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  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can infinitely self-renew and develop into all major cell types in the body, making them important for organ repair and replacement. But culturing them in large quantities can be expensive. Now, scientists at Japan's Kyoto University, with colleagues in India and Iran, have developed a more cost-effective culture by using a new combination of chemical compounds. Current culture systems need to contain components that can sustain hPSC self-renewal while preventi ... read more |
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India's endangered lion population increases to 600Ahmedabad, India (AFP) March 6, 2018 The endangered Asiatic lion, which only lives in one forest in India, has fought back from the verge of extinction, with its population increasing to more than 600, a minister said Tuesday hailing a major conservation campaign. ... more  
Soldier killed in Senegal's troubled Casamance regionDakar (AFP) March 4, 2018 A Senegalese soldier was killed Sunday and another wounded in a military operation targeting "criminal activities" by rebels in the country's southern Casamance region, the army said. ... more  
Tibetans greet new year with giant Buddhas, dancing and lamb carcassesRebkong County, China (AFP) March 4, 2018 Despite a few elbows to the face, Tsering pushed through the broil of Tibetan worshippers and lifted her bawling two-year-old over the mad crush, briefly pressing the girl's forehead to a passing sacred scroll. ... more  
India seeks custody of fugitive arrested in Hong KongNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 27, 2018 Indian police said Tuesday they are seeking custody of a fugitive arrested in Hong Kong who is wanted for a daring jailbreak in Punjab that freed a militant and for a string of other crimes. ... more |
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India's top court steps in to help thirsty tech hubNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 India's water-starved tech hub Bangalore received a much-needed boost on Friday when the country's top court altered a river-sharing arrangement in its favour, ruling on a bitter dispute that dates back more than a century. ... more  
China slams India PM trip to disputed regionBeijing (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 Beijing will lodge a "stern" protest with New Delhi over a trip by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a disputed area, an official said Thursday, months after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended a tense border standoff. ... more 
S. Africa widens hunt for Zuma allies to India, ChinaJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 South Africa has widened a corruption probe into allies of ex-president Jacob Zuma to other countries including India, China and Dubai, the police minister said Sunday. ... more  
Dutch shipping bosses in court over 'toxic' ship dumpingThe Hague (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Six Dutch shipping company bosses will appear before a Rotterdam court Wednesday accused of deliberately dumping old ships on the beaches of India and Turkey. ... more  
Russia, India may sign contract on S-400 air defense systems supplies soonNew Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 Negotiations between Russia and India on the supplies of S-400 air defense systems are "at the final stage," the contract may be signed any day now, Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev told ... more |
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Mercedes apologises to China after quoting Dalai LamaBeijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2018 German automaker Mercedes-Benz has apologised for "hurting the feelings" of people in China after its Instagram account quoted Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, seen as a separatist by Beijing. ... more  |
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India Prepares For Second Lunar Mission with Chandrayaan-2New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 08, 2018 India's space agency, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is prepping for its second mission to the moon, which is scheduled for blast off around April 2018. The objective for the v ... more  
Australia won't fund mega Adani mine rail linkSydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 Embattled Indian miner Adani's plans for a massive coal project in Australia has been dealt another blow after the government confirmed Sunday it would not fund a rail link to the facility. ... more  
Gandhi nonviolence a tough sell in Trump era, says grandsonParis (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 Seventy years ago, a 12-year-old boy seething with resentment over his treatment in apartheid South Africa was sent to his grandfather in rural India on an anger management course. ... more  
New Mumbai metro will beat traffic, but at what cost?Mumbai (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 A new underground metro is expected to ease the burden on Mumbai's notoriously congested roads and railways, but not everybody in India's sprawling financial capital is happy about the multi-billion-dollar project. ... more  
Stressed-out Dhaka to get 'Anger Management Park'Dhaka (AFP) Jan 28, 2018 Bangladesh started work Sunday on an "anger management park" in the capital Dhaka which the mayor said would help the 15 million inhabitants cope with rising daily stress. ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) March 3, 2018 
A new hunt for flight MH370 is expected to end by mid-June, Malaysian authorities said Saturday, as families marked four years since the disappearance of the plane amid renewed hope.
