Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel December 2, 2020 Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/iran.jpg200px200px Above photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian defense ministry office shows officials praying over the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony at Saleh shrine in northern Tehran, Iran, 30 November 2020. EFE/EPA. NOTE: Palestine Chronicle reports […]
Calls
272 posts
Venezuela Calls On UNSC To Reject Unilateral Sanctions November 30, 2020 Venezuela Calls On UNSC To Reject Unilateral Sanctions2020-11-302020-11-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/moncada-e1606768365217.jpg200px200px Above photo: Venezuela’s Ambassador Samuel Moncada, Nov. 25, 2020. Twitter/ @VTVcanal8. “All countries suffering from this type of aggression inflicted by economic means must cooperate to put an end to the suffering of our peoples,” Ambassador Moncada stressed. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on […]
Calls For Universal Basic Income Increase As Government Support Fails By Jasmine Norden, The Canary. November 10, 2020 Calls For Universal Basic Income Increase As Government Support Fails2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/ubi.png200px200px Above photo: Via YouTube/The Matt Skidmore Show and YouTube/The Telegraph. Elected representatives across the UK have called on the government to prevent poverty by trialling Universal Basic Income (UBI). On 30 October, 520 MPs, councillors, peers, mayors and members of […]
As The Far-Right Escalates Calls For Violence, Police And National Guard Deploy November 1, 2020 As The Far-Right Escalates Calls For Violence, Police And National Guard Deploy2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/trumpleader.jpg200px200px In the face of massive early voter turnout and a flood of mail-in ballots, Trump, in a last ditch effort, is continuing to signal that he will refuse to accept the outcome of the election; falling back on the […]
As the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden and a laptop that allegedly contains emails of his business dealings begin to build, the Presidential campaign of Donald Trump has claimed the incident as proof of corruption on part of Democratic contender Joe Biden. Donald Trump Jr has described Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as “the most compromised person in the history of American politics” on Sunday regarding allegations against […]
CNN anchor Jake Tapper ended a combative Sunday interview with Trump campaign senior adviser Lara Trump by pressing the presidential daughter-in-law for openly mocking Joe Biden’s well-known stutter, prompting a tense exchange over the Democratic nominee’s mental fitness for office. At the top of CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, Tapper noted that he had attempted to book members of the White House coronavirus […]
At least 118 officers have left the Seattle Police Department (SPD) following mass Black Lives Matter protests and city budget cuts. It currently has around 1,200 officers on its force – the lowest number in a decade. According to statistics from the mayor’s office, the month of September typically sees five to seven officers depart from the department, but this year a whopping 39 officers left, […]
On Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel escalated his feud with NBC over their questionable decision to give in to President Trump’s demands and air a town hall with him at the same time as Joe Biden’s over on ABC. Given that Trump’s interview would also air on MSNBC and CNBC, the ratings-obsessed commander-in-chief would surely garner bigger ratings and also siphon viewers from his opponent. “Presidential debate […]
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld described two Democratic female senators on Wednesday as “mean girls” who came across as “petty” during their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, claiming they are likely “jealous” that Barrett “happens to be smarter and more successful than they are.” During Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)—who is also currently […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010141080769628-pompeo-calls-on-riyadh-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-as-bahrain-and-uae-did-in-september/ Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords on 15 September after two surprise announcements by US President Donald Trump, who brokered the historic deal. The accords enabled Israel to start official cooperation in a number of spheres with the two Gulf States. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to […]
Square’s recently announced $50 million investment in bitcoin (BTC) is a “strong vote of confidence for the future of bitcoin” and a signal the payments company sees “a lot of potential” for the cryptocurrency as an asset, JPMorgan analysts said in a report dated Tuesday. Source link
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lost her cool on Tuesday during an interview with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, calling the veteran newsman a Republican “apologist” and claiming he didn’t know what he was “talking about” after he pressed her over the long-stalled stimulus package. With the White House, House Democrats, and Senate Republicans still at a stalemate over the much-needed coronavirus relief funds—made worse by the president’s […]
Belarusian tennis ace Aryna Sabalenka has apologised for confrontational comments in response to criticism over her silence over protests taking place across the nation, but blamed “harassment” online for her outburst. Women’s top 20 player Sabalenka had received derogatory comments from some Belarusians for a post on Instagram in which she discussed a new makeup routine, and was criticised for not making any statement on the […]
