JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
High demand for women in science and tech jobs in Yukon, says report-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
Employment for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is higher in Yukon than the national average, according to a new report."Yukon is really an excellent place for women who are looking for employment in STEM fields," said RJ Smith, a co-author of the Current State of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Yukon. The report came from the Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Associate Chair at Yukon College.The report uses data collected from a variety sources such as Statistics Canada, Yukon College and the Yukon government among others. It looks at women and girls from the elementary school level all the way to professional employment in order to create a snapshot of the current state and the interest women and girls have in those fields.The report states there are a greater proportion of women who are educated in STEM fields employed in those industries, at 83 per cent, compared to 77 per cent for men educated for those fields in the territory. The report breaks down employment and unemployment rates by sectors, such as engineering and technology, but show that "distribution of employed women was higher" than men overall across STEM disciplines.The report states that these figures show that there is a high demand for women in these fields."If you persevere through your education or programming, you do have a future of employment, especially in the Yukon," said Smith.However, the report also notes there is a discrepancy between genders for more skilled positions."Those women are not necessarily getting managerial positions," said Smith.The report states there are almost 1.5 times as many men in higher level professional STEM positions than women in Yukon, and two times as many men in managerial positions.When it comes to funding for research projects, women received lower funding than their male counterparts on average.The highest amount of funding for a female-led project received more than $87,000 per project in 2013/14.Over a four year period from 2012 to 2016 female-led projects received $25,000 or less on average. There were no female-led projects for the 2016/17 year.Male-led projects received an average of more than $80,000 over five years surveyed from 2012 to 2017."Just because the project is male or female-led, it does not mean that is the majority makeup of the team," said Smith.Enrolment in tech programs-For women pursuing STEM in post-secondary education at Yukon College, 56 per cent of female applicants that applied to computer support technician and information technology programs did not get in. Of those accepted, 25 per cent did not enrol and only 19 per cent enrolled.For men applying to the same program 33 per cent were rejected and 43 per cent of those accepted enrolled.The report points to this discrepancy as a possible unconscious bias in the application review process."Not accepting women into programs to begin with can result in an imbalance in classroom ratios, which in turn can lead to feelings of stereotype threat in women," according to the report.The report had several recommendations including Yukon College tracking the underlying reason for why students are choosing their programs based on interest, opportunity or other reasons.They also recommended that the Yukon government address the lack of data available in high school enrolment and success rates for STEM courses.
Huawei arrest stokes fears of China reprisals among America Inc executives-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Fanny Potkin and Adam Jourdan-December 10, 2018
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At a closed-door security meeting of U.S. companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei [HWT.UL] and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China.Officials from major U.S. companies who attended the event, a scheduled meeting of the local chapter of the U.S. Department of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), voiced concerns about retaliation against American firms and their executives, two people with knowledge of the meeting said.A number of attendees said their companies were considering restricting non-essential China travel and looking to move meetings outside the country, one of the people added.Security executives for companies including Walt Disney Co , Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc , and PayPal Holdings Inc attended the meeting, according to the sources and a LinkedIn posting by one of the attendees.The companies all declined to comment or did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The discussions at the meeting underscore concerns rippling through U.S. businesses in the world's second largest economy, already facing a delicate balancing act amid a tense trade standoff between Washington and Beijing.The formal agenda for the meeting, held at Google's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, included presentations on economic crime and terrorism in the region. OSAC promotes "security cooperation between American private sector interests worldwide and the U.S. Department of State," according to its website.But conversation soon turned to possible risks in China prompted by the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer and "heiress" of Chinese telecom network equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, who was detained in Canada on Dec. 1. The news of the arrest was made public on Wednesday.Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, was held at Washington's request as part of a U.S. investigation of an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, people familiar with the probe said.The arrest has roiled global markets amid fears that it could further inflame the Sino-U.S. trade row.Risk consultants and analysts said that the arrest could prompt Beijing to retaliate in some form."This will pressure a lot of Chinese officials to look strong in this dispute," said Nick Marro, Hong Kong-based Asia analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, who added that technology companies were particularly at risk."This could mean either taking a stronger stance on trade negotiations, or taking a stronger stance on U.S. tech firms in China right now."Asked whether there would be any retaliation against any foreign executives in China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday China has always protected the lawful rights of foreigners in China in accordance with the law."Of course in China they should respect China's laws and rules."EARLY CHRISTMAS TRIP? OSAC says it is made up of 34 private and public sector member organizations. It lists its events on its website, including the Dec. 6 meeting in Singapore. There was also a separate listed meeting held in Shanghai on the same day.Prashant Nayak, Disney's Asia Pacific director of corporate security, posted about the Singapore meeting on LinkedIn, tagging other executives at Google, Facebook, Amazon.com Inc , Marriot International Inc , Microsoft Corp and others. Nayak did not respond to a LinkedIn message seeking further comment.The second person with knowledge of the event said the Huawei arrest and potential fallout was a hot topic at the meeting.A senior diplomat from the U.S. embassy in Singapore gave opening remarks, but an embassy spokesperson said she left before any discussion.Asia-based risk consultants said they had seen a rise in the number of clients asking about the Huawei issue and potential concerns related to the impact on U.S. firms in China.Jakob Korslund, CEO of Singapore-based consultancy Deutsche Risk, said his firm had received a number of enquiries in the last two days asking about the risks of traveling to China."For a few we have advised postponing trips that were not time critical, telling clients to wait for the next few weeks to see the situation," he said.James McGregor, chairman of APCO Worldwide's Greater China region, said companies would likely err on the side of not sending executives to China for the time being."It's all about avoiding risk, because what do you do if somebody is arrested?" he told Reuters, adding anxiety was also spreading among executives already in China."People are joking about it a little bit and saying 'maybe I should take an early Christmas trip home'."(Reporting by Fanny Potkin in HONG KONG and Adam Jourdan in SHANGHAI; Additional reporting by John Ruwitch, Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh in Shanghai, Cate Cadell in Beijing and Fathin Ungku in Singapore; Editing by Jonathan Weber and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Ben Blanchard and David Ljunggren-December 10, 2018
