BRICS S&T News
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AP News, 23 January 2020 Locusts by the millions are nibbling their way across a large part of Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years. Read more... |
AP News, 21 January 2020 A U.N. human rights panel has ruled for the first time that people fleeing the effects of climate change may be entitled to claim asylum Read more... |
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AP News, 26 January 2020 Spacewalking astronauts plugged a leak in a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Saturday, completing a series of complex repairs to give the instrument new life. Read more... |
AP News, 25 January 2020 The new virus from China has the world on edge because it’s a close cousin to viruses that killed hundreds in separate outbreaks. Read more... |
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The Rio Times, 17 January 2020 Claro has higher download and upload speed for 3G and 4G; TIM has higher 4G availability and lower internet latency. Read more... |
The Rio Times, 23 January 2020 In partnership with the World Economic Forum, an organization that includes global leaders and entrepreneurs, Brazil announced installation of the first study and research center focused on 4.0 industry. Read more... |
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Reuters, 23 January 2020 British officials have proposed granting Huawei a limited role in the UK’s future 5G network, resisting U.S. calls for a complete ban over fears of Chinese spying Read more... |
Reuters, 23 January 2020 A high-ranking Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert on Wednesday defended the country’s social credit score system, despite what he said were implementation issues. Read more... |
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The Hindu, 23 January 2020 The study, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, offers insights on the origins of the most recent outbreak of pneumonia caused by the virus, which started in the middle of December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China Read more... |
Reuters, 08 January 2020 NASA is opening an independent investigation with Boeing over a software glitch that prevented its unmanned astronaut capsule from reaching the International Space Station in December, the agency said on Tuesday. Read more... |
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Reuters, 01 January 2020 India has approved its third lunar mission months after its last one failed to successfully land on the moon, its space agency said on Wednesday, the latest effort in its ambitions to become a low-cost space power. Read more... |
Reuters, 28 December 2019 A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency’s mission to send humans into deep space. Read more... |
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Xinhua, 08 January 2020 A new communication technology experiment satellite is launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Read more... |
Xinhua, 07 January 2020 The Shanghai Museum signed a cooperation agreement Monday with China's leading AI company iFLYTEK, to jointly build the country's top-notch "smart museum." Read more... |
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Reuters, 31 December 2019 Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said its full-year revenue would likely jump 18% in 2019 to 850 billion yuan ($121.72 billion), lower than its earlier projections, as a U.S. trade blacklisting curbed growth and disrupted its ability to source key parts. Read more... |
Indian Express, 2 January 2020 Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday, ISRO chairman K Sivan also announced that four Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots had been selected for the Gaganyaan mission, India’s first attempt at a manned mission. Read more... |
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The Indian Express, 2 January 2020 The ISRO chief's comments come a day after Union Minister Jitendra Singh had announced that India would launch Chandrayaan-3 in 2020. Read more... |
Reuters, 30 December 2019 Brazil’s Ministry of Justice said on Monday it fined U.S. tech giant Facebook Inc 6.6 million reais ($1.6 million) for improperly sharing user data Read more... |
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Reuters, 30 December 2019 The Indian government has allowed Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co HWT.UL to participate in trials for 5G networks, a company spokesman said on Monday. Read more... |
Reuters, 27 December 2019 China’s market regulator on Friday has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor (7203.T) 87.6 million yuan ($12.5 million) for price-fixing on its premium Lexus cars in eastern Jiangsu province, according to a document on its website. Read more... |