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  New Delhi (AFP) July 7, 2017 India's sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be considered "living entities", the country's top court ruled Friday, suspending an earlier order that granted them the same legal rights as humans. The Supreme Court stayed a March order by a lower body that recognised the Ganges and its tributary the Yamuna as "legal persons" in an attempt to protect the highly polluted rivers from further degradation. The landmark ruling made polluting or damaging the rivers legally comparable to hurting a perso ... read more |
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With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academySertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017 The hills around revered Tibetan Buddhist academy Larung Gar were once a seamless carpet of vibrant red, dominated by the homes of thousands of monks, nuns and devotees who crowded the remote valley in southwest China to explore their faith. ... more  
Indian troop withdrawal 'precondition' for peace: ChinaBeijing (AFP) July 5, 2017 China warned Wednesday that the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory was a precondition for peace as tensions rise in a border row between the two Asian powers that has drawn in tiny Bhutan. ... more  
Modi, Netanyahu seek to deepen ties on first visit by an Indian PMJerusalem (AFP) July 5, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday on the first ever visit by an Indian premier to Israel as they sought to deepen ties beyond high-priced defence deals. ... more  
Space Debris Mitigation Mission Successfully Launched on June 23rd, 2017Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 D-Sat, the first nanosatellite with the ability to remove itself from orbit in a direct and controlled way through a dedicated device at the end of its mission, was successfully launched on Friday J ... more |
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Indian chopper goes missing near China borderNew Delhi (AFP) July 4, 2017 An Indian helicopter with three people on board has gone missing near the country's border with China after taking off on a flood rescue mission, an official said Tuesday. ... more
Modi begins first ever Israel visit by an Indian PMJerusalem (AFP) July 4, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel Tuesday for what he called a "groundbreaking" first ever visit by an Indian premier, with growing ties between the two countries including billion of dollars in defence deals. ... more  
Table top plasma gets wind of solar turbulenceMumbai, India (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Turbulent magnetic field dynamics that explain astrophysical phenomena like the evolution of stars could thus far be obtained only through observations via telescopes and satellites. Now a tea ... more  
80th consecutive success for Ariane 5 with launch of Hellas Sat, Inmarsat and ISROKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Arianespace has successfully launched the Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN "condosat" - composed of two payloads for operators Hellas Sat and Inmarsat; as well as the GSAT-17 satellite for India's space ... more  
Sri Lanka deploys troops to tackle dengue crisisColombo (AFP) July 2, 2017 Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as the country battles the spread of deadly dengue fever that has killed a record 215 people this year, officials said Sunday. ... more  
Air pollution casts shadow over solar energy productionDurham NC (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust. According to a new study, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output ... more |
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India warns China over border road 'security' threatNew Delhi (AFP) June 30, 2017 India condemned a new road that China is building on the rivals' Himalayan border on Friday, saying it raises "serious security" concerns. ... more  
India's Answer to GPS Runs Into Serious Technical FailuresNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 India's native navigation system has developed serious problems with four atomic clocks on the six satellites facing unexplained errors. With these, a total seven out of 21 clocks onboard have shown ... more 
State Department approves India for C-17 buyWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017 The U.S. State Department has approved the possible purchase of a C-17 transport aircraft by India under the U.S Foreign Military Sales program. ... more  
Satellites forewarn of locust plaguesParis (ESA) Jun 26, 2017 Satellites are helping to predict favourable conditions for desert locusts to swarm, which poses a threat to agricultural production and, subsequently, livelihoods and food security. Desert lo ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 
Sikorsky Aircraft has been awarded a $3.8 billion contract for the manufacturing and support of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The planned multi-year production run of Black Hawks, announced on June 30 by the Department of Defense, includes program management, systems engineering, and technical data on the aircraft.
Work will be performed in Stratfo ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Boeing announces Rolls-Royce engine contract  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Boeing receives contract for Dutch, Turkish CH-47 Chinook parts  Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Boeing receives contract for engineering, support of E-3 Sentry |
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 Paris (AFP) July 6, 2017 
France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord, new Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot announced Thursday.
"We are announcing an end to the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040," Hulot said, calling it a "veritable revolution".
Hulot acknowledged that reaching the goal would be "tough", particularl ... more Stockholm (AFP) July 5, 2017Volvo to phase out petrol-only cars from 2019  Osnabruck, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 10, 2017German 'dieselgate' investigators target Porsche employees |
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 Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017 
Google parent Alphabet is spinning off a little-known unit working on geothermal power called Dandelion, which will begin offering residential energy services.
The announcement Thursday took the wraps off one of the secretive projects at the Alphabet unit X, known notably for its work on self-driving cars and internet balloons.
Dandelion chief executive Kathy Hannun said her team had bee ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio  (UPI) Jun 12, 2017Low-carbon trajectory is the only option, European leaders say Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017Divestment streak continues for British energy company Centrica |
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Christopher J. Kiely, Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor, Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University, and an international team have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO). The discovery, described in a paper in the journal Science, could improve the performance of fuel cells that run on hydr ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017PPPL researchers demonstrate first hot plasma edge in a fusion facility  Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Smart transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality  Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Conductive electrodes are key to fast-charging batteries |
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 Cherbourg, France (AFP) July 5, 2017 
A cargo of reprocessed nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium left the French port of Cherbourg for Japan under heavy security on Wednesday as demonstrators protested against the transport.
