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Greece has registered five cases of side effects — severe allergic reactions — caused by the coronavirus vaccine, according to the President of the National Vaccination Committee Maria Theodoridou. “There were five cases of serious side effects associated with the anaphylactic reaction, and they have been effectively treated. There is another case, on which there are no final records regarding its connection with vaccination,” Theodoridou said […]

The new yet-to-be-released book reportedly draws not only from Hillary’s experience as secretary of state but also on her thoughts about the Trump administration. Former US First Lady and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has co-authored an upcoming mystery novel slated to be jointly released by Simon & Schuster and St. Martin’s Press on 12 October. The new mystery novel – State of Terror – features […]

A Boeing 757 aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Salt Lake City International Airport because of engine issues, Delta official Chelsea Gorman said in a statement. According to US media reports, there were 128 people on board the aircraft. “DL2123 en route to Seattle from Atlanta diverted to Salt Lake City out of an abundance of caution following an indicator warning of a possible […]

US crude prices soared to their highest level since January 2020, topping $61 a barrel in early trading on 17 February, after an unprecedented cold blast led to severe disruptions to well operations in Texas, the country’s largest oil-producing region.  The shock of freezing temperatures sweeping across parts of the United States resulted in production outages throughout a large part of the state. Driven upwards by news that the Arctic […]

Total US oil output has contracted by a record one-third, or 3.5 million barrels per day and more, as anomalous low temperatures caused disruptions to well operations in Texas, the country’s largest oil-producing region, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Prior to the winter freeze, the US daily output stood at some 11 million barrels. Along with causing massive power outages, one of the coldest US winters in decades has forced […]

Facebook will temporarily limit the amount of political content that appears in the news feeds of users in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia this week, and in the United States in the coming weeks, the company’s Product Management Director Aastha Gupta said on Wednesday. “We will temporarily reduce the distribution of political content in News Feed for a small percentage of people in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia […]

US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the United States is halting any planned removal of forces from Germany. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan earlier told reporters that Biden was set to announce a freeze on US troop redeployments in Germany and a halt of US support for offensive operations in Yemen during his first foreign policy speech on Thursday. “Defense Secretary [Lloyd] Austin will […]

Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sent $350 million in cash to the Myanmar government as part of an emergency aid package to help the country tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, an IMF spokesperson told Reuters. The money was sent days before Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the governing National League for Democracy were arrested in an early morning raid on […]

Eccentric billionaire and head of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk on Tuesday announced he’ll be taking a break from Twitter. Last week, Elon Musk joined the Reddit users’ GameStop stock raid by posting the word “Gamestonk” on his Twitter account apparently referring to the popular meme “stonks.” He did not elaborate why he was taking such a move, which triggered a massive response from Twitter users […]

Earlier, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi labelled legislators bringing weapons into Congress for their own protection as “the enemy within”, as several GOP Representatives revealed that they were armed and prepared to protect themselves during the Capitol Hill riots. Former US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has denounced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent statements as “incredibly dangerous” at a time when the nation is “on edge” and […]

New York State Health Commissioner Dr Howard Zucker has revealed the total number of coronavirus fatalities in local nursing homes, after Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration was accused of undercounting the death toll. In a statement on Thursday, Zucker put the tally of confirmed and presumed deaths in 62 nursing homes in New York at 12,743 as of 19 January, which is at least 50 percent higher than was […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company will stop promoting political groups and like content to users, Axios reported on Wednesday. “This is a continuation of work we’ve been doing for a while to turn down the temperature and discourage divisive conversations,” he explained in a call with analysts. Zuckerberg added that Facebook is now considering further measures to reduce the amount of political content that users […]

Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow and supporter of ex-US President Donald Trump was suspended by Twitter on Tuesday. Lindell, also known as “the My Pillow guy”, previously urged Trump to impose “martial law” in seven states, and challenge the election result, accusing voting machine companies Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems of conspiracy to alter the results of the 2020 election. “This account was suspended for repeated […]

Google is set to provide company-owned properties as vaccination sites across the United States, CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai announced in his blog on Monday. “To help with vaccination efforts, starting in the United States, we’ll make select Google facilities—such as buildings, parking lots and open spaces—available as needed. These sites will be open to anyone eligible for the vaccine based on state and […]