The White House spokesman has said It would be “nice” if the US Commission on Presidential Debates reversed its decision to scrap the second Trump-Biden bout. The president wants the debate to be held in person. “It would be nice if the commission would get the debate back on the schedule. I think the president is ready to go. He wants to be on stage debating […]
President Donald Trump has had a rough week—and it really, really shows. In an incredibly angry hour-long call-in interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network Thursday morning—his first live media appearance since he was hospitalized with COVID-19—Trump snarled at length about the decision to hold his next debate with Joe Biden virtually. “I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate” — Trump, […]
By the Editor’s of the New England Journal of Medicine Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/08/1080703760_0:306:2934:1956_1200x675_80_0_0_95a9ed3d41260f469a35afa2a27d8105.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010081080703664-what-a-tremendous-opportunity-actress-jane-fonda-calls-covid-19-pandemic-gods-gift-to-the-left/ The administration of US President Donald Trump has been consistently criticized over its response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has so far killed over 211,000 Americans and infected over 7.5 million people in the US alone, including Trump, his wife and many White House officials. American actress Jane Fonda characterized the coronavirus pandemic as “God’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/06/1080682238_0:0:3192:1795_1200x675_80_0_0_7b3c3c5b405e64553ab69b0fbc8bf1f2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010061080682290-nicola-sturgeon-calls-scottish-mp-who-breached-coronavirus-restrictions-margaret-covid/ Earlier this month, Nicola Sturgeon called on Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Margaret Ferrier to “do the right thing” and resign after she took a train from London to Scotland after having tested positive for COVID-19. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has made another slip of the tongue as she called the SNP MP who breached coronavirus restrictions “Margaret COVID.” “The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010061080679902-assad-calls-erdogan-main-instigator-and-initiator-of-renewed-nagorno-karabakh-tensions/ Ankara previously promised to support Baku “both in negotiations and in combat”, with Erdogan claiming that Armenia must leave “occupied Azerbaijani territories”. Syrian President Bashar Assad has called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “the main instigator and initiator” of the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. “Let’s be blunt and clear; Erdogan has supported terrorists in Syria, and he’s been supporting […]
Azerbaijan’s President Says Will Agree to Ceasefire If Armenia Vows to Withdraw Troops From Karabakh …from Sputnik News, Moscow Netanyahu with Azerbaijani President Aliyev (file photo) [ Editor’s Note: I had my fingers crossed that this fruitless effort by the megalomaniac in Baku would cause him come to his senses; that there was no military conquest solution, and that he was pissing away his military losses […]
Tehran and Tel Aviv have engaged in a years-long debate about one another’s nuclear intentions, with Israeli officials accusing the Islamic Republic of trying to build up a nuclear arsenal to attack Israel, and Iran countering by pointing out that the Jewish State is the only nation in the Middle East which actually already has nuclear weapons. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has appealed to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080635893_0:19:3072:1747_1200x675_80_0_0_8121b6db24853659c9aa0d0ee5a26525.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010021080635880-eu-calls-for-transparent-probe-into-alleged-poisoning-of-navalny-will-return-to-issue-in-december/ The German authorities have repeatedly claimed traces of a nerve agent have been found in Navalny’s organism, but they have failed to provide any exact proof. The leaders of the EU have called for a transparent investigation into the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday. Navalny fell ill during a […]
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuela considers unacceptable the conditions put forward by the European External Action Service for sending a mission to monitor the country’s general election, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The EEAS published on Wednesday a statement on the recent visit of its officials to Caracas, saying that conditions for holding fair and democratic election are not in place, thus making it impossible […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted his disapproval of Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong steering his company away from corporate activism. Read more: Coinbase Offers Severance Package to Employees Unsatisfied With ‘Apolitical’ Mission Source link
Voters wait in line to cast their ballot at an early voting location in Fairfax, Virginia on September 18, 2020. Growing tensions in the country have some election officials worried about potential violence at polling places. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Voters wait in line to cast their ballot at an early voting location in Fairfax, Virginia […]
Last week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the country had reached a “perilous turning point” in the fight against COVID-19 as he announced a new set of restrictions in England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent confusion over the new coronavirus restrictions added fuel to the fire of a Tory revolt, The Telegraph reports. The newspaper cited an unnamed Conservative lawmaker in northeast England […]
