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China's envoy to Australia says 2 nations at 'new juncture' | 2022-06-13 14:09:46

China’s ambassador to Australia has said that relations between the two countries are at a “new juncture” with the election of a new Australian government and the first minister-to-minister talks in more than two years. Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian (肖千) gave an upbeat assessment of the bilateral relationship’s potential in a weekend speech to the Australia-China Friendship Society in Perth, Australia. The speech was published yesterday on the embassy’s Web site. “The...

The Quad-backed initiative will use satellite technology to create a tracking system for illegal fishing in Asia and beyond

China, US racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals

“There’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it,” US President Joe Biden said after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended global geopolitics. Far from Earth, that transition is already happening. Just like in the era of Sputnik and Apollo more than half a century ago, world leaders are again racing to achieve dominance in outer space — but there is one big difference: Whereas the US and the Soviet Union hashed out a common set of rules at the UN, this time a...

Unlike in the era of Sputnik and Apollo, the world’s top superpowers can’t even agree on basic principles to govern the next generation of space activity. 

Fears are running high today that Russian President Vladimir Putin could declare all-out war on Ukraine.

News for May 9, 2022. Headlines, latest breaking news, weather and updates in Australia and around the worl...

Pandemic-related confusion about city orders, and a change in land use more than a decade ago, allowed for the demolition of the Barrow Service Station. Now West Dallas residents and preservationists will work to save the Lillie McBride Home from a similar fate.

Could the space wars of science fiction become reality? Space is increasingly becoming weaponized. While that may seem ...