On a day where President Donald Trump tried to stick to his script in a return to coronavirus briefings, he still managed to mangle his messaging by lying about his mask use and wishing an accused sex trafficker well. Appearing solo without the burden of fact purveyors like doctors and experts, Trump initially read stiltedly from a paper in front of him, telling assembled reporters about […]
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A Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands following a FAA re-certification flight on June 29, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. The 737 MAX has been grounded for commercial flights since March 2019 following two crashes. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Brashear/Getty Images A Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands following a FAA re-certification flight on June 29, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. The 737 MAX has been […]
Thailand’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Digital Assets Exchange License to ERX, a trading platform launched by asset digitization firm Elevated Returns (ER), the company announced Tuesday. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, […]
Justin Kucera; photo via Twitter A Michigan school fired a teacher and coach for simply saying “Trump is our President” on social media. Justin Kucera was a well-liked social studies teacher and varsity baseball coach at Walled Lake Western, but the school district decided to get rid of him over his political views. Kucera tweeted earlier this month, “I’m done being silent. Donald Trump is our […]
Turkey wants to take part in the “great vision” of Niger’s development plan, Turkey’s foreign minister said today. “We would like to make a contribution to Niger’s development in the areas of transportation, construction, energy, mining and agriculture,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference in Niger, the second stop on a West African tour. Cavusoglu said he had held talks with Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou on boosting relations […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump’s executive order which will exclude Illegal aliens from being counted for purposes of congressional apportioning. “Counting every person in our country through the Census is a principle so foundational that it is written into our Constitution,” Newsom said in a statement. “This latest action by the administration to exclude undocumented immigrants when determining representation in Congress, […]
Via AlMasdarNews.com, The Russian publication Avia.Pro reported on Tuesday that the Russian Air Force intercepted an Israeli warplane during the latter’s attack on Damascus Monday night. “Despite claims that Russia may not have control over the airspace over the region, it turned out that a few minutes before the IDF strike, Russia had launched its military aircraft from the Khmeimim airbase, which allegedly took off in a southeast […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105128/39/1051283978_0:218:4288:2630_1200x675_80_0_0_669daf640e5acaf796c30448e3ab9ac2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202007211079948893-armed-attack-in-nigerias-north-leaves-10-people-killed-scores-injured—reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Ten people were killed and numerous others injured as a result of a gun attack in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, Chinese media reported on Tuesday, citing its sources. According to the Xinhua news agency, the attack was carried out by armed gunmen in the Gora Gan village of Kaduna’s Zango-Kataf area. There was reportedly a […]
Algeria expects its oil and gas revenue to fall to $23 billion this year from $33 billion in 2019, energy minister Abdelmadjid Attar told state radio on Tuesday. OPEC member Algeria’s revenues from oil and gas sales were at $60 billion in 2014, before a sharp drop in prices. “We are in a difficult economic situation,” Attar, who took over as Algeria’s new energy minister earlier this year, told […]
A Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday that nearly 40 federal law enforcement officers sent to quell ongoing riots in the Democrat-controlled city of Portland had their personal information posted online. Richard Cline, the Deputy Director of Operations for the Federal Protective Service, disclosed in a press conference that around 38 federal officers had their information put online despite taking precautions to prevent doxing, such […]
A report out of Florida shows many people who have never been tested for COVID-19 are receiving phone calls claiming they’ve tested positive. ABC 7 Sarasota talked with a woman called Mindy Clark who was in line to be tested for the virus when she noticed signs saying only those with symptoms should be tested. Despite leaving immediately after seeing the signs and never receiving a […]
Mirroring a similarly virulent second wave that hammered Singapore in May and June, Hong Kong is suffering from a surprisingly intense second wave of the virus, with the city reporting 58 new local cases on Tuesday, with 24 of those coming from unknown origins. Worries about the situation in Hong Kong prompted Bloomberg to report that the city state is surprisingly unprepared for the second wave, […]
Genome Data Help Track Community Spread of COVID-19 by NIH Director’s Blog/Dr. Francis Collins Contact tracing, a term that’s been in the news lately, is a crucial tool for controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. It depends on quick, efficient identification of an infected individual, followed by identification of all who’ve recently been in close contact with that person so the […]
Google excluded major conservative and alt-media outlets from its search results for hours, hiding hits for sites like Breitbart and RedState even in searches for the outlets’ names – only to mysteriously revert to normal later. Conservative sites were in a panic Tuesday morning, reporting they seemed to have been blacklisted from Google. Articles and pages published by PJ Media, Daily Caller, The Blaze, and many […]
(Natural News) Even though NYC Governor Cuomo sentenced thousands of nursing home patients to death by putting coronavirus patients in nursing homes and denying them proper care in the hospitals, Dr. Anthony Fauci recently praised New York’s coronavirus response. Fauci, the famous White House advisor, recently spoke to PBS NewsHour to praise New York for “correctly” handling the coronavirus pandemic, even though New York City had […]
As COVID-19 Stalks Florida’s Inmates, So Does Another Plague By Shirso Dasgupta and Samantha J. Gross, McClatchy DC. July 21, 2020 As COVID-19 Stalks Florida’s Inmates, So Does Another Plague2020-07-212020-07-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/sweat.jpg200px200px Above photo: At Tomoka Correctional Institution (pictured) near Daytona and other facilities, inmate would seek work outside the compound to escape from the brutal heat. The coronavirus has limited those opportunities. ‘Sleeping in a ball of sweat.’ […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/42/1079834275_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_bd02f2ed0faa8236ff614cc96ecd81ab.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079948329-state-of-ohio-house-speaker-4-others-arrested-over-60-million-racketeering-conspiracy/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Authorities arrested Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder, three lobbyists, and one political strategist on charges involving a $60 million payment in exchange for Householder’s support of a billion-dollar bailout of two nuclear power plants, the US Justice Department announced in a press release. “It is alleged that Larry Householder, 61, of Glenford, Ohio, and […]
