❗️During a visit to an industrial facility of the Missile Directorate, Kim Jong Un ordered the production of ballistic and cruise missiles to be increased by 2.5 times.
❗️Russia struck the spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, — Energoatom.
The building is partially destroyed. No spent nuclear fuel was stored inside it. There is no radiation leak.
This is getting dangerous.
Two Vietnamese men were arrested in Nagano for cutting and stealing copper cables from a sewage treatment facility. They literally damaged critical infrastructure just to sell the metal.
This isn’t some small-time theft. Sewage treatment plants are essential public infrastructure.
Messing with them can cause serious problems for the whole area.
We keep seeing cases like this — foreigners targeting infrastructure, factories, and construction sites for copper and other metals.
They come here, commit crimes that damage Japan’s systems, and often get light treatment or aren’t deported quickly enough.
If people are willing to cut power and water-related cables for money, they clearly don’t care about the country they’re in. Japan doesn’t need more of this.
We need much stricter immigration screening and immediate deportation for anyone who damages infrastructure.
This is what happens when you prioritize cheap labor over safety and order.
A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.
She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.
Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.
Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.
Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.
She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.
By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.