KIM JONG-UN GETS COVID VACCINE FROM CHINA… Analyst Claims

Kim Jong-Un is more like Donald Trump than we think, in that he’s reportedly willing to take experimental coronavirus treatments … including an unproven vaccine.

A new report citing Japanese intelligence officials claims the North Korean dictator and his inner circle within the government have all gotten a ‘rona vaccine from China within the last 2 to 3 weeks.

China to overtake US as world’s largest consumer market ‘very soon’

China’s consumer goods market is rapidly catching up with the US and is poised to become the world’s largest in the near future, according to a top Chinese economic planning agency official.

“China’s retail sales for the first time surpassed 40 trillion yuan in 2019, an increase of more than 42 percent from 2015. It will overtake the United States to become the top consumer goods market very soon,” deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission, Lian Weiliang, said at the China Reform Forum, as quoted by Chinese media.

Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed islands near Japan

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it had deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defence systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of islands near Japan, a move that is likely to anger Tokyo.

The Russian Defence Ministry’s Zvezda TV station said the mobile air defence system designed to counter ballistic and aerial attacks was on Iturup, one of four islands held by Russia that Japan claims and calls the Northern Territories.

Mars colony game changer: New technology can extract water and fuel from salty water

Researchers have developed a new system to separate salty water into both breathable air and fuel simultaneously in a major breakthrough for life here on Earth and even future colonies on Mars.

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis developed a patented brine electrolysis system that not only works without the need for purified water but actually performs better thanks to the saltiness of the input water. 

police arrest driver who plowed through pedestrians in central Trier, Germany

The moment police arrested a car driver who sped though a pedestrian area in the German town of Trier, killing at least two people and injuring several others, has been allegedly caught on video and shared online.

The clip circulating on social media appears to show three officers pinning the suspect to the ground and handcuffing him as several others secure the perimeter.

China refuses to apologise over gruesome Australia soldier post

China has refused to apologise for a controversial image depicting an Australia soldier cutting the throat of an Afghan child as New Zealand became the latest country to voice its criticism of the doctored picture, which was posted to social media by a foreign ministry spokesman.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden said her government had conveyed its concern about the post to Beijing.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges to 12-year high

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office and weakened environmental enforcement.

In 2020, destruction of the world’s largest rainforest rose 9.5 percent from a year earlier to 11,088sq km (2.7 million acres), according to data from Brazil’s national space research agency Inpe, seven times the size of London.