Above Photo: Dia Al-Azzawi (Iraq), Sabra and Shatila Massacre, 1982–83. Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve. On 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group III report was published, evoking a strong reaction from the United Nations’ Secretary General António Guterres. The report, he said, ‘is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world’. At COP26, the developed countries pledged to spend a modest $100 billion for the Adaptation Fund to assist developing countries adapt to […]
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A U.S. Air Force Northrop T-38C Talon trainer aircraft crashed in a wooded area about 15 miles southwest of Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM/KMGM), Montgomery, Alabama on Friday, multiple news outlets reported. Two Air Force pilots were killed when a T-38C Talon trainer jet crashed near an Alabama airport, the military branch confirmed. The public affairs office said the pilots were flying a training mission at the time of the crash – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. The jet was assigned to the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus, Miss. […]
Guatemala’s Congress Burns Amid Mass Protest November 22, 2020 Guatemala’s Congress Burns Amid Mass Protest2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/guatemala-e1606055920157.png200px200px Above photo: Fire at Guatemala’s Congress in the capital as protests are held in the main square. November 21, 2020. Twitter / @Sandra_Cuffe. The Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office of the Central American nation called on the police forces to avoid repression. Guatemalans have taken to the streets for a national protest in rejection of President Alejandro Giammattei, and to demand that he veto the controversial general budget for 2021, approved by lawmakers on November 18. A fire broke out at the Congress in the capital city, though the main […]
Hordes of sea animals were washed up at a popular tourist beach in Kamchatka after surfers complained about suffering from eye burns. A probe was launched as tests showed an increased presence of petroleum products in the water. The first signs that something was wrong at the picturesque Khalaktyr beach, a popular tourist and surfing spot, became apparent when people started to develop symptoms after taking a dive in the ocean. “For weeks now, all surfers have been experiencing eye problems after coming back from the water,” Yekaterina Dyba, an administrator at a local surfer school, wrote on social media. She […]
Barely two weeks ago, a Quran burning by the same party unleashed massive riots, and Hard Line pledged to continue their demonstrations, which they see as a celebration of free speech. Another copy of the Quran has been burned in Sweden by representatives of the Danish party Hard Line, which was protesting the Islamisation of the country, this time in Stockholm’s ethnic enclave of of Rinkeby. Hard Line and its party leader Rasmus Paludan previously applied to hold five demonstrations in “Stockholm’s Islamised suburbs”. Paludan himself pledged to burn a copy of the Quran “with bacon” on Saturday, regardless of whether […]
The flag-burning is intended as a reaction to the high-profile Quran burning in Malmö and anti-Islamic demonstration in Norway, where a copy of the Quran was ripped. A Muslim leader linked to a terrorist organisation in Syria has trampled on the Swedish and Norwegian flags and then set them afire in a videoclip claiming that “Allah is the Lord of the world”, the news outlet Samhällsnytt reported. The flag-burning video is intended as a reaction to the high-profile Quran burning in Malmö and anti-Islamic demonstration in Norway, where a copy of the Quran was ripped. In the video, reportedly recorded in […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Valley Fire in San Diego County, California, has spread over more than 10,000 acres and is still only 1 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). “Last night, nearly 400 firefighters battled the #ValleyFire The fire grew 408 acres overnight, bringing its total acreage to 10,258. All evacuation warnings and orders remain in place,” Cal Fire said on Twitter on Monday. Eight air tankers and over a dozen helicopters have been assigned to the incident with nearly 400 personnel involved in battling the blaze, according to Cal Fire. Last night, […]
youtube.com Pence Has Slowed Down the COVID-19 Response/Carol Has A Lot to Say about This Top story: How Mike Pence slowed down the coronavirus response – POLITICO https://t.co/TP6oURSWFb, see more https://t.co/H41VtA36kR — OsintZone (@OsintZone) August 27, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: In what will have been the more important job Pence will have ever had, he utterly failed to meet the mark and has just kept going downhill after that. Some of Trump’s typically less than immortal words have come back to bite the U.S. in the ass. ‘Mike is going to be in charge, and Mike will report back to me. […]
The first big UFC Fight Island show has already suffered a major blow with the news that the main event bout between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns is off due to the Brazilian testing positive for COVID-19. US-based MMA outlet MMA Junkie received information from multiple sources late Friday night confirming that Burns had been removed from his main event fight with Usman at UFC 251 on Jul 11. The pair were due to do battle for Usman’s UFC welterweight title on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, but Burns’ positive test has meant he will be removed from the card. The tests […]
__________Avia ProThe United States deployed more than 30 fighters and 2 thousand military men at the border of the Kaliningrad region Washington has ordered increased military pressure on Russia. The US military continues to transfer its combat aircraft, armored vehicles and military personnel to the western Russian borders. If until recently it was believed that the appearance of thousands of American troops in Poland does not bear real risks, then, as it turned out, instead of thousands of troops there will appear twice as many representatives of the American army, however, which is much more frightening – the United States intends […]
UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns has queried why Conor McGregor remains in the UFC rankings despite recently announcing he was quitting the fight game. Earlier in June the 31-year-old Irishman said he was calling it quits, citing a lack of “buzz” from the sport and claiming he was frustrated at the UFC for supposedly dragging its heels over his next bout. READ MORE: ‘I’ve decided to retire from fighting’: UFC star Conor McGregor claims he’s calling it quits AGAIN But three weeks on, McGregor remains in the UFC rankings, sitting number four in the lightweight division and number eight in […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww9FudKGUd8 Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He is a disabled veteran and has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues. Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and […]
As Spain gradually lifts its coronavirus lockdown, some residents were treated to a rare and mesmerizing spectacle as a vast, pure-white veil that covered a local park just burned away before their very eyes, as if by dark magic. This was no snow-white tale, however; rather, local authorities were burning off a thick layer of fluff from the fruits of Canadian poplar trees, the pure-white veil that had blanketed the Cidacos de Calahorra park in La Rioja, Spain. Given that they are made of fluff, not too dissimilar to dust, and therefore have few calories, they burn rapidly and without much, […]