The award-winning television and radio host was one of America’s leading interviewers of politicians, foreign leaders, celebrities, and other public figures. Through a career spanning over 60 years, he did over 30,000 interviews. Veteran US journalist Larry King has passed away at the age of 87, his official Twitter account has confirmed. “With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend […]

The remains of two children who likely hailed from Incan aristocracy have been discovered in tombs located in the 500-year-old Huaca de las Abejas archaeological site in Peru’s Lambayeque region.  The archaeological finds made near the children’s tombs include the remains of a llama, as well as ceramic utensils known to be used by the Incan elite. Archeologists first started digging there in 2017. So far, […]

There has been much speculation as to what moves President Trump will make next as he continues to resist the outcome of the November 2020 election. Now, opponents fear that a series of candid photos of one loyalist at the White House may offer some clues. Mike Lindell, the CEO of pillow manufacturer MyPillow and a long-time ally of President Donald Trump, was photographed entering the […]

As one of the authors of the new study has explained, the focus of their attention, the so-called cosmic optical background, essentially “puts a constraint on the total number of galaxies that have been created”. Using the observations made by NASA’s New Horizons mission – a probe sent to study Pluto and objects in the Kuiper belt – a team of scientists has made an attempt […]

A resident of Belgium has died five days after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine against COVID-19, the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) said in a statement, adding that an investigation has been launched. “On 14 January 2021 … the FAMHP was informed of the death of an 82-year-old with health problems, five days after vaccination. The case will be further investigated to determine whether there […]

In an op-ed for The Washington Post on Monday, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signalled her support for the current drive by Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump. On Monday, a single impeachment article was introduced in the lower chamber of Congress after House Republicans blocked a request by Democrats to unanimously pass a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President […]

Telegram became the second-most downloaded app in the US after President Donald Trump was suspended from Twitter and Facebook, The Telegraph reports. Around 545,000 people in the US downloaded Telegram between Wednesday and Sunday, almost three times as much as the same period a week earlier, the newspaper said on Monday, citing data company Sensor Tower, after the Parler social network was taken offline. CEO John Matze said […]

Bill Gates has been accused of hypocrisy after it became known that a man, who has repeatedly spoken about the need to stop climate change is attempting to buy a private jet firm. Gate’s company Cascade Investment is bidding to acquire jet servicing company Signature Aviation. Cascade already owns a 19 percent stake in the company. The news comes just a month before the release of […]

On Thursday, after spending months contesting the results of the November election, Trump confirmed that “a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20,” and said his focus will be to ensure “a smooth, orderly and seamless transition.” Democrats in the House and Senate want him gone before then, and have drafted articles of impeachment. Donald Trump has “expressed regret” in private over Thursday’s concession video, and […]

A doctor died in the United States a little more than two weeks after being vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine, the Daily Mail said, citing his wife. Heidi Neckelmann, the widow of Dr. Gregory Michael, said her husband was vaccinated on 18 December and died 16 days later. He was 56 years old. “In my mind his death was 100 percent linked to the vaccine. There […]

The city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, is bracing for possible unrest as the local District Attorney, Michael Graveley, is expected to decide whether the white police officer that shot Jacob Blake, Rusten Sheskey, will be charged, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Saturday. On Monday, according to the New York Post, the Kenosha City Council is due to vote on an emergency declaration to prepare for “potential civil […]

While China was the first country to report cases of the new coronavirus, there was no solid evidence as to the origin of the virus, which had mutated to affect not only animals, but also humans. However, US President Donald Trump has persistently claimed that the Chinese government “developed” the COVID-19 pathogen in a lab. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has revealed that Beijing launched an […]

BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – A physician in Mexico who received the Pfizer vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus, was admitted to an intensive care unit with seizures, breathing difficulties and possible encephalomyelitis, the country’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. “The 32-year-old doctor who received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was admitted to the intensive care unit […] after developing rashes, convulsions, muscle weakness and breathing difficulties within half […]

An employee at the Advocate Aurora Health medical centre in Grafton, Wisconsin has been sacked after admitting to deliberately spoiling 57 vials of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, with the incident leading to over 500 doses of the treatment being ruined and thrown out, hospital officials have announced. “We immediately launched an internal review and were led to believe this was caused by inadvertent human error. The individual […]

