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TOKYO—The right-hand man of Japan’s longest reigning Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who orchestrated the administration’s control of the press and helped cover up the corruption scandals that forced Abe to resign, is set to be the next prime minister. Yoshihide Suga was crowned the president of Japan’s ruling party, the […]
While US officials claim that their recent sanctioning of former Lebanese government ministers was designed to expose the corruption of the country’s politicians, one expert tells Sputnik that Washington’s recent action is nothing more than a continuation of a longstanding, but unsuccessful, Western campaign to control Lebanon. US Assistant Secretary […]
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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/202008291080310241-trump-vows-to-go-in-and-take-care-of-portland-if-mayor-wheeler-doesnt-get-control-of-city/ Earlier, US President Donald Trump questioned “Are you listening Portland?”, when touting that the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, saw no violence after the National Guard troops were deployed there amid a series of violent protests sparked after the shooting of a black man […]
A wave of chaotic unrest broke out in Malmo, Sweden after anti-Islam activists filmed a public Koran burning, sparking protests that soon descended into riots, with unruly demonstrators setting fires and clashing with police. Some 300 people gathered along a main thoroughfare in Malmo on Friday around 7:30pm local time […]
Eskandar Momeni, director general of Iran Drug Control Headquarters, said Monday that not only has the US war in Afghanistan caused an explosion in poppy cultivation, but also that US military aircraft are smuggling drugs out of the country. Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported Monday that Momeni blamed the […]
When FOMC minutes suggested the Federal Reserve might not employ yield curve control, the markets reacted angrily. On today’s edition of The Breakdown’s Long Reads Sunday, our selections have to do with one of the hottest topics in central banking: yield curve control. “What Is Yield Curve Control?”The first piece […]
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, continues strong performance against highly challenging targets during live-fire test. NG released a statement on Thursday saying that the U.S. Army successfully intercepted a high-performance, high-speed tactical ballistic missile target and a cruise missile target during a flight […]
China, which is believed to have a far smaller nuclear arsenal than those of Russia and the US, earlier declined an invitation to join the two’s Vienna arms control talks, dashing Washington’s hopes of making the New START Treaty trilateral. US Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea has […]
As of this writing, there have been 5,626,946 cases of COVID-19 and over 174,268 deaths in the USA. Worldwide, there have been 21,819,223 cases with over 773,000 deaths. While in many places around the world, it seems to be under control. In the USA, that’s just not the case. It’s […]
Trump’s War On Arms Control And Disarmament By Melvin Goodman, Counterpunch. August 17, 2020 Trump’s War On Arms Control And Disarmament2020-08-172020-08-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ban-nuclear-weapons-from-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom-e1597677596732.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ban Nuclear Weapons from Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Seventy-five years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned about high expectations about the efficacy of a vaccine for the COVID-19 China coronavirus in an interview Friday with the Brown University School of Public Health. Fauci has served since 1984 as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH […]
A group of protesters has sued the Seattle government, arguing that “unmitigated police violence” has imposed a monetary cost on their right to demonstrate freely, forcing them to buy expensive gear to safely confront the cops. Filed by five plaintiffs who took part in ongoing protests in Seattle, the suit […]
An NBA player is drawing heat for saying that he thinks the coronavirus that has swept the U.S. is now being used for a “bigger agenda” to “control the masses of people.” Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., who did an apperance this week on Snapchat, was asked to “speak […]
Judge Blocks Seattle’s Ban On Crowd Control Weapons By David Kroman, Crosscut. July 27, 2020 Judge Blocks Seattle’s Ban On Crowd Control Weapons2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattle-1-e1595860893576.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators stand amid a cloud of tear gas during protests across downtown Seattle, May 30, 2020. A wave of protests has swept across the U.S. following […]
In response to a request for an injunction by the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge issued a ruling late Friday night blocking the implementation of a law passed by the Seattle City Council last month that was set to go in force this weekend that prohibits police from […]
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/202007251079981869-us-led-coalition-hands-control-over-seventh-military-base-to-iraqi-forces/ The day before, the Iraqi military stated that the Besmayah military base used by Spanish troops as part of the US-led coalitions’ efforts in the fight against Daesh had been attacked by four short-range rockets. The US-led international coalition has handed control of […]
U.S. wrestler Frank Molinaro (red) battles Italy’s Frank Chamizo Marquez in the 65-kg (143 pound) bronze medal bout at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero. Molinaro, who lost to Marquez, recently retired from the sport when the 2020 Olympics were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus […]
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 […]
A federal judge has overturned a Seattle ordinance that prohibited police from using crowd control weapons. The last-minute decision comes hours after the city’s police chief said the force would be powerless to stop mob violence. US District Judge James Robart blocked the ban, which was put in place by […]
US President Donald Trump has signed a measure giving the nod to American weapons producers to sell more military-grade drones to foreign nations, insisting previous export controls were “outdated” and “unfair.” The new directive – announced by the White House on Friday – eases restrictions on the sale of large […]