Chris Wallace’s moderation of the first presidential debate left a lot to be desired, with critics renewing calls for podcaster/comedian Joe Rogan to handle an upcoming event between President Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden. Minutes after Tuesday night’s debate ended, Rogan’s name was trending on Twitter with supporters saying he could have handled the night’s proceedings far better than Wallace, who struggled on multiple […]
The first debates featuring Trump and Biden will be held on Tuesday at Case Western University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. They will be split into 15-minute segments, intended for a wide range of topics. Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield has answered Donald Trump’s demand for a drug test for himself and the Democratic presidential nominee before the upcoming debates on Tuesday. […]
James O’Keefe of the conservative media platform Project Veritas over the weekend claimed that supporters of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, central to her political base in Minnesota, illegally harvested ballots during a recent Minneapolis City Council election. President Donald Trump took to Twitter in the early hours of Monday demanding that the Justice Department look into Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for alleged “ballot harvesting”. This […]
Police have been called to a home, reportedly owned by former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, Brad Parscale, after his wife reported he was armed and might hurt himself. The incident unravelled on Sunday afternoon in the Seven Isles community of Fort Lauderdale on Florida’s southeastern coast, where Parscale and his wife Candice own a house, the Sun Sentinel reported. Upon arriving to the scene, […]
The US Department of State has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to “cease hostilities immediately,” after Azeri forces launched an offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh. Outside the US, the Kremlin has also demanded a halt to the violence. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms this escalation of violence,” the State Department said in a press release on Sunday. Deputy Secretary Stephen Biegun called on both sides to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009271080591021-us-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-between-armenia-azernaijan-in-nagorno-karabakh-/ The Nagorno-Karabakh region saw an escalation of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan early on Sunday, with both sides accusing each other of sparking the hostilities. US State Department called for immediate ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, urging the conflicting sides of Armenia and Azerbaijan to return to OSCE-supervised negotiations. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms this escalation of violence. Deputy Secretary Biegun […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Armenians to stand in opposition to their government, which is the “biggest threat” to peace in the region, after military hostilities resumed with Azerbaijan. Erdogan urged the people of Armenia to safeguard their future from their country’s leadership, which he claimed is using them like “puppets.” In a series of tweets, the Turkish leader expressed hope that the […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has called on all countries targeted with sanctions to unite and take joint political and economic action to resist the measures. “Unilateral coercive measures imposed by some countries clearly violate international law. The humanitarian exemptions they repeatedly invoke do not exist on the ground. […] We call on all affected countries and those that reject such measures […]
President Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Friday in Newport News, Va. Trump announced an expansion of his moratorium on offshore drilling. Steve Helber/AP hide caption toggle caption Steve Helber/AP President Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Friday in Newport News, Va. Trump announced an expansion of his moratorium on offshore drilling. Steve Helber/AP President Trump expanded a ban on exploratory drilling this week […]
Seoul has called on its northern neighbor to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of a South Korean government official, adding that it will increase security measures in response to the incident. North Korean troops shot and killed a South Korean Oceans and Fisheries Ministry staffer after he floated into disputed waters while apparently trying to defect. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a rare apology […]
Beijing has accused Washington of “provoking trouble” after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country’s general consulate in New York is used for espionage, rejecting the allegation as “malicious slander.” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin hit back at Pompeo on Friday, after the top US diplomat told the New York Post that Beijing was running a spying operation out of its New York […]
Pompeo Calls For Overthrow Of Venezuelan Government September 25, 2020 Pompeo Calls For Overthrow Of Venezuelan Government2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/pompeo.jpg200px200px Above photo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (second right) and Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo (right) are received at a reception centre in the Boa Vista Air Base in Roraima, Brazil. AP. Guyana – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised millions of dollars to Venezuelan exiles in neighbouring […]
