On Tuesday, the Israeli Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Israel and Greece have signed the biggest defense agreement. Following an international tender, the Greek Government approved the Israel MoD’s bidding win to establish a flight academy for the Hellenic Air Force, which will be built and operated by Elbit Systems Ltd. The Hellenic Government approved the establishment and operation of the Flight Training Center by […]
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American aerospace giant Boeing is on track to overtake Russian defense companies as the Indian biggest weapons supplier as the Indian Navy has expressed interest in potentially purchasing Super Hornets. Boeing’s India division, based in New Delhi, has released new footage that showed an F/A-18E fighter jet launching off a ski-jump ramp in a demo for the Indian Navy. “Our F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates the ability to […]
How Our Biggest ISPs Are Failing Students During COVID-19 By Brandon Forester, Tech Dirt. November 17, 2020 How Our Biggest ISPs Are Failing Students During COVID-192020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/somos-e1605644354139.jpg200px200px Above photo: Baltimore Teachers Union, Prince George’s County Educators’ Association, teachers and students hold a car and bike caravan rally from Camden Yards to Comcast’s city headquarter on McHenry Row. Kenneth K. Lam. Early in the pandemic, one of our MediaJustice […]
Despite a dip today, bitcoin has crossed into bullish territory with the biggest weekly gain since July Source link
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced it is ending force majeure on the Sharara oilfield, the nation’s largest deposit, marking another milestone for the recovery of the country’s oil production. In a statement released on Sunday, the NOC said it has instructed the operator of the southwestern field, Acacus, to start production arrangements, taking into consideration public safety and process safety standards. The corporation which […]
Heir to cinema’s body-horror throne, writer/director Brandon Cronenberg triumphantly follows in dad David’s footsteps with Possessor, a grandly gruesome sci-fi nightmare that traces the blurry line between the psychological and the corporeal, the real and the imagined, and the authentic and the affected. Coming on the heels of his prior 2012 Antiviral, it heralds Cronenberg as a formidable talent in his own right, marking him as […]
VT reviews the facts, the video above a useful documentary formerly used by the DHS and supplied to states to use in training counter-terrorist police. The new DHS believes otherwise. Internal DHS talking points reveal law enforcement was ordered to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the white supremacist who killed 2 people in Kenosha. Downplaying Terrorism: “He took his rifle to help defend small […]
The Ruska 20 drill will involve some 5,000 personnel and 60 aircraft, as well as traditional guests from Sweden. Thousands of military personnel will take part in the Finnish Air Force’s Ruska 20 drill, which is seen as the highlight of this year. The week-long drill, which ends on 6 October, is meant to test and enhance the Air Force’s preparedness, provide training for active duty […]
RIP Andre Vltchek: ‘Western Imperialism Is World’s Biggest Problem’ By Peter Koenig, Information Clearinghouse. September 27, 2020 RIP Andre Vltchek: ‘Western Imperialism Is World’s Biggest Problem’2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/andrevltcheck-e1601216460368.jpeg200px200px André, my good friend and comrade is no more. We worked on several investigative projects together. André’s professional rigor, sharpness of understanding, vision and ability to connecting the dots is exemplary. We shared some unforgettable moments, when we followed […]
Chris Rock’s greatest performances are as Chris Rock. There’s his stand-up comedy, and the many times he’s played himself, or versions of himself, Woody Allen-style, on TV and in movies: Louie, Top Five, I Think I Love My Wife… Don’t be fooled. Those are great performances, deftly allowing the indelible, too-large-to-stifle “Chris Rock-ness” to breathe through the characters. But they’re also a testament to how hard […]
With only several weeks left before the 3 November presidential election, the contradictions between the Democrats and the Republicans are peaking in the stand-off between Trump and Biden. The president faces pressure from Democrats who criticise him for downplaying the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, the state of the country’s economy and his response to nationwide anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests. Sharing with Sputnik her opinion […]
Prices for both Bitcoin and Ether fell sharply in the past 24 hours, after a drop in global equities. Source link
