Above photo: Luigi Morris. Despite being illegally terminated, Starbucks workers from Memphis, Tennessee and other cities across the country are fighting to unionize and win back their jobs. On Friday afternoon two fired Starbucks workers, Beto Sanchez and Lakota McGlawn, joined activists for a rally and press conference in front of the posh Greenwich Village penthouse of Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz. The speakers — who were fired in February for attempting to organize their Starbucks store in Memphis, Tennessee — are demanding that they and their fellow workers immediately be reinstated, and that Starbucks end its union busting tactics. […]
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Above Photo: Yemeni internally displaced children, who fled homes escaping conflict, bring water to their shelters at a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Sana’a, on March 25, 2022 in Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud / Getty Images). Congress Needs To Pass A War Powers Resolution To End U.S. Complicity In The Chaos And Suffering In Yemen. More than seven years after the first airstrikes were launched on Yemen by the U.S.-supported Saudi-UAE coalition, a two-month truce with Yemen’s Ansar Allah (also referred to as Houthis) was announced at the beginning of this month. This UN-mediated truce comes after weeks of negotiations in Oman and […]
Over 300 doctors from around the world have today written to the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, imploring him to seek Julian Assange’s immediate release from prison in the U.K. on medical grounds. The letter begins by commending Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce for his recent statements calling for the U.S. extradition request against Julian Assange to be dropped. It continues: “We are concerned that Mr. Assange’s apparent mini stroke [reported in the Daily Mail on 11 December] may be the tip of a medical iceberg. Indeed his symptoms suggest as much. It is therefore imperative that Mr. Assange be released from prison, where his […]
Above Photo: Activists and global health advocates staged simultaneous protests outside the homes of the White House chief of staff and Moderna CEO, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Leandra Bernstein/SBG) Washington — Activists gathered outside the homes of the White House chief of staff and the CEO of Moderna to demand the Biden administration and private drug companies do more to address the global vaccine shortage. “Really, we’re bringing attention to the fact that both Moderna and the U.S. government have been completely inadequate in scaling up vaccine access globally,” James Krellenstein, co-founder of the AIDS advocacy group, PrEP4All told Sinclair Broadcast […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079944610_0:59:1435:866_1200x675_80_0_0_fdad5aac18f56af0c68e53d89d699e7e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Jason Dunn. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010181080809062-mother-of-harry-dunn-appeals-to-joe-biden-to-bring-sons-killer-to-justice-if-he-wins-election/ Following the case of the death of 19-year old motorcyclist Harry Dunn in 2019, his mother has appealed to presidential candidate Joe Biden to reverse the subsequent diplomatic immunity granted to his alleged killer by the US government. The mother of Harry Dunn has urged former US Vice President Joe Biden to aid bring her son’s alleged killer to justice in the event that he wins the November presidential election. In her video message, observed by the PA news agency, Charlotte Charles called on the Democratic presidential contender to end the diplomatic […]
Pakistani Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz says his country would welcome investment by American companies. He also expressed desire for US companies to bring in advanced technology. During a meeting with US charge d’affaires Angela Aggeler, the minister said that Islamabad highly values its relations with Washington and is ready to further strengthen cooperation. Aggeler agreed with the minister’s views on promoting the two countries’ economic cooperation. While discussing new forms of cooperation during the coronavirus pandemic, Faraz said that the digital outreach has greatly helped business activities and transactions to go online. “It has been a great learning experience […]
The asteroid, discovered in 1999, was named Bennu in 2013 by a third grade student who won a contest. (NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona) OSIRIS-REx Mission To Obtain Samples From Asteroid Bennu A series of studies published last week in the journals Science and Science Advances offer a new, detailed look at the makeup of a small asteroid called Bennu. https://t.co/VkixsNh1ER — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Asteroids do not change with wind and water which makes them primitive and closer to when the Solar System formed. Asteroid Bennu was chosen to be studied since it is rich in […]
U.S. regulators and law-enforcement officials brought charges on Thursday against BitMEX, a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange that has grown in recent years to be one of the industry’s biggest players. According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, prosecutors accused BitMEX of facilitating unregistered trading and other violations, including “conducting significant aspects of its business from the U.S. and accepting orders and funds from U.S. customers,” as reported by CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De. The news dominated cryptocurrency news headlines and sent traders and analysts scrambling to assess the damage and implications. Some 23,000 bitcoin were apparently withdrawn from BitMEX addresses in a single hour, the cryptocurrency-markets data […]
