https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/10/1080796219_0:56:3079:1788_1200x675_80_0_0_53cde43d83b97c6ce0e100837290728e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010191080811943-eu-foreign-policy-chief-says-shocked-by-beheading-of-french-teacher/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell says he was shocked by the recent deadly attack on a history teacher in a Paris suburb. “Deeply shocked by the appalling #ConflansSainteHonorine attack. We stand alongside our French friends and the victim’s family. Hate and violence, terrorism and extremism will never overcome freedom and democracy,” […]
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Recent incidents of alleged rape cases and uproar over police proceedings have brought India’s largest state Uttar Pradesh into the spotlight. The United Nations (UN) office in India has expressed concern over continuing cases of sexual violence against girls and women in Uttar Pradesh and underlined the need for speedy justice for the victims. Head of India’s Uttar Pradesh state Yogi Adityanth on Saturday offered a […]
First Nation Chief Fears For His People After Attacks On Mi’kmaw October 16, 2020 First Nation Chief Fears For His People After Attacks On Mi’kmaw2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/mikesack.png200px200px Above photo: Sipekne’katik First Nation Chief Mike Sack says he’s afraid someone will get hurt or worse after hundreds of commercial fisherman raided two Mi’kmaw fishing facilities in southwest Nova Scotia, making threats and causing damage. CBC. Tuesday’s raids show commercial […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/12/1080208974_0:320:3073:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_9ee2007ef353eb6dbbc94b8da03bfd95.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010141080763918-us-navy-reluctant-to-build-sixth-generation-jet-after-f-35-fiasco-naval-operations-chief-says/ WASHINGTON(Sputnik) – The US military does not have the time or money to waste on any ill-thought-out, enormously expensive and long-delayed sixth-generation fighter plane project like the F-35 fifth-generation jet, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Gilday told a Defence One State of the Navy podcast on Tuesday. When asked, Gilday refused to commit to any decision to […]
Representatives attended the first hearing for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee. When journalists confronted Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, controversy broke out when he refused to speak to them while wearing a mask. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows removed his mask around reporters on Monday while refusing to talk while wearing the face-covering before proceeding […]
Nicola Sturgeon said that she had a ‘lingering concern” that allegations about Alex Salmond could materialise at some stage. She added that one of the worst things she was “confronted with” was the “reality” that her close friend, predecessor and mentor of 30 years was facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct. Infighting within the top echelons of the Scottish National Party heated up on Sunday after […]
India’s Supreme Court is generally considered impartial, but it has been subject to public scrutiny recently, especially after the court punished a senior lawyer for contempt. The court in its judgement said, “The foundation of the judiciary is the trust and the confidence of the people in its ability to deliver fearless and impartial justice.” In an unprecedented move, an Indian state chief has complained to […]
Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony Blocked At UN By Aaron Maté, The Grayzone. October 7, 2020 Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria Testimony Blocked At UN2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/jose-bustani-opcw-syria-un-e1602083249152.jpg200px200px At the UN Security Council, the US, UK, France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani, the OPCW’s first Director General, on the chemical watchdog’s Syria cover-up scandal. The Grayzone has obtained Bustani’s prepared statement and […]
A Washington Post editor provoked an onslaught of online ridicule after he opted to compare and contrast the real-life 2020 presidential race with TV series ‘The West Wing’, beloved by US liberals for its ideological outlook. Glenn Kessler, chief writer of Washington Post’s Fact Checker section, which rates the supposed veracity of political statements by assigning them a ‘Pinocchios’ score, pondered on Monday the meaning behind […]
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/202010051080671574-trumps-condition-continued-to-improve-overnight-white-house-chief-of-staff-says/ The day before, United States National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien said that US President Donald Trump was “in great shape and firmly in command of the country” while he is being treated for coronavirus. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday stated that US President Donald Trump’s condition continued to improve overnight, adding that the White […]
An investigation by political appointees into Steve Herman, the Voice of America’s White House bureau chief, for anti-Trump bias is the latest act that may break federal laws promising its journalistic independence. Voice of America hide caption toggle caption Voice of America An investigation by political appointees into Steve Herman, the Voice of America’s White House bureau chief, for anti-Trump bias is the latest act that […]
The head of bitcoin escrow company Volantis pleaded guilty in New York on Thursday to bilking an investor of over $3 million. He also settled parallel commodities fraud charges. Jon Barry Thompson, 49, admitted in Manhattan federal district court that his crypto companies – Volantis Market Making LCC and Volantis Escrow Platform LLC – never followed through with a promised $3.25 million bitcoin buy for one […]
A Boeing 737 MAX jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight on Wednesday. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP A Boeing 737 MAX jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight on Wednesday. Elaine Thompson/AP The head of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107331/90/1073319049_0:322:4345:2767_1200x675_80_0_0_5ea3107ea04fa27ae25dddc6d99a6a12.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009301080626230-federal-aviation-agency-chief-says-conducted-737-max-test-flight-after-2-deadly-crashes/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson said in a press conference that he has conducted a test flight of the Boeing 737 MAX and indicated that progress has been made to fix the problems plaguing the aircraft. Dickson said though, there is no solid timeline of when the aircraft will be cleared for public use. […]
