Taipei, July 6 (CNA) An attempt by China to squeeze Radio Taiwan International (RTI, 央廣) out of the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) has failed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday. The AIB, founded in 1993, is a non-profit, non-government trade association that....

By Paul Goble To avoid the Islamization of the Russian Federation, Andrey Soshenko says, Moscow must immediately “change its migration policy” to limit the influx of people from Central Asia and the Caucasus, force the leaders of “Russian territories to stop searching for ‘multi-nationality,’ and....

By Paul Goble Facing ever greater difficulty in raising money in the West because of sanctions and calls by its own growing Muslim population for such a step, Russian banks are now considering the introduction of Islamic banking in order to gain access to credit markets in the Muslim world.

"For solar irradiance, we have essentially combined two data sets, one from our American colleagues and one from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen," explains the first author Prof. Dr. Katja Matthes from GEOMAR. "In this new data set, the variability in the shortwave....

By Paul Goble After ignoring the issues of military pay and benefits for both serving and retiring personnel for five years, during the course of which pay and pensions stagnated and medical services were cut, Vladimir Putin last week said he wanted to boost pay and provide more benefits to uniformed personnel and retirees.

Amateur radio operators throughout the United States and Canada participate in the annual exercise as part of their goal of enhancing emergency communications abilities. The event, which involves rapidly setting up stations in the field, had more than 35,000 participants this year, the release states.

Quick thinking by the police saved a 20-year-old man from drowning in sea in Colaba Wednesday morning. Sub-inspector Gauri Jagtap and two constables were patrolling the area in a vehicle near the Radio Club at Apollo Bunder at 2.30 am when they heard a man crying out for help. Getting out of the car, they saw a man in the sea trying to stay afloat.

By Camilla Hannan for Earshot. MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, June 27, 2017) – Voting has begun for PNG's national elections, but Australians know little about the complications of democracy in our nearest neighbour. The average Australian is more likely to know what the US President had for....

fatwas , the Arabic term for “legal opinions,” that are intended to guide the lives of Muslims. But as Islam has become more important in the lives of the Muslims of Russia, that has created a problem for them as well as one for the Russian state. Muslims have the option to choose among the fatwas....

“Being a leader in audio programming, NPR was eager to work with Edison on this study, so we could best understand the role smart speakers play in everyday life and how listening behavior is shifting. This important research will guide us as we enhance the NPR experience on this platform,” said NPR’s Chief Marketing Officer Meg Goldthwaite.

Locally, it’s undertaken by the Athens County Amateur Radio Association, with portable stations set up at the Athens County Fairgrounds. That’s where they were on the air from 2 p.m. Saturday until 2 p.m. Sunday, making contact with – “working” is the radio term – as many other stations as possible,....

By Paul Goble In 1952, shortly before his death, Joseph Stalin came up with the idea of “draining” the Caspian Sea so as to be able to get to the oil and gas resources on its bed; but he was dissuaded from trying by water specialists who pointed out that redirecting the Volga, Terek and Kura rivers....

The golden days of radio are long gone. That doesn’t mean it’s insignificant, however. Even in the rapidly advancing world of technology, radio remains a valuable means of communication. “If the phone lines or Internet go down, radio is still there,” said Art Protas, a member of the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC).

Justin Webster of the Los Alamos Amateur Radio Club makes contact with an amateur radio operator in Arkansas during the National Amateur Radio Field Day contest Saturday at North Mesa Picnic Grounds. The event continues through noon Sunday and the community is invited to observe and make contact with ham operators throughout North America.

Saturday. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it • Knitwits knitting and crocheting group, 10 a.m. to noon, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it • Muscle Shoals Amateur Radio Club meeting and amateur radio license exams, 9-10 a.m., Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N.

Stone’s film, Surin says, represents “the start of the geopolitical breakthrough toward the normalization and harmonization of Russian-American relations. The film of the American became an independent and powerful geopolitical factor. Such is the nature of our time.” And Russia must exploit this by responding in kind ( “’No one besides us.

Joe Pajor remembers how as a kid in the 1970s you could just walk up a street sometimes and find friends and relatives with cheap shortwave radios, listening to conversations all over the world. And how there was this Augustinian priest, in Pajor’s Catholic school, who had missionaries working in....

Montreal Amateur Radio Club held a competition Saturday to see which HAM radio operator could score the most contact. MARC via Facebook. Montreal Amateur Radio Clubs (MARC) staged a day of HAM radio competition in Ovide Park in Pointe-Claire on Saturday that was more than fun and games.

The community is invited to see a demonstration of amateur radios in action from noon to noon Sunday at the North Mesa Picnic Grounds off North Mesa Road. The Los Alamos Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the National Amateur Radio Field Day 24-hour emergency preparedness exercise.

In the age of electronics, amateur radio operators want to educate Long Islanders on the benefit of off-the-grid communications. Just as hurricane season begins, the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club beginning Saturday afternoon is holding its annual Field Day, an emergency preparedness test and 24-hour demonstration of the power of radio.

BERLIN, June 23. /TASS/. German public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle has said in its report on its plans and objectives for this year presented to the German Bundestag (parliament) on Friday that it regards the work of its Russian counterparts as a threat to European values.

UAE-based telecom services operator du has launched its new state-of-the-art teleport facility in Dubai which is aimed at adding even more benefits for regional broadcasters. The new upgraded facility, located in Al Qudra area of Dubai, has been built to accommodate 50 earth station antenna systems with further room for expansion.

MIDLAND, TX (KWES) - In West Texas, severe weather can pop up at a moments notice, but preparations for disasters start ahead of time. For David Overton, amateur radio is a hobby that has some responsibility. "We can get the messages through that people need," said Overton.

MIDLAND, TX (KWES) - In West Texas, severe weather can pop up at a moments notice, but preparations for disasters start ahead of time. For David Overton, amateur radio is a hobby that has some responsibility. "We can get the messages through that people need," said Overton.

MIDLAND, TX (KWES) - In West Texas, severe weather can pop up at a moments notice, but preparations for disasters start ahead of time. For David Overton, amateur radio is a hobby that has some responsibility. "We can get the messages through that people need," said Overton.