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North Korea will send their Head of State 90yr old ‘Kim Yong-nam’ to South Korea for the first time ever! No official holding this status has crossed the border since the DMZ was implemented in 1953 between North Korea, China and the United Nations. ‘Kim Yong-nam’ is the President of the Supreme people’s assembly.
Hans-Georg Maassen the head of Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution told of North Korea's attempts to obtain missile technology from it’s Embassy in Germany. “We discovered procurement activities taking place there, which we believe were focused on the missile program, and also to some extent on the nuclear program"
An oil tanker has gone missing in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa. 22 Indian nationals are on board and have not made contact. India's Foreign Ministry, Raveesh Kumar Tweeted “Our Mission in Abuja (Nigeria) is in touch with the authorities in Benin and Nigeria for their help in locating the ship and is constantly monitoring the situation.”
Ren Guoqiang, a spokesperson of the Chinese defence ministry has made a statement following the United States new policy for development of "smaller" more accurate atomic weapons. Saying "China has always exercised the utmost restraint in the development of nuclear weapons and limited its nuclear capabilities to the minimum level required for national security," "We hope the US side will discard its 'cold-war mentality,' shoulder its own special and primary responsibility for nuclear disarmament, understand correctly China's strategic intentions and take a fair view of China's national defense and military development".
Israel’s Defence Ministry have said authorities on the Gaza border ‘at the Kerem Shalom Crossing’ have foiled an attempt to smuggle ammunition for long range projectiles. Israel have had to construct laboratories at border crossings to identify gases, liquids, powders, solids, metals and other materials.
Russia has taken action against the Syrian rebels who shot down a Russian SU-25 jet using anti aircraft technology. Russian air strikes have pinpointed locals in the area of Kafr Nubl and Maasran towns near the city of Idlib. Bombarding the area of the down jet where rebels are seen on video celebrating the death of a Russian pilot.
The Italian Calabrian mafia are selling Tramadol pills to ISIS and Boko Haram. A cheap opioid used for numbing pain. Italy’s financial police have confiscated 100 million Tramadol tablets en-route to ISIS operatives in Libya. Marta Sarafini reports “They end up in the hands of the desperate in Gaza, the prostitutes in Amman, and child laborers in Turkey,” she says. “They are the drug for anyone who wants to escape misery.”
A million less people are now using Facebook in North America. The first drop in numbers since its inception. However ad revenue for the company has grown noting seasonal ad revenue ‘like Christmas’, more adverts and higher prices.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has arrested and sentenced couple to 27 years in prison for being Zoroastrians (the wife got 16 years): "combining a cosmogonic dualism and eschatological monotheism in a manner unique among the major religions of the world" “Major features of Zoroastrianism, such as messianism, heaven and hell, and free will have, some believe, influenced other religious systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam.“
Israel formally starts process of exporting Sudanese and Eritrean Asylum seekers. Pilots have been quoted as saying 'I will not be a partner to this barbarity'. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the deportation of 40,000 Africans in a bill called "voluntary departure". Africans who agree to leave Israel will receive $3,500 and a plane ticket. “leave within 3 months or prison”
The Uks National Health Service is being charged £1,500 for £1.73 pot of moisturiser by BCM Specials. NHS England said "If companies harm patients and taxpayers by unfairly and inappropriately hiking drug prices they should expect vigorous regulatory and legal enforcement action," 300,000 similar items are ordered each year to the tune of £50m. (the items are categorized as specials because they are needed at short notice).
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