China announced the relaxation of some of its hardline Covid-19 restrictions on Friday, after authorities had vowed to stick to a zero-tolerance virus approach despite mounting economic damage. Source
An outbreak of the Omicron variant has been detected in the country’s capital. Source
Russia's Aviapro news agency claims that the Iranians have delivered and deployed dozens (some say hundreds – ed.) of ballistic missiles in Yemen. Source
The plane of the speaker of the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress of the United States Nancy Pelosi entered the Taiwan air defense zone [ADZ]. Source
The CIRCM protection system is now integrated as an upgrade in the US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters. In its functionality, CIRCM is a kind of countermeasure. Source
200 T-90M tanks have been sent to the Luhansk front, Russian sources claim. Russian NTV TV Channel says the tanks were shipped directly from UralVagonZavod. Source
Ukrainian soldiers shot down a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter on Thursday, 5 January. Source
Ministers are ‘still shovelling turkey and ignoring the threat’ of Covid in the UK as China are scaling down the problem … Source
Serious holes have been poked in the world’s response to the pandemic, with Sweden emerging atop a telling list of nations least affected by Covid-19. Source
Israel hit an Iranian cargo ship in the Red Sea, AFP reported in Twitter. According to the agency, the Iranian boat suffered minor damage in the explosion. Source
The latest news is that the national military fighter jets on standby in Taitung and Magong have taken off and will carry out defense work – Taiwanese sources. Source
The deliveries of F135 engines from the Pratt&Whitney company have been stopped. These are the propulsion engines of the F-35, and the cause is the downed F-35B Source
A video of a TRF1 howitzer gun being towed by a French truck was shared on Twitter. This means that another Western type of weaponry is involved in the fighting Source
Ukraine will not hold any negotiations with Russia regarding the so-called Christmas ceasefire. Source
It’s impossible to predict the future but there is one way to get an indication of what will happen to Australian house prices in 2023 – and that’s to look over the ditch. Source
It comes just days after the country reported its first-ever coronavirus case. Source
One of Australia’s top doctors says the world is facing its“most serious moment” of the Covid pandemic since it began back in 2019. Source
Israel attacked targets near Damascus on Thursday, and Syrian air defense fired several Israeli rockets over the capital's southern districts, SANA reported. Source
16 Su-30 fighter jets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force have crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait. Six more J-11 fighters did the same. Source
Russian Pacific Fleet will acquire first regular sub carrying hypersonic Zircon missile in 2026 The submarine is the Yasen class sub and is the 6th of the class Source