After narrowly winning a February 2014 Swiss referendum seeking immigration quotas to limit free movement from EU countries, the Swiss People’s party witnessed their demands being eventually watered down amid Bern’s lengthy talks with Brussels; the party has condemned the compromise which was struck with the EU as a “betrayal”. Switzerland will vote in a referendum on 27 September that is set to decide whether it […]
As the United States is rocked with nationwide protests against police brutality and racism, Louisville, Kentucky, has become another hotspot for outrage after an announcement that white police officers involved in the killing of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, would not be prosecuted over her killing. Colin Kaepernick, a former NFL star player and civil activist, slammed the recent move not to charge the involved police […]
Outraged that Kentucky authorities did not charge anyone with murdering Breonna Taylor, activists have egged on Black Lives Matter protesters with incendiary messages and called for riots in other cities – while blaming Russia. Taylor, 26, was shot and killed in March, during what was reported to be a “no-knock” drug raid. On Wednesday, however, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the police had properly introduced […]
Fierce arguments have broken out on Twitter after Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon laid out strict rules on household visits, in an effort to curb a rising coronavirus infection rate. Under the new rules effective from Friday, Scots cannot visit each other’s homes unless they are from extended households. Other exceptions include couples not living together, those in need of childcare and tradespeople. A maximum of […]
VT: We have seen this story before, once in Toledo where aging parents called police to deal with a son back from Iraq who was taking up the couch, sleeping. They called Toledo Police telling them he had a gun, they broken in the door and murdered him in his sleep. Listen to what the “mom” tells police, and judge for yourself. Video is excellent, there […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202009221080539281-switzerland-calls-for-28-month-jail-sentence-for-paris-saint-germain-president-in-tv-rights-trial/ Last week, Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi went on trial on charges of corruption in the attribution of World Cup TV rights. Swiss prosecutors have called for a 28-month prison term for Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who is accused of inciting a former top FIFA official to commit “aggravated criminal mismanagement”. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
As some German politicians have voiced calls to draw a line under or temporarily suspend the $10.5 billion Russian-European pipeline venture over the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Angela Merkel has weighed in, urging the international community to look upon the mutually profitable project in isolation from the incident. Friedrich Merz, a candidate for the presidency of the Christian Democratic Union party and a […]
Ankara earlier accused France, and the EU at large of hampering solving problems in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean, where both Turkey and Greece claim energy exploration rights. French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Turkey to restart bona fide talks over the Eastern Mediterranean region, shortly after threatening with sanctions and calling on the European Union to rise jointly against Ankara. “In Ajaccio, we sent a clear […]
TUC Calls For Israel Sanctions To “End Apartheid” By Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada. September 18, 2020 TUC Calls For Israel Sanctions To “End Apartheid”2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/trades-union-congress-2020_0-e1600440109463.png200px200px Above photo: The Trades Unions Congress held its 2020 conference online only. TUC. The British Trades Union Congress has condemned Israel’s annexation plan, calling it “another significant step in the creation of a system of apartheid” in the West Bank. Passed on Tuesday, the motion is […]
SEOUL (Sputnik) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Friday that it would be impossible to achieve longed-for peace with its northern neighbor without maintaining a dialogue. “If (we) don’t give up hope for meetings and dialogue, we will surely move on to the path of peace and unification,” the Yonhap news agency quoted Moon as saying while speaking at the meeting with South Korea’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107860/87/1078608724_0:320:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_e8174d04c6b78214d16c2824faa5cc98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009171080491791-us-top-diplomat-for-east-asia-calls-china-lawless-bully/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – China’s recent aggressive behaviour illustrates why it poses a threat to the rules-based international order, US Assistant Secretary for East Asia David Stilwell said in congressional testimony on Thursday. “The past several months alone have seen particularly egregious examples of Beijing’s conduct,” Stillwell said in prepared remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “These are not […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/11/1080193911_0:83:2866:1695_1200x675_80_0_0_082e82edeb72dc254dc90ab4eb6952f8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009161080481423-netizens-worried-about-kanye-wests-mental-condition-as-rapper-calls-himself-baby-putin/ Kanye West has made some headlines over the last few days after he tweeted that slavery is a choice and posted a video featuring him ‘peeing’ on what appears to be a Grammy award statuette lying in a toilet bowl. But there was more to come. American rap star Kanye West has once again shocked his Twitter followers after […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009161080472033-eus-von-der-leyen-calls-for-european-health-union-amid-covid-19-pandemic/ Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0f/1080468234_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_656ef76ba68d2d59ac3a66dde4726dba.