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  New Delhi (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 India's top court Tuesday banned the use of petroleum coke - a cheap but dirty fuel - in New Delhi's neighbouring states, the latest crackdown aimed at improving air quality in one of the most polluted cities in the world. The Supreme Court also ordered a ban on the sale and use of furnace oil - a polluting refinery by-product - in industries in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan starting November 1. Furnace oil and pet-coke are the dirtiest by-products from the refinery proc ... read more |
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UN urges Sri Lanka to start investigating war crimesColombo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 A United Nations expert warned Monday that Sri Lanka must speed up its own long-stalled investigation into war crimes by troops or risk action by the international community. ... more  
India welcomes Tillerson call for deeper ties to counter ChinaNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 India on Friday welcomed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's comments that Washington would rather work with New Delhi than Beijing over the next century, saying it shared his optimism about their burgeoning relationship. ... more 
Delhi chokes on toxic haze despite Diwali fireworks banNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 New Delhi was shrouded in a thick toxic haze Friday after a night of frenzied Diwali fireworks sent the air quality plummeting despite a ban on their sale aimed at thwarting a repeat of last year's 'airpocalypse'. ... more 
New Delhi shuts power plant in fight against Diwali smogNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world's most polluted capital on Wednesday, the start of the Diwali festival. ... more |
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Warning for China as US hails India 'partnership' Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 The United States vowed Wednesday to work with India in preference to China over the next century to promote a "free and open" Asia-Pacific region led by prosperous democracies. ... more  
Beijing says US should 'abandon biased views' of ChinaBeijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 China said Thursday the United States should "abandon its biased views" towards the country, as it hit back at cutting remarks made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. ... more
Delhi braces for pollution 'airpocalypse' as smog loomsSonipat, India (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 As Hindus across India celebrate Diwali this week, scientists fear a ban on firecrackers and other emergency anti-pollution measures deployed by authorities may not be enough to prevent a repeat of last year's "airpocalypse" in Delhi. ... more 
Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: reportParis (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Friday. ... more  
India to close colonial-era military farmsAllahabad, India (AFP) Oct 15, 2017 Under a hot afternoon sun workers scrub down cows at the Allahabad Military Farm, the latest hangover of India's colonial past being forced into the 21st century. ... more 
India, Russia to hold first 'tri-service' war gamesNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 16, 2017 India and Russia will hold large-scale military exercises engaging their armies, navies and air forces for the first time, the defence ministry in New Delhi said Monday. ... more |
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Turkey, Russia to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of Space TechnologiesMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2017 Turkey is set to develop its space agency following the passing of a draft law by the Turkish Parliament. According to some experts, Turkey will collaborate with Russia, China and India in order to ... more  
Five killed as India military chopper crashesNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 6, 2017 An Indian military helicopter crashed in a disputed area near the border with China on Friday, killing five troops and injuring a sixth, an Air Force officer said. ... more
Pesticide poisoning kills 20 farmers in Indian stateMumbai (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 Twenty Indian farmers have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after inhaling poisonous pesticides while spraying crops, officials said Monday, highlighting lax safety standards in the country. ... more  
India's top court bans firecracker sales before DiwaliNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 India's top court ordered a temporary ban on the sale of firecrackers in New Delhi on Monday, ahead of the Diwali festival that leaves the city shrouded in toxic smog. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order allowing the Air Force to bring up to 1,000 pilots back to active duty as it grapples with an aviator shortage, the Pentagon said Friday.
The Air Force has complained for years that it is struggling to retain pilots, who are often lured away by better-paying commercial airlines.
Additionally, pilots often choose to leave the military d ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 26, 2017UChicago astrophysicists to catch particles from deep space on NASA balloon mission  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Highly flexible wings tested  Athens (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Greece defends F-16 warplane upgrade amid cost criticism |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 
Tesla has reached an agreement with Shanghai authorities that would make it the first foreign automaker to build its own plant in China, putting it in the driver's seat in the world's biggest electric-vehicle market, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The Silicon Valley electric carmaker's wholly-owned manufacturing facility would be built in Shanghai's free-trade zone, the Wall Street Journa ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Delphi boosts self-driving efforts with $400 mn deal for nuTonomy  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Study: Millions of miles of planned roads shouldn't be built  Singapore (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Singapore to freeze number of cars on its roads |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 
Utility companies in the Japanese market face an uphill battle in meeting targets for the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, Moody's reported Monday.
Moody's Investors Service reported that Japan faces challenges in meeting its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Based on March levels, the report found emissions from the utility sector will need to be cut by as much as 50 p ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says  Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017SLAC-led project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
Researchers have long known that cerium is the best element to use when splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen - a key technique in creating hydrogen gas for fuel. But why, exactly, cerium is so successful has been far less understood.
Now a Northwestern University team led by Chris Wolverton has discovered that cerium's electronic entropy, which is created when an electron transitions a ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Scientists solve a magnesium mystery in rechargeable battery performance  Ames IA (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Ames UConn team discover superconductor with bounce  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2017PPPL takes detailed look at 2-D structure of turbulence in tokamaks |
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 Paris (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 
AREVA TN, the nuclear logistics affiliate of New AREVA, is launching an advanced used nuclear fuel storage overpack, NUHOMS MATRIX. With its improved capacity and performance, NUHOMS MATRIX addresses the challenges faced by our customers when it comes to storing used fuel safely, efficiently and competitively.
