burdensome for businesses. ... more 
  
X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environmentsOrlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025 X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more 
Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language ModelsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more 
Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into spaceDavis CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the futur ... more
  
AI advances robot navigation on the International Space StationStanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more 
Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand controlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more 
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebeeBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more
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Moscow (AFP) June 14, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday Moscow has agreed to establish a rapid reaction force with a regional security group, deepening a rift with longtime ally Belarus which boycotted the talks. "The main result of the summit is an agreement on a CSTO joint rapid reaction force," Medvedev said after a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Moscow. He add ... more 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) June 14, 2009The latest in a string of bombs in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Sunday as a US missile strike hit a tribal belt where troops are expected to launch a fresh anti-Taliban onslaught. Militants remotely-detonated explosives hidden in a rickshaw, causing chaos at a busy Sunday market in Dera Ismail Khan town, with eight people killed and dozens injured, police and hospital officials sai ... more 
Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2009 Sometimes wars go exactly the way the governments or political movements that launch them expect. But more often than not, they don't. The secret to success in launching a war is to be able to wrap it up fast and to know when to stop. Those were techniques that the United States was not able to apply in either Afghanistan or Iraq. The German army since the 1860s had become the global ma ... more  
London (AFP) June 12, 2009Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Friday, the first of a massive order which fell into doubt over an arms scandal. Saudi Assistant Defence and Aviation Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan received the two fighter jets on Thursday in a ceremony at manufacturer BAE Systems' Warton site in northwest England. ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military
RTX radar selected to support autonomous X 62A fighter testing |
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