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Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» TOKYO - Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said.
Webb spots strongest 'hints' yet of life on distant planet
AFP, Published on 17/04/2025
» PARIS - Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.
Fired nuclear bomb specialists recalled by US Energy Dept
Bloomberg, Published on 16/02/2025
» The US Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
White House unveils new climate goals weeks before Trump's return
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday unveiled an ambitious new climate target under the landmark Paris accord, just weeks before Donald Trump's return to the White House threatens to upend US efforts to combat global warming.
Hong Kong targets EV transition for franchised buses, taxis in B2.6bn push
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/12/2024
» Hong Kong authorities will dish out more than HK$600 million (2.6 billion baht) to help franchised bus companies and the taxi industry procure electric vehicles (EVs) under a plan to achieve zero vehicular emissions and carbon neutrality by 2050.
Vietnam to amend national power plan to include nuclear energy
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam will amend its national power development plan, known as PDP8, to include options for nuclear energy and hydrogen, the Minister of Industry and Trade said on Monday.
NASA launches Jupiter probe to see if Europa could host life
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/10/2024
» NEW YORK - NASA launched a US$5.2 billion mission to Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa on Monday, a major step to determine if the distant worldlet has the conditions to host life.
Nobel laureate moved to tears
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2024
» TOKYO - Toshiyuki Mimaki was beside himself with joy when he found out that the atomic bomb survivors’ group that he co-chairs had won the Nobel Peace Prize, but later pushed back tears of sorrow as he pictured children bleeding from their wounds in Israel and Gaza.
South Korea approves two new reactors in nuclear power push
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/09/2024
» SEOUL - South Korea approved the construction of two nuclear reactors on the nation’s east coast, reviving a project that was scrapped by the former administration, which had pursued an anti-nuclear policy.
Hydrogen-powered tower touted as world’s first
Reuters, Published on 15/08/2024
» A Saudi-controlled real estate firm says it plans to break ground early next year in Egypt’s new capital on a $1-billion, 50-storey office tower that aims to be the first of its kind to be powered by clean hydrogen.