Facing what they acknowledge to be a nearly impossible task of blocking President Donald Trump from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, Senate Democrats are divided over what precise tactics they should deploy in the days and weeks ahead. On a caucus call Saturday, members laid out two types of approaches that they thought would best suit the party in its efforts to stop the president from […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080384900_0:0:3104:1746_1200x675_80_0_0_3d0a350105518da8c7a1619d73b6f230.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080532029-us-biggest-threat-to-international-security-cuban-foreign-minister-says/ UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the “irresponsible behaviour” of Washington threatens international peace and security by igniting conflicts and trade wars. “Multilateralism and international law are being threatened by the greatest power in the world. The US irresponsible behaviour is the biggest threat to international peace and security”, Rodriguez said at the high-level meeting […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for his initial response to COVID-19 as reports emerged in spring that he failed to attend five emergency meetings in January and February of the Civil Contingencies Committee, also known as Cobra, which deals with major crises London mayor Sadiq Khan revealed in a Q&A on LBC Radio on Friday that he has not spoken to the […]
Halle Berry’s Best Actress win at the 2002 Oscars might have made history—but over time the actress says it has become “one of my biggest heartbreaks.” Speaking with Variety for a cover story, the actress said she’d believed her victory would open doors. But even now, 18 years later, she remains the only Black actress to accept the award. That, she says, has made her doubt […]
Jewish Society President Henri Goldstein ventured that a possible ban, backed by 86 percent of Danes and several parliamentary parties, would effectively spell an end for Danish Jewry. The Danish parliament is scheduled to consider a bill proposing a ban on non-medical circumcision of minors. The bill was submitted last month by former interior minister Simon Emil Ammitzboll-Bille, who leads the newly founded party Forward, a […]
By Gordon Duff with Jeff Smith and the Editorial Staff VT has, over the past 72 hours, leaked more classified information, up to real ‘Q’ level, not fake ‘Qanon’ crap, than in US history. However, all material has been reviewed and redacted for real national security reasons. What is here? Real UFO information, real nuclear weapons facts, the ones you are never supposed to see, and […]
By Gordon Duff with Jeff Smith and the Editorial Staff VT has, over the past 72 hours, leaked more classified information, up to real ‘Q’ level, not fake ‘Qanon’ crap, than in US history. However, all material has been reviewed and redacted for real national security reasons. What is here? Real UFO information, real nuclear weapons facts, the ones you are never supposed to see, and […]
Despite a slight bounce Friday morning, some analysts don’t expect bitcoin to chart a quick recovery from the double-digit price drop over the last two days. Source link
India has reported 78,761 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, marking the biggest-ever daily increase for a nation. The number of coronavirus infections in the world passed the 25 million mark on Sunday. Before Sunday’s update, which pushed the total number of infections in India to more than 2.5 million, the US held the record with 77,638 daily infections reported on July 17. The surge in […]
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I’ve got chills, I’ve got nausea,” Stephen Colbert told viewers at the top of his last live show of the week Thursday night. “It’s either the onset of COVID or seeing 1,500 people with no social distancing, no masks or testing packed on to the South Lawn of the White House. I know Republicans like voter suppression, I didn’t […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greet a group of World War II veterans in the Russian village of Khoroshevo on June 30. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption toggle caption Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greet a group of World War II veterans in the Russian village of […]
India’s crypto trade volumes have soared since the Supreme Court of India lifted banking restrictions for exchanges in March. According to Coin Dance’s Paxful and LocalBitcoins volume data, India’s bitcoin peer-to-peer trade volume reached an all-time high in July. Siddhartha Dutta, CEO of Marlin, a tech startup in Bangalore, said the recent spike in demand for bitcoin mirrors Indians’ reaction to demonetization in 2016. Back then […]
Beirut’s mayor has already likened the tragic incident with the notorious bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which happened almost exactly 75 years ago. The harrowing devastation and horrendous “mushroom cloud” that appeared above Beirut’s port seconds before the blast wave ripped through the nearby districts could not but spark comparisons with the only two times in history when nuclear weapons were used against cities […]