Thank you Wild Turkey® for partnering with Half Full on the Bartenders At Home cocktail video series. What inspired you to create this cocktail? “I was inspired by what brings people together and our love and longing to be back in the outdoors.” When would you serve this drink? “I would serve it when you are grilling on the patio for dinner or just unwinding on […]
Federal officers use tear gas and other crowd dispersal munitions on protesters outside the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 17 in Portland. Mason Trinca/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mason Trinca/Getty Images Federal officers use tear gas and other crowd dispersal munitions on protesters outside the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 17 in Portland. Mason Trinca/Getty Images Federal agents from the Department of Homeland […]
Grayscale Investments has announced that its digital asset funds Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust have cleared a regulatory hurdle in their march to begin being quoted on over-the-counter markets. Nikhilesh De contributed reporting Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating […]
Where is the decorum? Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) showed up to work on Tuesday sporting a blue wig. Advertisement – story continues below Senator Sinema clarifies to @GarrettHaake her new wig color is “Mint Green,” not blue pic.twitter.com/GegeHvqlwt — Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) July 21, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: President Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Illegal Immigrants From 2020 Census Count For the Purpose of Congressional Representation Senator […]
Oman will ban travel between all its governorates from July 25 to August 8, a period that includes a Muslim holiday, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Reuters reported quoting the state news agency ONA. A statement from the Health Ministry described the measure as a “total lockdown” of all governorates. The Gulf state will also implement a daily curfew from 7 pm to […]
Fired FBI director James Comey on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s crackdown on ongoing riots in the Democrat-controlled city of Portland, branding it “the stuff of American nightmares since 1776.” “With some protesters itching for street confrontations with officers in full tactical gear, federal officials are giving a small group of violent people what they want,” Comey wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post. “[T]hey […]
WASHINGTON — In a strong bipartisan vote, House lawmakers on Tuesday passed their $740.5 billion plan for the annual defense authorization bill, including provisions for a hefty military pay raise next year, new restrictions on the president’s war powers and requirements that the Defense Department rename bases honoring Confederate leaders. That last item prompted another veto threat from President Donald Trump earlier in the day, echoing […]
The Huaihe River Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources issued its highest flood alert Monday after the water level on the major river, located between the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers, reached dangerous levels. The water level at the Wangjiaba hydrological station on the Huaihe River reached 29.7 meters on Monday, well above the danger level of 27.5 meters. Wangjiaba hydrological station. h/t China News Global Times […]
A new study published in the Nature Climate Change journal on Monday states that polar bears could face extinction if climate change continues to melt sea ice. The study found that polar bears in the Arctic may near extinction by the end of the century due to climate change-induced melting of ice. The findings were based on models of greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers’ study foresees […]
The Egyptian army said it has killed 18 suspected militants who attacked a military post in northern Sinai on Tuesday and foiled their “terrorist” attack, reported Reuters. Two army personnel were killed and four others wounded in the attack which took place in the Bir al-Abed area, it said in a statement. One of the attackers was wearing an explosive belt, the army said, adding that […]
All but one of those lawmakers voted for House Bill 6, which provided the $1.3 billion to prevent the shutdown of FirstEnergy Solutions’ two nuclear power plants and a coal plant. But even with that support, Householder and the others indicted had to spend millions on advertising to ensure passage of the bill. The bill to aid FirstEnergy Solutions, which was rechristened Energy Harbor after exiting […]
Donnitta Sinclair, the mother of 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson — who was shot dead in Seattle’s now-dismantled Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone — has hit the Democrat-controlled city with a wrongful death claim, according to local reports. The Seattle Times reports: [The lawsuit alleges] city officials created a dangerous environment by allowing protesters to occupy six city blocks and that police and fire officials failed to protect or medically assist her […]
WASHINGTON — With commerce, travel and international competition in the Arctic region on the rise, the Department of the Air Force will prioritize making investments that will enable greater connectivity among U.S. military assets, the Air Force’s top general said at a roll out of the department’s new Arctic strategy July 21. “Missile warning, space capabilities, air capabilities, how you marry up fifth generation and fourth […]
A truck carrying a large number of Covid-19 samples has been hijacked in South Africa, prompting alarm about the loot posing a biohazard threat to the region. The incident happened in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape province, on Monday night. The region’s premier, Oscar Mabuyane, spoke about the incident during his coronavirus media briefing on Tuesday, confirming that a container of Covid-19 specimens intended for […]
Update (1715ET): As expected, President Trump said Tuesday evening that all Americans should wear masks and follow other social distancing guidelines. He also promised that vaccines would be coming “much sooner than anybody thought possible.” “We’re asking everyone…to wear a mask. When you are not able to socially distance wear a mask,” Trump said. “Get a mask whether you like the mask or not they have […]
VT think’s DeSantis is the monkey…not Nelson Mandela Daily Beast: Florida has hit a new record for coronavirus hospitalizations with an additional 518 hospital admissions recorded Tuesday. Gov. Ron DeSantis lauded the state’s progress on the same day, stating his belief that the state would soon begin trending downward in new coronavirus cases. “I think the trend is much better today than it was two weeks ago,” […]