Indonesia will likely ratify RCEP in the first quarter of 2022
JAKARTA: Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, will likely ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) early next...
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Game Of Thrones author shares thoughts on ‘powerful’ and ‘dark’ TV prequel
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Cathay Pacific announces flight cancellations to and from Hong Kong
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Cameroon report four COVID-19 cases ahead of Africa Cup of Nations
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Anti-vax community blasts Trump after pro-shot comments
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US drops charges against guards on duty when Epstein committed suicide
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Australia relaxes testing rules amid Omicron surge
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S.Korea to extend curbs amid Omicron surge, serious Covid-19 cases
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Hundreds of homes feared lost in Colorado wildfires
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China warns US will ‘face unbearable price’ on Taiwan
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Evergrande NEV starts first mass production -sources
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Germany’s long anti-nuclear protest ends
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China to issue record treasury bonds in 2022, guide rates lower
SHANGHAI : China plans to sell a record amount of treasury bonds in 2022, while keeping overall interest rates...
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This month, Josef Aschbacher, the director general of ESA, warned that the thousands of communications satellites launched by Starlink would result in there being far less space for competitors. Other experts have said that much larger distances are needed between spacecraft to avoid collisions than Mr Musk has suggested. Scientists have also previously voiced concerns about the risks of collisions in space and called on world governments to share information about the estimated 30,000 satellites and other space debris that are orbiting Earth. Mr Musk made headlines this week as he faced a social media backlash after China complained that its space station was forced to avoid collisions with satellites launched by his Starlink project. The country’s space station had two “close encounters” with Starlink satellites this year, Beijing claimed. The incidents occurred on 1 July and 21 October, according to a document submitted by China this month to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. “For safety reasons, the China Space Station implemented preventive collision avoidance control,” Beijing said in the document published on the agency’s website. The incidents behind the complaints, lodged with the UN’s space agency, have not yet been independently verified. China also accused the US of putting astronauts in danger by ignoring obligations under outer space treaties. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China was urging the US to act responsibly. SpaceX has already launched almost 1,900 satellites as part of the Starlink network, and plans to deploy thousands more.
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Elon Musk rejects claims that his satellites are hogging space
Elon Musk has rejected claims that his Starlink satellite internet project is taking up too much room in space. "Tens...
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Mexicans join bid for COVID-19 compensation from China, WHO
MEXICO CITY: Devastated by the loss of his daughter to COVID-19, Jaime Michaus joined hundreds of Mexicans seeking compensation from...
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How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021
Returned to China in 1997, Hong Kong has endured an overhaul of its political system and a crackdown on political...
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No tests, no problem? Experts question new US CDC policy on COVID-19 isolation period
CHICAGO: New government rules that halve the isolation period for asymptomatic coronavirus infections lack safeguards that could result in even...
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Northvolt produces first battery cell from Sweden gigafactory
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's Northvolt said on Wednesday its new gigafactory in northern Sweden has assembled its first battery cell, making it...
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India vs South Africa 1st Test: Shami 5-for gives India big lead on Day 3
All 18 wickets fall to fast bowlers on Day 3, as India gain hefty advantage over SA in first Test....
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