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009151080468158-cnbc-host-calls-pelosi-crazy-nancy-to-her-face-during-interview/ The host explained he was simply criticising President Trump for using this “nickname” towards the house speaker, which Pelosi said she understood and accepted. CNBC host Jim Cramer has called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “Crazy Nancy” right to her face during an interview on Tuesday. “What deal can we have, Crazy Nancy? I’m sorry, that was the President. I have […]
The German government said in early September that doctors at the hospital where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is being treated had found traces of a nerve agent from the Novichok group in his system. Moscow responded by pointing to the lack of evidence in Berlin’s claims and noting that Russian doctors had found no toxic substances. The Russian Foreign Ministry has called German Foreign Minister […]
The two nominations for President Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize – for brokering deals in the Middle East and the Balkans – has prompted the Atlantic to call to cancel the award, sparking pushback from conservatives. “End the Nobel Peace Prize,” the Atlantic declared in a headline Friday. The award’s past winners have a “spotty” record of achievement, the leftist media outlet said, as […]
ATHENS (Sputnik) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called an emergency cabinet meeting in the early hours of Wednesday following a devastating fire in the largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos. In the night, a huge blaze destroyed the overcrowded Moria facility, which is home to 12,800 migrants. According to Greek media, it could have been arson. The fire broke out after reports emerged […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/02/1080039911_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_b888170b3e949cf93d8e2bfbfe993683.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009081080401622-kremlin-calls-cohens-statements-on-trumps-view-of-putin-hoax/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Kremlin called the statements of Michael Cohen, a former attorney of US President Donald Trump, about the latter’s alleged view of Russian President Vladimir Putin a “hoax.” “Another hoax, with which the author wants to add popularity to his book,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, answering whether he believed that Trump could speak about Putin […]
The family of the late Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, killed inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey, has welcomed the new verdict in the journalist’s trial as “just rulings” while praising the Saudi justice system. “The crimes committed by those convicted are major crimes and the sentences include various prison sentences are just rulings that are accepted by the court that governs the law of God […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/04/1080368116_0:0:3073:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_dc8d2a40c5ccc876c86e3c40bd8659f7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009071080393510-trump-calls-bolton-jerk-for-discussing-love-letters-from-north-koreas-kim-with-press/ The publication of a tell-all book by the former Trump appointee came as a bombshell this summer, largely due to numerous claims made by its author, who repeatedly called his former boss unfit to be president. US President Donald Trump again blasted his former National Security Adviser, John Bolton, this time calling him a “jerk” over the latter’s […]
The article below was the highest rated Google News article for 2010. VT/Duff had done this 3 times, unprecedented by any individual or news organization. Today, VT is totally banned on Google/Facebook and YouTube. A decade ago this was recognized as the most important political article ever written in the history of American journalism. With a new election heading to the Supreme Court, it needed to […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced police reforms in the city amid protests and calls for her resignation following the death of Daniel Prude, who had a spit hood placed over his head when law enforcement officers were restraining him during a mental health crisis. “We had a human being in need of help, in need of compassion. At that moment, we had an […]
Filling in for Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday this weekend, Bret Baier took the opportunity to accuse President Donald Trump of “cancel culture” hypocrisy for saying Fox News should fire the reporter who confirmed the explosive story from The Atlantic about his verbal attacks on the U.S. military. “Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting,” the president tweeted on Friday after Fox’s […]
While the city mayor said the fuss over Pelosi in a hair salon amid the pandemic should come to an end, beauty salon employees, who have been unable to work due to coronavirus-induced restrictions, have criticised the house speaker for her hypocrisy and demanded salons be opened so that they can return to work. Mayor of San Francisco London Breed has slammed Donald Trump, calling him a […]
