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How China’s weapons transfers to Iran have evolved over decades
New York Times, Published on 15/04/2026
» NEW YORK — For much of the past two decades, China has maintained a delicate balance in its military relationship with Iran, offering often indirect assistance instead of arms sales.
New Iranian leader was wounded early in the war, Iranian and Israeli officials say
New York Times, Published on 11/03/2026
» NEW YORK — Three days after Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his slain father as Iran’s supreme leader, he has not appeared on video or in public nor issued any written statements.
China delays return of astronauts after debris may have hit space station
New York Times, Published on 05/11/2025
» SHANGHAI — China has postponed a mission to return three astronauts from its space station after a suspected debris strike on the craft, the country’s space authorities said on Wednesday.
Brazil blocks X after Musk ignores court orders
New York Times, Published on 31/08/2024
» RIO DE JANEIRO — X, formerly known as Twitter, began to go dark across Brazil on Saturday after the South American nation's Supreme Court blocked the social network because its owner, Elon Musk, refused to comply with court orders to suspend certain accounts.
First 3D printed rocket fails shortly after launch
New York Times, Published on 23/03/2023
» Terran 1, a rocket designed and built by the company Relativity Space, suffered a failure shortly after lifting off from a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, late Wednesday night. A demonstration mission, the rocket was not carrying people or a customer payload, and no one was hurt.
Quake death toll above 23,000 in Turkey, Syria
New York Times, Published on 11/02/2023
» The death toll in Turkey and Syria from this week’s catastrophic earthquake surpassed 23,600 on Friday as relief organisations struggled to overcome an array of obstacles to deliver aid to survivors in both countries.
Chinese hackers targeted Russian defence data, report says
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2022
» TEL AVIV: The emails landed March 23 in the inboxes of scientists and engineers at several of Russia’s military research and development institutes, purportedly sent by Russia’s Ministry of Health. They carried a subject line that offered seemingly tantalizing information about a “list of persons under U.S. sanctions for invading Ukraine".
Censorship, surveillance and profits: hard bargain for Apple in China
New York Times, Published on 18/05/2021
» GUIYANG, China: On the outskirts of this city in a poor, mountainous province in southwestern China, men in hard hats recently put the finishing touches on a white building a quarter-mile long with few windows and a tall surrounding wall.
Surging traffic is slowing down internet
New York Times, Published on 26/03/2020
» WASHINGTON: In late January, as China locked down some provinces to contain the spread of the coronavirus, average internet speeds in the country slowed as people who were stuck inside went online more and clogged the networks. In Hubei province, the epicentre of infections, mobile broadband speeds fell by more than half.
Doomed jets lacked 2 features Boeing sold as extras
New York Times, Published on 21/03/2019
» As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their cockpits.