BEIJING/OTTAWA (Reuters) - China warned Canada on Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's [HWT.UL] chief financial officer, calling the case "extremely nasty."Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's global chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 and faces extradition to the United States, which alleges that she covered up her company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions.The executive is the daughter of the founder of Huawei.If extradited to the United States, Meng would face charges of conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions, a Canadian court heard on Friday, with a maximum sentence of 30 years for each charge.No decision was reached at the extradition hearing after nearly six hours of arguments and counter-arguments, and the hearing was adjourned until Monday.In a short statement, China's Foreign Ministry said that Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng had issued the warning to release Meng to Canada's ambassador in Beijing, summoning him to lodge a "strong protest."Adam Austen, a spokesman for Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, said Saturday there is "nothing to add beyond what the Minister said yesterday".Freeland told reporters on Friday that relationship with China is important and valued, and Canada's ambassador in Beijing has assured Chinese that consular access will be provided to Meng.When asked about the possible Chinese backlash after the arrest of Huawei's CFO, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Friday that Canada has a very good relationship with Beijing.Canada's arrest of Meng at the request of the United States while she was changing plane in Vancouver was a serious breach of her lawful rights, Le said.The move "ignored the law, was unreasonable" and was in its very nature "extremely nasty," he added."China strongly urges the Canadian side to immediately release the detained person, and earnestly protect their lawful, legitimate rights, otherwise Canada must accept full responsibility for the serious consequences caused."The statement did not elaborate."There will probably be a deep freeze with the Chinese in high-level visits and exchanges," David Mulroney, former Canadian ambassador to China, said on Friday."The ability to talk about free trade will be put in the ice box for a while. But we're going to have to live with that. That's the price of dealing with a country like China."Meng's arrest was on the same day that U.S. President Donald Trump met in Argentina with China's Xi Jinping to look for ways to resolve an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies.“We are tracking the developments of this case and refer you to the filings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia,” said a U.S. State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity.The news of Meng's arrest has roiled stock markets and drawn condemnation from Chinese authorities, although Trump and his top economic advisers have played down its importance to trade talks after the two leaders agreed to a truce.A Huawei spokesman said on Friday the company has "every confidence that the Canadian and U.S. legal systems will reach the right conclusion." The company has said it complies with all applicable export control and sanctions laws and other regulations.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing and David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Editing by Alexander Smith and Nick Zieminski)
Israel says fired at Hezbollah operatives on Lebanon border-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese border opened fire at suspected Hezbollah activists on Saturday, the military said, the first such incident since Israel launched a crackdown on cross-border tunnels into its territory.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, however, said the Israeli soldiers shot into the air when they saw a Lebanese army patrol near the border demarcation, known as the "Blue Line".There were no reports of casualties.Israel said the suspects approached an area on the Israeli side of the border where its forces were carrying out an operation to shut down tunnels that were dug across the border by Hezbollah.Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters that three civilian-dressed individuals identified as Hezbollah operatives tried to use the heavy fog and rain in the area "to approach and interfere with, or to take, sensors" that had been deployed there by the army.But Lebanon gave a different account of the incident. "Israeli enemy soldiers shot into the air following their deployment near the Blue Line in Kroum al-Sharaqi region to the east of Meis al-Jabal village," NNA said.The Israelis "were surprised, due to thick fog, by a routine Lebanese army patrol inside the Lebanese territories," it added.Israel's military said on Tuesday it had found passages dug across the Israel-Lebanon border to be used for carrying out attacks inside Israel. It sent mechanical diggers, troops and anti-tunneling equipment there to shut them down.The situation has so far remained calm on both sides of the border. But the Israeli operation has brought renewed attention to a frontier across which Israel and the Iranian-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah fought a war in 2006.The Israeli military has said its activity would, for now, stop on the Israeli side of the border. But a cabinet minister said on Friday that Israel was prepared to take action in Lebanon against cross-border tunnels if deemed necessary.The United Nations peacekeeping Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday confirmed the existence of a tunnel near the Blue Line, describing it as a "serious occurrence".Conricus said the military on Saturday exposed a second tunnel that crossed from Lebanon into Israel and that it was up to UNIFIL to deal with the tunnels on the Lebanese side of the border.Asked what Israel expected UNIFIL to do, Conricus said: "To go to the locations that we have singled out and pinpointed, to locate the tunnels and then to make sure that those access points are blocked from the Lebanese side."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on the tunnel crackdown, the Kremlin and Netanyahu's office said on Saturday. [L8N1YD0IM]-(Reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem, Dahlia Nehme in Beirut; Editing by Edmund Blair and Clelia Oziel)
Swiss risk EU anger after dodging EU treaty deadline-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Michael Shields and Francesco Guarascio-December 10, 2018
ZURICH/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Swiss government will consult domestic power brokers on a draft treaty setting out ties with the European Union, it said on Friday, ignoring an ultimatum from Switzerland's biggest trading partner to sign off now or face punishment.Swiss officials said that much of the draft - demanded by Brussels for a decade and negotiated over more than four years - was in Swiss interests, but the Swiss side would refrain from endorsing the pact for now given differences that remain.The European Commission, which had set Friday as a deadline, issued a statement to call for a quick approval of the draft treaty and set Dec. 11 as the date that the executive will decide what next steps to take on Switzerland's access to EU markets for its stock exchanges.EU sources have said Brussels will ban EU-based banks and brokers from trading on Swiss stock exchanges from 2019 as a punitive measure should Bern not clearly back the deal. That would prompt Swiss retaliation."The European Commission respects the wish of the Federal Council to consult all stakeholders," the Commission said in its statement, but added that it expects "the consultation to be swift and hope that its outcome will be positive".It said the draft treaty was the best deal possible.The talks are complicated by Britain's negotiations on its EU divorce terms, with the Commission loath to be soft on the Swiss for fear of providing ammunition to Brexiteers.Some Swiss also want to see what Britain can negotiate for itself before striking Bern's own EU deal. Britain's parliament will vote on a draft EU withdrawal treaty on Dec. 11.For Switzerland, disagreements with the EU include Swiss rules that defend high wages from cross-border skilled labor and the rights of EU workers to Swiss social benefits.It would revisit the subject in spring 2019 after political consultations over the draft it published on Friday. The government said the exercise would help it analyze whether signing the pact would be in the national interest."All paths are open from a complete yes to a complete no," Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told a news conference in Bern.The draft treaty would have the Swiss routinely adopt EU single market rules and provide a more effective system for resolving disputes. The EU has also sought to water down Swiss labor rules protecting high local wages, angering unions.SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES-Both the traditionally pro-Europe left and the anti-EU far right say the deal infringes too much on Swiss sovereignty, leaving the four-party coalition that makes up the government short of a majority to approve it before elections next year.Swiss labor has fought tooth and nail against EU efforts to dilute Swiss labor rules, and the main union federation seized on texts published on Friday to rail against the proposed deal."The elements of the framework agreement with the EU presented by the government confirm the Swiss Confederation of Trade Unions' worst fears," it said.Swiss President Alain Berset said he broke Friday's news to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a "friendly" telephone call, but gave no details of the conversation.Swiss-EU relations suffered in 1992 when Swiss voters rejected joining the European Economic Area. This led to a negotiated patchwork of 120 bilateral accords that now govern ties.The treaty in question would sit atop those accords and focus on five areas: free movement of people, aviation, land transport, mutual recognition of industrial standards and processed farm goods.If talks fail, the sectoral accords would stay in effect but relations would suffer badly. No deal would mean no increase in Swiss access to the single market, dashing hopes for a new electricity union. It could also endanger unfettered EU market access for Swiss makers of products such as medical devices.(Additional reporting by Robin Emmott)
EU governments agree to tougher stance on e-evidence-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Foo Yun Chee-December 10, 2018
