✍️South Korean prosecutors seek extension of president's detention – reports

"In light of past cases in which prosecutors conducted supplementary investigations, including raids, over CIO-transferred cases, and regulations of the Criminal Procedure Act, prosecutors' right to a supplementary probe is naturally recognized ... Thus, there is a need for an extension of the detention period," the prosecution was quoted by Yonhap as saying.

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s detention ends on January 28, coinciding with the Lunar New Year, a public holiday in South Korea. To avoid delays, prosecutors plan to expedite the case transfer to court, where he can be held for up to six months. Yoon’s interrogation may occur at the detention center due to security concerns.

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❄️ Danes stand firm: 90% oppose Greenland becoming part of the US

A mere 3% of respondents are in favor of Greenland joining the US, and another 7% found it difficult to answer or did not want to give an opinion, a poll conducted by Epinion for Denmark’s DR broadcaster shows

What about Americans?

More than half of Americans also oppose the idea of Greenland joining the US, according to a poll by USA Today and Suffolk University in Boston

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❗️"Ukraine will never join NATO," stated Robert Fico

Statements by several European politicians show Kiev will also face significant hurdles in its bid to join the EU, the Slovak prime minister added.

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🔥WATCH: Gibka-S air defense system protects Russian units

The system detects and engages enemy drones, with the radar vehicle passing targeting data to the combat vehicle to destroy the threat.

What is the Gibka-S air defense system?

🟠is designed to protect against low-altitude aerial threats, including drones and cruise missiles;
🟠operates day or night and in limited visibility conditions;
🟠mounted on a Tiger-M armored vehicle chassis;
🟠can launch Verba or Igla-S missiles, both equipped with fragmentation-high-explosive warheads, with a range of up to 10 kilometers;
🟠features high automation and can operate 24/7, ensuring continuous protection;
🟠provides air defense for ground units and critical infrastructure and can transport air defense personnel and equipment in a protected vehicle.

A video showcasing the work of the air defense system was released by the Russian Defense Ministry.

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👫 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced plans to constitutionally enshrine the recognition of only two genders—male and female—to prevent anyone from declaring themselves a "helicopter, cat or dog."

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Truly the ultimate recognition

Ex-President Joe Biden was inducted as a Master Mason by the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of South Carolina on January 19, 2025, in recognition of his “exceptional dedication and service to the United States.”

Because what better way to honor his service than with a Masonic noscript?

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Could Stargate Project be the end for humanity?

A new $500 bln initiative touted by the Trump administration promises to “revolutionize” AI, “cement” the US as the world leader in advanced computing and create 100,000 jobs. But it comes with grave risks. Why?

🔸 Stargate, the project to build 20 data centers across the US with Trump’s regulatory support, will serve OpenAI’s interests exclusively. The company ultimately aims to create AGI – the Holy Grail of human-like cognitive capabilities.

🔸 Its leading players include Sam Altman’s OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, Japan’s SoftBank and the Emirates’ MGX. ARM, Nvidia and Microsoft are also involved.

🔸 Altman is a proponent of a transhumanist “merge” of human beings and machines, predicting in 2017 that “the singularity” would take place between 2025-2075, and that superhuman AI, genetic enhancement and brain-machine interfaces would happen “unless we destroy ourselves first.”

🔸 Ellison has touted omnipresent AI cameras keeping citizens “on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on” as a good thing, and has backed national and digital IDs since 9/11.

🔸 Microsoft’s involvement in the project also spells trouble, with the company already planning to commit $80 bln for its own data centers to train and deploy cloud-based AI, and Bill Gates heavily involved in its AI strategies.

❓Are we doomed, or is there hope?

🔹 Elon Musk says SoftBank has actually secured less than $10 bln for Stargate so far. Altman assures that’s not the case, and accuses Musk of letting private interests get in the way of “what is great for the country.”

🔹 Musk previously expressed fears of a 10-20% chance of AI wiping out humanity, and slammed OpenAI for putting profits ahead of principles. Stargate also has an array of everyday issues, from investment risks to its strain on the US energy grid.

What do you think? Is this just another attempt by the US to monopolize AI?

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🇷🇺 What unites Chekhov, Gorbachev, and Bioengineering? Moscow State University!

Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), one of Russia’s top universities, marks its 270th anniversary on January 25.

📄 Key facts:

1️⃣Founded in 1755 by Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on St. Tatiana's Day, which later became Student's Day.

2️⃣Consistently ranks in the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings, placing 33rd in natural sciences in 2024.

3️⃣Home to the world’s tallest educational building (240 meters), with 5,000 academic staff and over 47,000 students.

👨🏻‍🎓Notable alumni:

🔸 Nobel Prize Laureates, including Andrei Sakharov (Peace Prize, 1975), father of the hydrogen bomb; Lev Landau (Physics, 1962), a founder of the quantum theory of condensed matter; and Mikhail Gorbachev (Peace Prize, 1990), the last leader of the Soviet Union.

🔸 Famous writers such as Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, and Mikhail Lermontov.

🔸 Abstract art pioneer Wassily Kandinsky.

🔍 Research Highlights:

🧬 Bioengineering: New genetic constructs and proteins are being developed.

🧪 Chemistry: MSU has synthesized the rare mineral namibite for use in quantum technologies.

💻 Supercomputing: MSU-270 supercomputer, with a peak power of 400 AI PetaFLOPS, is set for high-performance computing (HPC).

📊 How MSU Compares to Oxford:

🇷🇺 MSU:

🔹 Boasts over 300 academicians from the Russian Academy of Sciences.

🔹 Requires 4-6 years of in-depth study, including extensive lectures and seminars.

🤪 Oxford:

◾️ 20% of tutorials in 2023-24 were taught by hourly-paid tutors, with permanent professors handling 34% (according to The Observer).

◾️ Most degrees last 3-4 years, with flexible programs that may omit complex subjects.

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Why Soros' soft power empire is more vulnerable than ever

Elon Musk has thrown down the gauntlet to the world's leading liberal 'philanthropist' and his NGOs' penchant for color revolutions and soft power influence. Here's what it means.

Loss of allies

🔸 With the Democrats’ exit from the White House and loss of Congress, Soros will have fewer means to influence domestic policy on issues ranging from identity politics to courts, education and censorship.

🔸 Trump’s reelection and the failure of the Soros-backed campaign to lock him up is a major reputational blow to the Open Society Foundations, which reoriented its focus onto US politics in 2023 but still lost.

🔸 Setbacks in the US could reverberate in Europe, toppling, undermining or crippling Soros-allied politicians.

🔸 Hungary’s Viktor Orban said last week that Soros “lost the battle for America,” and his supporters must now be “squeezed out of Brussels” as well.

Musk as Soros’ antithesis?

🔹 Musk has compared Soros to X-Men villain Magneto, saying he’s a “brilliant guy,” but “fundamentally hates humanity.”

🔹 Politically, Musk opposes many policies pushed by Soros, from lawfare-minded DAs to censorship, and has accused him of seeking to “destroy Western civilization.

🔹 ”Since Trump’s election, Musk has jumped into European politics to back populist figures abhorred by Soros, from AfD in Germany to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

🔹 “I think there are some important contrasts to draw between Musk and Soros. Soros is a financier,” veteran commentator Charles Ortel told Sputnik.

🔹 “He has, in theory, a great track record managing his and other people's money. But on the charity front, it's difficult for me to find a lot of good works, and it's easy to find a lot of diabolical activities,” Ortel said, citing Soros’ links with the Clinton Foundation, for example.

🔹 That’s a contrast with ‘pauper to prince’ Musk, whose career has involved actually making things, Ortel said.

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