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  Seoul (AFP) April 26, 2022 North Korea will rapidly accelerate development of its nuclear arsenal, leader Kim Jong Un said while overseeing a vast military parade showcasing his most powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported Tuesday. Despite biting sanctions, North Korea has doubled down on Kim's military modernisation drive, test-firing a slew of banned weapons this year while ignoring US offers of talks - as analysts warn of a likely resumption of nuclear tests. Dressed in white military unifor ... read more |
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Ukraine war exposes Russia military shortcomings: analystsParis (AFP) April 25, 2022 Two months into the war in Ukraine, military experts say they have been shocked about how ill-prepared Russia has been in its invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. ... more  
Military spending reaches record levels: reportStockholm (AFP) April 24, 2022 Global military spending rose again in 2021, setting new records as Russia continued to beef up its military prior to its invasion of Ukraine, researchers said Monday, predicting the trend would continue in Europe in particular. ... more  
US says 'only a handful of people' have seen China-Solomons dealSydney (AFP) April 26, 2022 US officials who visited the Solomon Islands are convinced "only a handful of people in a very small circle" have seen the final version of its controversial new security deal with China. ... more  
PAR Government teams up with BlackSky to deliver near real-time imageryNew Hartford NY (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary PAR Government Systems Corporation (PGSC) has incorporated BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) commercial satellite data int ... more |
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Experts issue call to regulate space debris as levels of junk mountWashington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2021 Proliferating levels of debris are posing a threat to the space environment and should be regulated as more satellites are being launched into space, researchers say. ... more  
US sees Ukraine victory over Russia with 'right equipment'Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 25, 2022 The United States believes Kyiv can win the war against Russia if it has the "right equipment", Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Monday, as strikes on railway infrastructure in central Ukraine killed at least five. ... more 
Iran urges new nuclear meet 'as soon as possible'Tehran (AFP) April 25, 2022 Iran called on Monday for a new meeting "as soon as possible" in the talks that have been held in Vienna aimed at restoring its frayed 2015 nuclear deal with major powers. ... more 
US charges Briton, Spaniard with helping N.KoreaNew York (AFP) April 25, 2022 The United States on Monday charged two Europeans with conspiring with an American cryptocurrency expert who is in prison for helping North Korea circumvent US sanctions over its nuclear program. ... more |
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Beaming solar power from satellite array is Earth Day focus for AFRLKirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Apr 22, 2022 In honor of Earth Day, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is highlighting its efforts toward harnessing the Sun's energy, converting it to radio frequency, or RF, and beaming it to the Eart ... more 
Five challenges for Macron in new termParis (AFP) April 25, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron faces a daunting range of tasks after defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen and winning a new term at the Elysee Palace. ... more  
Poland buys short-range anti-aircraft missilesWarsaw (AFP) April 25, 2022 Short-range surface-to-air missile systems will be delivered to Poland following an agreement with the British subsidiary of the European arms manufacturing group MBDA on Monday, according to a statement. ... more  
NASA and industry to collaborate on space communications initiativeCleveland OH (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 NASA selected six American satellite communications (SATCOM) providers on April 20 to begin developing and demonstrating near-Earth space communication services that may support future agency missio ... more |
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Crew of first private flight to ISS return to EarthWashington (AFP) April 25, 2022 Three wealthy businessmen and a former NASA astronaut splashed down Monday off the Florida coast after spending more than two weeks aboard the International Space Station, in a landmark mission for the commercial sector. ... more 
Israel retaliates with artillery after rocket fired from LebanonJerusalem (AFP) April 25, 2022 UN peacekeepers said Monday they were investigating overnight rocket fire from Lebanon into Israel that prompted the Jewish state to retaliate with dozens of rounds of shelling. ... more  
Ethiopian peacekeepers from Tigray seek asylum in SudanNairobi (AFP) April 24, 2022 More than 500 UN peacekeepers from Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region have refused to return home, citing fears for their safety and highlighting deepening ethnic fissures as they request political asylum in Sudan. ... more  
Hong Kong press club scraps rights awards over 'red line' fearsHong Kong (AFP) April 25, 2022 Hong Kong's foreign press club scrapped its annual human rights awards on Monday citing fears it could be prosecuted for crossing "new red lines" as Beijing stamps out dissent in the international business hub. ... more 
N. Korea holds military parade to mark key anniversary: sourceSeoul (AFP) April 25, 2022 North Korea kicked off a much-anticipated military parade on Monday, a South Korean military source said, commemorating its major army holiday with a show of strength. ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 22, 2022  Lockheed Martin has received a contract totaling $74 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The award amount covers the production of an eighth THAAD battery for the U.S. government. It's expected to be fielded by 2025.
