Chinese scientists discover better treatment for liver transplant rejection
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201810/15/WS5bc45611a310eff303282727.html
China plans to launch its first satellite to test the technologies of the space-based gravitational wave detection program "Tianqin" by the end of 2019.
Gravitational waves are "ripples" in the fabric of space-time caused by some of the most violent and energetic processes in the universe.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201810/15/WS5bc400b6a310eff30328255c.html
China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
Over the past five years, the system has helped rescue more than 10,000 fishermen. More than 40,000 fishing vessels and around 4.8 million commercial vehicles in China are equipped with BeiDou.
The system is also helping monitor the structural integrity of highways, pipelines, dams and bridges.
More than 300 million mobile phones, 40 percent of all smartphones in China, can connect to BeiDou.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201810/15/WS5bc454e9a310eff30328271c.html
Alec Baldwin calls on Democrats to ‘overthrow’ Trump’s government
https://www.rt.com/usa/441324-alec-baldwin-overthrow-government/
US economy like the Titanic, moving towards iceberg at full steam ahead - economist
Last week, the US stock market faced a sell-off amid the bull rally that has been going on since the global financial crisis. Investors in the US economy were alarmed at the growing tensions between President Trump and the US Federal Reserve. Trump called the Fed ‘crazy’ for hiking interest rates.
https://www.rt.com/business/441300-us-economy-titanic-iceberg/
Australia 'open-minded' to moving Israeli embassy to Jerusalem – PM
https://www.rt.com/news/441355-australia-jerusalem-embassy-move/
‘No warplane to take off’: Russia’s S-700 missile system can cover entire planet – party leader
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who is well-known for his explosive speeches and eyebrow-rising claims, made his latest one during a talk show last week. He said Russia should double down on its decision to supply the S-300 long-range anti-aircraft missiles to Syria.
“The Americans are afraid that the entire world will see that the Russian S-300 system is the best in the world. And we also have the S-400, S-500, S-600 and S-700! We can cover the entire planet, and not a single warplane will be able to take off!”
https://www.rt.com/politics/441331-s-700-zhirinovky-rant/
US needs a space force because Russia is ahead on it, Trump says
Russia does indeed have a space force – and has for years – and recently integrated it with the air force to create the Aerospace Forces. Just as the US used to have a Space Command starting in the 1980s, which became part of STRATCOM in 2002.
The key difference is in the mission statements. The Russian ‘space force’ exists to “observe space objects, detect threats to Russia in space and from space, and counter them if necessary,” launch satellites for military and dual (military plus civilian) use, obtain satellite intelligence, as well as maintaining them in working order. In short, nothing any country with reasonable satellite-launching capability, including the US, doesn’t already do.
What Trump wants to do with his space force is to have the ability to “degrade, deny, disrupt, destroy, and manipulate adversary capabilities to protect US interests, assets, and way of life.”
‘Protecting the American way of life’ is known to be a conveniently loose definition that has taken the US into a number of wars, some of which are still raging on the other side of the planet from Washington.
Both China and, reportedly, Russia have tested missiles on their own satellites, in 2007 and 2015, respectively. But it would be misleading to say they are ahead of the US on that, considering America destroyed one of its own the same way in 2008.
https://www.rt.com/usa/441195-trump-space-force-russia-ahead/