The controversial shipment from a plant of the French nuclear group Areva located some 20 kilometres (12 miles) away arrived at the port before dawn aboard two trucks escorted by dozens of s ... more Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017France could close a third of nuclear reactors: minister  Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firm  Paris (AFP) July 3, 20171.5-bn pound cost overrun at UK's Hinkley nuclear plant: EDF |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first direct measurements, and by far the most precise ones, of how electrons move in sync with atomic vibrations rippling through an exotic material, as if they were dancing to the same beat.
The vibrations are called phonons, and the electron-phonon coupling the researchers ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Shocking case of indigestion in supermassive black hole  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Into the quantum world with a tennis racket  Lancaster UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2017A future without fakes thanks to quantum technology |
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 Hamburg (AFP) July 8, 2017 
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies.
In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline consensus on issues that range from fighting terrorism to financial governa ... more Hong Kong (AFP) July 10, 2017China's COSCO in multi-billion buyout of Hong Kong rival  Brussels (AFP) July 6, 2017Japan, EU seal landmark trade deal in challenge to Trump  Shanghai (AFP) July 10, 2017China's Wanda agrees to mammoth asset sale to slash debt |
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A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in an attack in Afghanistan's Helmand province while conducting operations against the Taliban, US military officials said Wednesday.
Private First Class Hansen Kirkpatrick, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska died Monday following the "indirect fire" assault, which means he was hit by a mortar or some other incoming round.
The wounds sustained ... more New York (AFP) July 6, 2017Egypt arrests dozens of Chinese Uighur students: HRW  Brussels (AFP) June 29, 2017Mattis says NATO must finish the job in Afghanistan  Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) June 28, 2017Kyrgyz court convicts three over China embassy attack |
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 Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017  G20 countries have managed to avoid a total bust-up with Donald Trump over climate change, leaving the door open for Washington to return to the Paris Agreement - but at the cost of risky concessions.
After the US president decided last month to pull out of the hard-fought deal to combat global warming, climate change was always going to be centre-stage at this week's gathering of the G20 - ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Scientists upgrade database tracking global temperatures across millennia  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Two significant warming intervals in southern China since 1850  Hamburg (AFP) July 6, 2017US isolated over climate: G20 host Merkel |
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 Seoul (AFP) July 6, 2017 
Newly equipped with an intercontinental ballistic missile, North Korea is looking to put itself in the "driver's seat" for any future negotiations with Washington, analysts say - but may at the same time be pushing such talks further away.
The weapon, tested on the United States' Independence Day, can reach Alaska, and could go even further.
It brings within reach Pyongyang's long-held ... more Jerusalem (AFP) July 10, 2017Israeli nuclear whistleblower spared jail over 2013 meeting  United Nations, United States (AFP) July 7, 2017122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapons  Seoul (AFP) July 8, 2017US bombers drill near Korea DMZ in show of force |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017  China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad.
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems.
The hospital said in a statement ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy  Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017 
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the continent after it blocked efforts to get UN funding for an anti-jihadist force in the Sahel.
"This is a specific case of a certain number of African states taking the initiative to create a dedicated force to fight terrorism. So, we don't understand how the United States coul ... more Bamako (AFP) July 6, 20173 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence  Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 7, 2017Gambian army 'hostile elements' working against government  Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017I.Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 
Belgium's Council of Ministers have approved a request by Minister of Defense Steven Vandeput to acquire 199 Light Troop Transport Vehicles.
The purchase, approved on Friday, was part of an urgent renewal of vehicles operated by the country's Special Operations Forces and obtained in the early 1990s.
The Ministry of Defense said special operation forces act with speed, autonomy a ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017OSI acquires Morpho explosive trace detection business  Washington (AFP) July 10, 2017Mosul victory marks win for Pentagon training plan  Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Bahrain signs contract with Lockheed for sniper targeting pods |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 
The Navy has christened its latest Freedom-class littoral combat ship the USS Billings at a ceremony Saturday in Marinette, Wis.
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin gave the primary address and Sharla Tester, wife of ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Jon Tester, served as ships sponsor, breaking the ceremonial bottle of champagne across the ship's bow.
"The christe ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017Future Navy LPD USS Portland completes Builder's Trials  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Northrop Grumman to make torpedo Transducer arrays for Navy  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017USS Gabrielle Giffords completes maiden voyage |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017 
Founded in 2009, the Houston, Texas-based company NanoRacks LLC provides commercial hardware and services onboard the International Space Station (ISS) for government and commercial customers. To date, the firm has sent more than 550 payloads from over 30 countries to ISS, creating trends in commercial hardware in space. In an interview with Astrowatch.net, Jeffrey Manber, the founder and CEO of ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 10, 2017Counting calories in space  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 9, 2017Trump offers bold space goals but fills in few details  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 9, 2017Liftoff for Trump's bold space plans may have to wait |
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