US health regulators have previously approved two COVID vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, to start mass inoculations against the virus. According to estimates, around two million people have already received the jabs.  Los Angeles County has launched a digital receipt system for those vaccinated against COVID, but critics are sending concerns about a “two-tiered society” the effort could create by potentially infringing on citizens’ personal data. The […]

After the Electoral College vote on 14 December, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the first time addressed Joe Biden as “president-elect”, congratulating him on the win and lauding him as “no stranger to the Senate”. A number of other top GOP members followed suit, triggering Trump’s disdain. Incumbent US President Donald Trump has taken aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top-ranking […]

POTUS vetoed the 2021 National Defence Authorisation Act on Wednesday, describing the bill as a document that “would put the interests of the Washington, DC, establishment over those of the American people”. US President Donald Trump has again lashed out at the 2021 National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), vowing that he will not “stand by and watch this travesty of a bill happen without reigning in Big […]

A healthcare worker in New York has suffered a severe allergic reaction after receiving the Pfizer vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Newsweek magazine reported citing officials. The magazine said the person had been treated and was in a stable condition. No further information was immediately available. “Vaccines do have side effects and allergic reactions – while uncommon – are known to occur. We also […]

A US nuclear-powered submarine entered the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on 21 December as part of Washington’s latest deterrence mission against Iran as tensions spiked after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iranian-backed militias for a rocket attack on the American Embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday. An Israeli Navy submarine visibly crossed the Suez Canal above water last week in what is […]

The French authorities detained the model scout earlier this week as part of a probe into potential victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged global underage sex ring. Paris-born modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, suspected of links to deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been indicted on charges of sexual harassment and rape of minors over the age of 15. The prosecution said in a press release that Brunel has […]

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff, during a campaign event on Sunday, said that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must make sure that the so-called ‘Dreamers’ are paid minimum wage in the US. He expressed his support toward the Dreamers, a nickname for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), when questioned by a woman who identified herself as a Dreamer.  “Dreamers, DACA recipients […]

On Monday night, former two-term US President Barack Obama is set to appear on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, to promote a new book, “A Promised Land.”  In a preview clip from the interview with Noah, the 44th president was teased for humorously roasting public figures that have made White House bids, including Donald Trump and Kanye West.  “I don’t know if you noticed, but you have […]

Ahead of the start of the US anti-coronavirus vaccine rollout, American business magnate, software developer, and philanthropist Bill Gates has volunteered to take a COVID-19 shot publicly. “I will visibly take the vaccine, because I think that it’s a benefit to all people to not be transmitting,” said Microsoft’s billionaire co-founder, talking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union. The US Food and Drug […]

Michigan State Capitol legislative offices will be shut down on Monday due to “credible threats of violence” as electors are set to meet in the building to vote for the next US President, officials announced. Previously the state authorities said that the building, located in Michigan’s capital Lansing, will also be closed to the public on the day. The news was shared by Democratic State Representative […]

Earlier, the US Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas calling on it to invalidate the results of the presidential election in several key battleground states – Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Trump and many Republicans allege that Biden won these states due to voter fraud. US President Donald Trump has again claimed he won the 2020 presidential election in a landslide. In apparently veiled criticism of […]

Facebook is confident it can overcome the anti-trust lawsuits filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 48 states, Vice President and General Counsel Jennifer Newstead said in a statement. Earlier on Wednesday, the FTC said it sued Facebook over alleged anti-competitive practices and is seeking to require divestitures of the company’s assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp. In addition, a 48-state coalition filed a similar […]

A federal judge formally dismissed the three-year prosecutorial case against Flynn on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after Trump issued the pardon, and stated in parting remarks that the act of clemency does not necessarily mean Flynn is innocent.  Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, US President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn after claiming that the investigation into the ex-aide was part […]

Senator Lindsey Graham has urged his GOP colleague and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp get firmly behind the President in his election fraud battle to prevent an intraparty “civil war” breaking out in his state. His comments come shortly after Kemp certified the election in Democrat Joe Biden’s favour for a second time.  “If you’re not fighting for Trump now when he needs you the most as […]

President Trump made the construction of a “big, beautiful” border wall with Mexico a key election pledge in 2016, with the project stalled repeatedly over the years amid congressional in-fighting and Mexico City’s vehement refusal to pay for it. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled 2-1 to overturn a 2019 legal decision barring the Trump administration from taking some $3.6 billion […]

