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September 29, 2025
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Uranium enrichment: Why Iran refuses to step back



Tehran (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected any compromise over his country's nuclear programme this week, vowing not to yield to pressure to give up uranium enrichment. The issue has long been at the centre of disputes with Western powers, especially the United States, which accuse Tehran of seeking a nuclear weapon - a claim Khamenei again denied. Below are key questions: - Why insist on enrichment? - Iran's nuclear sector employs more than 17,000 people, according to Atom ... read more

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SOLAR DAILY
Redwire to Deliver Solar Array Wings for Axiom Station's First Module
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2025
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has secured a contract from Axiom Space to provide roll-out solar array (ROSA) wings for the Payload Power Thermal Module (AxPPTM), the first module of Axiom Station, ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shift
Berlin (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday rejected claims his government was undermining the climate change fight, but insisted that industry also needed to be protected to revive the crisis-wracked economy. ... more
WIND DAILY
French-German duo wins mega offshore wind energy project
Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
French energy multinational TotalEnergies and German energy group RWE have won a contract to built a large offshore wind energy project with a potential to supply the equivalent of one million households with electricity, the French government said Wednesday. ... more
NANO TECH
Unique phase of water revealed in nanoscale confinement
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Despite being one of the most studied substances on Earth, water continues to surprise scientists with unexplored behaviors. Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have now uncovered new details ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Google fights breakup of ad tech business in US court
Alexandria, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2025
Google faced a fresh federal court test on Monday as US government lawyers asked a judge to order the breakup of the search engine giant's ad technology business. ... more
CHIP TECH
Small chip, grand mission: searching for signs of extraterrestrial life
Delft, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Is life possible - or has it ever been possible - on other planets? The (Origin of) Life Marker Chip (LMCOOL) seeks the answer. This innovative chip is being developed by a Dutch consortium led by T ... more
TECH SPACE
US tech company Cloud HQ announces $4.8 bn data center project in Mexico
Mexico City (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
US-based tech company Cloud HQ said Thursday it will spend $4.8 billion building six data centers in Mexico, the latest in a series of major US investments in the country amid trade tensions with Washington. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Nations weigh maritime stability as U.S. provides $55M for efforts in Indo-Pacific
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 25, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and representatives from more than 35 nations participated in talks to address global threats to maritime security by China and others on Thursday. ... more

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WATER WORLD
French consumer group seeks Perrier sales ban
Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
An influential consumer rights association on Wednesday urged a court to ban the sale of Perrier bottled water in France, saying the brand's claim that its product is "natural" was misleading. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents stranded
Plaridel, Philippines (AFP) Sept 19, 2025
The dike meant to protect the Philippine town cost taxpayers nearly $2 million, but when a minister visited this month he found little more than dirt hastily dumped along the river's banks. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
EU queries Apple, Google, Microsoft over financial scams
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
The European Union on Tuesday demanded Big Tech players including Apple and Google explain what action they are taking against financial scams online, as Brussels seeks to show it is not shying away from enforcing its rules. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Trump's $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, a tech industry favourite, concerns India
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 20, 2025
India's leading IT trade body said on Saturday it was concerned by a new annual $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump ordered for H-1B skilled worker visas, an addition that could have major repercussions for the tech industry where such permits are widespread. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Amazon to pay $2.5 bn to settle Prime enrollment case
Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
Amazon agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations from a US regulator that it used deceptive practices to enroll consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
China penalises ByteDance and Alibaba platforms in content crackdown
Beijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
China's top internet regulator said Tuesday it would take action against ByteDance-owned news app Jinri Toutiao and Alibaba's internet browser company UCWeb for allegedly displaying harmful content, a day after announcing a two-month social media crackdown. ... more
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CAR TECH
Chinese automaker Chery gains in Hong Kong debut
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
Shares in China's top car exporter Chery Automobile rose on their trading debut Thursday after the company raised US$1.2 billion in one of Hong Kong's biggest initial public offerings this year. ... more
TRADE WARS
WTO says China decision to forego special treatment aids fair trade
Geneva (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
The World Trade Organization hailed Wednesday Beijing's decision to no longer seek new special treatment in future WTO talks, calling it a step towards a more equitable global trading system. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Starcloud partners with Mission Space to protect orbital datacenters with real time space weather intelligence
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
Mission Space, a space weather intelligence provider, has entered a strategic partnership with orbital datacenter company Starcloud to embed real-time space weather forecasting into orbital AI compu ... more
CAR TECH
Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the future
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan on Thursday, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments. ... more
CAR TECH
Austria greenlights motorway project despite environmental objections
Vienna (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
Austria's government announced on Thursday it would press ahead with a divisive motorway project that includes a tunnel under a national park, dealing a blow to opponents of the plan. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
SSTL and IHI agree to develop Japanese ISR constellation
London, UK (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and IHI Corporation have signed an agreement to co-develop a small satellite constellation to strengthen Japan's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissa ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installation
Ordos, China (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China's almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Dutch lead charge on electric inland vessels
Alblasserdam, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
At a windswept container park near the sprawling port of Rotterdam, a crane slots a 30-tonne white battery into a transporter vessel, enough to provide eight hours of zero-emissions freight. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
ICEYE unveils Gen4 satellite with expanded coverage and sharper SAR imaging
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
ICEYE has announced the commercial launch of its fourth-generation Gen4 satellites, designed to deliver the highest-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery available to the global market. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Neutrinovoltaic master formula published as pathway to scalable clean energy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The Neutrino Energy Group has unveiled a unified equation describing how invisible cosmic and terrestrial radiation can be converted into usable electricity. This breakthrough marks the first indust ... more
TRADE WARS
Maritime trade growth stalls amid growing uncertainty: UN
Geneva (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Growth in global shipping, which moves 80 percent of the world's merchandise trade, is stalling, the UN said Wednesday, as the sector navigates geopolitical instability and growing complexity. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
Under promise, over deliver? China unveils new climate goals
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
China has for the first time made specific emission cut pledges, though its goal of reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases just seven to 10 percent by 2035 is seen as far too modest. ... more
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TRADE WARS
Tariffs, China competition weigh on Balkan growth: EBRD
London (AFP) Sept 25, 2025
Economic growth in southeast Europe will next year face strains from US tariffs, increased competition from China and government budget pressures, Europe's development bank forecast Thursday. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Artificial plant device cleans radioactive soil using only sunlight
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Seongkyun Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, has developed a solar-powered artifi ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Breaking Shockley-Queisser barrier with cryogenic silicon solar cells
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Researchers from Taizhou University and the University of Delaware have reported the first experimental solar cell to exceed the long-standing Shockley-Queisser efficiency ceiling for single-junctio ... more
ROBO SPACE
NASA's Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the roboti ... more
ROBO SPACE
NRL robotic servicing payload passes thermal vacuum testing and moves closer to launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working with DARPA and Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics, has cleared a major space-readiness hurdle for satellite servicing. On Sept. 5, the team completed ... more
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