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  Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017 Regional lenders said Thursday they were offering hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to support the greening up of the power sector in India. The Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said they were backing $500 million in government-backed loans and another $500 million in non-sovereign support for the Power Grid Corp. of India. "We are pleased that this first AIIB co-financed project in India will bring clean energy to more people and help the countr ... read more |
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Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine a magnet for Chinese cashBangkok (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Battered by global outrage over an army crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar has found comfort in an old friend - China, an Asian superpower whose unflinching support is tied to the billions it has lavished on ports, gas and oil in violence-hit Rakhine state. ... more  
Drones, Fighter jets on table as Mattis visits key ally IndiaNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 Fighter jets, drone deals and shared concerns over Afghanistan's security look set to dominate the agenda when US Defense Secretary James Mattis visits India this week. ... more  
Exploring the adaptation extremes of human high altitude sickness and fitnessOxford UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major far-flung global populations: Tibetans, Ethiopians ... more  
India cross-border firing kills six Pakistani civilians: militaryIslamabad (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 The Pakistani military Friday said six people have been killed and over two dozen wounded in firing by Indian troops, in the latest cross-border violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more |
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Bangladesh army steps up as Rohingya suffer heavy rainCox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 Bangladesh's army was ordered Wednesday to take a bigger role helping hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence in Myanmar, amid warnings it could take six months to register the new refugees. ... more  
ISRO to resume satellite launches by DecemberNew Delhi (IANS) Sep 21, 2017 India would resume launching satellites in November or December, unfazed by the failure of its rocket in deploying a spare navigation satellite in the earth's lower orbit on August 31, space agency ... more  
Six die in Indian mudslide; 12 dead DR Congo floodsMumbai (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 Six people were killed Wednesday in a landslide in northeast India, while heavy rain in the western city of Mumbai caused havoc after a plane skidded off the runway and became stuck in mud. ... more  
French energy company to build wind power sector in IndiaWashington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017 French energy company ENGIE said it teamed up with an investment group to help develop a wind energy program in India, one of the world's fastest growing economies. ... more  
Discovery could reduce nuclear waste by chemically reengineering moleculesBloomington IN (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 A discovery by Indiana University researchers could advance the long-term storage of nuclear waste, an increasingly burdensome and costly task for the public and private agencies that protect people ... more 
Chinese solar panel manufacturer claims a quarter of India's marketWashington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017 Chinese renewable power company Trina Solar said it now claims a quarter of the market share in India after setting a milestone for shipments. ... more |
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192 Indian space objects currently in orbitChennai, India (IANS) Sep 12, 2017 A total of 192 Indian objects are orbiting in space as of April 1, 2017, catalogued by US Space Surveillance Network, said a retired Indian scientist. He was citing the August 2017 issue of "O ... more  
India, Japan Set to Boost Space CooperationNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to India starting Wednesday is expected to set the pace for greater cooperation between the two countries, especially in the aerospace sector. ... more  
Ship exhaust helps grow bigger ocean thunderstormsWashington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017 The fumes emitted by the engines of large cargo ships and tankers are encouraging bigger, more intense oceanic thunder storms. ... more  
India's army chief says China 'testing limits' after stand-offNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 India's army chief has said his country must be prepared for war and accused China of "testing our limits", days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended one of their worst border stand-offs in decades. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017 
The U.S. Air Force is more than 1,500 pilots short of its requirements, with senior service leaders warning the problem has potentially dire consequences.
The pilot and aircrew shortage was discussed at a meeting Friday of more than 60 leaders at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
"We are in a crisis," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein said at the day-long Aircrew Summ ... more Tianjin, China (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Airbus opens first plane-completion centre in China  Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017Israel receives F-35 aircraft  London (AFP) Sept 27, 2017UK warns Boeing over Bombardier trade row |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
German prosecutors on Thursday said they had arrested a second employee of luxury carmaker Audi as part of a probe into parent company Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal.
The arrest on Wednesday came after investigators searched two premises, a spokeswoman for the prosecution's office in the southern city of Munich told AFP.
She added that prosecutors had also widened their investig ... more Singapore (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Electric car-sharing service to roll into Singapore  Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017China delays electric car quota until 2019  London (AFP) Sept 26, 2017James Dyson: Vacuum cleaner king turns to electric cars |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
A project led by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will combine artificial intelligence with massive amounts of data and industry experience from a dozen U.S. partners to identify places where the electric grid is vulnerable to disruption, reinforce those spots in advance and recover faster when failures do occur.
The eventual goal is an autonomous grid that s ... more Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability  Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia  Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2017China merges energy giants into global leader |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
A major issue facing ITER, the international tokamak under construction in France that will be the first magnetic fusion device to produce net energy, is whether the crucial divertor plates that will exhaust waste heat from the device can withstand the high heat flux, or load, that will strike them.
Alarming projections extrapolated from existing tokamaks suggest that the heat flux could b ... more New York NY (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of US, says study  Oslo, Norway (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Stopping problem ice - by cracking it  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Hybrid indium-lithium anodes provide fast interfacial ion transport |
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 Saint Petersburg (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 
Russia on Friday held a launching ceremony for a powerful nuclear icebreaker, called Sibir (Siberia), in its drive to prepare a fleet for navigating the Northern Passage and hauling goods, particularly energy, to Asian markets.