The Norwegian sector of the North Sea is estimated as the richest, possessing about half of the North Sea oil and gas reserves. However, more than half of these reserves have been drained over the past several decades, according to official estimates. This year’s largest oil discovery to date has been made in the Dugong well in the North Sea, west of the Norwegian town of […]
The American-born actress has been in the spotlight since the moment it became known that she was dating Prince Harry and the media scrutiny became even more intense after she married the Duke of Sussex and became a member of the Royal Family. Queen Elizabeth II, Kate Middleton, and Prince William wished Meghan Markle a happy birthday as the Duchess of Sussex turned 39 today. Although […]
A majority of America’s 50 largest cities saw their murder rates skyrocket amid racial unrest stoked by liberals and the mainstream media. Thirty-six of of the top 50 cities had a collective 24% jump in homicides this year compared to 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported. Chicago saw the biggest increase, with more than one of every eight murders reported out of all cities surveyed occurring […]
The bank previously announced it would cut at least 35,000 of its 235,000 staff as part of a major restructuring, but the plan was put on hold amid the pandemic. At least 1,000 of those redundancies were planned for the UK. The British bank HSBC published its pre-tax profits on Monday, showing just $4.3 billion in revenue, compared to $12.4 billion for the same period last […]
Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems reported that sales increased by 4% on a constant currency basis and excluding the impact of acquisitions, to £9.9bn or $13 billion. “We have delivered a robust performance in the first half of the year, thanks to the efforts of all of our employees. We started the year from a strong position and we have taken actions to enhance our […]
By Wayne Allyn Root President Trump loves branding his opponents. Boy, do I have the brand for Joe Biden. Other than “Basement Biden.” Or Biden is the leader of the “Dementia-crats.” Those two are effective and memorable too. But nothing beats this little ditty: BIDEN stands for “BIGGEST IDIOT DEMOCRATS EVER NOMINATED.” Forget Biden’s nonstop stumbling and bumbling. Forget that he appears to not know where […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian aviation sector is going through turbulent times in the wake of the pandemic, which has pushed numerous airlines to the brink of financial collapse. Several airlines have urged the government to provide short-term relief, including help to pay salaries for staff. Stating that measures such as salary cuts and cost-cutting policies were not enough to face the economic headwinds, India’s biggest […]
Government Gave Big Oil The Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic By Walker Bragman and David Sirota, The American Prospect. July 16, 2020 Government Gave Big Oil The Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/a-protest-outside-the-attorney-generals-office-in-quito-ecuador-september-2018-associated-press-e1594919342160.jpg200px200px Above photo: A protest outside the attorney general’s office in Quito, Ecuador, September 2018. By Daniel Ochoa, Associated Press. Note: We interviewed Steven Donziger who is the focus of this story, and of […]
Porn star Kendra Lust appears to still be interested in rumored former flame James Rodriguez after sending the Real Madrid star a personal message on his birthday – and astonished fans reacted with a deluge of jokes and memes. Married American actress Lust, who has starred in hundreds of adult films, was originally linked to Rodriguez when eagle-eyed fans on social media spotted that the pair […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106968/66/1069686606_17:0:1398:777_1200x675_80_0_0_a118e49fba30d97295f4fda26485eb84.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202007101079851233-biggest-event-in-20-years-satellite-captures-unusual-godzilla-dust-plume/ The Saharan dust storm is an annual phenomenon, which occurs in the desert between late spring and autumn. Dust particles are pulled up into the air by winds near the ground as well as thunderstorms. They then float for days or weeks, depending on the speed and dryness of the air masses. European Space Agency (ESA) satellites have detected […]
