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A Hong Kong-registered cargo ship was hijacked on Tuesday by pirates off the coast of Yemen and was believed to be heading for Somalia, government and military officials said. The cargo ship Delight was carrying 25 crew members and 36,000 tonnes of wheat when it was attacked on Tuesday afternoon in the Gulf of Aden as it headed for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, the Chinese state-run news ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Up to 2,000 people attacked a local Communist Party headquarters in northwest China early Tuesday in protest over a land dispute, state media reported. The protesters smashed windows of the party building and nearby cars in Longnan city, Gansu province, in a dispute over the forced demolition of homes and eviction of tenants, Xinhua news agency reported. About 30 people protesting the ... more |
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
Iran schools, offices close in cold snap Rare otter 'disappeared' in Kyrgyzstan, experts warn UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit bills UK engineers warn on AI risks to environment A stream turns blood red in Argentina, residents blame pollution Indonesia halts development of estate hosting Trump properties COP30 president urges most 'ambitious' emissions targets possible Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chief CORRECTED: COP30 president urges most ambitious emissions targets possible 
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Berlin (AFP) Nov 18, 2008A German frigate has foiled the attempted seizures by heavily armed bandits of two ships in the increasingly pirate-infested seas off northern Somalia, the navy said on Tuesday. On Monday the Ethiopian cargo ship Andinet radioed for help, saying it was under attack from two small motorboats in the Gulf of Aden 650 kilometres (400 miles) north-east of Djibouti and 50 kilometres south of the ... more  
Buol, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Six people were killed and some 10,000 displaced by the powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island this week, officials said Tuesday. Two more bodies were pulled from the rubble Tuesday, adding to the four already reported dead in Monday's quake which triggered tsunami warnings and sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground, they said. "We've record ... more  
Beverly Hills, California (AFP) Nov 18, 2008US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would "engage vigorously" in global climate change talks and that denial was no longer an acceptable response to global warming. Obama said in a surprise video message to an international conference on climate change hosted by five US state governors here that he would show new leadership on the issue as soon as he takes office in January. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Beijing authorities have issued an order to destroy the home of one of China's leading rights activists, who has been in police custody for more than 200 days, her husband and lawyer said Tuesday. The plight of Ni Yulan is one of the highest-profile of the many so-called "land grab" cases in China, where city residents are evicted from their homes or farmers kicked off their lands to make ... more |
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Astroscale second generation docking plate gains flight heritageLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Astroscale Limited has reached a critical threshold with the first in-space deployment of its second-generation (Gen 2) docking plate. This hardware, now traveling aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 rid ... more  
EdgeCortix unveils SAKURA-I with proven radiation immunity for orbital and lunar venturesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 EdgeCortix(R) Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor provider focused on low-power Artificial Intelligence (AI) computation at the edge, reports that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator has shown strong radi ... more 
Orbex lands D-Orbit deal prior to first mission this yearLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 UK-based launch services provider Orbex has finalized a new commercial agreement with D-Orbit, a leading name in space transportation and logistics. This move highlights Orbex's advancing role in th ... more
  
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zoneBoston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more 
Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishesSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more 
EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI usesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more
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Pago Pago, American Samoa (AFP) Nov 17, 2008The Star-Kist tuna cannery, the largest employer in the US territory of American Samoa, said Monday it was laying off workers and scrapping most workers' benefits due to rising costs. Star-Kist employs about 2,000 workers in the territory of 57,000 people and has been hurt by US legislation, which has lifted wages in American Samoa by nearly a third in the last 18 months. The company ... more  
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Tropical storm Noul unroofed homes, destroyed crops and sunk more than 100 unmanned boats in southern Vietnam, but spared Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong delta rice bowl, the government said Tuesday. The storm was downgraded into a tropical low pressure system as it made landfall late Monday, after authorities earlier issued storm alerts, called ships ahore, closed schools and evacuated ... more  
Tripoli (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Visiting Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said on Tuesday he was seeking to move the venue of Somali reconciliation talks from Djibouti to Libya, the official Jana news agency reported. "I informed the brother guide (Libya leader Moammar Kadhafi) about developments in Somalia and turned over to him the file on Somali reconciliation, asking him to take personal charge of it," the ... more  
Washington (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 The largest permanent carbon dioxide storage will be at a Wyoming site, the U.S. Department of Energy said when awarding $66.9 million for the project. Montana State University-Bozeman will lead the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program to conduct a large-volume test in the Nugget Sandstone formation to demonstrate the ability of a geologic formation to safely, permanently ... more |
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Trump reinstates 'maximum pressure' campaign on IranWashington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025 President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to restore the so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran from his first administration, which failed to achieve its goal of bringing about a new deal with Tehran to prevent it from securing a nuclear weapon. Instead, the Middle Eastern country has escalated its nuclear weapons program. ... more 
Ex-UK soldier jailed for 14 years for spying for IranLondon (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 A former British soldier who sparked a manhunt after escaping from prison before his trial was sentenced by a UK court on Monday to 14 years for spying for Iran. ... more 
US Navy awards Lockheed Martin $383M for advanced strategic missile developmentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $383 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to advance the next iteration of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile, reinforcing ... more
  
Trump in 'no rush' to speak with China's Xi despite tariff battleWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs in a growing trade conflict. ... more 
Trump trade threats overshadow European defence meetBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 The threat of a transatlantic trade war loomed large Monday over a gathering of European leaders aimed at boosting the continent's defences in the face of an aggressive Russia. ... more
Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defenceBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe's defences faced with an aggressive Russia - as Donald Trump demands America's allies spend much more. ... more
  
Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by ISNimrud, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. ... more 
Declassified files show UK anger at Chirac over IraqLondon (AFP) Dec 31, 2024 Newly-declassified UK government documents published Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. ... more 
Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subcultureBaghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more
  
China eases travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains 'severe' controls: reportBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 China has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains "severe restrictions" on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday. ... more 
Turkey FM calls for regional cooperation to fight PKKBaghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday. ... more 
Turkey says will fight terror after death of Iraqi border guardsIstanbul (AFP) Jan 25, 2025 Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK militants. ... more |
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