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William “Perry” Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last year. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthew Brown/AP U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William “Perry” Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last year. Matthew Brown/AP The Trump administration says it will comply, for now, with a federal […]
The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency has panned California’s new goal to outlaw all sales of gas-powered cars by 2035, insisting the plan is neither legal nor practical given the state’s current power grid problems. In a letter penned to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler said that a recent executive order seeking to replace all gas-guzzling vehicles with electric […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1a/1080582786_0:108:3038:1816_1200x675_80_0_0_bab4f73a03f368f75af2c4a284d69aa5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009261080582789-biden-compares-trump-to-nazi-propaganda-chief-says-prepared-for-lies-on-debates/ As the US November presidential election race between Democratic candidate Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump intensifies, next week on 29 September, will see the two holding their first presidential debate. US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Saturday compared incumbent President Donald Trump with the notorious Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, when interviewed by MSNBC […]
Seven months ago, as most Americans began self-isolating to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many wondered what will this do to our mental health. Experts warned of psychological fallout; reports told of an increase in anxiety and depressive disorders. Social distancing restrictions have eased since then, or evaporated altogether. But the pandemic still rages, protesters take to the street most every night in major cities, […]
Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley, speaking at a conference last year. A federal judge has ruled that he isn’t eligible to continue to serve in that office. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthew Brown/AP Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley, speaking at a conference last year. A federal judge has ruled that he isn’t eligible to continue to […]
The head of Germany’s military counter-intelligence service has been dismissed amid a sweeping probe into hundreds of soldiers for suspected links to far-right extremism, the military’s latest effort to overhaul the agency. Christof Gramm will go into early retirement next month after leading the intelligence organization – known by its acronym, “MAD” – for some five years, the German Defense Ministry announced on Thursday, adding that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0f/1080466011_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_c6be2e7cf23e3f86cad179ff0c54226a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009191080514882-irans-revolutionary-guard-chief-vows-to-hit-those-responsible-for-soleimanis-death/ MOSCOW, (Sputnik) – The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, has said on Saturday that Tehran is committed to enacting revenge against those responsible for the death of Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian military commander who was killed in Iraq earlier this year. “We will hit the people who, directly and indirectly, played a […]
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/202009141080457584-rochester-ny-mayor-fired-over-death-of-daniel-prude-reports-claim-/ Prude, who ran naked through the streets at night, was apprehended by police in March, and died in custody after the officers placed a spit bag over his head and pinned Prude to the ground. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired Police Chief Le’Ron Singletary over handling of Daniel Prude’s death in March, media reports say. The announcement comes just after […]
WASHINGTON, September 15 (Sputnik) – The search for extraterrestrial life suddenly shifted away from longtime target Mars with word that Earth-bound scientists had discovered signs of a alien microbe high in the toxic atmosphere of Venus, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. “Life on Venus? The discovery of phosphine, a byproduct of anaerobic biology, is the most significant development yet in building the case for life off […]
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Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez, pictured leaving court in Connecticut on Thursday, was arrested, as was the city’s personnel director, for allegedly rigging the hiring process to make sure Perez was chosen to lead the department in 2018. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessica Hill/AP Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez, pictured leaving court in Connecticut on Thursday, was arrested, as was the city’s personnel director, […]
General Keith Alexander, ex-director of the National Security Agency, who oversaw illegal mass spying on Americans, has been appointed to Amazon’s board of directors, drawing the ire of privacy advocates, including Edward Snowden. Amazon announced that Alexander, who served as NSA director from 2005 up to his retirement in March 2014, will join the company’s board on Wednesday. “We’re thrilled to elect a new member to […]
CNN head Jeff Zucker appears to have offered Donald Trump a “weekly show” on the network in 2016, also giving tips for a presidential debate, arguing Trump could not win the race without his outlet’s support, leaked audio reveals. Zucker – who now presides over one of the most fervently anti-Trump media outlets in the American corporate press – hatched the idea to give then-candidate Trump […]
The chief of the Rochester Police Department announced he would resign Tuesday following the release of shocking footage of the March death of a 41-year-old Black man in police custody. La’Ron Singletary leaves the department after 20 years under heavy scrutiny over the death of Daniel Prude. His top two officers in the department—Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito and Deputy Chief Mark Simmons—also handed in their resignation. […]
The United Nations has come under fire for pushing a political “agenda” after the agency’s social media managers shared a quote from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres connecting the coronavirus pandemic with “patriarchy.” Guterres delivered the opening remarks at a virtual town hall event with women’s civil society organizations late last month. While his lengthy speech hit on a number of complex issues – including disparities in the […]
UK lead Brexit trade talks negotiator Lord David Frost said in a Mail on Sunday interview the UK was prepared for a no-deal outcome and not scared of a hard Brexit. Frost said Brussels needed to realise the UK would no long ‘blink’ in talks as former Prime Minister Theresa May had done. A former member of ex-prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit talks team has claimed […]