Japan announces successful SLIM lunar landing, fifth country to reach moon's surface
Japan staked its claim as a national space power on Friday, as its SLIM spacecraft successfully landed on the lunar surface.
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Space race elevates Asia in new world order
In 1969, the United States landed the first human on the moon, beating the former Soviet Union in the Cold War-era space race.
Deciphering Putin’s muted response to the Kursk incursion
Kiev’s offensive into the Kursk region was a typically bold move by the Ukrainians and one that caught Russia entirely by surprise. But perhaps its most surprising feature is Vladimir Putin’s response.
4 people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July.
North Korea's Kim meets Russia's Shoigu, vows more co-operation
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu and discussed deepening strategic dialogue between the two countries, state media KCNA said on Sept 14.
Russia’s Arctic edge melting under hot Western fire
Things are not exactly going to plan for Moscow in the Arctic – an area that is a strategic military region for Russia and has significant economic potential that could help it prop up its war economy.
China’s secretive space plane has returned to Earth. Its mission? Unknown
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James Sasser, Senator and Clinton’s Envoy to China, Dies at 87
James Sasser, a three-term Democratic senator from Tennessee who, with no background in diplomacy or Chinese affairs, thrived as President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to China in the late 1990s until a bombing in Europe left angry mobs besieging his embassy, died on Tuesday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 87.