California is preparing for windy, dry weather which is expected to cause critical fire conditions this weekend. Twenty-five major fires are burning throughout the state, including the Bobcat fire in Southern California, pictured on Sept. 21. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images California is preparing for windy, dry weather which is expected to cause critical fire conditions this weekend. Twenty-five major fires are burning throughout the state, including the Bobcat fire in Southern California, pictured on Sept. 21. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images In California, weeks after […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080504898_93:0:1293:675_1200x675_80_0_0_57182fd04aa5fc57e2936ca02d90693e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009181080503752-splish-splash-splosh-bird-having-kitchen-shower-will-bring-you-cheer—video-/ Most birds love water and enjoy taking baths. It is said this bathing not only removes their dirt but also keeps their skin moist. A video of a bird beating the scorching heat and taking a cool shower is going viral on social media. The colourful bird in the video is seen in a kitchen sink. It is revelling in a gentle shower from the tap, flapping its little wings and hopping about repeatedly. My bird always begs to go in the sink for baths. He also frequently tries to grab the water with […]
The Chicago DeFi Alliance, launched in April 2020, is poised to help members make a killing from the recent decentralized finance (DeFi) craze. So many billions of dollars worth of assets are now cycling through various DeFi projects, at such erratic rates, that while you’re reading this the estimates are probably changing. Suffice it to say, the Chicago DeFi Alliance now has roughly 55 members, including new additions like Binance.US and MakerDAO. After graduating seven DeFi startups from its first accelerator program this summer, CDA partner Qiao Wang said the organization is now launching a Liquidity Launchpad program to get “informed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080482448_0:0:2049:1153_1200x675_80_0_0_00ce5f7f02e4fa97a9f5e42333b11e43.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009171080482478-watch-hurricane-sally-bring-catastrophic-flooding-to-alabama-coast/ According to Mayor Tony Kennon of Orange Beach, Alabama, quoted by media, one person has been found dead and another one missing as Category 2 hurricane Sally brings devastation near the Florida-Alabama border. On Wednesday, the hurricane made landfall near Gulf Shores, uprooting trees, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the area, and bringing what the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) calls “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding. First, the NHC graded the weather event, given its maximum wind speeds of 169 kilometres per hour (105 miles per hour), as a Category 2 hurricane, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/10/1080472475_0:0:3073:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_1f734c0015fd81381ec65d0b0d4d48bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009161080472511-moscow-hopes-uae-bahrains-normalisation-deals-with-israel-will-bring-stability-to-mideast/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia hopes that the United Arab Emirates’ and Bahrain’s normalisation deals with Israel will promote regional stability and will not affect the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Wednesday. “If this results in comprehensive peace in the Middle East and the solution of all the problems, including the Palestinian problem, of course, we welcome this,” Bogdanov said. According to the diplomat, Russia has been “assured that both Bahrain and the UAE are committed to the Arab peace initiative and the solution of the Palestinian problem […]
Hurricane Sally is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, possibly in the area east of Gulfport, Miss. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service Hurricane Sally is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, possibly in the area east of Gulfport, Miss. National Weather Service Updated at 10:27 p.m. ET Hurricane Sally will likely make landfall on Tuesday or Tuesday night with sustained winds of at least 110 mph, making it a strong and dangerous Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Some coastal areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and […]
Under development by the LNP/BP Standards Association, the RGB protocol entered beta in June. The second layer network promises to bring smart contracts and tokenized assets to Bitcoin with a Lightning Network-esque technical design. RGB could be used to issue tokenize securities and nonfungible tokens (NFT), and to offer a more private means of stablecoin issuance and transfer. Smart contracts and Bitcoin. These technical phenomena are rarely associated with each other, often because people believe Bitcoin’s paired-down scripting language can’t support the smart contract applications that have become the darlings of the Ethereum ecosystem. But as the new smart contract-enabling protocol […]
Write postcards on a weekly basis. Go for scenic drives. Schedule virtual TV time. Use family history as a topic for virtual lessons. (Image credit: Malaka Gharib/ NPR) Source link
Lou Holtz speaks from Orlando, Fla., during the third night of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP Lou Holtz speaks from Orlando, Fla., during the third night of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP The 2020 presidential election is likely once again to feature religion as a campaign issue, if the Republican and Democratic conventions […]
