USA - The world's flagship science instrument took flight from South America early Saturday, a high-stakes mission that, from well beyond the moon, will peer deeper into the universe's 13.8 billion-year history than ever before. Once unfurled and in its orbit beyond the moon about a million miles from Earth, Webb will use a massive, 21-foot primary mirror made up of 18 gold-coated hexagonal tiles to study the cosmos. Its standout capability is infrared observation, meaning obstacles like dust clouds won't be an issue. Scientists will be able to see the early phases of star formation and even the atmospheric compositions of promising far-off planets.

UK - Weaponised asteroids, "rods from god" raining down on Earth and cannon firing molten metal - it sounds like something from a sci-fi movie. But these bizarre weapons may soon become a reality as space becomes the final frontier for superpower warfare. The reality of a space war moved closer today as Putin revealed a new alliance with China to create space weapons that could unleash havoc in the West if its satellites were targeted. Speaking at his annual news conference, the Russian strongman leader said the partnership was “strategic” amid growing tensions with NATO.

USA - A Covid-19 outbreak has forced the USS Milwaukee littoral combat ship to halt its deployment and employ an “aggressive mitigation strategy” to contain the virus. The US Navy refused to disclose how many personnel tested positive for Covid-19 but emphasized that the crew was fully vaccinated. It’s not the first US warship that had to implement quarantine measures to combat an outbreak of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. In the most scandalous incident, thousands of sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt were forced to quarantine last year, and at least one died, while the carrier’s captain was fired for sending an email begging for his ship to be evacuated.

YEMEN - Yemeni Houthi rebels fired rockets into Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing two people. The rebels threatened more cross-border attacks if Riyadh continues to drop bombs on the civil war-torn country. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Al-Hammad, the spokesperson for the Saudi General Directorate of Civil Defense, said that a projectile launched from Yemeni territory hit a shop in the southern Jizan Province, killing two people and wounding seven others with shrapnel. Houthi officials previously promised to retaliate against a Saudi airstrike in Yemen’s Al-Mahwit Province on Thursday.

SAUDI ARABIA - Evidence [has emerged] that Saudi Arabia has begun domestic manufacture of ballistic missiles using technology obtained from China, global news network CNN reported on Thursday, citing multiple sources and satellite images of what appears to be a production and testing site near the central town of Dawadmi. According to CNN, multiple US officials have been briefed on “classified intelligence revealing multiple large-scale transfers of sensitive ballistic missile technology between China and Saudi Arabia” which it said could potentially hinder efforts to convince Tehran to limit its own ballistic missile program.

GERMANY - Germany has long been ahead of the curve as a source of technical innovation and manufacturing. Now it is leading much of the developed world toward a demographic cliff edge that could put a damper on Europe’s largest economy, raising pressure on its pension system and pushing inflation higher for years to come. Economists forecast that Germany’s workforce could peak as soon as 2023 and then shrink by up to five million people by the end of the decade. While the pandemic has exacerbated the trend, it is the impending retirement of the baby boomers that is fueling the labor crunch, economists say.

USA - Bill Gates said he called off his holiday plans as the omicron variant ushers in what he predicts could be the "worst part of the pandemic." He also predicted, however, that the current surge in COVID-19 cases could be over within months, and the pandemic itself may end next year “if we take the right steps.” “Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic,” he tweeted on Tuesday. "Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I’ve canceled most of my holiday plans.” In his thread, Gates said the omicron outbreak could be the worst so far in the pandemic because of how quickly it spreads. He urged people to wear masks, avoid large indoor crowds and get the COVID-19 booster shot. “Omicron is spreading faster than any virus in history,” he tweeted. “It will soon be in every country in the world.”

USA - The Marine Corps reportedly discharged 103 Marines for not taking the mRNA vaccine. The highest refusal rate among the military branches, 10,000 Marines may now be discharged from the service. Around 5,700 Air Force and Space Force troops are not vaccinated. Over 6,200 Army troops have received temporary exemptions, but 3,900 remain unvaccinated. Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma has attempted to stop the vaccine mandate for troops. “I believe we should suspend the vaccine mandate until the Department of Defense can answer basic questions about the impact the mandate will have on the total force,” Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma stated to US News. “I have yet to receive a response.” The mandate is a potential risk to national security. The military elites know what will happen if they lose tens of thousands of troops but they’re willing to put the country at risk to promote the larger agenda.

