#BREAKING

🇺🇸⚰️❗️ — Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has passed away peacefully.

➡️ Chip Carter, a son of the former president, said his father died about 3:40 p.m. on Sunday in his Plains home.

🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 Israel is looking into mobilizing Navy to impose naval blockade on Houthis in Yemen; IDF warships & submarines are equipped for remote operations

Israel is boosting intelligence collection in Yemen, in cooperation with friendly intel agencies, report says; IDF estimates: Houthis will try to launch daily missile and/or drone attacks on Israel in coming week

🔗 Israel Radar

🇨🇳 China’s first commercial heavy-water reactor for isotopes begins production

China National Nuclear Corporation's (CNNC) first-ever commercial reactor for the production of isotopes has officially opened. Called the Qinshan Nuclear Power Base plant, it has already produced its first batch of Lutetium-177 (Lu-177) medical isotopes.

The plant opened for business on December 26 and uses online irradiation to produce isotopes like Lutetium-177. At the heart of the facility is a kind of heavy-water reactor known for its high neutron flux.

This reactor, it is reported, can be continuously refueled without being shut down and operate stably for long periods. It offers high efficiency, large output, high specific activity, continuous production, and a stable supply of isotopes for mass production.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-first-commercial-heavy-water-103028619.html?guccounter=1

🇷🇺🇪🇺 Telegram blocks Russian state-owned media channels in several EU countries

A number of major Russian news outlets had their Telegram channels blocked across several European Union countries on Dec. 28. Users attempting to access these channels now see a notice saying that the content has been restricted and is no longer available.

Restrictions apply to several Russian state-run or controlled media outlets, including RIA Novosti, Izvestia, Rossiya 1, Channel One, NTV, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

https://kyivindependent.com/telegram-blocks-russian-state-owned-media-channels-in-eu/

🇪🇬 Egypt completes trial run of new Suez Canal channel extension

Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the waterway has plunged since Yemen's Houthi militants began attacking vessels in the Red Sea.

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement that during a trial run two ships passed through a new stretch of the canal's two-way section without incident.

Following the 2021 grounding of the container ship Ever Given that blocked the vital waterway for six days, Egypt accelerated plans to extend the second channel in the southern reaches of the canal and widen the existing channel.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-completes-trial-run-new-suez-canal-channel-extension-2024-12-28/

https://archive.ph/IZPEL

🏴❌🇦🇷❗️ — Argentine media reports that an Unknown armed group raided the Infantry base of the Third Regional Unit in Eldorado, Misiones, near the aeroclub, and stole its weapons.

➡️ During the assault, they killed Mauricio Miñarro, a non-commissioned officer who was on guard duty at the site.

➡️ According to reports, at the time of the attack, the victim was alone, since his colleagues were not present.

➡️ The attackers took FAL rifles and shotguns, and investigations suggest that they could be of foreign origin, presumably from Paraguay and Brazil.

➡️ A major security operation is currently underway, involving 1,600 police officers, drones and helicopters, to locate those responsible.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱💻 — In what seems to be a “Post and Delete”, the official twitter account of the US Carmaker Ford posted a series of posts criticizing Israel.

➡️ No word as of yet from the company on the posts.

#BREAKING

🇰🇷🔒❗️ — Arrest warrant issued for former South Korean President Yoon who declared martial law!