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US, India to launch powerful Earth-monitoring satellite
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards.
Chinese-owned ship ‘goes dark’ after incident off Taiwan
AFP, Published on 07/01/2025
» TAIPEI - A Chinese-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable off Taiwan has stopped transmitting its location on the high seas, Taiwan’s coast guard said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong launches first bus route with women drivers only, sets up rest facility for them
Published on 05/07/2024
» HONG KONG: Franchised bus firm KMB has launched Hong Kong's first route with women drivers only and set up a rest facility that prioritises female workers at terminuses as part of its efforts to buck gender stereotypes.
Japan celebrates successful lunar landing
Reuters, Published on 20/01/2024
» TOKYO - Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but solar power issues threatened to cut short the mission to prove “precision” landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.
The secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s military
Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman, The New York Times, Published on 14/10/2023
» ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER - The 10 gunmen from Gaza knew exactly how to find the Israeli intelligence hub — and how to get inside.
Private satellites give boost to public sector in climate fight
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - From satellites that can pinpoint the sources of industrial pollution, to others that track hurricane movements by the hour, space has emerged as a key front in the fight against climate change.
From pigs to TVs: Retreating Russians loot in Ukraine
Abhaya Srivastava, Published on 04/11/2022
» KUPIANSK, Ukraine: From the rubble inside Kupiansk town hall, Olena salvages a chair, a screen: little was left when the Russians withdrew from this northeastern Ukrainian town, fuelling widespread allegations of systematic looting.
Record measurement of universe suggests 'something is fishy'
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» PARIS: The most precise measurements ever made of the universe's composition and how fast it is expanding suggest "something is fishy" in our understanding of the cosmos, the astrophysicist who led the research said Wednesday.
Germany to send weapons to Ukraine in policy reversal
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» BERLIN - Germany on Saturday dramatically ramped up its backing for Ukraine's battle against Russia, approving weapons deliveries for Kyiv in a policy U-turn and agreeing to limit Moscow's access to the SWIFT interbank system.
Mysterious 'Havana' syndrome imperils US diplomats
AFP, Published on 26/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: A mysterious affliction dubbed "Havana Syndrome" that has brought severe headaches, nausea and possible brain damage to US diplomats has many officials convinced they are under sustained attack using electronic weapons.