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Hong Kong's leader says to create new national security law in 2024

Energy-daily.com 

Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 25, 2023
Hong Kong leader John Lee said Wednesday the semi-autonomous city would create its own national security law in 2024, four years after Beijing imposed sweeping legislation aimed at silencing dissent. In a three-hour-plus policy address, the Beijing-anointed leader unveiled measures aimed at revitalising Hong Kong's Covid-ravaged economy and flagging population growth, while asserting the nee

China's Xi hails new 'strategic partnership' with Colombia

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Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed his country's new "strategic partnership" with Colombia, state media reported, as he welcomed the leader of the South American nation to Beijing. Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in the Chinese capital on Tuesday for a state visit that his office had said would see him and Xi "sign a plan for the growth of bilateral relations and coop

Sam Bankman-Fried expected to testify in US crypto trial

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New York (AFP) Oct 25, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of one of cryptocurrency's biggest exchanges, plans to testify at the trial determining if he committed fraud by stealing billions of dollars from clients, a source close to the case confirmed Wednesday. The 31-year-old, once one of the most respected figures in crypto, has been charged with seven counts of fraud, embezzlement and criminal conspiracy. If con

The mighty Mississippi, America's water highway, is dangerously low

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Memphis (AFP) Oct 24, 2023
In the middle of the shrunken Mississippi, a barge drags a giant metal-edged suction head along the riverbed to remove sediment from shipping lanes. The crew of the dustpan dredge Hurley has been working around-the-clock for months to deepen the channels so boats and barges can pass through. "We've worked almost nonstop since last fall, everywhere from New Orleans up to St. Louis" in Mi

National innovation challenge for Australia's first lunar robotic rover arm

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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2023
Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) has announced a national innovation challenge open to all Australians. The Australian Space Agency, in collaboration with NASA's Artemis program, is embarking on an ambitious journey to design Australia's first lunar rover. The ELO2 Big Dipper Lunar Regolith Acquisition Challenge is an open invitation for innovators and enthusiasts to be a part of this groundbreaking mi

Increasing transparency in critical materials price, supply, and demand forecasts

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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2023
Critical materials such as base metals (e.g., nickel, lithium, and magnesium), rare earth metals, and other minerals (e.g., cobalt and germanium) are vital to Department of Defense (DOD) operations and U.S. national security. They are also essential to modern technology. For example, metals such as cobalt and chromium are important ingredients in high-temperature alloys used in jet engines, whil

Bulgaria to get two US-built nuclear reactors

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Sofia (AFP) Oct 25, 2023
Bulgaria on Wednesday approved the construction of two nuclear reactors using American technology as the Balkan EU member seeks to diversify its energy sources. The two new reactors will be located at the site of the state-owned Kozloduy plant on the Danube river, which currently relies on Russian fuel for its two Soviet-built 1,000-megawatt reactors. The country's sole nuclear plant si



QuickSounder Spacecraft contract awarded by NASA

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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2023
NASA, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid-IV) contract to Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio for the QuickSounder spacecraft. The firm-fixed-price delivery order covers all phases of QuickSounder's operations to include spacecraft development, integration of NOAA's Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Engineering Develo

High-resolution atmospheric modeling gets a boost with next-gen GEOS-Chem software

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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2023
In a significant leap forward for atmospheric science, researchers from Washington University's McKelvey School of Engineering have rolled out an advanced version of GEOS-Chem, known as High Performance GEOS-Chem. This next-generation software paves the way for researchers, policymakers, and citizen scientists to conduct highly detailed studies of air quality and greenhouse gases, using meteorol

China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-17 crewed space mission

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Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 26, 2023
The Shenzhou-17 astronauts will perform various in-orbit space science and application payload tests and experiments, a senior official from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced at a press conference on Wednesday. They will carry out extravehicular activities (EVAs), install extravehicular payloads and conduct space station maintenance and other tasks, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy di

Tightbeam tech set to revolutionize Global Marine Internet through Aalyria-HICO Partnership

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Livermore CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2023
Aalyria Technologies and HICO Investment Group are joining forces to revolutionize maritime communications, having recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement sets forth the scope and aims of a partnership that seeks to introduce Aalyria's Tightbeam high-speed, free-space optics communications systems across the maritime sector in various global regions, including the Midd

Terran Orbital awarded $4.7 Million Contract by European Space Agency

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Boca Raton FL (SPX) Oct 26, 2023
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, has announced its wholly-owned international subsidiary, Tyvak International s.r.l., has been chosen as a prime contractor under a $4.7 million or euro 4.5 million contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a proximity operations and in-orbit servici

Sampling unique bedrock at the margin unit

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Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 26, 2023
The Mars 2020 team has been exploring a new area of the Margin Unit at Jezero Crater, where distinct carbonate signatures have been observed from orbit. Importantly, carbonates that form in rocks can store a record of the climate during formation, and they can also preserve biosignatures (residues of ancient life). Perseverance is on its way to a particularly interesting region of the Marg

Mystery of the Martian core solved

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Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 26, 2023
For four years, NASA's InSight lander recorded tremors on Mars with its seismometer. Researchers at ETH Zurich collected and analysed the data transmitted to Earth to determine the planet's internal structure. "Although the mission ended in December 2022, we've now discovered something very interesting," says Amir Khan, a Senior Scientist in the Department of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich.

How could a piece of the Moon become a Near-Earth asteroid

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San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2023
team of astronomers has found a new clue that a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid, Kamo`oalewa, might be a chunk of the moon. They hypothesized that the asteroid was ejected from the lunar surface during a meteorite strike-and they found that a rare pathway could have allowed Kamo`oalewa to get into orbit around the sun while remaining close to the orbits of the Earth and the Moon. T

UK and Axiom sign agreement on plans for historic human spaceflight mission

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London, UK (SPX) Oct 25, 2023
The agreement between the UK Space Agency and Axiom Space sets out plans for the 2 organisations to work together to pursue a commercially sponsored, UK astronaut mission. The announcement comes as Science Minister George Freeman, is due to open the London Stock Exchange today (25 October), where he will speak about opportunities to bring further investment into the UK space sector. On thi

NASA's First Two-way End-to-End Laser Communications System

Spacedaily.com 

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 26, 2023
NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions - showcasing the benefits infrared light can have for science and exploration missions transmitting terabytes of important data. The International Space Station is getting a "flashy" technology demonstration this November. The ILLUMA-T (Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Term

Rocket Lab receives FAA authorization to resume launches

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to resume Electron launches from Launch Complex 1. The authorization comes after Rocket Lab experienced an in-flight anomaly on September 19th during the Company's 41st Electron launch. The FAA, the federal licensing body for U.S. launch vehicles, has now confirmed that Rocket Lab's laun

At least 16 people dead, sources say, as a ‘person of interest’ is being sought in two shootings in Lewiston, Maine - CNN

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  1. At least 16 people dead, sources say, as a ‘person of interest’ is being sought in two shootings in Lewiston, Maine  CNN
  2. Full special report: Multiple people dead after active shooting incident in Maine  NBC News
  3. The 7 things you need to know for Thursday, October 26  The Washington Post
  4. Latest on mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine: Live updates  CNN
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