Japan is concerned about the deployment of Russian S-300V4 surface surface-to-air missile systems on a disputed chain of Kuril islands in the North Pacific. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Wednesday said that Japan’s government has lodged a protest after Russia’s military deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defense systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of islands near Japan. As press service of the Russian Eastern Military District previously reported, units of Russia’s latest S-300V4 air defense missile system just entered combat duty on the Kuril Islands. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Units of […]
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Aside from the housefly that commanded the debate stage for a few minutes by sitting on Mike Pence’s head, his visibly infected pink eye has also sparked concern, causing people to question whether the vice president is healthy or infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus. While the US vice president, Mike Pence, tested negative for COVID-19 prior to his Wednesday stand-off with the Democratic VP challenger, Kamala Harris, social media users paid lots of attention to what appeared to be his pink eye, suggesting that the infection may be related to conjunctivitis – a known symptom of the coronavirus. Examining multiple close-ups, […]
As concerns for his health flew into overdrive on Saturday following mixed messages from the White House, President Trump released a four-minute video from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center promising to “be back soon” and saying he is “starting to feel good.” The video marked Trump’s lengthiest public appearance since his diagnosis, which he announced in the early hours of Friday morning. Looking paler than usual, he said he believes he will soon be “finishing up the campaign the way it was started.” “But this was something that happened, and it’s happened to millions of people all over the world, […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited four South American countries around Venezuela this week, pledging hundreds of millions in aid to those fleeing the South American nation’s economic crisis but also reiterating threats to depose socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has accused his US counterpart Mike Pompeo of crying crocodile tears over the South American country’s woes. Arreaza insisted in a series of tweets on Saturday former CIA director Pompeo’s threats to Venezuela during recent visits to four nations bordering Venezuela “proves the only ‘man-made crisis’ affecting the Venezuelan people is the one created by the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/13/1080509761_0:0:3071:1727_1200x675_80_0_0_6e590d5480c2a14f06e5a7c811e96271.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Asya Geydarova. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009191080509746-biden-considers-tiktoks-popularity-among-americans-matter-of-genuine-concern/ US President Donald Trump issued a 12 November deadline for the Chinese video-sharing app to find a US partner or be banned in the country, following allegations that it provides American users’ data to the Chinese government. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Friday that he is concerned about the Chinese app TikTok having access to millions of young people in the United States. “I think that it’s a matter of genuine concern that TikTok, a Chinese operation, has access to over 100 million young people particularly in the United States […]
Hillary Clinton spoke on the upcoming election and urged Joe Biden to never concede to President Trump. Clinton recently stated, “Joe and Kamala can win by three million votes and still lose. Take it from me. So we need numbers overwhelming. So Trump can’t sneak or steal his way to victory.” Hillary claimed to ‘have heard’ of Republican lawyers disputing primary results in Detroit, Michigan . Clinton said, “In the recent Michigan primary, I was told in Detroit, the Republicans had 40 lawyers challenging absentee mail-in voting. And a local reporter talking to one of the lawyers he knew was told […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The proliferation of e-pharma stores has met with protests in India for taking away many consumers from traditional pharmacies and raised fears of fuelling a grey market by selling fake, expired, and unapproved drugs before being banned by a court order. Companies are now awaiting draft rules for regulating e-pharmacies. Business moguls Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), diversifying into the e-pharmacy business, have set the stage for the segment to become the next fast-growing market with cut-throat competition in the arena. Soon after India’s largest online marketplace Amazon launched “Amazon Pharmacy”, […]
In a string of deleted tweets, rapper Kanye West claimed that his wife Kim Kardashian was trying to get him to see a doctor, following his appearance on Sunday. Jean-Baptiste LaCroix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jean-Baptiste LaCroix/AFP via Getty Images In a string of deleted tweets, rapper Kanye West claimed that his wife Kim Kardashian was trying to get him to see a doctor, following his appearance on Sunday. Jean-Baptiste LaCroix/AFP via Getty Images Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West posted, then deleted, a series of tweets Monday night claiming that his wife Kim Kardashian was trying to […]
Thursday marks the 75th commemoration of the Trinity Test, the first detonation of a nuclear bomb, in the New Mexico desert. However, the bomb’s dirty explosion has caused untold suffering downwind of the blast – suffering never acknowledged or compensated for by the US government, an expert told Sputnik. In the Jornada del Muerto region of New Mexico on July 16, 1945, the world entered the nuclear age. A nuclear explosion equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT demonstrated that a viable city-annihilating weapon had been produced by the top-secret Manhattan Project and could be used to force the Japanese Empire to […]
On Tuesday, Beijing’s top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that is seen by residents of the Special Administrative Region as a violation of their liberties. The legislation was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping later in the day. Ottawa is “seriously concerned” about the new national security law for Hong Kong passed by China’s top legislative body and signed by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Friday. “Canada joins the international community in reiterating its serious concern at the passage of […]
Youth in Nepal hold a socially distant protest demanding a more effective government response to the novel coronavirus. A new UNICEF report highlights issues faced by young people in South Asia during the pandemic Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Youth in Nepal hold a socially distant protest demanding a more effective government response to the novel coronavirus. A new UNICEF report highlights issues faced by young people in South Asia during the pandemic Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters A pandemic is hard on everyone. And even though older people face greater risks from the novel coronavirus, a UNICEF report released on […]
The official Twitter account of the United Nations Office at Geneva tweeted an Antifa flag on Friday and “expressed concern” about the violent anarchist movement being branded terrorists by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. “UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying it undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly in the country,” the UN Geneva office tweeted. UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, […]
Joe Biden says he has “great concern” that Donald Trump will not only “steal” the 2020 presidential election, but could also refuse to leave the White House should he lose. ‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah is one of a growing number of liberals concerned about November’s election, partly due to recent reports out of Georgia showing people waiting hours in line to cast their ballots. “What is the plan up until November, to make sure the people can vote, everybody can, whether it’s Republican or Democrat, black or white, has the opportunity to vote without being in a line that’s six […]
World number one Novak Djokovic has questioned the coronavirus safety protocols in place for the US Open, calling the measures “extreme.” The 33-year-old Serbian has won the tournament three times, but is unhappy at the concessions players are expected to make for the hard court Grand Slam, which is set to get underway on August 31 at New York’s Flushing Meadows. Speaking to Prva TV in his home country, he said “we would not have access to Manhattan, we would have to sleep in hotels at the airport, to be tested two or three times per week. “Also, we could bring […]
Now that members of the Obama administration have been exposed in the plot to unmask General Michael Flynn, they are getting criticism from all sides. Even liberal law professor Jonathan Turley is slamming their behavior. The Washington Examiner reports: ‘Matter of concern’: Liberal law professor hits Obama administration over Flynn unmasking memo Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley responded with concern to the release of a newly unclassified memo documenting the list of Obama administration officials who requested that former Trump national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn be unmasked. “It should be a matter of concern that the Obama Administration conducted such […]