Wisconsin authorities announced earlier that a probe by the state Department of Justice into the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake from Kenosha by a white police officer in August would soon be turned over to a retired police chief serving as an independent consultant for review. A lawyer representing […]
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Last year the UK government was set to begin consultations on whether to grant police new powers to arrest and seize the property and vehicles of trespassers who set up unauthorised caravan sites, and define such trespassing as a criminal offence. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of […]
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Witchcraft or witchery is primarily a practice in tribal and indigenous communities to use supernatural means to heal diseases, harm enemies and make predictions for family or community. In India, it is practised in all tribal or indigenous dominated regions, despite prohibitions. Triveni Chanda and Anand Chanda from a socially deprived […]
At a rally in Minden, Nevada, on 12 September US President Donald Trump floated the suggestion he might run for a third term after winning in the presidential elections in November 2020, despite this being ruled out by the Constitution. US President Donald Trump joked about staying for “12 more […]
Oman has a lot to lose if it decides formally to normalise ties with Israel, argues Pakistani political analyst and author Sabtain Ahmed Dar, shedding light on Muscat’s longstanding special relations with Tehran, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq’s foreign policy priorities and the sultanate’s role as the Muslim world’s peace broker. […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0a/1080122018_0:213:2048:1365_1200x675_80_0_0_4177b6588f22ef49e7a30526312b45be.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/society/202009261080576896-who-will-be-karens-of-the-future-graphs-show-possible-meme-names-for-different-decades/ The catch phrase: “I want to speak to the manager!”, alongside “white privilege” and constantly complaining – this is what the name “Karen” has absorbed in recent years, becoming a byword for online mockery of entitled and annoying white women. Reddit […]
US President Donald Trump, according to polls, currently trails behind Democratic rival Joe Biden, particularly with black voters, with many accusing the president of being “racist” – something that Trump has repeatedly denied. US President Donald Trump on Friday addressed Black voters, unveiling what he dubbed a “Platinum Plan” for […]
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Young adults aged 20 to 29 accounted for around 20% of all confirmed COVID-19 novel coronavirus cases recorded in the US between June and August, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published by the CDC […]
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela will continue military cooperation with Russia, China, and Iran despite its plans to develop its own armament systems, President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday. Earlier in the day, Maduro spoke at the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Venezuela’s Strategic Command Operations, stating that the […]
As the US presidential election approaches, the Democratic party is ramping up speculation about “Russian interference”, with Moscow allegedly attempting to undermine the campaign of Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Joe Biden warned there would be “consequences” for Russian President Vladimir Putin for “violation of our sovereignty” when asked by MSNBC […]
Fears over the spread of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have prompted election officials in many US states to allow the use of absentee ballots by all registered voters in the upcoming presidential election. Democrats advocate the move, while Republicans oppose it, with President Donald Trump claiming absentee voting could lead […]
US President Donald Trump will nominate 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, according to emerging reports on the decision, which is set to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009251080575701-japanese-pm-says-ready-to-meet-kim-jong-un-without-preconditions/ A chairman of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihide Suga was confirmed last week as the country’s new Prime Minister, after his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, stepped down from the position due to health reasons. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public service warning over the “Benadryl Challenge,” a deadly TikTok trend that encourages impressionable netizens to get high and hallucinate on a deadly dose of allergy pills. The federal agency warned in its Thursday release that exceeding the recommended dosage […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced that his government has entered into an agreement with British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to procure 20 million doses of its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The number of COVID-19 cases in Canada has surpassed 150,000 with 9,250 deaths reported, government data […]
According to files from an upcoming report, the US Navy is looking at expanding far beyond its already-ambitious goal of 355 ships, with some proposals suggesting a fleet of 530 ships, many of which would be unmanned. According to Defense News, which viewed some of the supporting documents for the […]
An Ohio woman has been charged with trespassing and may face additional charges after she resisted arrest and refused to adhere to a school’s mandatory mask policy during her son’s middle school football game earlier this week. Facebook user Tiffany Lynn Kennedy argued in a Wednesday social media post that […]