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Australian spy avoids jail in East Timor espionage scandal
Jun 18, 2021

Australian spy avoids jail in East Timor espionage scandal

A former Australian spy has been released from court with a three-month suspended prison sentence over his attempt to help East Timor prove that Australia spied on the fledgling nation during multibillion dollar oil and gas negotiations


China says nuclear fuel rods damaged, no radiation leak
Jun 16, 2021

China says nuclear fuel rods damaged, no radiation leak

The Chinese government says a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity leaked


Greenpeace wins Australian court case against power company
Jun 8, 2021

Greenpeace wins Australian court case against power company

Australia’s largest electricity generator has largely lost its court case alleging that the environmental group Greenpeace had breached copyright and trademark laws by using its logo in a campaign that described the company as the nation’s “biggest climate polluter.”


Slow to start, China mobilizes to vaccinate at headlong pace
Jun 3, 2021

Slow to start, China mobilizes to vaccinate at headlong pace

After a slow start, China is now doing what virtually no other country in the world can: harnessing the power and all-encompassing reach of its one-party system and a maturing domestic vaccine industry to administer shots at a staggering pace


Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday
Jun 2, 2021

Meat producer JBS says expects most plants working Wednesday

The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back to work after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline


Meat producer ransomware attack disrupts global production
Jun 1, 2021

Meat producer ransomware attack disrupts global production

A weekend ransomware attack on the world’s largest meat company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline


Biden's solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints
May 24, 2021

Biden's solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints

The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor


Putin, Xi initiate projects in show of warming ties
May 19, 2021

Putin, Xi initiate projects in show of warming ties

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have joined in a videoconference to initiate a series of nuclear energy projects, an event intended to display warming ties between two nations that are the chief geopolitical rivals to the United States


Millions lose power after Taiwan power plant failure
May 13, 2021

Millions lose power after Taiwan power plant failure

An equipment failure has caused an outage at a power plant in southern Taiwan, triggering rolling blackouts across the island affecting millions of people


Apr 27, 2021

Tanker spills oil off Chinese port after collision

China's maritime safety agency says a tanker has spilled oil into the sea off one of the country's busiest ports after a collision with another vessel


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