Donald Trump on Friday night demanded that Fox News fire a reporter after she confirmed a series of highly-damaging incidents detailed in an Atlantic article. In the magazine story, Trump said he did not understand why the United States intervened on behalf of the Allies, and why Americans signed up for the war, because they were not going to get rich through fighting. He described those […]
India and China have been engaged in a standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh sector since late April which saw its climax on 15 June with a bloody skirmish between the armies of the two countries in which 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives. US President Donald Trump has called the ongoing tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in […]
Blockchain voting startup Voatz argued that bug bounty programs concerning cybersecurity should be operated under strict supervision in a “friend of the court” brief before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Voatz weighed in Thursday on Van Buren v. United States, a Supreme Court case examining whether it is a federal crime for someone to access a computer “for an improper purpose” if they […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/04/1080363634_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_d603479fb6dbb9cc5cac7fae9caa2ed8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009041080363574-trump-says-he-turns-off-tv-when-so-called-russian-collusion-mentioned-calls-allegations-insane/ The allegations of Moscow meddling in the American vote were once again brought up by Democratic candidate Joe Biden last week, as he claimed that the president stopped briefings on election security issues for Congress to conceal information regarding Russia’s alleged bid to “help Trump get re-elected”. Donald Trump said he turns off the TV when “Russian collusion” is […]
The new installations at the vital Arctic port Tromsø will allow US and NATO submarines to replenish supplies during port calls, which, in turn, will open them up for longer deployments in the contested Arctic region. The vital Arctic port of Tromsø in northern Norway has been expanded and refurbished in order to increase visits by US nuclear submarines, according to the military news outlet Breaking […]
The Republican former governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, has endorsed Joe Biden while savaging President Donald Trump for being a bully, having no moral compass, and ignoring the truth. In an opinion piece for USA Today, Snyder wrote that Trump has failed to unite the nation and said: “President Trump’s answer to people who oppose or disagree with them is to be verbally abusive. In other words, […]
The Turkish-Greek conflict over exclusive rights to sea areas in the eastern Mediterranean Sea escalated again this week, with the US approving non-lethal military exports to Cyprus, Greece announcing talks with France for Rafale fighter jets, and Athens slamming Ankara’s decision to extend seismic surveying activities off Greek-claimed waters. Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has attacked France’s interference in the Turkish-Greek dispute in the Mediterranean, accusing […]
Despite being allies, the US Republicans and the Swedish Moderates appear to have conflicting opinions about Donald Trump and his ways, as both former and current Moderate party leaders have endorsed his Democrat rival Joe Biden. Former Swedish Prime Minister and long-time Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt has ventured that US President Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy, underscoring a risk that the country […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/02/1080352387_0:0:2996:1686_1200x675_80_0_0_50989246a73166d2a2189880b2cc3435.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009021080352366-us-admiral-davidson-calls-china-strategic-threat-in-wwii-victory-anniversary-address/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Indo-Pacific fleet Commander Admiral Philip Davidson during the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Hawaii accused China of attempting to undermine the international order and characterized the country as being “a strategic threat”. “An emboldened Communist party of China seeks to change the world to one in which […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008311080329289-joe-biden-calls-donald-trump-weak-says-us-president-fomented-violence-across-us/ Violent protests have been going on in different parts of the US, with people expressing their outrage over cases of racism and police brutality. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that US President Donald Trump has ‘fomented’ violence across the US and called him ‘weak’. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Mary Trump has been in the spotlight since revealing that she is writing a tell-all book about the Trump family and specifically about her uncle, US President Donald Trump, who will reportedly be portrayed in a negative light. The Trump administration sought to block the publication of the exposé, claiming that it violated nondisclosure agreements. Social media users lambasted US President Donald Trump after he attacked […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106867/96/1068679676_0:291:4000:2541_1200x675_80_0_0_914971b714b4a4d67944bbc0d7a1f39d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008291080316094-kim-dotcom-calls-on-trump-to-pardon-truth-teller-julian-assange-says-it-will-help-his-re-election/ Convicted of wire fraud, copyright infringement and money laundering, the entrepreneur awaits extradition to the US. In the meantime, he has thrown his weight over to the fight for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder and publisher who is fighting Washington’s attempts to extradite him from the UK to the US for trial. Kim Schmitz, primarily known by […]
