Ukraine has been locked in a conflict with Russian-backed separatists since 2014, and last week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of building up troops on his country’s border, near territories controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. Ukrainian officials are worried that Russia plans to invade their country, so locals have taken to online memes that often go viral to relieve the stress and suppress the activity of Russian propaganda on the Internet. Among the memes circulating on the Ukrainian segment of social media, there is now a piece of funny news about the deploying of U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers to […]
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There’s a LOT of education news these days. Here’s an overview of the stories from this week that you might have missed, plus some valuable links we’ve gleaned from around the web. First let’s turn to the world of higher education. As we reported last week, college towns are driving coronavirus outbreaks nationwide. There are over 26,000 reported cases on campuses, according to The New York Times. Iowa State University canceled its first football game because of alarming rates of coronavirus on campus; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign told students to stop all non-essential in-person contact after a spike — […]
Apart from worsening an already dire economic situation in Gaza, the outbreak of the pandemic has also led to a spike in domestic violence cases. And while authorities in Gaza turn a blind eye to the suffering of those who need protection, some say they need to take matters into their own hands. And that very often means fleeing. Samira Al Ghoula, a mother of three from the Gaza Strip, says that life in the blockaded Palestinian enclave has always been hard on her but the outbreak of COVID-19 has turned it into hell. “My husband used to beat me up […]
With the summer holiday season in full swing, some tourists seem to have taken coronavirus with them to the coast. That’s prompted Crimea to search for more doctors as infections in crowded resorts are overloading local hospitals. With Russia’s international borders partially closed, the Black Sea peninsula is experiencing a mass influx of travelers looking to have a domestic warm-weather beach holiday. In July, 1.43 million tourists visited Crimea, and hotels and boarding houses reported that they were 80 percent occupied. According to official data, Crimea recorded 32 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, and 27 on Friday. On July 14, the […]
Protesters Use ‘Midnight Yoga’ To Cope With Police Violence By Chuck Modiano, Deadspin.com. July 25, 2020 Protesters Use ‘Midnight Yoga’ To Cope With Police Violence2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/h9j5artyfutn4oieryix-e1595689141512.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protestors at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., just steps from the White House, take part in what has become needed therapy due to the violence they’ve experienced at the hands of the D.C. police. Chuck Modiano. Saturday night marked another session of “Midnight Yoga” on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington D.C. The protesters, who have been out in the streets over 50 days after being initially sparked by the failure to arrest […]
The Russian government’s revenues and vast reserves have enabled the country to remain stable and deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday. According to the top official, the pandemic has slowed down the rate of economic growth, reduced revenues at all budget levels “and caused significant damage to a large number of people, companies and organizations.” “As for our national reserves, or the so-called safety cushion, I want to assure everyone that our macroeconomic stability and reserves allow us to feel very comfortable and stable,” Mishustin said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV. He noted […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107905/36/1079053601_0:1:3010:1694_1200x675_80_0_0_ceab16ad2558adf6cc49614cc5703c04.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005191079347542-uk-can-cope-with-surge-in-unemployment—work-and-pensions-minister/ The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll has risen by 160 over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase reported since March 24 at the start of the country’s nationwide lockdown, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Monday. The UK Minister for Work and Pensions Theresa Coffey said that the country could cope with the surge in unemployment brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. “In the meantime the department is also working across the government on what we can do to help people get back into the labour market once the […]