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU governments agreed on Friday to toughen up draft rules allowing law enforcement authorities to get electronic evidence directly from tech companies such as Facebook and Google stored in the cloud in another European country.The move underlines the growing trend in Europe to rein in tech giants whether on the regulatory front or the antitrust front.The e-evidence proposal also came in the wake of recent deadly terrorist attacks in Europe, pressure on tech companies to do more to cooperate with police investigations and people's growing tendency to store and share information on WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber, Skype, Instagram and Telegram.The European Commission, the EU executive, came up with the draft legislation in April, which includes a 10-day deadline for companies to respond to police requests or 6 hours in emergency cases, and fines up to 2 percent of a company's global turnover for not complying with such orders.The proposal covers telecoms services providers, online marketplaces and internet infrastructure services providers and applies to subscriber data and other data on access, transactional and content.France, Spain, Ireland and Belgium backed the draft while Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Greece had abstained from supporting it."Electronic evidence is becoming a vital element in criminal proceedings. Nowadays criminals use rapid cutting-edge communication technology which does not stop at borders," Austrian Justice Minister Josef Moser said.Tech lobbying group CCIA, whose members include Amazon, e-Bay, Facebook and Google, criticized the stance taken by EU governments, which it said was tougher than the Commission's proposal and lacks adequate checks and balances."We regret that today's Council vote increases the risks of conflicts between laws for companies and poses risks to individuals' fundamental rights," Alexandre Roure, CCIA's senior public policy manager, said.BSA | The Software Alliance, which represents the global software industry, was equally critical."We seriously doubt that the Council's approach will deliver upon the initial goal of an effective law enforcement procedure. We need to be able to properly protect our customers' data from abusive production orders," its director general, Thomas Boue, said.Once the European Parliament has decided on its position, lawmakers, EU governments and the Commission will negotiate a common stance which will become legislation.(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)
France's 'yellow vests' in tense Paris standoff with police-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Sybille de La Hamaide and Sudip Kar-Gupta-December 10, 2018
PARIS (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters faced off with French riot police in Paris on Saturday, hurling projectiles, torching cars and vandalizing shops and restaurants in a fourth weekend of unrest that has shaken President Emmanuel Macron's authority.Authorities said there were an estimated 8,000 protesters in Paris around midday and some 90,000 across the country with more than 50 people reported injured, including three police officers.Named after the fluorescent safety vests that French motorists must carry, the "yellow vest" protests erupted out of nowhere on Nov. 17, when nearly 300,000 demonstrators nationwide took to the streets to denounce high living costs and Macron's liberal economic reforms.Demonstrators say the reforms favor the wealthy and do nothing to help the poor and billed Saturday's demonstrations "Act IV" of their protest after three consecutive Saturdays of rioting.The government this week canceled a planned rise in taxes on petrol and diesel in a bid to defuse the situation but the protests have morphed into a broader anti-Macron rebellion.The protest movement has spawned a "monster", Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Friday.In a massive security operation, nearly 90,000 police were deployed nationwide to forestall a repeat of last Saturday's destructive mayhem.Officers in Paris, backed up by armored vehicles, arrested more than 550 people after police found potential weapons such as hammers and baseball bats on them.Skirmishes also broke out between protesters and police in Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse.Police used tear gas, water cannon and horses to charge the protesters on roads fanning out from the Champs Elysees boulevard. A week ago, rioters ran amok in worst unrest seen in the capital since the 1968 student riots.Swathes of Paris' affluent Right Bank north of the Seine river were locked down, with luxury boutiques boarded up, department stores closed and restaurants and cafes shuttered. The Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Opera house were also closed.The government had warned that far-right, anarchist and anticapitalist groups would likely again infiltrate the protest movement and many of the skirmishes saw police tackling gangs of hooded youths, some of them covering their faces with masks."It feels like order is being better maintained this week," Jean-Francois Barnaba, one of the yellow vests' unofficial spokesmen, told Reuters."Last week the police were tear-gassing us indiscriminately. This time their actions are more targeted," he added.Others were critical of the policing."We were on our knees and they shot tear gas at us. I am telling you, things are going to blow up tonight," said Yanis Areg, 21, from Paris suburb Montfermeil.One police source told Reuters he feared that things would get out of hand after nightfall.As darkness fell over the capital, mobs of protesters squared off against police on the Champs Elysees. Riot police moved quickly among them and clamped down on anyone trying to damage shops or public amenities.On the smashed up front of one Starbucks cafe, vandals scrawled: "No fiscal justice, no social justice."-MACRON U-TURN-The government this week offered sweeteners to soothe public anger, first scrapping next year's planned hikes to fuel taxes in the first major U-turn of Macron's presidency. It will cost the Treasury 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion).But protesters want Macron to go further to help hard-pressed households, including an increase to the minimum wage, lower taxes, higher salaries, cheaper energy, better retirement benefits and even Macron's resignation.Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Saturday urged calm, a message heeded by some protesters."We have come here for a peaceful march, not to smash things. We want equality, we want to live, not survive," said Guillaume Le Grac, 28, who works in a slaughterhouse in Britanny.The protests are jeopardizing a fragile economic recovery in France just as the Christmas holiday season kicks off.Retailers have lost an estimated one billion euros in revenue since the protests erupted and shares in airlines, retailers, hotels and airlines suffered their worst week in months."It's a little disappointing but Paris is such a wonderful city," said South Korean tourist Yeeun Lee. "We're a bit worried, we're not used to this sort of thing."(Reporting by Emmanuel Jarry, Sybille de la Hamaide, Sudip Kar-Gupta, Simon Carraud, Matthias Blamont, Marine Pennetier, Benoit Tessier and Michaela Cabrera; writing by Geert De Clercq and Richard Lough; editing by Gareth Jones and Jason Neely)
Brussels police arrest hundreds in 'yellow vest' riot-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police detained more than 400 people on Saturday after "yellow vest" protesters inspired by riots in France threw rocks and firecrackers and damaged shops and cars as they tried to reach official buildings in Brussels.In the second violence of its kind in the capital in eight days, a crowd which police estimated at around 1,000 faced riot squads who used water cannon and tear gas to keep people away from the European Union headquarters and the nearby Belgian government quarter. Calm was restored after about five hours.The movement in Belgium, inspired by the "gilets jaunes", or yellow vest, protests in neighboring France over the past month, has given voice to complaints about the cost of living and demanded the removal of Belgium's center-right coalition government, six months before a national election is due in May.French police said more than 30,000 people demonstrated there and more than 30 people were injured in a second successive Saturday of violence in Paris.Belgian protesters wearing the fluorescent yellow vests carried by all motorists for emergencies also briefly blocked a motorway near Belgium's border with France.(Reporting by Clement Rossignol and Robin Emmott; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Edmund Blair)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-CHRISTOPHER BODEEN-December 10, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.A Long March 3B rocket carrying a lunar probe blasted off at 2:23 a.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province in southwestern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said.With its Chang'e 4 mission, China hopes to be the first country to make a soft landing, which is a landing of a spacecraft during which no serious damage is incurred. The moon's far side is also known as the dark side because it faces away from Earth and remains comparatively unknown. It has a different composition than sites on the near side, where previous missions have landed.If successful, the mission would propel the Chinese space program to a leading position in one of the most important areas of lunar exploration.China landed its Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit," rover on the moon five years ago and plans to send its Chang'e 5 probe there next year and have it return to Earth with samples — the first time that will have been done since 1976. A crewed lunar mission is also under consideration.Chang'e 4 is also a lander-rover combination and will explore both above and below the lunar surface after arriving at the South Pole-Aitken basin's Von Karman crater following a 27-day journey.It will also perform radio-astronomical studies that, because the far side always faces away from Earth, will be "free from interference from our planet's ionosphere, human-made radio frequencies and auroral radiation noise," space industry expert Leonard David wrote on the website Space.com.It may also carry plant seeds and silkworm eggs, according to Xinhua.Chang'e is the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology.China conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, making it only the third country after Russia and the U.S. to do so. It has put a pair of space stations into orbit, one of which is still operating as a precursor to a more than 60-ton station that is due to come online in 2022. The launch of a Mars rover is planned for the mid-2020s.To facilitate communication between controllers on Earth and the Chang'e 4 mission, China in May launched a relay satellite named Queqiao, or "Magpie Bridge," after an ancient Chinese folk tale.China's space program has benefited from cooperation with Russia and European nations, although it was excluded from the 420-ton International Space Station, mainly due to U.S. legislation barring such cooperation amid concerns over its strong military connections. Its program also suffered a rare setback last year with the failed launch of its Long March 5 rocket.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
