New Delhi (Sputnik): Delhi has 350,000 students studying at schools under the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation – a civic body. Manish Sisodia raised concerns calling it a “serious ” situation amid reports of over a five-month delay in issuing books to 714 schools, and salaries to teachers. Delhi’s Deputy […]
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Seattle police chief Carmen Best has announced her resignation following a city vote to slash law enforcement budgets, including her own salary. Best, who was on the force for 28 years, described the cuts as “punitive.” Seattle’s city council approved legislation to enact significant cuts in a 7-1 vote on […]
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best will be resigning on Wednesday morning, following the city council voting to defund the police amid massive unrest. The news of Best’s resignation came one day after dozens of businesses were looted once again. Brandi Kruse of Seattle’s Q13 tweeted, “Seattle Police Chief @CarmenBest is […]
The number of US forces stationed in Afghanistan will be reduced to less than 5,000 in the coming months, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview with Fox News. The withdrawal, which would account for around half of the 8,600 personnel in the country, will be completed by […]
Juventus suffered a major defeat on Friday after failing to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, despite actually winning against Lyon. Juve’s manager Maurizio Sarri was subsequently fired by the club on Saturday. Chairman Andrea Agnelli addressed rumours about Cristiano Ronaldo’s possible exit from Juventus, telling Sky Sport Italia […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid a significant reduction in the pollution levels in the Indian capital, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal has launched a ‘sustainable’ policy to promote the use of electric vehicles through various state-level incentives. In an ambitious move for the world’s most polluted capital city, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has […]
The incoming chief of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has expressed reluctance to soften rules governing cryptocurrencies. 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 […]
The Federal Election Commission, the nonpartisan body tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws, has been effectively sidelined, throwing the resolution of hundreds of cases – let alone November’s election – into question. Of the six seats on the FEC, just three are currently occupied, meaning the group couldn’t call a […]
After spending decades bracing for massive military assaults from nearby states, Israel is now more focused on detecting low-grade assaults and terrorist threats in a timely manner, which explains a shift in financing, the former official alleged. The Israeli Mossad significantly exceeding its 1.5 billion NIS ($440 million) budget, as […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the mammoth explosion that rocked Beirut was likely an accident, pouring cold water on a theory floated by the president, who claimed the Pentagon assessed that a “bomb” had set off the blast. “[We’re] still getting information on what happened,” Esper told the Aspen […]
The police chief in Aurora, Colo., has apologized after officers handcuffed children and reportedly drew their weapons on a Black family — an incident that was captured on video Sunday, and which renewed criticisms that the department is racially insensitive and disconnected from its community. The woman and four girls […]
The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks during a June arrest after he fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru is suing the mayor and interim police chief over his termination, claiming the decision violated his constitutional rights. Garrett Rolfe, 27, currently faces 11 charges—including […]
Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth was quick to join a social media chorus blaming Hezbollah for deadly explosions in Beirut on Tuesday. Perhaps realizing the claim lacked a shred of evidence, he soon deleted it. Roth rushed to blame Hezbollah for the huge explosions near the port of Beirut, […]
A group of ‘peaceful’ BLM-Antifa ‘protesters’ marched to Seattle police chief Carmen Best’s Snohomish County home this week. The police chief didn’t want these ‘peaceful protesters’ in her yard, so she wrote a letter to the City Council instructing them to “forcefully call for the end of these tactics.” It’s […]
China and Iran ties grow due to US-Israeli aggression …from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: Danny Yatom, ex-Mossad chief, is trying to put a good face on Israel’s never ending ploy to present itself as under threat, when the situation is just the opposite. Danny forgets that some of […]
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has ordered a thorough probe into what he called an “emergency situation” as security chief confirmed arrests of 32 suspected ‘Wagner’ private military recruits in a televised briefing. Lukashenko on Wednesday told the head of the Belarusian National Security Service, the KGB, to launch a transparent […]
Businesses and police precincts in Seattle boarded and barricaded their properties in preparation for expected violent Antifa and Black Lives Matters protests this weekend. The protective measures were taken as Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best sent a letter to Seattle businesses and residents that police, having been stripped by the […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): From an unprecedented spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and crumbling health infrastructure, to a significant decline in daily cases and deaths, Delhi has come a long way in its fight against the pandemic. However, experts warn that the a large part of the population remains […]
The head of the Department of Homeland Security set off alarms after saying that federal agents were making ‘proactive’ arrests in Portland amid heated protests, drawing comparisons to the dystopian “pre-crime” of Minority Report. Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf appeared on a Fox News segment on Tuesday night, discussing 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/middleeast/202007191079931312-top-iranian-diplomat-discusses-us-troop-pullout-with-iraqs-pmf-chief/ TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian foreign minister and the leader of Iraq’s Shiite-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) discussed the US troop pullout on Sunday. Mohammad Javad Zarif is currently on a visit to Iraq, where has already held talks with the top leadership. […]
In the competition among prominent Democrats to show who can show the most outrage over the role of federal law enforcement in trying to help quell anarchist riots in Portland, former party chairman Howard Dean may be the winner. After Oregon’s largest city was subjected to its 50th straight night […]
As New York grapples with a wave of deadly shootings and violent lawlessness, Mayor Bill de Blasio has reportedly devoted three shifts of nine police officers to protecting the Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower. Bernard Kerik, who was police commissioner of New York under former Mayor […]
Two Catalan pro-independence leaders are reportedly taking the retired chief of Spain’s official intelligence agency to court over allegations their mobile devices were monitored using the notorious ‘Pegasus’ spyware. Roger Torrent, the speaker of the Catalan parliament, and Ernest Maragall, the former regional foreign minister, announced they were filing a […]
The Trump administration is studying the security risks of TikTok, WeChat and other apps that could potentially allow foreign countries to gather information on Americans, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters Wednesday. Meadows also said that action regarding this issue would likely take place in weeks, not […]