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Iran counts down to launch new satellite
AFP, Published on 09/02/2020
» TEHRAN: Iran started counting down on Sunday to the launch within hours of a scientific observation satellite that is part of a programme the United States has previously described as a "provocation".
Japan's Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2024
» TOKYO - Japan's Space One's small, solid-fuelled Kairos rocket exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit.
Knee-jerk reactions
News, Published on 12/04/2021
» Due to some club-frolicking ministers we are exposed to all kind of doubtful anti-Covid measures again.
3D-printed neighbourhood takes shape in Texas
Published on 08/08/2024
» GEORGETOWN, Texas - Like any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan squeezes out material layer by layer to build an object — except this printer is nearly 14 metres wide, weighs 4.75 tonnes and prints houses.
Google guru Page tests flying taxis in New Zealand
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» WELLINGTON: Pilot-less flying taxis are being tested in New Zealand as part of a project backed by Google co-founder Larry Page that supporters say will revolutionise personal transport.
Forest case rings alarms
News, Editorial, Published on 20/08/2018
» A seminal court case clashed with new government policy, and it is going to take some time to sort out the outcome. In the Court of Appeal, a so-called "forest dweller" was found guilty of trespassing and imprisoned for a year with a hefty fine of 140,000 baht. At Government House at almost the same time, a new programme to reform forest laws was announced. Its aim is to commercialise forested areas.
Cybercriminals targeting IoT, industrial systems
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 25/01/2022
» Cybercriminals are moving to target the Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial systems and exploit critical vulnerabilities, which calls for cooperation between all parties in the supply chain to protect the weakest links from attacks, say cybersecurity experts.
Menstrual health and climate crisis
News, Published on 29/05/2023
» Menstruation is too often treated as a taboo topic and this stigma is pronounced in emergencies, where the challenges of managing menstruation are amplified. Asia and the Pacific are especially vulnerable to climate change, with droughts, floods and extreme storms that will continue to devastate critical infrastructure.
In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulances
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» LAGOS — Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still "traumatised" from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.
Florian Schneider, co-founder of Germany's iconic Kraftwerk, dead at 73
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» BERLIN: Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider, co-founder of the pioneering electronic music group that re-wired the future of pop, has died, the group's management said Wednesday. He was 73 years old.