The People’s Republic of China and Venezuela will invest $ 4,250 million in infrastructure and other developments in the oil field , including two projects for the extraction of heavy crude oil in the Orinoco Oil Belt . Planning Minister Ricardo Menendez said a refinery in the Chinese province of Canton will be built to transform 400,000 barrels of oil per day. Source Globovision
n January 2018, pictures appeared on social media of the Haiyang Shan, one of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Type 072III-class landing ships, packing an experimental electromagnetic railgun in a huge turret on its bow. Now, the U.S. Intelligence Community reportedly believes this weapon, or one similar to it, will be operational onboard one of China’s warships by 2025. Source: The drive
Lasers have been used to target US aerial operations in the Pacific, with 20 incidents recorded since September of last year, according to a US military official. Source: CNN
A number of migrants from Asia and Africa have taken advantage of the World Cup in Russia to try and reach the EU. Several have made it across to Finland, according to a German media report. Source: Deutsche Welle