UN committee recommends Canada criminalize involuntary sterilization-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
A United Nations committee is recommending Canada take measures to prevent and criminalize the involuntary sterilization of women.Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is backing the recommendation, saying he wants changes to the Criminal Code of Canada to make involuntary sterilization of First Nations women a criminal offence."Forced sterilization is a gross violation of human rights and First Nations rights and it must be criminalized to help bring an end to this inhumane practice," he said in a statement.The UN Committee Against Torture has been examining reports of forced or coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada dating back to the 1970s and including recent cases in Saskatchewan.This week the committee's report made two recommendations:?Ensure that all allegations of forced or coerced sterilization are impartially investigated, that the persons responsible are held accountable and that adequate redress is provided to the victims.Adopt legislative and policy measures to prevent and criminalize the forced or coerced involuntary sterilization of women, particularly by clearly defining the requirement of free, prior and informed consent with regard to sterilization and by raising awareness among Indigenous women and medical personnel of that requirement. Bellegarde said he wants a collaborative approach with the inclusion of Indigenous women to help implement the UN's recommendations.Prior to the release of the report, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's office said the government is taking a "public-health approach" to the issue, though the government believes everyone must receive culturally safe health services no matter where they live.Wilson-Raybould's parliamentary secretary, Arif Virani. reiterated that message in Question Period Friday."The coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is a serious violation of human rights and it is completely unacceptable," he said.Francyne Joe, ?president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, said forced sterilization shows how the Canadian medical system discriminates against Indigenous women and girls."Indigenous women and girls deserve the same amount of dignity and respect when they receive medical services like other women in Canada," she said."To engage in a medically invasive, and medically unnecessary without a person's free, full and informed consent is a very serious violation to a person's right of bodily integrity."Sarah Kennel, director of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, said policy and legislation guidelines need to be changed to explicitly prohibit coerced sterilization.She added that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action 23 and 24 - calling for more Indigenous health-care professionals and cultural competency training for all health-care professionals — need to be implemented."What we want to see is a firm commitment from government to demonstrate how that is going to happen," said Kennel.A proposed class-action lawsuit led by lawyer Alisa Lombard and her firm Maurice Law is also underway, targeting the Saskatoon Health Authority, the Saskatchewan government, the federal government and a handful of medical professionals as defendants.
Israel may expand anti-tunnel operation into Lebanon, minister says-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is prepared to take action in Lebanon against Hezbollah cross-border tunnels if necessary, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Friday.Israel's military said earlier this week that it had found a number of passages dug across the Israel-Lebanon border to be used in carrying out attacks inside Israel. The Israeli military sent mechanical diggers, troops and anti-tunneling equipment to the border to shut them down.The Israeli military, which launched the operation on Tuesday, has said its activity would, for now, stop on the Israeli side of the border.But Israeli news media on Thursday quoted a unnamed senior official saying that Israel could extend its activity into Lebanon, and on Friday Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz reiterated that messages."If we think that in order to thwart the tunnels that one needs to operate on the other side - then we will operate on the other side of the border," Katz told Radio Tel Aviv 102FM.What form the action would take was not clear. Over the past year, at least 15 tunnels from the Gaza Strip into Israel were found and destroyed, the Israeli military said.The United Nations peacekeeping Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), confirmed the existence of a tunnel near the "blue line" frontier between the two countries on Thursday, describing it as a "serious occurrence".In the aftermath of the Israeli tunnel announcement, the situation has remained calm on both sides of the border. But the Israeli operation has brought renewed attention to a frontier across which Israel and Hezbollah last fought a war in 2006.The Israeli military said in a statement on Thursday that it "holds the Lebanese government, the Lebanese Armed Forces and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon responsible for all events transpiring in and emanating from Lebanon."It added that an Israeli military commander had shown one of the tunnels to the head of UNIFIL, Major-General Stefano Del Col, and it urged UNIFIL and the Lebanese army to clear the area of tunnels.UNIFIL said in its statement it was "engaged with the parties to pursue urgent follow-up action".Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has instructed the country's envoy to the U.N. to complain that Israel is waging "a diplomatic and political campaign against Lebanon in preparation for attacks against it", Hezbollah's l-Manar TV said.Since the 2006 war, Israel has largely refrained from striking at Hezbollah on Lebanese soil, but it has carried out dozens of attacks in Syria against what it said were advanced weapons shipments to the Iranian-backed Shi'ite group.(This has been refiled to add dropped letter in name of UNIFIL head.)(Reporting by Maayan Lubell, editing by Larry King)
In phone call, Putin tells Netanyahu military cooperation in Syria must improve-Russian leader stresses importance of maintaining regional stability after receiving update on IDF operation to uncover and destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels from Lebanon-By TOI staff-DEC 10,18
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two countries must improve their military cooperation in Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement Saturday.Putin emphasized the importance of upcoming consultations between defense experts from the two countries during the conversation, which was held at the initiative of Netanyahu, the Kremlin said.The two leaders were said to be considering holding a meeting in person.Ties between the two countries have been strained since Russia’s delivery of the the S-300 missile defense system to Syria following the September 17 downing of a Russian spy aircraft by Syrian forces, which were responding to an Israeli strike over Syrian airspace.Russia has blamed Israel for the incident, which killed 15 Russian crew members. Israel has emphatically denied responsibility.Although Putin initially told reporters that the incident was due to a “chain of tragic accidental circumstances,” the Russian defense ministry later declared Israel was responsible, saying the Israeli Air Force jets used the Russian plane as cover. Israel rejected the accusation.Israel has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran, or its Shiite proxies, to establish a permanent presence in postwar Syria. It has launched numerous attacks on targets it says are a threat to its security.Russia, which is a main backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad, has maintained a deconfliction hotline with Israel, allowing the Jewish state to carry out the attacks as long as it is informed beforehand.Putin and Netanyahu also discussed Israeli operations on the border with Lebanon, according to the statement. The PMO confirmed that the Israeli leader updated Putin on Operation Northern Shield.On Tuesday the Israel Defense Forces announced the start of Operation Northern Shield to find and destroy cross-border attack tunnels dug by the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group. It has said it has found two such tunnels thus far.Putin “stressed the importance of ensuring stability in the region in strict accordance with Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council,” the statement read, referring to the 2006 UN Security Council resolution calling for Hezbollah to withdraw from southern Lebanon following the Second Lebanon War, the last major conflict between the IDF and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group.A senior Israeli minister said Friday that Israeli forces may need to go into Lebanon to deal with the tunnels.“If we think that, in order to thwart the tunnels, one needs to operate on the other side, then we will operate on the other side of the border,” Israel Katz, who holds the Intelligence and Transport ministries, told Radio Tel Aviv, according to Reuters.An IDF incursion into Lebanon would likely spark a major confrontation with Hezbollah.Russia on Wednesday expressed tacit support for the efforts to expose Hezbollah’s cross-border attack tunnels, while calling on both sides to show restraint lest the volatile situation on the Lebanese border escalate.Russia does not consider Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