The unique 2-level horizontal and modular set-up reduces the independent spent f ... more Seoul (AFP) Oct 20, 2017South Korea to push ahead with nuclear power plants  Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Oct 20, 2017AREVA NP awarded contract for safety upgrades in seven reactors  Daniken, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 20, 2017AREVA NP installs a system allowing flexible electricity generation at Goesgen nuclear power plant |
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 Cracow, Poland (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
It's really surprising: it turns out that among simple electronic circuits, built of just a few components, many of them behave chaotically, in an extremely complicated, practically unpredictable manner. Physicists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow have discovered, examined and described dozens of new, unusual circuits of this type. What is especially int ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Stronger Tests of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity with Binary Neutron Stars  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Bringing the atomic world into full color  Swansea UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Swansea University's physicists develop a new quantum simulation protocol |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 
Fans of soft cheeses in China have reason to celebrate after the country reversed a ban on mould-ripened cheeses, allowing imports of Camembert, Brie and Roquefort, European Union officials said Monday.
From early September, businesses in the country were forbidden from importing cheeses made with certain moulds and bacteria.
The ban was lifted following meetings last week between Europe ... more Gwadar, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 25, 2017At a forgotten Pakistan port, China paves a new Silk Road  Tokyo (AFP) Oct 25, 2017Japan bank CEO quits over claims of $2.2 bn in bad loans  Paris (AFP) Oct 25, 2017France seeks 'green veto' in EU-Canada trade deal |
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 24, 2017  Parliament in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region decided Tuesday to hold legislative elections in eight months after they were delayed amid tensions with the central government in Baghdad over disputed territories.
Regional legislative and presidential elections had both been due on November 1 but were postponed after Baghdad seized a swathe of territory from Kurdish forces following a controv ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2017NATO to press Moscow on reported support for Taliban  Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 25, 2017Iraq Kurds offer to freeze independence vote  Baghdad (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Kurd disarray highlights Iraq army's newfound prowess |
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 Logan UT (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 
On the same day that global leaders wrapped up an international water and climate summit in Rome, researchers published new findings that suggest European drought trends are lining up with climate change projections.
Their study, published Oct. 25 in Scientific Reports, shows that two major drought indices are deviating from one another across Europe in a manner consistent with climate cha ... more Riyadh (AFP) Oct 24, 2017IMF chief warns of 'dark future' over climate change  Hanover, NH (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Carbon dioxide levels lower than thought during super greenhouse period  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017GAO finds big U.S. costs from climate change |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday to work with the US, China and Russia to contain North Korea's nuclear threat with "strong, resolute diplomacy", as he "humbly" accepted his landslide victory in a snap election.
Fresh from clinching a two-thirds "super-majority" that enables the nationalist premier to realise his dream of revising Japan's pacifist constitution, Abe vowed t ... more Baghdad (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Iraq PM challenges Tillerson on Iran remarks  Clark, Philippines (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Philippines says sanctions strengthen Kim as Chinese, SK defence chiefs meet  Tehran (AFP) Oct 25, 2017Iranian sentenced to death for spying; US Navy saves Iran fishing boat from pirates |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2017  China's most powerful leader in decades entered Communist Party folklore on Tuesday when cadres voted overwhelmingly to engrave the Xi Jinping way into their constitution.
"Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," adds a new section to the already-weighty party tome, and puts the 64-year-old Chinese president in distinguished company.
Only two other me ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 25, 2017Fears mount over bookseller 'freed' by China  Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2017China's Xi welcomes 'objective' media at restricted event  Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2017In Communist China, it's a man's world at the top |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 
The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue Islamic State group jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their "caliphate," American officials say.
After IS lost its de facto capital Raqa in Syria this month, and its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul earlier, the group "has aspirations to establish a larger presence" in Africa, the US military's top ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2017US military to pursue Niger operations after deadly attack Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Niger raid highlights US forces' growing Africa role  Geneva (AFP) Oct 21, 2017UN anti-torture panel suspends Rwanda trip over 'obstructions' |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2017 
The U.S. State Department approved Kuwait's possible purchase of hundreds of M1A1 Abrams tanks from the United States.
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which manages the Foreign Military Sales program, said the proposed deal for 218 tank hulls with 120mm guns and AGT-1500 engines carries an estimated value of $29 million.
The Kuwaiti purchase would support the gulf c ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017New Zealand buying U.S. sniper rifles  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Automated Processes Drive Down Costs Increase Precision of Critical Military Containers  Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2017Lockheed gets Air Force production order for Paveway II kits |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017  Construction of another San Antonio-class amphibious dock ship for the U.S. Navy has officially started at a Huntington Ingalls facility in Mississippi.
A keel authentication ceremony for the future USS Fort Lauderdale, LPD 28, took place Friday when modules for the ship were joined together, according to company officials.
"Authentication of the ship's keel is a major ship event ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017USS Washington set to receive more than $20 million in 'finishing touches'  Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Israel, Germany sign submarine deal: Netanyahu Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Navy to commission 14th Virginia-class submarine |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Where people will go in the cosmos, plants will go. That's the message of a paper entitled "Gardening for Therapeutic People-Plant Interactions during Long-Duration Space Missions" written by Raymond Odeh, and Charles L. Guy of the University of Florida (Gainesville) and published in the De Gruyter journal, Open Agriculture.
In the beginning of the space age, researchers sought to see if ... more Miami (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Spacewalkers fix robotic arm in time to grab next cargo ship  Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 23, 2017NASA develops and tests new housing for in-orbit science payloads  Moscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Russia's space agency says glitch in manned Soyuz landing |
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