The massive new ship measures 173 metres in length and has two nuclear reactors with the propulsion power of 60 megawatts.
It can crush ice up to three metres thi ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017BWXT awarded contract extension for nuclear waste facility operations  Abu Dhabi (AFP) Sept 25, 2017UAE to open Arab Gulf's first nuclear reactor in 2018  London (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Against rising headwinds, UK pushes ahead with nuclear projects |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
Quantum mechanics, as a pillar of modern civilization, has benefited human society for a century, in which wavefunctions played a crucial role. In the past 100 years, what most people did was 'Shut up and calculate', and wavefunctions always gave us a correct probability list of measurement outcomes.
However, the debate on the following deeper philosophical issue behind it still persists: ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 27, 2017A preparative-scale reaction using platinum clusters with a single-digit atomicity realized  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Two Stars, Three Dimensions, and Oodles of Energy  Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017Mathematicians develop new models to describe ripples |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 
Japan said on Monday that it expects to raise more than $11.6 billion by selling off another chunk of the country's massive postal service.
The government will sell 914 million Japan Post shares at 1,322 yen apiece, it said in a regulatory filing, with the offering set to raise as much as 1.3 trillion yen ($11.6 billion) if domestic and foreign investors snap up an extra allotment of stock. ... more Washington Sept 22, 2017US says NAFTA helps Chinese goods reach American market  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 27, 2017US commerce secretary hopeful about Trump-Xi trade talks  Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2017US commerce secretary in Beijing ahead of Trump trip |
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 Kabul (AFP) Sept 27, 2017  An American airstrike on insurgents in Kabul Wednesday caused "several casualties" after a missile "malfunctioned", NATO said, overshadowing a high-profile visit by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
The US strike was launched in support of Afghan security forces who had confronted militants after they fired a volley of rockets near the capital's international a ... more Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Kurds face growing isolation; Flights to Iraq Kurd capital to stop Friday  Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Baghdad cranks up pressure on Kurds with flight ban Ankara (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Turkey wants summit with Iran and Iraq; Kurds reject 'collective punishment' |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 
Economic losses from severe storms, hurricanes, floods, drought and wildfires are projected to reach at least $360 billion a year in the next decade in America, about half of annual US growth, according to a report out Wednesday.
Since some kinds of severe weather can be made worse or more frequent by climate change, action is needed to move the United States away from fossil fuels and towar ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Drought not dingos behind mainland Australia tiger extinction: study  Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Science denial not limited to political right  Ottawa (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Canada Tory MP called out for referring to minister as 'climate Barbie' |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
China said Thursday North Korean companies operating in the country will have to shut down by January as Beijing applies UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test.
The commerce ministry said the companies, including joint ventures with Chinese firms, have 120 days to close from the date the United Nations resolution was adopted, September 11.
The sanctions spare, on a ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 28, 2017US presses for more Iran nuclear inspections  New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2017US labels N. Korea 'war' claim absurd, as Pyongyang boosts defences  Pyongyang (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Chinese traders get down to business at Pyongyang trade show |
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 Taipei (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 
A music concert in Taiwan descended into chaos over the weekend when independence activists clashed with pro-China groups, with three people injured in the scuffles.
The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen took office in May last year, with Beijing cutting off all official communications.
The event ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Hundreds mark third anniversary of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement  Beijing (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Interpol meets in Beijing as China hunts for fugitives  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2017Universities battleground for latest row over Hong Kong freedoms |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
The scientific community has been working on the possibility of a relationship between periods of drought and rioting for several years. The University of Geneva (UNIGE), operating in partnership with the universities of Heidelberg (Germany) and Lucerne (Switzerland), has formally verified this hypothesis by studying almost 1,800 riots that occurred over a 20-year period in sub-Saharan Africa. ... more Tafi Atome, Ghana (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Ghanaian villagers profit from monkey business  Bamako (AFP) Sept 21, 2017New ceasefire signed by armed groups  United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2017C. Africa asks UN to send more peacekeepers, ease arms embargo |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2017 
Israel's Elbit Systems is providing a wide array of electronic defense systems to an unidentified country in Africa under a $240 million contract.
The contract has a two-year period of performance, Elbit Systems said.
"We are proud to have won this contract, allowing us to provide our customer with a variety of systems and capabilities from different fields, a growing trend we ha ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017Meggitt touts small arms training systems Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017Norway signs deal with Saab for Carl-Gustaf ammunition  Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2017In first, woman becomes US Marine Corps infantry officer |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017 
The Royal Australian Navy has commissioned the first of three air warfare destroyers, the HMAS Hobart, into service in a ceremony at Garden Island in Sydney.
"In these uncertain times, a strong, well equipped Australian Defense Force is absolutely critical," Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said at the ceremony. "The commissioning of HMAS Hobart provides clear evidence of our ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2017U.S. Navy receives 11th Littoral Combat Ship  Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017Babcock to supply South Korean submarine program under new contract  London, UK (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Seagull and Elbit perform remotely operated anti-submarine warfare mission |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 
It's an exciting time to be working in the space sector - particularly with Australia's recently-announced commitment to developing a space agency.
But with advances come new challenges. Similar to technologies such as digital communications and robotics, advances in space science bring ethical dilemmas. What rights do space tourists have? How can we prevent space terrorism? Who should reg ... more Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2017Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Mapping NASA's Space Missions |
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