High demand for women in science and tech jobs in Yukon, says report-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
Employment for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is higher in Yukon than the national average, according to a new report."Yukon is really an excellent place for women who are looking for employment in STEM fields," said RJ Smith, a co-author of the Current State of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Yukon. The report came from the Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Associate Chair at Yukon College.The report uses data collected from a variety sources such as Statistics Canada, Yukon College and the Yukon government among others. It looks at women and girls from the elementary school level all the way to professional employment in order to create a snapshot of the current state and the interest women and girls have in those fields.The report states there are a greater proportion of women who are educated in STEM fields employed in those industries, at 83 per cent, compared to 77 per cent for men educated for those fields in the territory. The report breaks down employment and unemployment rates by sectors, such as engineering and technology, but show that "distribution of employed women was higher" than men overall across STEM disciplines.The report states that these figures show that there is a high demand for women in these fields."If you persevere through your education or programming, you do have a future of employment, especially in the Yukon," said Smith.However, the report also notes there is a discrepancy between genders for more skilled positions."Those women are not necessarily getting managerial positions," said Smith.The report states there are almost 1.5 times as many men in higher level professional STEM positions than women in Yukon, and two times as many men in managerial positions.When it comes to funding for research projects, women received lower funding than their male counterparts on average.The highest amount of funding for a female-led project received more than $87,000 per project in 2013/14.Over a four year period from 2012 to 2016 female-led projects received $25,000 or less on average. There were no female-led projects for the 2016/17 year.Male-led projects received an average of more than $80,000 over five years surveyed from 2012 to 2017."Just because the project is male or female-led, it does not mean that is the majority makeup of the team," said Smith.Enrolment in tech programs-For women pursuing STEM in post-secondary education at Yukon College, 56 per cent of female applicants that applied to computer support technician and information technology programs did not get in. Of those accepted, 25 per cent did not enrol and only 19 per cent enrolled.For men applying to the same program 33 per cent were rejected and 43 per cent of those accepted enrolled.The report points to this discrepancy as a possible unconscious bias in the application review process."Not accepting women into programs to begin with can result in an imbalance in classroom ratios, which in turn can lead to feelings of stereotype threat in women," according to the report.The report had several recommendations including Yukon College tracking the underlying reason for why students are choosing their programs based on interest, opportunity or other reasons.They also recommended that the Yukon government address the lack of data available in high school enrolment and success rates for STEM courses.
Huawei arrest stokes fears of China reprisals among America Inc executives-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Fanny Potkin and Adam Jourdan-December 10, 2018
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At a closed-door security meeting of U.S. companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei [HWT.UL] and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China.Officials from major U.S. companies who attended the event, a scheduled meeting of the local chapter of the U.S. Department of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), voiced concerns about retaliation against American firms and their executives, two people with knowledge of the meeting said.A number of attendees said their companies were considering restricting non-essential China travel and looking to move meetings outside the country, one of the people added.Security executives for companies including Walt Disney Co , Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc , and PayPal Holdings Inc attended the meeting, according to the sources and a LinkedIn posting by one of the attendees.The companies all declined to comment or did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The discussions at the meeting underscore concerns rippling through U.S. businesses in the world's second largest economy, already facing a delicate balancing act amid a tense trade standoff between Washington and Beijing.The formal agenda for the meeting, held at Google's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, included presentations on economic crime and terrorism in the region. OSAC promotes "security cooperation between American private sector interests worldwide and the U.S. Department of State," according to its website.But conversation soon turned to possible risks in China prompted by the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer and "heiress" of Chinese telecom network equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, who was detained in Canada on Dec. 1. The news of the arrest was made public on Wednesday.Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, was held at Washington's request as part of a U.S. investigation of an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, people familiar with the probe said.The arrest has roiled global markets amid fears that it could further inflame the Sino-U.S. trade row.Risk consultants and analysts said that the arrest could prompt Beijing to retaliate in some form."This will pressure a lot of Chinese officials to look strong in this dispute," said Nick Marro, Hong Kong-based Asia analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, who added that technology companies were particularly at risk."This could mean either taking a stronger stance on trade negotiations, or taking a stronger stance on U.S. tech firms in China right now."Asked whether there would be any retaliation against any foreign executives in China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday China has always protected the lawful rights of foreigners in China in accordance with the law."Of course in China they should respect China's laws and rules."EARLY CHRISTMAS TRIP? OSAC says it is made up of 34 private and public sector member organizations. It lists its events on its website, including the Dec. 6 meeting in Singapore. There was also a separate listed meeting held in Shanghai on the same day.Prashant Nayak, Disney's Asia Pacific director of corporate security, posted about the Singapore meeting on LinkedIn, tagging other executives at Google, Facebook, Amazon.com Inc , Marriot International Inc , Microsoft Corp and others. Nayak did not respond to a LinkedIn message seeking further comment.The second person with knowledge of the event said the Huawei arrest and potential fallout was a hot topic at the meeting.A senior diplomat from the U.S. embassy in Singapore gave opening remarks, but an embassy spokesperson said she left before any discussion.Asia-based risk consultants said they had seen a rise in the number of clients asking about the Huawei issue and potential concerns related to the impact on U.S. firms in China.Jakob Korslund, CEO of Singapore-based consultancy Deutsche Risk, said his firm had received a number of enquiries in the last two days asking about the risks of traveling to China."For a few we have advised postponing trips that were not time critical, telling clients to wait for the next few weeks to see the situation," he said.James McGregor, chairman of APCO Worldwide's Greater China region, said companies would likely err on the side of not sending executives to China for the time being."It's all about avoiding risk, because what do you do if somebody is arrested?" he told Reuters, adding anxiety was also spreading among executives already in China."People are joking about it a little bit and saying 'maybe I should take an early Christmas trip home'."(Reporting by Fanny Potkin in HONG KONG and Adam Jourdan in SHANGHAI; Additional reporting by John Ruwitch, Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh in Shanghai, Cate Cadell in Beijing and Fathin Ungku in Singapore; Editing by Jonathan Weber and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Ben Blanchard and David Ljunggren-December 10, 2018