Follow NPR’s coverage of the RNC all week at NPR.org/conventions. Vice President Pence made a case on Wednesday that President Trump “sees America for what it is” and has the track record to bring America back from what he repeatedly called “a time of testing” — referring to the twin challenges of recovering from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and grappling with protests against racism. In his keynote address on the third night of the Republican National Convention, Pence argued that Trump — known for painting a dystopian picture of “American carnage” in his inaugural address — has a more optimistic view […]
The National Hurricane Center predicts that Hurricane Laura will make landfall as a Category 4 storm. National Hurricane Center Hurricane Laura is swirling in the Gulf of Mexico and is projected to hit the Texas and Louisiana coasts Wednesday night as a major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters project that some coastal areas near the Texas-Louisiana border could see “unsurvivable” storm surge, which could impact areas up to 30 miles inland. Laura is currently a Category 3 hurricane that is forecast to grow into a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday afternoon. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds have increased to […]
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a full-throated endorsement of 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden, saying the two shared common values while slamming the Trump administration for sowing division between Americans. The retired Bush-era diplomat and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addressed the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, insisting that Biden would restore the country’s “leadership and moral authority,” and that Trump could only offer “flattery to dictators and despots.” Colin Powell is a Neocon WMD hoaxer, so of course he’s appearing at the #DemConvention to endorse Establishment’s puppet and denounce President Trump. […]
A director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks the private sector could bring value to the technology supporting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), should they be adopted by nations. 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, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/19/1079984204_0:150:1440:960_1200x675_80_0_0_16c55a619f4700c691ea9298308899c3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079984144-hurricane-hanna-may-bring-tornadoes-to-texas-nhc-says/ Hurricane conditions will continue along the southern coast of Texas before the storm weakens into a depression later on Sunday, according to the weather forecast. Hurricane Hanna may cause isolated tornadoes along the southern coast of Texas, the US National Hurricane Centre said on Saturday. Heavy rains and flash flooding are now impacting portions of the Texas coast from Port Mansfield to Sargent, where a storm surge warning has been issued. Tropical storm Hanna was upgraded to a hurricane on Saturday morning, located about 115 kilometres (70 miles) south of Corpus Christi in Texas, and […]
The Antifa-BLM mob brought a power saw with them last night to cut down the metal fence outside the Federal Courts Building in Portland, Oregon. Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler has turned his city over to the Marxist mob. Advertisement – story continues below And the mainstream liberal media will no doubt call this another night of “mostly peaceful protesting.” Is there ANY DOUBT that these gatherings are highly organized? TRENDING: SATURDAY: Antifa Cells Announce Day Of Retribution Across US After Feds Quell Riots In Portland Via Drew Hernandez. Rioters cutting fencing with a powered saw at courthouse in Portland @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7iSgOe4q6b […]
What is it like to give birth during a global pandemic? What hopes and dreams — and fears — do the parents have when welcoming a newborn? We asked the more than 600 photographers who work with Everyday Projects — contributing to Instagram accounts from countries in Asia, Africa, Central and South America, North America and Europe — to document the arrival of a baby born in 2020. In some cases, the photographer is one of the parents; in other cases they photographed babies in their community — from a safe, social distance. Photographer Sarah Waiswa’s image of her daughter, Ria: […]
Barely a month ago, leftists began their campaign to defund and abolish the police. In New York, after a string of violent crimes which in some cases have victimized babies, some members of the black community are already calling for a course reversal. Two prominent members of the black community in New York City want the NYPD to bring back the anti-crime unit which was recently disbanded. CBS News in New York reports: TRENDING: GREAT NEWS! Tommy Tuberville Defeats Former AG Jeff Sessions in Alabama Senate Primary Race … 63% to 37%!! …Update: Trump Calls to Congratulate Tuberville In Wake Of […]
The U.S. Army wants its combat vehicles will drive itself, autonomously select and prioritize targets to ease Soldier burdens in multi-domain operations. To achieve this, Army researchers plan to augment combat vehicles with Artificial Intelligence, or AI. New applications of AI are consolidating data and made possible of streamlining multiple targeting sensors to destroy long-range targets and receiving organized weather-specific terrain mapping from nearby drones. AI-enabled technologies could analyze seemingly limitless amounts of targeting data in seconds to massively improve attack options and shorten “sensor-to-shooter” time. Currently, the Army designated several research programs as essential for future Soldier capabilities. Of these […]
Meng’s arrest in December 2018 led to a deterioration in Sino-Canadian relations and was swiftly followed by the detention of Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, who have since been charged with espionage by Beijing. Chinese authorities, however, deny that the incidents are related to the Meng trial. A group of former Canadian legislators and diplomats have published a letter urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene and stop the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, previously arrested in Winnipeg on a US warrant. According to them, it could make Beijing release two Canadians – Michael Kovrig and Michael […]
