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The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly less than two weeks after taking up the job in Beijing. The 54-year-old’s death was confirmed by Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Monday. Hecker, who was a former foreign policy adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, began his posting on Aug. 24. Hecker had arrived in Beijing on Aug 1. with his wife and three children, according to German outlet Deutsche Welle. The details surrounding his death have not yet been disclosed. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said there was no indication Hacker’s death was linked to his diplomatic role.

by Samantha FosterMinutes ago, Project Veritas released interviews and secret audio and videos made by Fox 26 Houston reporter Ivory Hecker, documenting what she calls "corruption" and "censorship" by her management and executives at Fox Corp.Previously 24News reported how Hecker's stunning announcement of this fact live on-air...for which she was suspended today by her boss -- the same boss who -- among others -- is exposed in her released videos.Now, Tuesday night, Project Veritas has released recordings of Fox News Corp supervisor telling Hecker to “cease and desist” posting on Hydroxychloroquine, the life saving drug touted by President Trump, Ivermectin,...

Siegfried Hecker, sitting in a cold conference room, was asked by his North Korean hosts if he would like to see their "product." "Yes," Dr. Hecker replied. "Do you mean plutonium?" Hecker, former director of the U.S. weapons lab at Los Alamos and familiar with the hazardous properties of plutonium, was surprised when two technicians carried a small red metal box into the room. Inside was a white wooden box containing two glass jars -- they looked like marmalade jars -- one containing a piece of plutonium metal, the other plutonium powder. He later asked if he could hold the...

WASHINGTON - A U.S. scientist who toured North Korea's reactors shortly before the country agreed to abandon its nuclear program said Tuesday he believes Pyongyang is still aggressively pursuing nuclear weapons. Siegfried Hecker, a senior fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, was given a rare inside look at apparent plutonium production by North Korean scientists in August, one month before negotiators from six nations reached their agreement. Talks are to start Wednesday on how to implement the September deal. Based on what Hecker saw and was told during the visits, the nuclear scientist said North Korea...

Article: Good Intentions, Bad Idea HONOLULU: Some unsolicited advice to professors, congressmen, former diplomats and anyone seeking a Nobel Peace Prize nomination: If you really want to help resolve the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula, stay home. Such delegations are always well intentioned but generally not very helpful in actually resolving the crisis. True, former President Jimmy Carter's mission to Pyongyang in 1994 did help save the day, moving the Clinton administration and Kim Il Sung, father of North Korea's current leader, back from the brink of sanctions and possibly war. But 2004 is not 1994 and heads...

N. Korea to Let U.S. Experts See Nuke Site 2 minutes ago BY SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea (news - web sites) has agreed to allow a U.S. delegation to visit its main nuclear complex next week, a South Korean official said Friday. The trip would mark the first time outsiders have been allowed to inspect North Korea's main nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, since the communist country expelled U.N. nuclear monitors in late 2002. USA Today first reported Friday that Washington approved the trip and it was scheduled for Jan. 6-10....