BEIJING/OTTAWA (Reuters) - China warned Canada on Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's [HWT.UL] chief financial officer, calling the case "extremely nasty."Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's global chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 and faces extradition to the United States, which alleges that she covered up her company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions.The executive is the daughter of the founder of Huawei.If extradited to the United States, Meng would face charges of conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions, a Canadian court heard on Friday, with a maximum sentence of 30 years for each charge.No decision was reached at the extradition hearing after nearly six hours of arguments and counter-arguments, and the hearing was adjourned until Monday.In a short statement, China's Foreign Ministry said that Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng had issued the warning to release Meng to Canada's ambassador in Beijing, summoning him to lodge a "strong protest."Adam Austen, a spokesman for Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, said Saturday there is "nothing to add beyond what the Minister said yesterday".Freeland told reporters on Friday that relationship with China is important and valued, and Canada's ambassador in Beijing has assured Chinese that consular access will be provided to Meng.When asked about the possible Chinese backlash after the arrest of Huawei's CFO, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Friday that Canada has a very good relationship with Beijing.Canada's arrest of Meng at the request of the United States while she was changing plane in Vancouver was a serious breach of her lawful rights, Le said.The move "ignored the law, was unreasonable" and was in its very nature "extremely nasty," he added."China strongly urges the Canadian side to immediately release the detained person, and earnestly protect their lawful, legitimate rights, otherwise Canada must accept full responsibility for the serious consequences caused."The statement did not elaborate."There will probably be a deep freeze with the Chinese in high-level visits and exchanges," David Mulroney, former Canadian ambassador to China, said on Friday."The ability to talk about free trade will be put in the ice box for a while. But we're going to have to live with that. That's the price of dealing with a country like China."Meng's arrest was on the same day that U.S. President Donald Trump met in Argentina with China's Xi Jinping to look for ways to resolve an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies.“We are tracking the developments of this case and refer you to the filings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia,” said a U.S. State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity.The news of Meng's arrest has roiled stock markets and drawn condemnation from Chinese authorities, although Trump and his top economic advisers have played down its importance to trade talks after the two leaders agreed to a truce.A Huawei spokesman said on Friday the company has "every confidence that the Canadian and U.S. legal systems will reach the right conclusion." The company has said it complies with all applicable export control and sanctions laws and other regulations.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing and David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Editing by Alexander Smith and Nick Zieminski)
Israel says fired at Hezbollah operatives on Lebanon border-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese border opened fire at suspected Hezbollah activists on Saturday, the military said, the first such incident since Israel launched a crackdown on cross-border tunnels into its territory.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, however, said the Israeli soldiers shot into the air when they saw a Lebanese army patrol near the border demarcation, known as the "Blue Line".There were no reports of casualties.Israel said the suspects approached an area on the Israeli side of the border where its forces were carrying out an operation to shut down tunnels that were dug across the border by Hezbollah.Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus told reporters that three civilian-dressed individuals identified as Hezbollah operatives tried to use the heavy fog and rain in the area "to approach and interfere with, or to take, sensors" that had been deployed there by the army.But Lebanon gave a different account of the incident. "Israeli enemy soldiers shot into the air following their deployment near the Blue Line in Kroum al-Sharaqi region to the east of Meis al-Jabal village," NNA said.The Israelis "were surprised, due to thick fog, by a routine Lebanese army patrol inside the Lebanese territories," it added.Israel's military said on Tuesday it had found passages dug across the Israel-Lebanon border to be used for carrying out attacks inside Israel. It sent mechanical diggers, troops and anti-tunneling equipment there to shut them down.The situation has so far remained calm on both sides of the border. But the Israeli operation has brought renewed attention to a frontier across which Israel and the Iranian-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah fought a war in 2006.The Israeli military has said its activity would, for now, stop on the Israeli side of the border. But a cabinet minister said on Friday that Israel was prepared to take action in Lebanon against cross-border tunnels if deemed necessary.The United Nations peacekeeping Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday confirmed the existence of a tunnel near the Blue Line, describing it as a "serious occurrence".Conricus said the military on Saturday exposed a second tunnel that crossed from Lebanon into Israel and that it was up to UNIFIL to deal with the tunnels on the Lebanese side of the border.Asked what Israel expected UNIFIL to do, Conricus said: "To go to the locations that we have singled out and pinpointed, to locate the tunnels and then to make sure that those access points are blocked from the Lebanese side."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on the tunnel crackdown, the Kremlin and Netanyahu's office said on Saturday. [L8N1YD0IM]-(Reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem, Dahlia Nehme in Beirut; Editing by Edmund Blair and Clelia Oziel)
Swiss risk EU anger after dodging EU treaty deadline-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Michael Shields and Francesco Guarascio-December 10, 2018
ZURICH/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Swiss government will consult domestic power brokers on a draft treaty setting out ties with the European Union, it said on Friday, ignoring an ultimatum from Switzerland's biggest trading partner to sign off now or face punishment.Swiss officials said that much of the draft - demanded by Brussels for a decade and negotiated over more than four years - was in Swiss interests, but the Swiss side would refrain from endorsing the pact for now given differences that remain.The European Commission, which had set Friday as a deadline, issued a statement to call for a quick approval of the draft treaty and set Dec. 11 as the date that the executive will decide what next steps to take on Switzerland's access to EU markets for its stock exchanges.EU sources have said Brussels will ban EU-based banks and brokers from trading on Swiss stock exchanges from 2019 as a punitive measure should Bern not clearly back the deal. That would prompt Swiss retaliation."The European Commission respects the wish of the Federal Council to consult all stakeholders," the Commission said in its statement, but added that it expects "the consultation to be swift and hope that its outcome will be positive".It said the draft treaty was the best deal possible.The talks are complicated by Britain's negotiations on its EU divorce terms, with the Commission loath to be soft on the Swiss for fear of providing ammunition to Brexiteers.Some Swiss also want to see what Britain can negotiate for itself before striking Bern's own EU deal. Britain's parliament will vote on a draft EU withdrawal treaty on Dec. 11.For Switzerland, disagreements with the EU include Swiss rules that defend high wages from cross-border skilled labor and the rights of EU workers to Swiss social benefits.It would revisit the subject in spring 2019 after political consultations over the draft it published on Friday. The government said the exercise would help it analyze whether signing the pact would be in the national interest."All paths are open from a complete yes to a complete no," Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told a news conference in Bern.The draft treaty would have the Swiss routinely adopt EU single market rules and provide a more effective system for resolving disputes. The EU has also sought to water down Swiss labor rules protecting high local wages, angering unions.SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES-Both the traditionally pro-Europe left and the anti-EU far right say the deal infringes too much on Swiss sovereignty, leaving the four-party coalition that makes up the government short of a majority to approve it before elections next year.Swiss labor has fought tooth and nail against EU efforts to dilute Swiss labor rules, and the main union federation seized on texts published on Friday to rail against the proposed deal."The elements of the framework agreement with the EU presented by the government confirm the Swiss Confederation of Trade Unions' worst fears," it said.Swiss President Alain Berset said he broke Friday's news to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a "friendly" telephone call, but gave no details of the conversation.Swiss-EU relations suffered in 1992 when Swiss voters rejected joining the European Economic Area. This led to a negotiated patchwork of 120 bilateral accords that now govern ties.The treaty in question would sit atop those accords and focus on five areas: free movement of people, aviation, land transport, mutual recognition of industrial standards and processed farm goods.If talks fail, the sectoral accords would stay in effect but relations would suffer badly. No deal would mean no increase in Swiss access to the single market, dashing hopes for a new electricity union. It could also endanger unfettered EU market access for Swiss makers of products such as medical devices.(Additional reporting by Robin Emmott)
EU governments agree to tougher stance on e-evidence-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Foo Yun Chee-December 10, 2018