The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people - mostly from China - on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
No sign of the plane was found in a 120,000 square kilometre (4 ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 2, 2018 
German computer chip maker Infineon said Friday it is teaming up with China's biggest car maker, SAIC Motor Corporation, to produce power modules for the Chinese electric car market, the world's biggest.
Infineon said in a statement it will hold a 49-percent stake in the new Shanghai-based company, SAIC Infineon Automotive Power Modules (SIAPM), which will make inverters - vital parts that ... more |
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 San Juan (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Puerto Rico's power grid broke down again on Thursday, leaving some 800,000 customers without power, as the US Caribbean possession struggles to recover five months after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
Justo Gonzalez, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), said that one of the island's main transmission lines was out of service. Officials said the line should be fully ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new technique that lets them pinpoint the location of chemical reactions happening inside lithium-ion batteries in three dimensions at the nanoscale level. Their results are published in the journal Nature Communications.
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 Mandres-En-Barrois, France (AFP) March 3, 2018 
Police used tear gas during clashes with anti-nuclear protesters at a waste site in northeastern France on Saturday.
Demonstrators threw missiles at officers who have been blocking access to woodland at the Bure plant, halfway between Paris and Strasbourg, since a protest camp was dismantled 10 days ago.
Lejuc wood was selected by France's radioactive waste agency (ANDRA) for explorator ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
What is inside an atom, between the nucleus and the electron? Usually there is nothing, but why could there not be other particles too? If the electron orbits the nucleus at a great distance, there is plenty of space in between for other atoms. A "giant atom" can be created, filled with ordinary atoms. All these atoms form a weak bond, creating a new, exotic state of matter at cold temperatures, ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 5, 2018 
China set its 2018 economic growth target at "around 6.5 percent" on Monday, in line with expectations but lower than the 6.9 percent increase registered last year.
The target, which is the same as last year, was presented by Premier Li Keqiang in a report for Monday's opening session of the annual National People's Congress, the rubber-stamp parliament.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2018 
The Russian Foreign Ministry has criticized the claims by US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Gen. Joseph Votel on Moscow's influence in Central Asia on Saturday and noted that Russia maintains a mutually beneficial cooperation with the regional states, while Washington only pursues its own interests.
On Tuesday, Votel addressed the US lower house Committee on Armed Services and said th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Scientists have developed new models to better understand how governments can work together to ensure global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100.
The different models consider a variety of political, socioeconomic and technological factors, including the impacts of economic inequality, energy demand and regional cooperation. The models considered five different so-called S ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) March 5, 2018  The failure of the 2015 accord between Iran and world powers to restrict Tehran's nuclear programme would be a "great loss", the head of the UN's atomic watchdog said Monday.
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano said Iran was, as of today, "implementing its nuclear-related commitments" under the deal.
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 Beijing (AFP) March 5, 2018 
China signalled Monday it was hardening its stance on dissent in Taiwan and Hong Kong, where it faces growing frustration with the increasingly authoritarian government of President Xi Jinping.
In a report to the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, Premier Li Keqiang warned China "will never tolerate any separatist schemes" in Taiwan, amid increasing tensions ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 5, 2018 
A propaganda video released by the Islamic State group that apparently shows the deadly ambush of US troops in Niger raised fresh questions Monday as to the nature of the mission and why the soldiers had been left so vulnerable.
The distressing video, distributed by a pro-IS news agency, includes graphic footage taken by a solder wearing a helmet camera.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2018 
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed the country's new state arms procurement program, which includes, among other things, robotics, intelligence systems, UAVs and precision ammunition.
"Yes, the document has been signed by the president," Rogozin said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper, when asked a relevant ques ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract for logistic support for the Navy's Phalanx close-in-weapon system.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $48 million under a previous modified contract.
The modified contract will furnish "repaired and new units for 1,041 line items under prescribed performance metrics in response to Fleet requisition ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
The Strategic Partnerships Office (SPO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has signed a partially exclusive license agreement for gear bearing technology with Bahari Energy LLC, of Rockville, Maryland, for use in its Energy Wind Tower designed for the urban environment.
"NASA's gear bearing technology will allow significant improvement in our Wind Energy Towers e ... more |
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