Milky Way’s Center Will Be Revealed by NASA’s Webb Telescope…
October 10, 2019
NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope is designed to view the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, but is very important for looking at astronomical objects hidden by dust. After its launch, Webb will gather infrared light that has penetrated the dusty veil, revealing the galactic center in unprecedented detail. “Even one image from Webb will be the highest quality image ever obtained of the galactic center”...
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to release millions of refugees into Europe over criticism of Syria offensive…
October 10, 2019
"We will open the gates and send 3.6 million refugees your way," Erdogan said, according to Reuters, while speaking to officials from his ruling AK Party... Erdogan has pledged to clear the area of "terrorists," and says his aim is to allow a path for the return of Syrian refugees in Turkey to go back home. Numerous U.S. officials have cast doubt on that promise.
Virtual wall: Border Patrol gets interceptors to detect and take down smuggler drones…
October 10, 2019
The Trump administration is making enhancements to a virtual wall on the southern border in the form of drones that will be able to detect and take down other drones used to smuggle drugs into the U.S. or spy on agents on patrol. U.S. Custom and Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security agency responsible for all trade and travel at the border, awarded in late September a $1.2 million contract for six of Citadel Defense Company’s Titan V3 Drone, a 20-pound device capable of taking control of other drones by sending a signal through the airwaves.
Director of Spanish security company that spied on Julian Assange for the CIA arrested…
October 10, 2019
The director of UC Global S. L. is being investigated by Spain’s High Court, the Audiencia Nacional, after allegedly ordering the private conversations of the WikiLeaks founder to be spied on, as well as supposedly passing the information collected to the United States’ intelligence services...
A couple dozen Blizzard employees walked out of work Tuesday in protest of the company’s decision to ban a professional Hearthstone player who voiced support for the Hong Kong protesters over the weekend…
October 10, 2019
Earlier this week, Blizzard banned professional Hearthstone player Ng “Blitzchung” Wai Chung from participating in tournaments for a year after he yelled a pro-Hong Kong slogan during a post-game interview. “Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our age!” Blitzchung said with his mouth covered by a mask similar to what the protesters wear themselves.
Blizzard is also withholding any winnings Blitzchung would have received for his participation in this past weekend’s Grandmasters tournament...
Scientist Behind The Navy’s “UFO Patents” Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion Reactor…
October 10, 2019
The latest in a series of bizarre Navy patents isn't just for a revolutionary reactor that could power cities, but also potentially a craft...
Apple Removes Hong Kong Protesters’ Crowdsourced Police-Tracking Map From App Store…
October 10, 2019
...a move that comes one day after Chinese state media criticized the company for acting as an “accomplice” to the pro-democracy movement...
Justice Department asks judge to block House from obtaining Mueller grand jury material…
October 10, 2019
"Wow, OK," the judge responded after a DOJ attorney suggested that a Watergate case granting Congress access to grand jury material was wrongly decided...
Ukraine’s president insisted Thursday that he faced “no blackmail” from President Donald Trump in their phone call…
October 10, 2019
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said for the first time that his country will “happily” investigate
the conspiracy theory pushed by Trumpthat it was Ukrainians, not Russians, who interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. And he encouraged U.S. and Ukrainian prosecutors to discuss investigating a gas company linked to the son of Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden. But Zelenskiy insisted he’s not Trump’s puppet and his moves appeared to be an attempt to put an end to questions dogging the Ukrainian president since details of his July 25 call with Trump emerged. He said U.S. officials have presented zero evidence of Ukraine’s interference in 2016, but it’s in his country’s interests to find out once and for all what happened.Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia pledge to open borders to lift barriers to free trade and travel between the three Balkan countries as they all seek entry into the European Union.
October 10, 2019
Biden campaign slams NY Times for running ‘Clinton Cash’ author’s op-ed on ex-VP’s Ukraine ties…
October 10, 2019
The letter, written by Kate Bedingfield to Dean Baquet, criticizes the paper for “giving top billing" to "Clinton Cash" author Peter Schweizer in a Wednesday op-ed titled, “What Hunter Biden Did Was Legal – That’s the Problem," CNN reported... The Times later pushed back against the Biden campaign official's assertions, according to a statement obtained by CNN. "Our coverage of the Biden campaign and Hunter Biden has been fair and accurate," the newspaper wrote, adding it "will continue to cover Joe Biden with the same tough and fair standards we apply to every candidate in the race and we’re happy to sit down with Biden advisers anytime to discuss news coverage."
Mexico will legalise cannabis this month…
October 10, 2019
Monreal, head of the MORENA party, said the public consultation over the prospect of Mexican marijuana legalisation had ended, with the majority of the public heavily in favour of legalisation. He added that the government was close to finalising a reform bill that would be enacted without delay. "We’re thinking that we’ll bring the law out, approve it, at the end of October,” he stressed...
How this will effect the cartels?
‘Collapse OS’ Is an Open Source Operating System for the Post-Apocalypse – The operating system is designed to work with ubiquitous, easy-to-scavenge components in a future where consumer electronics are a thing of the past…
October 10, 2019
Vaginal-fluid transplants treat incurable condition in pilot study, fully restoring healthy microbiomes in 4 of 5 women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), which could “revolutionize the way we view and treat conditions affecting the female reproductive tract.” Published this week in Nature Medicine…
October 10, 2019
Former Trump Adviser Michael Caputo Writing New Book Titled ‘Putin Won’…
October 10, 2019
The book is billed as “an inside narrative of the decades-long covert political war between Moscow and Washington” up to and including the Trump era...
Philippine police arrest over 500 illegally working foreigners, mostly Chinese involved in telecommunications and investment scams, in one of the biggest such mass arrests this year…
October 10, 2019
The 542 foreigners, who were arrested Wednesday night in a raid on their company premises in metropolitan Manila, did not have work permits and were involved in defrauding victims mostly in China by blackmailing or tricking them into sending out money, said Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente and other officials.
The Chinese government provided information that led to the arrests of more than 400 Chinese and other workers from Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Indonesia, said police Maj. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar.