Trump Praises Kim Jong Un's Decision to Delaying Guam Attack

US President Donald Trump has praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for appearing to back down on his threat to launch missiles toward the US territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.

“Kim Jong Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision,” Trump tweeted Wednesday.

“The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!”

North Korea said last week it was finalizing plans to launch four missiles into the waters near Guam. The plan was announced after Trump threatened to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea.

However, Kim said Tuesday that his country would not immediately carry the missile attack but warned North Korea would stay fire-ready while keeping a close eye on Washington’s actions.

“If the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean Peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the restraint of the DPRK [North Korea], the [North] will make an important decision as it already declared,” Kim said on Tuesday, according to North Korea's official KCNA news agency.

US Defense Secretary James Mattis warned on Monday that if a missile were to hit Guam, it would be treated as an act of war.

“If they shoot at the United States, I’m assuming they hit the United States. If they do that, it’s game on,” he said speaking at the Pentagon.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated in July, when an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of targeting the US mainland was successfully tested by Pyongyang twice.

Pyongyang says it needs its weapons as a deterrent against US expansionism and to defend its nation in the face of any US aggression.

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Egypt opens largest military base in the Middle East

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has inaugurated a military base in the northwest of the country to protect facilities and projects in its coastal cities.

The inauguration was aired on state TV with senior Arab officials present and took place a day before the 65th anniversary of the 23 July military coup which ended the monarchy’s rule.

The base was named after late President Mohammed Naguib, an Egyptian army officer, who became the country’s first president following the coup, and is located in the Marsa Matrouh governorate west of Alexandria. According to Egypt, the base will be the largest in the Middle East.

The Egyptian army also announced the opening of another base, called Barrani, close to the porous western border with Libya to prevent the infiltration of militants escaping from the war-ravaged country.

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Ransomware Attack hits University College London

University College London has been hit by a “major” ransomware attack which brought down its shared drives and student management system.

The attack has also led to a number of hospital trusts suspending their email servers as a precautionary measure, in an attempt to prevent the repetition of last month’s damaging WannaCry epidemic.

UCL first reported problems at 5pm on Wednesday afternoon. It believes a phishing email, sent around midday, resulted in the ransomware gaining a foothold on its servers, where it began spreading through the university’s N (network) and S (shared) drives. By 7pm, it had restricted access to those drives, and they are currently available in read-only mode for students and staff.

University College London Hospitals, an NHS trust closely associated with the university, did not report any problems with ransomware, but some hospitals decided to suspend their NHS email systems anyway, as a precautionary measure to prevent a new outbreak.

Barts Health NHS Trust, the largest NHS trust in the UK, was one that closed its mail server: due to its close links with UCLH, the trust “temporarily shut emails down to make sure nothing spread”, according to a spokesperson. East and North Herts NHS Trust similarly said it closed its NHS mail server as a “preventative measure, because we’ve been warned by other hospitals to do so”.

It’s not yet clear what specific strain of ransomware hit UCL, but the university is warning that it may be a “zero-day” attack – one not seen in the wild before – due to the fact that it was not picked up by its antivirus software. The attack began on the same day Microsoft released an extremely rare security update for Windows XP and Windows Vista, warning of WannaCry-style attacks in the future using one of 16 different critical vulnerabilities.

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North Korea accuses Japan of espionage

North Korea accused Japan of espionage on Thursday, nearly a week after Tokyo placed a reconnaissance satellite into orbit.

A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman told Pyongyang's state-controlled KCNA the Japanese satellite was being used for insidious purposes.

"The launch is a clear indication of an ambition to reinvade Korea," the spokesman said.
Japan colonized the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

Tokyo did launch a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on Friday.

The reconnaissance "Radar 5" satellite can take photographs at night and during adverse weather conditions.

The H-2A rocket was launched from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan and cost Tokyo $327 million.

Pyongyang's spokesman said, "Japanese authorities announced the satellite launch was for intelligence gathering, revealing for themselves the satellite is for spying purposes."

North Korea also slammed the United States for what it described as double standards in the region.

"The United States has no issue with U.S. allies developing missiles or launching spy satellites, while countries the United States considers to be enemies continue to have their right to launch peaceful satellites violated. Such hostile reasoning cannot be legitimized," the Pyongyang spokesman said.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket in February 2016 and placed a satellite into orbit.

Pyongyang has said the launch served peaceful purposes, but critics have warned the program is a fig leaf for weapons tests.

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Craig Shakespeare named Leicester City head coach till end of season

Leicester City football club of England, the defending champions of England have announced Craig Shakespeare, assistant coach turned caretaker manager, as its new head coach till the season's end.

Following the much criticized sacking of Claudio Ranieri who helped the club to its first premier league title, the club apppointed Shakespeare as its caretaker manager, but following wins over Liverpool and Hull city- he's now been given the permanent role of manager till the season's end.

According to the report by Sun U.K; Owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and son Aiyawatt held talks with the former England coach this week to discuss the plans going forward.

And his impact in guiding the team to two vital victories that have lifted them away from the relegation zone was enough to convince the Thai duo he was the man to stay in position for the remainder of the season.


Shakespeare has made no secret of his desire to have the job on a long-term basis since he succeeded Ranieri in charge at the King Power a fortnight ago.

Ranieri was axed as the Foxes plummeted down towards the drop zone having lost the support of the dressing room.

Shakespeare maintained huge support among the squad, and he has been quick to return the side to the tactics and set-up that brought so much success last season.

His players responded immediately, storming to a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the first game following Ranieri’s departure.

And they backed it up last weekend as they beat Hull city in a crucial Premier League match that saw them move five points clear of the bottom three.

But the players and Shakespeare have been criticised in some quarters for not trying for their former manager and getting him the sack.

