New U.S. 'Space Force' may conflict with international space treaties
The U.S. military's first new branch in decades could prompt another Trump administration withdrawal from a treaty.
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ESA raises bar on space projects with €14.4 billion over three years
The European Space Agency's pledges cover more ambitious space exploration and research, including on climate.
U.N. telecom agency's deal on 5G worries global weather experts
Negotiators announced a deal on new radio frequency standards for 5G, despite worries about forecasting impacts.
Facebook CEO defends plans for a new digital currency and association
U.S. lawmakers grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his plans for a new cryptocurrency and Swiss-based association.
Urgent UPU session reaches deal to keep U.S. in U.N. postal agency
UPU Congress' consensus vote to adopt the compromise plan represented 'an historical moment,' the agency's chief says.
E.U.'s 'right to be forgotten' applies only within its borders, court says
The E.U.'s top court said Google is not required to delete links to outdated or embarrassing info outside the 28-nation bloc.
Facebook's new Libra Association pursues Swiss payments license
A Swiss payments license would make Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency subject to Swiss financial regulators.
Europeans probe Facebook's bid to establish a new cryptocurrency
The E.U.'s antitrust probe of the Libra project focuses on concerns it would improperly shut out rival payment systems.
U.S. military officials are bracing for withdrawal from U.N. postal agency
The military delivered more than 88,000 tons of packages and letters last year and must now plan for a possible disruption.
Half century ago, first Moon landing inspired more science diplomacy
The U.N. marked the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing remembering the astronauts' pitch for world peace.
Protesters challenge international telescope on Hawaiian volcano
The nonprofit TMT International Observatory organization wants to build the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea.
Facebook money and organization planned around digital currency
The social network's proposed Libra cryptocurrency is to be managed by a new Libra Association in Geneva.
OECD sets new voluntary ethical standards for artificial intelligence
IBM, which helped develop the standards, said they offer policy guidance for governments and stakeholders worldwide.
Dozens of nations call for a global pact against online extremism
The proposed global pact is named the Christchurch Call after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in March.
International array captures the unseeable with a 'virtual telescope'
The Event Horizon Telescope pulled off one of astrophysicists' longtime dreams by documenting a supermassive black hole.
Protection areas for night skies multiply with growing movement
The movement against too much artificial light at night celebrates International Dark Sky Week in April.