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November 18, 2025
SPACE TRAVEL
Can America Beat China Back to the Moon?



Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 17, 2025
The United States faces a narrowing window to claim its position as the first nation to return humans to the Moon in the 21st century. While NASA's official timeline targets Artemis 3 for no earlier than mid-2027 - roughly three years before China's 2030 lunar landing goal - the path forward is fraught with technical complexity, schedule pressure, and the kind of engineering challenges that have historically humbled even the most ambitious space programs. ... read more

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DRAGON SPACE
China returns research samples from space station to Earth for study
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
China's space station has delivered 46.67 kilograms of scientific samples from 26 experiments for analysis on Earth, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) un ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Resupply spacecraft prepared for Tiangong station after safe crew return
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
The China Manned Space Agency is preparing to launch the unmanned Shenzhou XXII spacecraft, which will deliver provisions and equipment to the Tiangong space station. A senior engineer confirmed on ... more
MOON DAILY
Chang'e-6 lunar mission finds impact-created hematite and maghemite in SPA Basin samples
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Researchers from the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS), and Shandong University have identified, for the first time, crystalline hematite and maghemite produced by a maj ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts return to Earth after delay
Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, state TV footage showed, after a delay caused by their spacecraft being struck by debris in orbit. ... more
SPACEWAR
Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Europe finds itself in the midst of a new space race, one defined less by exploration and more by the imperative to safeguard critical orbital infrastructure from the mounting threats of Russian and ... more
GPS NEWS
Nanometer precision ranging demonstrated across 113 kilometers sets new benchmark for space measurement
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2025
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, led by professors Jian-Wei Pan, Hai-Feng Jiang, and Qiang Zhang, have achieved nanometer-level absolute distance measurement over ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Facing a new era of satellite surveillance and jamming, European governments are moving rapidly to strengthen their defenses in orbit. The twin challenges posed by Russian and Chinese activities hav ... more
CYBER WARS
Europe Faces Satellite Espionage Threat from Russia and China
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Germany and the United Kingdom have raised alarms regarding the escalating danger posed by Russian and Chinese activity in space, with recent incidents putting focus on the growing threat to Western ... more

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SUPERPOWERS
Japan-China row over Taiwan highlights fragile ties
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 17, 2025
A diplomatic feud with China sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments about Taiwan has underscored the fragility of ties between the key trading partners. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan says China 'severely' impacting regional peace in Japan spat
Taipei (AFP) Nov 17, 2025
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Monday that China had "severely" impacted regional peace in its row with Japan, which was sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan. ... more
THE STANS
Syria to hand over Uyghur jihadist fighters to China: sources
Damascus (AFP) Nov 17, 2025
Syria intends to hand over jihadist fighters from China's Uyghur minority to Beijing, two sources told AFP on Monday, but the foreign ministry in Damascus denied the report. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Alleged Chinese scam kingpin extradited from Thailand: police
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Chinese police issue bounties on Taiwanese influencers
Beijing (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
Chinese police on Thursday offered bounties of up to $35,000 for help arresting Taiwanese influencers Wen Tzu-yu and Chen Po-yuan on allegations that the pair disseminated "anti-China" content online. ... more
TECH SPACE
EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rules
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
The European Union is set next week to kickstart a rollback of landmark rules on artificial intelligence and data protection that face powerful pushback on both sides of the Atlantic. ... more
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CYBER WARS
Alibaba denies report it helps China's military target US
Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
Chinese tech giant Alibaba denies helping Beijing target the United States, telling AFP on Saturday that a recent media report was "completely false". ... more
CYBER WARS
Anthropic says Chinese state hackers deployed AI for autonomous attacks
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has detected and disrupted what it described as the first documented cyber espionage campaign conducted largely autonomously by AI, marking a significant escalation in machine learning-enabled attacks. ... more
THE STANS
Kazakhstan jails 12 over rare anti-China protest
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Police in Kazakhstan said on Friday they had arrested 12 people and fined six others over a rare protest in which a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was burned. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Japan says Taiwan stance 'unchanged'; China summons Japan ambassador
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Japan said Friday that its position on Taiwan has not changed, amid a spat with Beijing following comments from hawkish new premier Sanae Takaichi about a possible attack by China on the self-ruled island. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan says not 'overly worried' about Trump-Xi talks
Taipei (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
Taiwan's top diplomat expressed confidence on Wednesday that future talks between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would not "sacrifice" the democratic island's interests. ... more
CYBER WARS
Chinese court rejects appeal by journalist jailed for espionage: family
Beijing (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
A Chinese court on Thursday rejected an appeal by veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu, who had been sentenced to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said in a statement. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
US approves first military sale to Taiwan since Trump's return
Taipei (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
The United States has approved $330 million-worth of parts and components in its first military sale to Taiwan since US President Donald Trump's return to office, the island's foreign ministry said Friday. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Demarches and decapitation: Japan and China's Taiwan spat
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Japan and China's long-testy relations have worsened in recent days following comments by new premier Sanae Takaichi about a possible attack by Beijing on Taiwan. ... more
SPACEMART
China moves forward with orbital internet network expansion
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
A Long March 12 rocket placed the latest batch of low Earth orbit satellites into space on November 10, 2025, launching from the Hainan commercial spacecraft site in southern China. China Aerospace ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
LandSpace prepares reusable ZQ 3 rocket for first launch after major tests in China
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
LandSpace, a private Beijing-based rocket manufacturer, is moving toward the debut flight of its ZQ 3, also known as Rosefinch 3, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Carbon capture promoters turn up in numbers at COP30: NGO
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 17, 2025
Companies and groups backing carbon-capture technology, which critics slam as an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels, have deployed more than 500 participants to the COP30 climate talks, according to a list compiled by an NGO and shared exclusively with AFP. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
China FM pledges support for Syria in 'achieving peace'
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2025
China's top diplomat Wang Yi pledged support for Damascus on Monday in "achieving peace at an early date", as his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani made his first official visit to Beijing. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
CSES satellite tracks shifting South Atlantic anomaly and impact on solar cycle twenty five
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
The South Atlantic anomaly represents the region of Earth's radiation belts with the highest particle concentrations and weakest geomagnetic shielding. This area poses risks to the electronics aboar ... more
IRON AND ICE
Largest modern crater identified in Chinas Holocene geology
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
A scientific team in China has confirmed the discovery of the Jinlin crater in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. This impact structure, which has been preserved in a thick granite weathering crust, prov ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
China hopes US will 'some day' return to climate fold
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
China believes the United States eventually will return to climate talks, the head of Beijing's delegation told AFP Wednesday at the COP30 climate summit, adding the world must show that the green transition "cannot be reversed." ... more
THE STANS
Germany deported Uyghur to China in bureaucratic bungle
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 10, 2025
Germany deported a Uyghur woman back to China rather than to Turkey after a bureaucratic mix-up, government sources said Monday, with critics slamming a "huge blunder" that endangered her life. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
UK court jails Chinese bitcoin fraudster for over 11 years
London (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
A Chinese woman who masterminded a multibillion-dollar bitcoin scam and evaded authorities for years was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in jail by a UK court Tuesday. ... more
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