President Donald Trump has warned he will veto this year’s National Defence Authorisation Act amid a spat over the protection of technology corporations. He called for the legislation to include the termination of Section 230, while the final version presented by lawmakers does not mention it. The US president previously criticised Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which provides legal protection for technology companies […]

President Donald Trump has once again stated that the November election was rigged, stressing that Biden can’t become POTUS if the alleged violations are confirmed. Though the results of the 2020 US presidential election have not yet been officially announced, major American media outlets have projected Democratic candidate Joe Biden as the winner, which Trump refuses to recognise, citing numerous violations. “If we are right about […]

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has long expressed his desire to one day see the colonization of Mars. Earlier this year, the South African native indicated that, through his Starship project, he hoped to see 1 million people transported to the red planet by 2050. Attending the 2020 Axel Springer Award Show on Tuesday in Berlin, Germany, Musk revealed that he is “highly confident” that he will be able […]

Republican US Congressman Mike Kelly has filed a request to the US Supreme Court for an emergency injunction to prevent election authorities in Pennsylvania from taking any additional action to perfect the certification of the November election results, a court filing has revealed. “Applicants respectfully request an immediate, emergency writ of injunction to prevent the Respondents, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor Thomas W. Wolf, and Secretary […]

Water is considered to be the basis of life. On Mars, however, much of it is frozen and the rest is full of salt from the Martian soil, making it useless for NASA astronauts who are to land on the red planet by 2033 to “learn how to live and work in another world.” Salty water is impossible to drink and so salt removal is obligatory, […]

Joe Biden began announcing picks for his cabinet this week, even as incumbent Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede, citing alleged widespread voter fraud. On Tuesday, Biden selected Antony Blinken – his former vice-presidential national security adviser and a proponent of war in Iraq, Libya and Syria – for the key post of secretary of state. The Biden camp is actively considering naming Democrat congresswoman […]

Last week, a coalition of progressive groups launched a campaign demanding that Biden transition officials “keep corporate insiders out” of the upcoming presidential administration. Will the projected President-elect manage to maintain the balance between representatives of all political views in his country? Scott Bennett, former US Army officer and political analyst, reflects on the ongoing turbulence of the post-election political life in the United States.  Sputnik: […]

Toronto police on Thursday arrested Adam Skelly, owner of the Adamson Barbecue, after he tried to open it a third time despite a provincial government ban. On Thursday, police arrived there before dawn to prevent the restaurant from opening for the third day in a row, according to the City News media outlet. Together with the officers, the locksmiths appeared, who changed the locks on the […]

The incident comes as the German chancellor was holding a virtual meeting with German state premiers to discuss steps to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The police have detained a 54-year-old man who crashed into the gate of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin, the city’s law enforcement forces said Wednesday. The incident is currently under investigation to establish whether the man’s actions were intentional, the […]

Elon Musk has become the second-richest man in the world, “stealing” the title from Bill Gates, as his net worth soared $7.2 billion, reaching $127.9 billion, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Musk’s fortune has risen significantly as Tesla’s market value closed in on $500 billion – and about three-quarters of his net worth is comprised of Tesla shares. In January, the Tesla and SpaceX founder ranked 35th […]

One of the two GOP members of the four-person Michigan Board of State Canvassers, is considering blocking the certification of the election results in the state. Republican Norman Shinkle shared in an interview with The New York Times that he is receiving a multitude of calls and emails from people, both urging him to certify and not certify the state’s election results, citing concerns over the integrity […]

The US media-projected winner of the 2020 presidential elections, Democratic candidate Joe Biden had been busy working on a ‘transition team’, although official results are yet to be announced and his opponent, Donald Trump, is refusing to concede victory, claiming election manipulation by the Democrats. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden lashed out when questioned by a CBS News reporter on Friday about his plan to get […]

As Georgia began its audit of nearly 5 million ballots cast in its very close presidential election on 3 November, an earlier report claimed that a cache of over 2,600 uncounted ballots had turned up in its Floyd County, which are expected to reduce President Donald Trump’s state-wide deficit to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Over 3,000 untallied ballots have turned up in Georgia amid the […]

A premature US military exit from Afghanistan could have disastrous consequences, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement on Monday. Earlier on Monday, media reported that the US Department of Defence was anticipating an order from the White House as early as this week that would cut the number of US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in half by mid-January. “The consequences of […]

