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  Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 The United States announced sanctions Thursday on individuals and companies it accused of abetting Russia's war against Ukraine, targeting entities in Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates in a bid to disrupt Moscow's supply chains. This comes as Russia has offshored the production of technology, equipment and other goods it needs for its military, relying on suppliers in other countries to acquire these items, said the US Treasury Department. "Russia is dependent on willing third-country i ... read more |
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'Omnipresent' threat of interference from Russia, China: French MPsParis (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 From espionage to information manipulation, France faces an "omnipresent and lasting threat" of foreign interference, with Russia and China seen as the main perpetrators, the French parliamentary intelligence committee said on Thursday. ... more  
Blinken deplores Russia 'significant step in wrong direction' on nuclear banWashington (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday criticized Russia for leaving the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and called on Moscow to commit not to test. ... more  
Zephr raises $3.5M to bring next-gen GPS to major industriesBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 Zephr, a leading developer of next-generation GPS technologies, has announced a $3.5 million seed round led by Space Capital and First Spark Ventures as it officially launches a groundbreaking "netw ... more  
China on 'alert' after US, Canadian ships cross Taiwan StraitBeijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 China said Thursday its troops were "on constant high alert" after US and Canadian warships passed through the Taiwan Strait, their second joint passage in two months. ... more |
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  Lisa Franchetti becomes first woman to lead US Navy  
Israel army says Gaza City encircled: spokesmanJerusalem (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Israel's army said Thursday its forces have encircled the Hamas stronghold of Gaza City following days of expanding ground operations in the besieged Palestinian territory. ... more |
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'Ceasefire now!' Protesters interrupt US congress hearingWashington (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 Protesters with hands covered in red paint repeatedly interrupted a congressional hearing on US military aid Tuesday, demanding Washington stop funding Israel's fight against Hamas. ... more  
FBI director warns Hamas-Israel conflict increases risk of attacks on AmericansWashington DC (UPI) Oct 31, 2023 FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday that the Hamas-Israel conflict has heightened the risk of possible attacks against Americans to an unprecedented degree. ... more  
Iraq summit for 'regional stability' pushed back over Gaza warBaghdad (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 An international summit in Baghdad on "regional stability" planned for late November has been postponed due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, an Iraqi official told AFP on Thursday. ... more 
Israel renews Gaza camp strikes as UN warns of 'war crimes'Rafah, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Israel hit Gaza's largest refugee camp with renewed air strikes Wednesday, prompting UN rights officials to warn that targeting densely populated residential areas "could amount to war crimes." ... more |
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 Lebanon accuses Israel of white phosphorus attacks  
Norway inaugurates satellite launch siteOslo (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Norway on Thursday joined the race to launch satellites from the European continent by inaugurating a new spaceport on the island of Andoya, north of the Arctic Circle. ... more |
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Myanmar military says lost control of strategic border townYangon, Myanmar (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Myanmar's military has lost control of a strategic town on the Chinese border following days of clashes with ethnic armed groups, in what analysts say is the biggest military challenge it has faced since seizing power. ... more 
Larger-scale warfare may have occurred in Europe 1,000 years earlierValladolid, Spain (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 A re-analysis of more than 300 sets of 5,000-year-old skeletal remains excavated from a site in Spain suggests that many of the individuals may have been casualties of the earliest period of warfare ... more  
Islamist armed groups, army targeting civilians in Mali: HRWDakar (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Islamist armed groups and Malian soldiers killed at least 175 civilians, many of them children, between April and September in Mali, Human Rights Watch has said, condemning the targeted killing of civilians as war crimes. ... more 
One year after Tigray peace deal, rights abuses persistAddis Ababa (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 One year after a deal to end the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, there were global calls Thursday for more to be done to protect civilians and ensure justice for victims of atrocities. ... more |
 Minuteman III Test Launch Aborted Mid-Flight, Investigation Underway  
Space Force awards $2.5 billion in rocket contracts to ULA, SpaceXWashington DC (UPI) Nov 1, 2023 The U.S. Space Force has awarded $2.5 billion in rocket contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance for 21 missions expected to launch over the next two to three years. ... more |
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Putin revokes Russia's ratification of nuclear test ban treatyMoscow (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law revoking Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. ... more  