The leader of Florida’s biggest sham “church” network peddling bleach as a miracle drug says he’s camped out in Colombia while his sons face arrest for allegedly selling a fake COVID-19 cure and threatening a judge with a “Waco”-style standoff. For years, the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing has been at the center of a lucrative, world-wide network that claims—falsely—that drinking glorified Clorox can […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – Beijing-Washington relations are at the lowest level since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday during a China-US think tank media forum. “More alarmingly, China-US relations, one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world, is faced with the most severe challenge since the establishment of diplomatic ties,” Wang said, as quoted by […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox every Sunday. Meghan’s ‘brand’ focus, Harry’s ‘cabin fever’ Yet another royal book is published, filled with juicy takes on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s dramatic exit from royal life, and the consequences for them and the royal […]
Shortly after Saturday night’s less-than-packed rally in Oklahoma, President Donald Trump was handed pieces of printed paper that aides thought would cheer him up. The pages, according to an individual involved in the matter, included a collation of various copy-and-pasted live tweets by some of the president’s most prominent allies and diehard fans lauding Trump’s speech and celebrating the event as an unmitigated triumph against Joe […]
Bitcoin has just posted its biggest mining difficulty increase in nearly 2.5 years. At around 17:00 UTC on Tuesday, the network adjusted its difficulty level – a measure of how hard it is for miners to compete for block rewards on the blockchain – to 15.78 trillion. The 14.95% rise is the biggest difficulty jump since January 2018, which saw a larger spike on the back of […]
Tens of Thousands of ‘black trans lives matter’ protesters gathered outside of the Brooklyn museum on Sunday. The protesters were shoulder-to-shoulder and not practicing social distancing. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio responded to the massive protest by welding the gates at the biggest park in the Jewish community (Borough Park, Brooklyn). TRENDING: Oh Brother… Stacey Abrams: “A Man Was Murdered Because He Was Asleep in a […]
President Trump’s mega MAGA rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the hottest ticket ever! By Sunday, more than 800,000 people signed up for tickets to attend Trump’s first rally after the COVID-19 lockdowns. The mega MAGA rally was originally scheduled for June 19 (Juneteenth), however, President Trump moved the rally to Saturday, June 20th. …of respect for this Holiday, and in observance of this important occasion and […]
Be formless, shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee The philosophy of being water first originated from Bruce Lee’s teenage training as a martial […]
How one of the world’s most important geopolitical relationships came to be what it is in 2020. The U.S.-China relationship has an outsized impact on global economics and politics. As that relationship comes even more into focus in the wake of COVID-19, this episode provides a historical primer. Graham Webster is editor-in-chief of the Stanford–New America DigiChina Project at the Stanford University Cyber Policy Center. He’s […]
Three of Japan’s largest banks are among major players joining a study group looking at developing a digital payment system that may address concerns about cryptocurrencies. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Mizuho Financial Group, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group – institutions that control more than $6.6 trillion in assets between them – will participate in a study group to determine the feasibility of a national digital […]
Sport 09:59 GMT 01.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107948/46/1079484681_0:198:2726:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_5243b23c135e2fa41305e95fcfa8d6c3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202006011079484826-khabib-reveals-his-choice-for-mmas-two-biggest-powers/ In late May, Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagamedov sarcastically named the greatest UFC fighter in the history of Twitter – his nemesis, Irishman Conor McGregor. The UFC lightweight champion of Dagestani origin has turned to Twitter to name MMA’s two biggest powers. To no surprise, they are UFC President Dana White, who signed the […]
Billionaires Are The Biggest Threat To Public Schools By Sarah Lahm, The Progressive. May 20, 2020 Billionaires Are The Biggest Threat To Public Schools2020-05-202020-05-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/photo-24-e1589998768585.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Liberation News. For education “disruptors” like Bill Gates and Betsy DeVos, COVID-19 isn’t a crisis—it’s an opportunity. The COVID-19 crisis is shaping up to be a golden opportunity for those eager to shake up public education. In recent months, […]
Football across Europe is edging ever closer to a return from its coronavirus-enforced hiatus, but which teams could benefit most from the break? We look at what the Covid-19 chaos could mean for the European big boys. PREMIER LEAGUE Under the Premier League’s ‘Project Restart’ plans, English football bosses are aiming for a potential resumption of top-level football from the second week of June. READ MORE: […]