It Won’t Be Protests That Bring On The Next Big Wave Of COVID19 By Jim Naureckas, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. June 12, 2020 It Won’t Be Protests That Bring On The Next Big Wave Of COVID192020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-lives-matter-masks.jpg200px200px Above photo: Black Lives Matter march on Staten Island. Thomas Altfather Good. As an example of “how this might play out,” ABC (6/3/20) compared the protests to a military parade in Philadelphia during the 1918 flu pandemic: “Within a day, every hospital bed in the city was filled and within six weeks more than 12,000 Philadelphians were dead.” As people across the nation and the […]
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo (right) kneels as the hearse of George Floyd arrives to North Central University ahead of funeral service on Thursday. Protests in the wake of Floyd’s death while in police custody has erupted across the country. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im hide caption toggle caption The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo (right) kneels as the hearse of George Floyd arrives to North Central University ahead of funeral service on Thursday. Protests in the wake of Floyd’s death while in police custody has erupted across the country. The […]
Former President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday, during virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Former President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday, during virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd. AP Venturing further into the public discourse he had largely held back from since relinquishing the Oval Office to President Trump, former president Barack Obama joined a virtual town hall Wednesday to advocate the kind of hope […]
Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, began deploying its mainnet on Sunday. The India-based Matic Foundation announced via a blog post that it had brought 10 nodes online, the first volley of a network Matic hopes to grow tenfold. Project insiders told CoinDesk that the launch validates almost three years of forging ties in India’s developer scene, an effort they began long before the India Supreme Court effectively legalized cryptocurrencies earlier this year. With the rollout, Matic, which last year raised seed funding from Coinbase Ventures, can now run dapps and support asset transfers between its network and the ethereum […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) lashed out at President Trump in an overnight press conference on the looting and burning of his city by protesters and Trump’s threat to bring in the national guard to save the city of Frey won’t. Frey told reporters it was his decision Thursday night to have police officers abandon the 3rd Precinct police station that was taken over by protesters who looted and burned the building. Wednesday night protesters rioted, looted and torched several businesses and buildings while protesting the death in police custody on Monday of George Floyd. TRENDING: “What They Are Doing Is […]
The coronavirus crisis may have given one censorship-resistance project a small boost. There are several startups trying to decentralize the internet’s domain-name infrastructure, including Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Unstoppable Domains and UniLogin. So far the ENS token ecosystem has garnered 9,813 addresses and roughly 270,000 unique web names. Unstoppable Domains co-founder Brad Kam said his project has 220,000 registered domains since January 2019, with 8,000 live websites. Kam said Unstoppable domains generally sold to companies like MyCrypto and the Kyber Network for between $40 and $10,000 each, which even modest estimates indicate as income worth more than $8.8 million. This startup’s […]
Judge Emmet Sullivan Judge Emmet Sullivan appointed a retired Clinton Judge to fight back against Trump’s DOJ, US Attorney General William Barr and General Flynn. The Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents released proved he was framed by Comey’s FBI. But Judge Sullivan on Tuesday extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn’s criminal case. On Wednesday, Judge Sullivan took his unethical behavior to a whole other level. TRENDING: BREAKING: List of Obama Operatives Who Unmasked General Mike Flynn Revealed… Including Brennan, Biden, Clapper and Samantha Power! […]
A handful of big names in crypto want in on the privacy features offered by Zcash. “It is humbling and inspiring that such a strong group of builders is leaning in to push that mission forward and help guide the future of Zcash,” privacy coin co-founder Zooko Wilcox said in a press statement. The Electric Coin Company (ECC) announced Monday the launch of the Zcash Developers Alliance (ZDA), an invite-only working group that includes the Lightning Network startup Bolt Labs, the cross-chain technology startup Thesis, the Ethereum conglomerate ConsenSys and two leading startups working on the Cosmos project, Agoric and Iqlusion, […]
This post contains spoilers for Dead to Me Season 2. Maybe it’s the surreality of, well, everything lately—or maybe it’s just aged like the fine wines all of its characters toss back by the bottle. Whatever the reason, Dead to Me Season 2 hits even better than Season 1—fighting off a sophomore slump with a fresh batch of twists, dramatic ironies, and, most importantly, some more Christina Applegate angsting out to metal. Perhaps this season’s smartest move, however, is a trope pulled straight out of Soapy Dramas 101: Bringing James Marsden back to play his own twin. Series creator Liz Feldman […]