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Filipino officials say Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement MANILA, Philippines -- Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement , Philippine officials said Monday. The arrangement gives the National Coast Watch Center of the Philippines access to data from Canada’s “Dark Vessel Detection System,” which harnesses satellite technology to track illegal fishermen even if they switch off their location transmitting devices, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said. Illegal and unregulated fishing is a problem across the Philippine archipelago, including in disputed areas of the South China Sea. The Philippine coast guard has accused Chinese coast guard ships and fishing vessels of switching off their location-transmitting devices to avoid detection and surveillance. Canadian and Philippine officials signed the agreement last we...

Last weekend’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring marked another milestone for Ducati, as it occupied the top five spots of a race for the first time. Pramac’s Jorge Martin also ended its grand prix victory drought in Germany dating back to 2008, with the Sachsenring for many years seen as arguably Ducati’s worst on the calendar. The top five in the grand prix consisted of two Pramac riders, Bagnaia on his factory team bike and the VR46 duo. Bagnaia leads the championship by 16 points from Martin, with Marco Bezzecchi third and Johann Zarco fourth. Having narrowly missed out on victory in Germany to Martin, Bagnaia joked that he’ll have to start thinking about team orders before noting that Ducati’s current support strategy for all of its teams is what is making it so dominant right now. “If he starts to be too close, I will ask for team orders,” Bagnaia joked about Martin. “We will have a step in front with the engine. No, but to fight against a factory team and fightin...

South Korea has launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time as part of its growing space development program, as rival North Korea is pushing to place its first military spy satellite into orbit SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea successfully launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time Thursday as part of its growing space development program, as rival North Korea is pushing to place its first military spy satellite into orbit. The two Koreas, technically in a state of war, have no military reconnaissance satellites of their own and both are eager to possess them. The South Korean launch Thursday will likely assist its efforts to develop a space-based surveillance system. The domestically built three-stage Nuri rocket lifted off from a launch facility on a southern island with a payload of eight satellites, including a main commercial-grade satellite whose mission is to verify radar imaging technology and observe cosmic radiation in a near-Earth orbit. Science ...