Leicester have been looking around to see who they should bring in on a full-time basis, with Roberto Mancini and Roy Hodgson both contacted to sound out their interest.

But the main priority is to ensure the club are not relegated, and with Shakespeare getting such impressive results in his first two matches the club have decided to make an interim appointment.

If he continues to do well, Shakespeare would be in pole position to take over the job on a longer-term deal.

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Trump warns North Korea of 'dire consequences' over ballistic missile launch

U.S. President Donald Trump warned of "very dire consequences" for North Korea following Pyongyang's launch of four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

Trump made the remarks during a 20-minute phone conversation with South Korea's acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, Yonhap reported.

The U.S. president also spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by phone, calling Pyongyang's provocation a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.

According to a statement from the White House, Trump emphasized the pledge of defense between the United States and Japan, as well as the United States and South Korea.

He also stressed the importance of using all military capabilities to combat North Korea's ballistic missile threats.

The White House added Trump agreed on continued cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo in order to show North Korea the "very dire consequences" that could follow continued provocative and threatening behavior.

In his phone call with Abe, Trump described North Korea's threats as having entered a "new phase," and that the United States stood 100 percent with Tokyo, The Guardian reported .

"President Trump told me that the United States was with Japan 100 percent, and that he wanted his comments to be communicated to the Japanese people," Abe told reporters.

The Japanese prime minister had also told Trump Tokyo is willing to undertake a "large role and responsibility to enhance the deterrence provided by the alliance."

On Tuesday, North Korea said the missiles were tested in preparation for potential strikes against U.S. military bases in Japan, confirming an earlier hypothesis in Seoul that Pyongyang was targeting Japan bases from where reinforcements would arrive in the event of war.

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Dropout Mark Zuckerberg will speak at Harvard commencement ceremony

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the most successful college dropouts. And this year he's going back to Harvard University as the commencement speaker.

The university announced yesterday that Zuckerberg will address graduates at the 366th commencement ceremony on May 25.

Zuckerberg founded Facebook while a Harvard sophomore in 2004 before dropping out to work on the company. The social network was once exclusively for college students, but now is used by more than 1 billion people each day.

In a video posted to his Facebook page, Zuckerberg joked with Microsoft cofounder and fellow Harvard dropout Bill Gates about the speaking engagement. Gates was the Harvard commencement speaker back in 2007, the same year Zuckerberg's wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, graduated from the university.

"They know we didn't actually graduate, right?" says Zuckerberg.

Back in 2003, Zuckerberg made facemash.com a "hot or not" for students. He was accused of "breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy," according to the Harvard Crimson, and had to face an administrative board to determine whether he should be kicked out.

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It’s time for Wenger to quit — Gilberto Silva

Arsenal hero Gilberto Silva says time has run out for Arsene Wenger and he should quit as manager this summer.

Silva was a key part of the brilliant Invincibles side that went through the whole season unbeaten on the way to the 2004 Premier League title.

The Brazilian remains a huge fan of Wenger as a person and boss – but claims time has caught up on the Frenchman and he has to leave the Gunners.

Silva believes other younger managers like Antonio Conte and Jurgen Klopp are bringing new ideas to football that Wenger is struggling to adapt to.

He said: “I feel that the time has come.

“The more the past is coming to a close, the more his time is coming not because he can’t do the job any longer, but, perhaps because the other clubs have changed their way of working, the way of doings things.

“He hasn’t changed much, he hasn’t changed his way of working – not because he doesn’t want to, but it is not so easy to compete with clubs who spend a lot of money every season.”

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U.S. Starts Deploying Thaad Antimissile System in South Korea in response to North’s Tests

The United States started to deploy the first elements of its advanced anti-missile defence system in South Korea on Tuesday after North Korea's test of four ballistic missiles , US Pacific Command said, despite angry opposition from China.

The announcement came as North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong -un had personally supervised Monday's missile launches by an army unit that is positioned to strike US bases in Japan, stepping up threats against Washington as US troops conduct joint military exercises with South Korea.

"Continued provocative actions by North Korea, to include yesterday's launch of multiple missiles, only confirm the prudence of our alliance decision last year to deploy THAAD to South Korea," US Pacific Commander Admiral Harry Harris said in a statement, referring to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system.


In telephone calls on Monday to South Korean and Japanese leaders, President Trump said the United States would stand with its Asian allies and take steps to defend against North Korea’s growing ballistic missile threat.

Mr. Trump emphasized that the United States was taking steps to “enhance our ability to deter and defend against North Korea’s ballistic missiles using the full range of United States military capabilities,” the White House said in a statement.

A C-17 cargo plane landed at the United States military’s Osan Air Base, about 40 miles south of Seoul, on Monday evening, carrying two trucks, each mounted with a Thaad launchpad. More equipment and personnel will start arriving in the coming weeks,
South Korean military officials said.

“South Korea and the United States are doing their best to make the Thaad system operational as soon as possible,” the South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the system was necessary “to protect South Korea from the nuclear and missile threat from North Korea.”

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China warns of ‘consequences’ over U.S. antimissile system deployment

China warned Tuesday of “ consequences ” for South Korea over the deployment of a U. S. antimissile system , raising regional tension and questions about China’s commitment to free , open trade .

The U.S. military began deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea on Monday, the same day North Korea launched four missiles that landed off the Japanese coast .

The United States and South Korea say the system is a necessary defense against Kim Jong Un ’s regime , but Beijing rejects the plan.

“ I want to emphasize that we firmly oppose the deployment of THAAD, ” said Geng Shuang, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, at a daily press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday . “ We will resolutely take necessary measures to defend our security interests. "

“ All consequences entailed from this will be borne by the U. S . and the Republic of Korea ,” he said.

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