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU governments agreed on Friday to toughen up draft rules allowing law enforcement authorities to get electronic evidence directly from tech companies such as Facebook and Google stored in the cloud in another European country.The move underlines the growing trend in Europe to rein in tech giants whether on the regulatory front or the antitrust front.The e-evidence proposal also came in the wake of recent deadly terrorist attacks in Europe, pressure on tech companies to do more to cooperate with police investigations and people's growing tendency to store and share information on WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber, Skype, Instagram and Telegram.The European Commission, the EU executive, came up with the draft legislation in April, which includes a 10-day deadline for companies to respond to police requests or 6 hours in emergency cases, and fines up to 2 percent of a company's global turnover for not complying with such orders.The proposal covers telecoms services providers, online marketplaces and internet infrastructure services providers and applies to subscriber data and other data on access, transactional and content.France, Spain, Ireland and Belgium backed the draft while Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Greece had abstained from supporting it."Electronic evidence is becoming a vital element in criminal proceedings. Nowadays criminals use rapid cutting-edge communication technology which does not stop at borders," Austrian Justice Minister Josef Moser said.Tech lobbying group CCIA, whose members include Amazon, e-Bay, Facebook and Google, criticized the stance taken by EU governments, which it said was tougher than the Commission's proposal and lacks adequate checks and balances."We regret that today's Council vote increases the risks of conflicts between laws for companies and poses risks to individuals' fundamental rights," Alexandre Roure, CCIA's senior public policy manager, said.BSA | The Software Alliance, which represents the global software industry, was equally critical."We seriously doubt that the Council's approach will deliver upon the initial goal of an effective law enforcement procedure. We need to be able to properly protect our customers' data from abusive production orders," its director general, Thomas Boue, said.Once the European Parliament has decided on its position, lawmakers, EU governments and the Commission will negotiate a common stance which will become legislation.(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)
France's 'yellow vests' in tense Paris standoff with police-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-By Sybille de La Hamaide and Sudip Kar-Gupta-December 10, 2018
PARIS (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters faced off with French riot police in Paris on Saturday, hurling projectiles, torching cars and vandalizing shops and restaurants in a fourth weekend of unrest that has shaken President Emmanuel Macron's authority.Authorities said there were an estimated 8,000 protesters in Paris around midday and some 90,000 across the country with more than 50 people reported injured, including three police officers.Named after the fluorescent safety vests that French motorists must carry, the "yellow vest" protests erupted out of nowhere on Nov. 17, when nearly 300,000 demonstrators nationwide took to the streets to denounce high living costs and Macron's liberal economic reforms.Demonstrators say the reforms favor the wealthy and do nothing to help the poor and billed Saturday's demonstrations "Act IV" of their protest after three consecutive Saturdays of rioting.The government this week canceled a planned rise in taxes on petrol and diesel in a bid to defuse the situation but the protests have morphed into a broader anti-Macron rebellion.The protest movement has spawned a "monster", Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Friday.In a massive security operation, nearly 90,000 police were deployed nationwide to forestall a repeat of last Saturday's destructive mayhem.Officers in Paris, backed up by armored vehicles, arrested more than 550 people after police found potential weapons such as hammers and baseball bats on them.Skirmishes also broke out between protesters and police in Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse.Police used tear gas, water cannon and horses to charge the protesters on roads fanning out from the Champs Elysees boulevard. A week ago, rioters ran amok in worst unrest seen in the capital since the 1968 student riots.Swathes of Paris' affluent Right Bank north of the Seine river were locked down, with luxury boutiques boarded up, department stores closed and restaurants and cafes shuttered. The Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Opera house were also closed.The government had warned that far-right, anarchist and anticapitalist groups would likely again infiltrate the protest movement and many of the skirmishes saw police tackling gangs of hooded youths, some of them covering their faces with masks."It feels like order is being better maintained this week," Jean-Francois Barnaba, one of the yellow vests' unofficial spokesmen, told Reuters."Last week the police were tear-gassing us indiscriminately. This time their actions are more targeted," he added.Others were critical of the policing."We were on our knees and they shot tear gas at us. I am telling you, things are going to blow up tonight," said Yanis Areg, 21, from Paris suburb Montfermeil.One police source told Reuters he feared that things would get out of hand after nightfall.As darkness fell over the capital, mobs of protesters squared off against police on the Champs Elysees. Riot police moved quickly among them and clamped down on anyone trying to damage shops or public amenities.On the smashed up front of one Starbucks cafe, vandals scrawled: "No fiscal justice, no social justice."-MACRON U-TURN-The government this week offered sweeteners to soothe public anger, first scrapping next year's planned hikes to fuel taxes in the first major U-turn of Macron's presidency. It will cost the Treasury 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion).But protesters want Macron to go further to help hard-pressed households, including an increase to the minimum wage, lower taxes, higher salaries, cheaper energy, better retirement benefits and even Macron's resignation.Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Saturday urged calm, a message heeded by some protesters."We have come here for a peaceful march, not to smash things. We want equality, we want to live, not survive," said Guillaume Le Grac, 28, who works in a slaughterhouse in Britanny.The protests are jeopardizing a fragile economic recovery in France just as the Christmas holiday season kicks off.Retailers have lost an estimated one billion euros in revenue since the protests erupted and shares in airlines, retailers, hotels and airlines suffered their worst week in months."It's a little disappointing but Paris is such a wonderful city," said South Korean tourist Yeeun Lee. "We're a bit worried, we're not used to this sort of thing."(Reporting by Emmanuel Jarry, Sybille de la Hamaide, Sudip Kar-Gupta, Simon Carraud, Matthias Blamont, Marine Pennetier, Benoit Tessier and Michaela Cabrera; writing by Geert De Clercq and Richard Lough; editing by Gareth Jones and Jason Neely)
Brussels police arrest hundreds in 'yellow vest' riot-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police detained more than 400 people on Saturday after "yellow vest" protesters inspired by riots in France threw rocks and firecrackers and damaged shops and cars as they tried to reach official buildings in Brussels.In the second violence of its kind in the capital in eight days, a crowd which police estimated at around 1,000 faced riot squads who used water cannon and tear gas to keep people away from the European Union headquarters and the nearby Belgian government quarter. Calm was restored after about five hours.The movement in Belgium, inspired by the "gilets jaunes", or yellow vest, protests in neighboring France over the past month, has given voice to complaints about the cost of living and demanded the removal of Belgium's center-right coalition government, six months before a national election is due in May.French police said more than 30,000 people demonstrated there and more than 30 people were injured in a second successive Saturday of violence in Paris.Belgian protesters wearing the fluorescent yellow vests carried by all motorists for emergencies also briefly blocked a motorway near Belgium's border with France.(Reporting by Clement Rossignol and Robin Emmott; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Edmund Blair)
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-CHRISTOPHER BODEEN-December 10, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.A Long March 3B rocket carrying a lunar probe blasted off at 2:23 a.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province in southwestern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said.With its Chang'e 4 mission, China hopes to be the first country to make a soft landing, which is a landing of a spacecraft during which no serious damage is incurred. The moon's far side is also known as the dark side because it faces away from Earth and remains comparatively unknown. It has a different composition than sites on the near side, where previous missions have landed.If successful, the mission would propel the Chinese space program to a leading position in one of the most important areas of lunar exploration.China landed its Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit," rover on the moon five years ago and plans to send its Chang'e 5 probe there next year and have it return to Earth with samples — the first time that will have been done since 1976. A crewed lunar mission is also under consideration.Chang'e 4 is also a lander-rover combination and will explore both above and below the lunar surface after arriving at the South Pole-Aitken basin's Von Karman crater following a 27-day journey.It will also perform radio-astronomical studies that, because the far side always faces away from Earth, will be "free from interference from our planet's ionosphere, human-made radio frequencies and auroral radiation noise," space industry expert Leonard David wrote on the website Space.com.It may also carry plant seeds and silkworm eggs, according to Xinhua.Chang'e is the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology.China conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, making it only the third country after Russia and the U.S. to do so. It has put a pair of space stations into orbit, one of which is still operating as a precursor to a more than 60-ton station that is due to come online in 2022. The launch of a Mars rover is planned for the mid-2020s.To facilitate communication between controllers on Earth and the Chang'e 4 mission, China in May launched a relay satellite named Queqiao, or "Magpie Bridge," after an ancient Chinese folk tale.China's space program has benefited from cooperation with Russia and European nations, although it was excluded from the 420-ton International Space Station, mainly due to U.S. legislation barring such cooperation amid concerns over its strong military connections. Its program also suffered a rare setback last year with the failed launch of its Long March 5 rocket.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