Earlier on Monday, President Donald Trump claimed he had “won the 2020 election”, also publishing a series of tweets, in which he lambasted “radical left-owned Dominion voting systems”. Although the official tally from the election is yet to be announced, Joe Biden has declared himself US president-elect. The US president’s attorney, Sidney Powell, has called for CIA Director Gina Haspel to be fired for disregarding warnings […]

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has now been called the “president-elect” by major US outlets, despite pending legal challenges from the Trump campaign disputing US election results. Biden is already setting up a transition team, though – and some of his potential picks for the new administration are highly familiar to all Americans. Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could become the Biden administration’s ambassador to the […]

The Pentagon announced more resignations a day after President Donald Trump’s firing of US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. On Monday, President Donald Trump terminated Pentagon chief Mark Esper and announced Miller would serve as acting defense secretary. “Today, Acting Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Dr James Anderson, Under Secretary of Defence for Intelligence and Security Mr. Joseph Kernan and Chief of Staff to the […]

The research was based on data provided by the Kepler space telescope, which examined the universe for eight years. Launched in 2009, Kepler’s goal was to find out how many exoplanets are there in our galaxy. NASA scientists say our galaxy holds at least 300 million potentially habitable planets. According to the results of a study released at the end of October, half of the stars with temperatures similar […]

Police in the US city of Portland said Friday it dispersed a violent crowd and made arrests after a mob attacked the home of the city’s police commissioner and the City Hall building. The incident came the night after the Police Commissioner Dan Ryan was the deciding vote in the Portland City Council to turn down a proposal to cut the budget of the police force […]

Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island and an unincorporated US territory, held its statehood referendum during the November 3 general elections, and voted to be admitted as the 51st US state, the ABC News broadcaster reported on Wednesday. The ballot asked one question: Should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted as a US state? After counting 95 percent of the votes, the results showed that 52 percent of […]

On 14 October, the New York Post published a story alleging that Joe Biden was involved in his son’s business dealing in Ukraine and China. The newspaper cited the contents of Hunter’s laptop, which the second son of Joe Biden reportedly took to an IT store in April 2019 to get repaired. The New York Post claims he never returned to collect it. New details have […]

The US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently published an entire soundtrack in time for Halloween that translates data from the cosmos into a playlist filled with the eerie, ominous sounds of the universe. On Wednesday, NASA dropped its latest mixtape, entitled “Sinister Sounds of the Solar System,” on audio distribution website SoundCloud, offering interested listeners the chance to hear data converted into audio after […]

President Donald Trump has warned his supporters at a rally in Florida that should Democratic opponent Joe Biden become the next president, he will open the way for Islamic terrorists to enter the US. “Biden wants to terminate our travel bans and surge refugees from the most dangerous places in the world. He will open the floodgate to radical Islamic terrorism”, Trump said. POTUS claims that […]

Michigan Judge Christopher Murray has issued a ruling to block a directive from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson prohibiting the open carry of firearms at polling stations on Election Day, a court filing revealed. In a statement later on Tuesday, Benson’s press secretary said she intends to appeal the judge’s decision. “Also, supporting the plaintiffs’ position is that the directive does not merely provide guidance […]

The US Supreme Court has declined to allow a six-day deadline extension for receipt of mail-in ballots in the state of Wisconsin, court documents revealed. The Supreme Court in a 5-3 ruling sided with Republicans in blocking the Democrats’ bid to reinstate a mail-in ballot extension in Wisconsin. “In this case, as in several this Court has recently addressed, a District Court intervened in the thick […]

US President Donald Trump has posted a video on his Twitter account that shows Democratic hopeful Joe Biden vowing to eliminate fracking and “end fossil fuel” – right after a clip from debates, where the ex-vice president denied he has ever opposed fracking and dared Trump to put any evidence he made anti-fracking statements on his website. Trump and Biden clashed during their second and final […]

As election day is drawing closer in the US, both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and incumbent POTUS Donald Trump have ramped up their campaigns. The two candidates are scheduled to hold their second and final televised debate on 22 October. The Biden campaign has faced a backlash after showing an advertisement depicting a Michigan investor and tech CEO as a struggling bar owner.The add posted […]

People at a Trump campaign rally that took place in Arizona on 19 October started chanting “Superman” after the US president said that he felt like a superhero upon recuperating from his COVID-19 diagnosis. “People are pandemic’d-out. You know that? They’re pandemic’d-out. That’s why it’s so great what your governor has done. He’s opened up your state. I’m here. And now I’m immune. I can jump into this […]