Some 50 people were evacuated from the migrant rescue boat Louise Michel that got stranded off Malta’s coast after taking more than 200 people aboard. After one person died, the crew accused Europe of ignoring its pleas for help. The vessel, which reported rescuing a total of 219 people from the sea over the past few days, including “many women and children,” had become so “overcrowded” […]
Earlier, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted commentary on the Republican National Convention, lambasting US President Donald Trump for being “afraid of diversity” and “true greatness”. Trump is known to dislike de Blasio as well. The head of the Sergeant Benevolent Association (SBA), Ed Mullins, demanded that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio step down by sundown, claiming that the latter has “ruined NYC” and […]
Prominent Russian figure skater Oleg Ovsyannikov has spoken in favor of a widely-discussed initiative to change the age limit in women’s skating, suggesting that 15-year-old girls spend two more years at junior level. The Olympic silver medalist, who also won two world titles together with his partner Anzhelika Krylova, said that women’s skating should not be converted into a competition between kids who are allowed to […]
The son of NFL legend Herschel Walker called Jacob Blake a “crazy, violent criminal” and said he should have followed police directions. Blake, 29, was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisc., after he failed to follow orders and tired to get into a vehicle, which contained a knife. Christian Walker’s words came as his Heisman Trophy-winning father spoke at the Republican National Convention to endorse President […]
Huffington Post White House reporter Shirish “S.V.” Dáte called Republicans attending President Trump’s renomination acceptance speech at the South Lawn on the White House Thursday night, “flthy” and “diseased.” Like many reporters concern trolling the event, Dáte was commenting about the lack of social distancing among the 1,000 attendees, most of whom were observed to not be wearing masks. However Dáte unleashed venomous vitriol on the […]
Black Lives Matter and Antifa anarchists have been ransacked Portland, Oregon for 92 straight days now. The downtown will never be the same. Several businesses and landmarks were destroyed and lives ruined. It took Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler 73 days to call out the violent rioters. .@PressSec blasts Mayor Ted Wheeler for standing with rioters and calling federal law enforcement “paramilitary forces”. It took him 73 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1b/1080296640_0:112:2527:1533_1200x675_80_0_0_ded4ebd09cfafbd5652da351a713e90f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008271080296696-trump-calls-pro-basketball-league-political-organization-amid-police-shooting-boycott/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the National Basketball Association (NBA) has turned into a political organization after the league postponed games amid protests over another police-involved shooting of a person of color. On Wednesday, the NBA postponed some playoff games amid protests sparked after Jacob Blake, a 29-year old Black man, was recently paralyzed […]
Across China, life has largely returned to normal — except in the western region of Xinjiang. Some 22 million people have been under heavy lockdown since July — and they’re questioning its severity. (Image credit: Zhao Ge/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images) Source link
CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart on Tuesday viciously attacked former Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann after his short speech at the Republican National Convention. “I’m watching tonight because it’s important. But i [sic] don’t have to watch this snot nose entitled kid from Kentucky,” Lockhart wrote on Twitter. Lockhart, who served as a press secretary for former president Bill Clinton, did not point out […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/18/1080265729_0:30:2200:1267_1200x675_80_0_0_dbbce245c5b4505ff912b821b8916873.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008261080281193-boris-johnson-calls-for-transparent-investigation-into-russian-opposition-figure-navalnys-illness/ Alexey Navalny fell ill during a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow last week. He was later transported to Berlin’s Charite clinic for further treatment. German doctors said they have traces of intoxication with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has commented on Russian opposition figure Navalny’s illness. Johnson […]
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Kentucky) speech at the Republican National Convention has been butchered by major cable networks, with CNN cutting it altogether and Fox replacing the anti-war part with an interview. Paul, who frequently crossed swords with Donald Trump when both were vying to become a Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 race, admitted during his speech that he did not always agree with the president, […]
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro ignited a frenzied backlash online after comparing Melania Trump to Jackie Kennedy ahead of the first lady’s speech at the Republican convention. The likeness was apparently lost on critics. “I find her to be the Jackie Kennedy of her time – the beauty, the elegance, the soft-spokenness. I think she’ll deliver a powerful message to the American people,” Navarro told […]