USA - A new report from the Rockefeller Foundation called "Reset the Table" (sound familiar?) calls for a total centralization of the global food supply in order to solve the "hunger and nutrition crisis." The Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) increased hunger in children by more than 500 percent, the report alleges. And the only way to solve it is for food to be communized and controlled entirely by a global central government. Dr Rajiv J Shah, the foundation's president, admits in the opener that calls to globalize the world's food systems is "not new." Globalists have been pushing for it for many years, and only now, thanks to [Covid], is it finally within reach. None of the aggressive measures proposed in the report would have been possible were it not for the widespread destruction of society and its supply chains caused by lockdowns etc.

USA - An online body positivity group have created cards for patients who do not want to be weighed by their doctors unless absolutely necessary. The 'Don't Weigh Me Cards', created by More-Love.org, ask doctors not to weigh patients every time they come in for an appointment because it 'stresses them out' and it 'perpetuates weight stigma'. On the back of the cards is a list of reasons why being weighed is not always necessary, including 'Most health conditions can be addressed without knowing my weight', and 'I pursue healthy behaviors regardless of my weight status'. The reaction to the cards online has been mixed - with some praising the cards for helping patients with eating disorders avoid triggers, while others accused those who need the cards of being 'overly sensitive'.

USA - We tend to think of ourselves as the greatest nation that the world has ever seen, and we like to believe that everyone else should follow our example. But the truth is that we are a fallen nation that is in the midst of a horrifying moral collapse. The US is literally saturated with degeneracy at this point, and it is getting worse with each passing day. You see, the truth is that we are rapidly becoming a feces-riddled nation. Thousands upon thousands of homeless people and drug addicts openly defecate in the streets of major cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and every year it seems to get even worse.

ISRAEL - Just as the Great Panic of 2020 pandemic was carefully scripted with Event 201 in October 2019, a cyber-attack induced collapse of the global financial system has just concluded with the direction of the Technocrat-laden IMF and the World Bank. Skeptics are greatly concerned that this could turn out to be another self-fulfilling prophecy. In order for Technocracy to rise, the current economic order must die. This was the case during the Great Depression when Technocracy was first codified by scientists and engineers at Columbia University. A global financial collapse would drive billions to the streets causing unprecedented conflict and loss of life at the hands of authoritarian tyrants. ⁃ TN Editor

UK - Dame Maureen Lipman fears 'cancel culture' is putting society on the 'cusp of wiping out comedy'. The actress, 75, said there has been a 'revolution' that has left comedians so scared of offending anyone it was 'balance whether we're ever going to be funny again'. It came as a YouGov poll revealed nearly half of Britons censor their opinions to avoid offending someone they have just met, rising to almost two thirds for controversial issues like trans rights and immigration. 'This cancel culture, this punishment, it's everywhere, you know, an eye for an eye - you said that therefore you must never work again. We're on the cusp of wiping out comedy.' A YouGov poll on cancel culture, shared with the BBC, found 49% of respondents would tone down or disguise their opinions to avoid causing offence to someone they had just met, and 21% would take the same approach with their family.

USA - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has criticized ‘wokeness’ and mocked CNN in an interview with the conservative satire website the Babylon Bee, calling political correctness one of the greatest threats to civilization. In the fiery interview, which aired on Tuesday evening, Musk protested attempts to cancel comedian Dave Chappelle and said the “woke mind virus” is “arguably one of the biggest threats to modern civilization.”

UK - While most of the media has predictably chosen to be alarmist about the Omicron variant, there are still a few reporters willing to get to the truth of the matter. Kay Burley, a reporter for Sky News, recently interviewed [Gillian] Keegan, asking her a relatively straightforward question that exposed both the UK government and their apologists in the media.