The recent protests in the Chilean capital Santiago were marked by the devastation of two churches as the initially peaceful rallies that started on Sunday, 18 October, ended up being marred by violence, vandalism and looting. One of the churches, located close to Plaza Italia, got “burned to the ground as hooded protesters cheered”, while the second church, which also “sustained fire damage”, was looted, according […]

The US company Fortitude Ranch will operate its three vacation condos as survival communities on November 3 in anticipation of possible civil unrest that may follow the presidential and general elections, the company’s Vice President for Sales and Business Development Alicia Cachuela told Sputnik. “We are going to open up as a survival community on November 3 and spanning out for several days after that for […]

The Lincoln Project, created by a group of former Republicans that oppose Trump has already spent seven figure sums on TV and digital commercials targeting voters in key states. The project has raised almost $60 million this year. At least 15 billionaires or their spouses have donated to the super-PAC created to thwart Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2020 presidential election. The biggest contribution was […]

More than 10 million Americans have already voted in the US election, data from the United States Elections Project, led by University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald, shows. According to late Monday data, US voters have cast a total of 10,296,180 ballots in the reporting states, with Florida, Virginia and Michigan in the lead (over 1.6 million votes, over 977,000 votes and more than 965,000 votes, […]

Old footage has surfaced online of Joe Biden making an impassioned plea against packing the Supreme Court. The former vice president and his running mate Kamala Harris have repeatedly avoided commenting on the idea of ‘court-packing’, or increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15, in recent days. President Donald Trump has suggested that the idea would “permanently destroy the Court” if implemented. […]

Instagram has moved to label accounts and posts of “state-controlled media,” following the lead of its parent company Facebook, technology website Engadget reported. According to the outlet, journalist Casey Michel was the first to notice that users in the United States see such labels appearing on their profile pages and posts. Instagram has begun rolling out new “state-controlled media” labels—here are the ones for Kremlin outlets […]

Earlier, reports emerged suggesting that US President Donald Trump would be nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett, of the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, to fill the seat of late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As the US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his pick to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died […]

The partnership between London and Washington will allegedly boost collaboration on the development and research of AI as well as “explainability and fairness”, a US official told Axios. The Trump administration is set to announce it has signed a strategic partnership on artificial intelligence (AI) with the United Kingdom, Axios reported on Friday. “America and our allies must lead the world in shaping the development of cutting […]

The US Department of Defense is “conducting prudent planning” to withdraw all US soldiers from Afghanistan by May 2021 “if conditions warrant”, a Pentagon official told the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security at a House Hearing on the Trump Administration’s Afghanistan Policy. “I’d like to make it clear that [Defense Secretary Mark Esper] has not issued orders to reduce military personnel below this […]

French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “modern new consensus” on tackling global challenges in his speech to the 75th UN General Assembly on 22 September. Europe will not compromise with the United States on Iran sanctions, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly by video. “We will not compromise on the activation of a mechanism that the United States is not in a […]

The two bodies, the biggest to hurl past Earth in the upcoming two weeks, are comparable in size to the world-famous Egyptian landmark, which is almost 140 meters tall and dominates the whole Giza area just outside Cairo. Two massive asteroids will whiz past Earth in the next two weeks, with one estimated at up to 130 meters in diameter and the other at 200 meters […]

US stocks fell dramatically on Monday as investors pulled out of a slew of industries that would be hurt by the pandemic-related lockdowns being considered once more in several countries as outbreaks worsen. At closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down some 509.72 points, a 1.84% drop, finishing at 27,147.70. The S&P 500, which follows the world’s top companies, fell by 38.41 […]

On 19 September, China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) released a video on its Weibo account that specifically showcased the PLAAF’s combat capabilities. In a brief description for the footage, the PLAAF noted, “we are the defenders of the motherland’s aerial security; we have the confidence and ability to always defend the security of the motherland’s skies”. The footage was published following US Under Secretary of State […]

A top American naval official said at a recent symposium that while significant progress has been made in readying the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford for duty, the aircraft carrier is not likely to deploy before 2022. The warship was scheduled to enter service in 2018 and the delays have already helped bring down one Navy secretary. At the annual symposium hosted by the Tailhook Association […]

