Links For Today Posted on December 4, 2022 by The Editor RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, DECEMBER 4 SIPRI, an international institute that focuses on research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament, noted that Russia is a major supplier of raw materials used in arms production. Significant Trans-Atlantic Divides Emerge in Global Chip War What a loosening of restrictions! Beijing is now allowing those who test positive for COVID-19 to quarantine at home rather than at isolation centers. Authorities in the capital on Saturday, canceled the testing requirement to ride public transport, alongside the cities of Tianjin, Shenzhen and Chengdu. Beijing is no longer restricting sales of cough and sore throat medicines, which were imposed because people were using the medication to hide COVID infections. The Mysterious Case of Zika-Microcephaly’s Disappearance