A new report in the scientific journal "Nature" is generating new discussions among researchers about which paths modern humans took out of Africa to help populate the rest of the world. The report notes Chinese research done on 47 ...
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The International Space Station on Monday reached another milestone: the orbiting laboratory has been home to astronauts and cosmonauts for 15 consecutive years. Although placed in orbit in 1998, the station did not welcome its first ...
The 60th international book fair opened in Belgrade on Sunday with Russia as the guest of honor and the participation of some 500 exhibitors, of which 67 come from outside Serbia. The fair was opened with speeches by Russian historian and ...
The International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday received its first U.S. shipment, including food and Christmas presents, since two private U.S. space firms each recently suffered a failure on their cargo delivery missions, U.S. space ...
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Russia and Egypt signed an agreement on Thursday for Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the project would involve the building of a 'third-generation' plant with four reactors. ...
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The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a complement to existing international financial system, was formally established Friday in Beijing and expected to start operation early next year. "The AIIB is legally ...
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The first Briton on board the International Space Station, Tim Peake, has been giving his initial impressions of space during a news conference. He arrived on the space station just three days ago with two other astronauts, one from Russia ...
The decision by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to confer the reserve currency status on China's renminbi (RMB), "is good news," a former Chilean diplomat said. "It's good news because it acknowledges the role that the Chinese ...
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Construction of the second unit of a pilot nuclear power project began in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province on Tuesday. The project will use the domestically-developed third generation reactor Hualong One technology. Hualong One ...
Russia and India vowed on Thursday to enhance military, nuclear and anti-terror cooperation in a bid to promote their "privileged strategic partnership." "Large serial production of anti-ship missiles for India has begun," Russian ...
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China's largest oil refiner Sinopec has completed a deal to acquire a 10 percent share of Russia's largest gas processing company Sibur. Under the deal, Sinopec will have the right to nominate a representative to Sibur's board of ...
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China's Silk Road Fund, a medium- to long-term investment fund, will buy 9.9 percent of a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The Silk Road Fund said Friday that it entered into a set of binding agreements with Russia-based ...
China has the third largest IMF quota and voting share after the United States and Japan since the IMF reform plan being ratified by the U.S. Congress last week. [Photo: finance.sina.com.cn] Emerging powers like China, India, and Brazil ...
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Plastic film supplier Rani Plast is planning to install a new Davis-Standard line with blown film die, which will enable the company to produce both high barrier agriculture films and non barrier conventional PE-based films. Scheduled for ...
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Everyone wants to get into the virtual reality game, including journalists. RT, formerly Russia Today, has announced the launch of a new mobile app for 360-degree video news. RT360 offers up panoramic video that puts audiences right in ...
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