One of these days, avid sky gazers may witness a space rock over 100 meters wide approach Earth, but fortunately, scientists don’t expect it to collide with our planet. Asteroid 2014 QJ33, which NASA is currently keeping tabs on, is expected to enter Earth’s orbit on 17 September, whizzing by at a speed of around 19,371 miles per hour. What’s remarkable is its size – potentially […]

Three anonymous sources close to the Democratic Party told the Washington Post that Senator Bernie Sanders had urged presidential candidate Joe Biden to campaign on expanded healthcare coverage, jobs and wages. US Senator Bernie Sanders has privately urged fellow Democrat Joe Biden to campaign on more radical polices if he wants to beat President Donald Trump. The admission from the Sanders camp came after the Washington […]

With time ticking for the 3 November election, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden continue to lock horns, notably over whether either of them is fit to take office. Donald Trump has once again claimed that Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is “possibly” using drugs in order to improve the former vice president’s debate performances during his election campaign. “[…] That’s what I […]

A woman in New Hampshire spiced up a state primary election on Tuesday, entering a polling station wearing a shirt that said “McCain Hero, Trump Zero” and, after being told that, according to state law, she could not wear anything featuring a political message, just took it off and voted topless, The Portsmouth Herald reported. According to state law, no person “shall distribute, wear, or post […]

On Friday, Defence Secretary Mark Esper defended President Donald Trump over claims that POTUS belittled the sacrifice of dead US soldiers by making disparaging comments about them. More than 600 American army veterans have released an open letter to signal their support for Donald Trump after the magazine The Atlantic berated the US president for allegedly making disrespectful remarks about dead American servicemen. “Recent baseless media […]

The Trump administration is reportedly considering adding the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest semiconductor foundry, to a trade blacklist. A Pentagon spokesperson told Reuters on Friday the Department of Commerce was considering adding SMIC to a trading blacklist called the Entity List, which would force US buyers to obtain a special license before doing business with the company. SMIC is China’s largest semiconductor foundry, supplying […]

The billionaire earlier said that SpaceX is planning to start the assembly of a prototype for the massive Super Heavy rocket booster this week. It will have more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V, which carried Apollo to the Moon and three times the thrust of the Falcon Heavy. Elon Musk said he hopes to see the Starship perform its first orbital flight test […]

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his decision to send the National Guard forces to Kenosha to quell violent riots which have been taking place there over the past few days. On Sunday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers expressed concern about Trump’s planned Tuesday visit to Kenosha amid an ongoing wave of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests. Evers called on the president to “reconsider” his […]

The city of Portland has been engulfed in protests, some of which have turned violent or resulted in looting and arsons, for months. However, local authorities have refused to accept assistance from the federal government to quell the unrest, despite pressure from the White House and criticism from President Donald Trump. President Donald Trump is ready to provide additional law enforcement assets to any state governor […]

The gamma ray glow in question was detected by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope in 2008. For years, astronomers have been trying to figure it out. After endless debate, a theory has been proposed that explains the unexpected surplus of gamma ray radiation known as the Galactic Centre GeV Excess. A new study has ruled out that dark matter consists of weakly interactive massive particles […]

In June, former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach predicted that the US dollar may plummet at least 35 percent against other major currencies in the not-so-distant future as the era of the greenback is apparently coming to an end. Ongoing Washington-Beijing trade tensions along with America’s growing debt may prove factors to herald the beginning of the end of the US dollar era, Bloomberg reports. The […]

Members of the Democratic Party have repeatedly accused President Donald Trump of colluding with Russia in order to get “dirt” on his opponent Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 election. However, one member of this year’s Democratic ticket reportedly has no issues with accepting “dirt” on POTUS to win in 2020. Joe Biden’s freshly picked running mate, Kamala Harris was seemingly ready to accept and use […]

Currently, NASA astronaut Drew Morgan, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov are on board the International Space Station (ISS). The three spacemen arrived on the ISS on 20 July and will return to Earth in December or January. A small air leak has been detected on the International Space Station (ISS), possibly in the American segment, but it does not threaten […]

An ex-US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer has been arrested and is now facing life imprisonment after he and a relative allegedly conspired with multiple People’s Republic of China (PRC) officials to relay classified national defense information for more than a decade. Former CIA Officer Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was arrested by federal authorities on Friday, August 14, and charged with “conspiracy to communicate national defense […]