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 Warsaw (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Short-range surface-to-air missile systems will be delivered to Poland following an agreement with the British subsidiary of the European arms manufacturing group MBDA on Monday, according to a statement.
Under the deal, MBDA will supply Poland's PGZ-Narew consortium with CAMM iLauncher systems, which will be integrated into Poland's Narew short-range air defence program.
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 Coventry, United Kingdom (AFP) April 25, 2022  A pop-up urban port for delivery drones - and one day, potentially flying taxis - launched Monday in Britain, lifting a box of prosecco for a brief celebratory test flight hailed as groundbreaking.
Air-One, a so-called "vertiport" for drones and future electric vehicles taking off and landing vertically, was proclaimed as the first of its kind by proponents and heralding a new era of low-e ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
Warfighters depend on high-frequency (HF) radio transmissions to operate military systems across the space, air, ground, and maritime domains. Current understanding of how HF waves propagate through the electromagnetically noisy ionosphere typically depends on ground-based methods. To more accurately understand HF propagation in space requires scientific measurements taken from within the ionosp ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) April 13, 2022 
President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday downplayed the Brazilian military's recent purchase of Viagra, which drew scrutiny from opposition lawmakers and a flurry of jokes online.
"It was maybe 50,000 pills total. With all due respect, that's nothing," the far-right president said at a meeting with Evangelical Christian ministers at the presidential palace, two days after revelations the armed ... more |
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 Stockholm (AFP) April 24, 2022 
Global military spending rose again in 2021, setting new records as Russia continued to beef up its military prior to its invasion of Ukraine, researchers said Monday, predicting the trend would continue in Europe in particular.
Despite the economic fallout of the global Covid pandemic, countries around the world increased their arsenals, with global military spending rising by 0.7 percent l ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Two months into the war in Ukraine, military experts say they have been shocked about how ill-prepared Russia has been in its invasion of its pro-Western neighbour.
Despite an initial offensive on multiple fronts, Moscow has failed to gain the upper hand in the air, sent in columns of tanks without cover or coordination and has vastly underestimated the strength of Ukraine's resistance, expe ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
From designing new biomaterials to novel photonic devices, new materials built through a process called bottom-up nanofabrication, or self-assembly, are opening up pathways to new technologies with properties tuned at the nanoscale. However, to fully unlock the potential of these new materials, researchers need to "see" into their tiny creations so that they can control the design and fabricatio ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 23, 2022 
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after negotiations were suspended last month, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday.
"Talks resumed last Thursday in Baghdad," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, and without giving further details.
Iran's Nour news agency confirmed a meeting attended by "senior officials from the ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Iran called on Monday for a new meeting "as soon as possible" in the talks that have been held in Vienna aimed at restoring its frayed 2015 nuclear deal with major powers.
Tehran has been engaged in negotiations with Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly and the United States indirectly to revive the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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 Beijing (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Colin Chan spent more than a decade building a life in China, but enduring ever-changing Covid rules and five weeks of quarantine convinced the Singaporean that it was time to leave.
China's reluctance to budge on its strict zero-Covid policy is hastening the departure of expats from the world's second-largest economy, with business groups warning that unpredictable regulations were driving ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 22, 2022 
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Chernobyl next week as the organisation ramps up efforts to "prevent the danger of a nuclear accident", a statement said Friday.
Chernobyl, the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history, fell into Russian hands on the first day of the country's invasion of Ukraine, and suffered a power and communications outage. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 21, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 separated from the country's space station core module Tianhe and redocked with the module on Wednesday.
Tianzhou-3 detached from the rear docking port of Tianhe at 5:02 a.m. (Beijing Time), moved to the module's front port and completed a computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking at 9:06 a.m., according to the China Manned Space Agency.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Hong Kong's foreign press club scrapped its annual human rights awards on Monday citing fears it could be prosecuted for crossing "new red lines" as Beijing stamps out dissent in the international business hub.
The decision has triggered a row within the Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong (FCCHK) and sparked resignations from within its press freedom committee, four people with knowledge ... more |
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 Bogota (AFP) April 22, 2022 
More than 4,600 members of a leftist party in Colombia were killed and another 1,100 went missing between 1984 and 2007, a special tribunal set up to try the worst atrocities committed during the country's half century conflict said in a report released Friday.
The victims were members of the Patriotic Union (UP) communist party that was formed in the 1980s during an attempt by then-presiden ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam.
The February demonstration marked the first time the U.S. Navy used an all-electric, high-energy laser weap ... more |
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