NAARPR Calls For Justice For Jacob Blake By the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. August 25, 2020 NAARPR Calls For Justice For Jacob Blake2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/jacob-blake-protests-e1598391724903.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protest for Jacob Blake in Times Square. From NY1. Once again the hour of tragedy strikes for another Black family, in another Black community caught in the grip of the pandemic crises of COVID-19 and racism. First of all, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080241721_0:0:3060:1722_1200x675_80_0_0_7ef153931a1a47e668e55fe1f3921e70.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008251080268978-eu-calls-for-independent-russian-investigation-into-navalnys-condition/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The European Union is calling for an independent Russian investigation into the condition of Alexey Navalny, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said in a statement. “The preliminary test results from the Charite – Universitatsmedizin hospital in Berlin indicate that the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned during his stay in […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has implored the current Donald Trump challenger, Joe Biden, to not concede defeat in the election, sparking accusations from the GOP that the party would “steal” the vote. In a clip, released just as the Republican National Convention was about to kick off on Monday evening, Clinton argued that if Trump emerges victorious in the November presidential contest but with […]
The ongoing Republican National Convention has re-nominated incumbent US President Donald Trump and his vice president, Mike Pence, for the presidential ticket in the 2020 November election. Charlie Kirk, a pro-Trump student activist and a founder of Turning Point USA, called US President Donald Trump a “bodyguard of western civilization” during a speech at the beginning of the Republican National Convention. “Speaking to you in my […]
Just hours after Berlin’s Charite clinic announced that it believes stricken Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny is a victim of poisoning, the German government has told Moscow to find those responsible. The unprecedented statement, signed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, called on Russian authorities to conduct a “transparent and comprehensive” investigation into the circumstances around the anti-corruption campaigner’s illness. “According to a […]
Around 98% of NBA players are kneeling this year for Black Lives Matter. The NBA is wearing Los Angeles Clippers player Montrezl Harrell was caught on camera calling Dallas Mavericks player Luka Doncic a “bitch ass white boy!” during Game 3 of the NBA Western Quarterfinals playoff series Friday night played in the Bubble at Walt Disney World in Florida. TRENDING: Police Make Second Arrest in Attack on 7-Year-Old Trump […]
Scott Adams, creator of the iconic ‘Dilbert’ cartoon series, was one of the first high-profile figures in America to suggest Trump would win in 2016. He has stuck with Trump for the last four years and has been a vocal critic of the Democrats. In one of his recent podcasts, he offered some thoughts about the 2020 election and Joe Biden. He did not hold back. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/17/1080250601_0:0:3557:2001_1200x675_80_0_0_286f4e16acc7e137c385b5d0eb511d29.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202008231080250631-ecowas-delegation-calls-for-establishing-civilian-government-in-mali-source-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States, which has arrived in Mali for talks with the military junta, has called on transferring power in the country to a civilian government, a source said. After talks with Malian stakeholders, Goodluck called for a swift transfer of power to a civilian government, a source said. […]
The organisation bills itself as an international aid agency that provides humanitarian relief to over 40 countries in the world irrespective of gender, race, or religious belief. Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband once described the organisation as representing “the values that bind Britain together as a liberal democracy.” The full board of the UK’s largest Muslim charity set to resign on Sunday following revelations that one […]
President Alexander Lukashenko has likened recent events in Belarus to color revolutions, saying protesters are trying to follow a similar, foreign-backed template to overthrow the government. “Everything is clear. As we expected, everything is following the plan of color revolutions by whipping up domestic political tensions in the country,” Lukashenko said. The embattled leader, who has headed Belarus for 26 years, also accused foreign countries of […]
The Democratic Socialist runner-up to Joe Biden argued for a “coalition” with Republican establishment figures against President Donald Trump. Democratic leftwinger Bernie Sanders says he wants a “serious debate” on his country’s future, but not until Joe Biden is elected president. “We’re going to come together to defeat Trump”, the Vermont senator told The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, “and the day after Biden is elected, we’re […]
Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel August 20, 2020 Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/website-launch-1_0.png200px200px Israel’s decades-old regime of apartheid and theft of Palestinian land is continuing unabated. Reports that Israel is “suspending” formal annexation are a smokescreen for continued colonisation and piecemeal ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Palestinians. Around the world, advocates for justice are pushing back.The Global South response, initiated by […]