UN committee recommends Canada criminalize involuntary sterilization-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
A United Nations committee is recommending Canada take measures to prevent and criminalize the involuntary sterilization of women.Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is backing the recommendation, saying he wants changes to the Criminal Code of Canada to make involuntary sterilization of First Nations women a criminal offence."Forced sterilization is a gross violation of human rights and First Nations rights and it must be criminalized to help bring an end to this inhumane practice," he said in a statement.The UN Committee Against Torture has been examining reports of forced or coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada dating back to the 1970s and including recent cases in Saskatchewan.This week the committee's report made two recommendations:?Ensure that all allegations of forced or coerced sterilization are impartially investigated, that the persons responsible are held accountable and that adequate redress is provided to the victims.Adopt legislative and policy measures to prevent and criminalize the forced or coerced involuntary sterilization of women, particularly by clearly defining the requirement of free, prior and informed consent with regard to sterilization and by raising awareness among Indigenous women and medical personnel of that requirement. Bellegarde said he wants a collaborative approach with the inclusion of Indigenous women to help implement the UN's recommendations.Prior to the release of the report, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's office said the government is taking a "public-health approach" to the issue, though the government believes everyone must receive culturally safe health services no matter where they live.Wilson-Raybould's parliamentary secretary, Arif Virani. reiterated that message in Question Period Friday."The coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is a serious violation of human rights and it is completely unacceptable," he said.Francyne Joe, ?president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, said forced sterilization shows how the Canadian medical system discriminates against Indigenous women and girls."Indigenous women and girls deserve the same amount of dignity and respect when they receive medical services like other women in Canada," she said."To engage in a medically invasive, and medically unnecessary without a person's free, full and informed consent is a very serious violation to a person's right of bodily integrity."Sarah Kennel, director of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, said policy and legislation guidelines need to be changed to explicitly prohibit coerced sterilization.She added that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action 23 and 24 - calling for more Indigenous health-care professionals and cultural competency training for all health-care professionals — need to be implemented."What we want to see is a firm commitment from government to demonstrate how that is going to happen," said Kennel.A proposed class-action lawsuit led by lawyer Alisa Lombard and her firm Maurice Law is also underway, targeting the Saskatoon Health Authority, the Saskatchewan government, the federal government and a handful of medical professionals as defendants.
Israel may expand anti-tunnel operation into Lebanon, minister says-[Reuters]-YAHOONEWS-December 10, 2018
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is prepared to take action in Lebanon against Hezbollah cross-border tunnels if necessary, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Friday.Israel's military said earlier this week that it had found a number of passages dug across the Israel-Lebanon border to be used in carrying out attacks inside Israel. The Israeli military sent mechanical diggers, troops and anti-tunneling equipment to the border to shut them down.The Israeli military, which launched the operation on Tuesday, has said its activity would, for now, stop on the Israeli side of the border.But Israeli news media on Thursday quoted a unnamed senior official saying that Israel could extend its activity into Lebanon, and on Friday Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz reiterated that messages."If we think that in order to thwart the tunnels that one needs to operate on the other side - then we will operate on the other side of the border," Katz told Radio Tel Aviv 102FM.What form the action would take was not clear. Over the past year, at least 15 tunnels from the Gaza Strip into Israel were found and destroyed, the Israeli military said.The United Nations peacekeeping Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), confirmed the existence of a tunnel near the "blue line" frontier between the two countries on Thursday, describing it as a "serious occurrence".In the aftermath of the Israeli tunnel announcement, the situation has remained calm on both sides of the border. But the Israeli operation has brought renewed attention to a frontier across which Israel and Hezbollah last fought a war in 2006.The Israeli military said in a statement on Thursday that it "holds the Lebanese government, the Lebanese Armed Forces and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon responsible for all events transpiring in and emanating from Lebanon."It added that an Israeli military commander had shown one of the tunnels to the head of UNIFIL, Major-General Stefano Del Col, and it urged UNIFIL and the Lebanese army to clear the area of tunnels.UNIFIL said in its statement it was "engaged with the parties to pursue urgent follow-up action".Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has instructed the country's envoy to the U.N. to complain that Israel is waging "a diplomatic and political campaign against Lebanon in preparation for attacks against it", Hezbollah's l-Manar TV said.Since the 2006 war, Israel has largely refrained from striking at Hezbollah on Lebanese soil, but it has carried out dozens of attacks in Syria against what it said were advanced weapons shipments to the Iranian-backed Shi'ite group.(This has been refiled to add dropped letter in name of UNIFIL head.)(Reporting by Maayan Lubell, editing by Larry King)
In phone call, Putin tells Netanyahu military cooperation in Syria must improve-Russian leader stresses importance of maintaining regional stability after receiving update on IDF operation to uncover and destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels from Lebanon-By TOI staff-DEC 10,18
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two countries must improve their military cooperation in Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement Saturday.Putin emphasized the importance of upcoming consultations between defense experts from the two countries during the conversation, which was held at the initiative of Netanyahu, the Kremlin said.The two leaders were said to be considering holding a meeting in person.Ties between the two countries have been strained since Russia’s delivery of the the S-300 missile defense system to Syria following the September 17 downing of a Russian spy aircraft by Syrian forces, which were responding to an Israeli strike over Syrian airspace.Russia has blamed Israel for the incident, which killed 15 Russian crew members. Israel has emphatically denied responsibility.Although Putin initially told reporters that the incident was due to a “chain of tragic accidental circumstances,” the Russian defense ministry later declared Israel was responsible, saying the Israeli Air Force jets used the Russian plane as cover. Israel rejected the accusation.Israel has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran, or its Shiite proxies, to establish a permanent presence in postwar Syria. It has launched numerous attacks on targets it says are a threat to its security.Russia, which is a main backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad, has maintained a deconfliction hotline with Israel, allowing the Jewish state to carry out the attacks as long as it is informed beforehand.Putin and Netanyahu also discussed Israeli operations on the border with Lebanon, according to the statement. The PMO confirmed that the Israeli leader updated Putin on Operation Northern Shield.On Tuesday the Israel Defense Forces announced the start of Operation Northern Shield to find and destroy cross-border attack tunnels dug by the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group. It has said it has found two such tunnels thus far.Putin “stressed the importance of ensuring stability in the region in strict accordance with Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council,” the statement read, referring to the 2006 UN Security Council resolution calling for Hezbollah to withdraw from southern Lebanon following the Second Lebanon War, the last major conflict between the IDF and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group.A senior Israeli minister said Friday that Israeli forces may need to go into Lebanon to deal with the tunnels.“If we think that, in order to thwart the tunnels, one needs to operate on the other side, then we will operate on the other side of the border,” Israel Katz, who holds the Intelligence and Transport ministries, told Radio Tel Aviv, according to Reuters.An IDF incursion into Lebanon would likely spark a major confrontation with Hezbollah.Russia on Wednesday expressed tacit support for the efforts to expose Hezbollah’s cross-border attack tunnels, while calling on both sides to show restraint lest the volatile situation on the Lebanese border escalate.Russia does not consider Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