UK, US, China sign AI safety pledge at UK summitBletchley Park, United Kingdom (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 Countries including the UK, United States and China on Wednesday agreed the "need for international action" as political and tech leaders gathered for the world's first summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety. ... more  
Switzerland enhances air defense with PAC-3 MSE missile acquisitionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 Switzerland has advanced its national defense capabilities by formalizing an agreement with the United States to procure Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhan ... more  
Lockheed Martin Showcases Hybrid 5G-Tactical Network in Multi-Domain Field TestLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 In a landmark event for military communications, Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated its advanced Hybrid 5G-Tactical Mesh Network, taking a substantial leap in the operationalization of ne ... more |
 
Private sector actively competing for involvement in China's space station, manned lunar missionsJiuquan (XNA) Oct 31, 2023 China's private space enterprises are hopeful that commercial rockets developed by them will be involved in the launch missions of the low-cost cargo transport vehicle for the country's space statio ... more  
Goddard engineers improve NASA Lidar tech for explorationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2023 Lidar technology improvements will help NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-image scanning, hazard detection and avoidance, and navigation. Like a sona ... more
Blinken to visit Seoul for North Korea talksSeoul (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea next week for "wide-ranging" discussions on issues including nuclear-armed North Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. ... more 
North Korean ex-diplomat: embassy closures show closer ties with Russia, ChinaWashington DC (UPI) Nov 2, 2023 North Korea is increasingly tying its economic and political future to Moscow and Beijing, a high-profile defector said Thursday, amid a spate of embassy closures that may have been sparked by tightened international sanctions against Pyongyang. ... more |
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Peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi smuggles message out of cellOslo (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 "Victory is not easy, but it is certain," imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner and women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi, said in a message smuggled out of her Tehran cell and published late Tuesday. ... more 
US charges three more Russians over sanctions evasionNew York (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 US prosecutors charged two Russians and a Russian-American Wednesday over an alleged plan to evade export controls to help Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, a day after three others were charged in a similar scheme. ... more 
Monitoring nuclear weapons stockpiles with radio wavesBochum, Belgium (SPX) Oct 31, 2023 An international research team has proposed a new method for monitoring nuclear disarmament treaties. The IT security experts developed a mechanism that uses radio waves to remotely monitor whether ... more  
Israel army says intercepted 'missile' from Red Sea regionJerusalem (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 The Israeli military said on Tuesday its forces intercepted a missile fired from the Red Sea region, as tensions surged across the Middle East amid Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. ... more |
 
Military students innovate technology solutions for US Special Operations CommandBoston MA (SPX) Nov 01, 2023 All eyes were on the robot-dog pacing the hangar on Hanscom Air Force Base. The robot was just one technology, among small drones, autonomous mapping vehicles, and virtual-environment simulators, se ... more  
Terran Orbital receives $7M addition to Tranche 1 contractBoca Raton FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2023 Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to host additional payloads. The contract modification adds $7.7M to an existing satellite de ... more 
Taiwan detects 43 Chinese warplanes around islandTaipei (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 More than 40 Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan in a day, the self-ruled island's defence ministry said on Wednesday. ... more
Voices from Ethiopia's war-scarred TigrayAddis Ababa (AFP) Nov 1, 2023 One year after Ethiopia signed a peace deal with the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending a brutal conflict that killed hundreds of thousands by some estimates, life in the northern region is slowly limping back to normal. ... more |
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Biden 'aiming' for 'constructive' talks with Xi: USWashington (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 US President Joe Biden is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in San Francisco in November for "constructive" talks, the White House said Tuesday. ... more 
Air Force, Space Force raise maximum enlistment age to gain recruitsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2023 To address ongoing recruiting challenges, the U.S. Air Force and Space Force have raised the age limit for new enlisted and officer recruits to 42. ... more 
Tech agreement sets stage for U.S. private sector space launch sites in AustraliaWashington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2023 The United States and Australia marked a significant milestone in their long partnership with the signing of a bilateral tech agreement Thursday. The assistant secretary for international secu ... more 
NASA tech breathes life into potentially game-changing antenna designGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Some 30 years ago, a young engineer named Christopher Walker was home in the evening making chocolate pudding when he got what turned out to be a very serendipitous call from his mother. Takin ... more |
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