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Airbus, Kawasaki team up to send Eurodrone sub-hunting

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S) to collaborate on long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The agreement covers operations combining the Eurodrone with KHI’s P-1 maritime

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Japan sizzles in first 'brutally hot' days of the year

TOKYO, July 22 - Japan sizzled under sweltering, life-threatening heat on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some cities in what the government has newly designated as a \"brutally hot day.\"

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Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing to visit Thailand on August 6-7

July 22 - Myanmar junta chief turned president Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand on August 6-7, the Thai foreign minister told AFP on Wednesday, marking the latest attempt by the war-torn country's new administration to gain international legitimacy.

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Heavy rains wreak havoc in parts of India, 26 dead in Assam

GUWAHATI, India, July 22 - At least 26 people have died this week in India's northeastern state of Assam due to flooding after incessant rain, authorities said, with more thunderstorms and strong winds expected to hit several parts of the country's north and east on Wednesday.

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Why the Americans are unlikely to outpace Chinese innovations

When management pundits in the Harvard Business Review first asked whether China could innovate, most saw a nation condemned to mere imitation of the West. From “China Is Not About to Out-Innovate the US” (2010) to “Why China Can’t Innovate” (2014), Western commentators framed

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A federal court victory for free speech in and about America

Petty and vindictive. Such was the ban on travel to the United States handed out by the State Department on December 23 last year to five Europeans, one of whom was Clare Melford, chief executive of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a non-profit whose board I chair. The

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