Above photo: Nicaragua Mountains at Dusk by Adam Cohn / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. To people in developing countries, it seems clear, the wealthy countries that caused most of the problem of climate change should pay the most to adapt to it and to solve the problem. But instead, countries like the United States lecture low low-emitting countries to do more while they extract their resources and destroy their forests. For example, Nicaragua was an outspoken critic of the Paris climate talks because they did not go far enough. It is one of the countries most impacted by climate change, yet its […]
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It could become the most costly damage in US history, surpassing those Los Angeles suffered in the 1992 riots after police officers were acquitted in the beating of black man Rodney King. Damage caused by violent protests only from 26 May to 8 June could cost US insurance companies from $1 billion to $2 billion, according to Property Claim Services (PCS), the insurance industry’s primary source for reporting on insured losses from catastrophes. PCS has collected US insurance claims history related to civil unrest since 1950 to learn that this year’s riots could be the most expensive, going far higher than the […]
The explosion that ripped through Beirut on 4 August aggravated Lebanon’s economic crisis and fuelled anti-government sentiment, which led to an early departure of the prime minister and his cabinet. The Beirut explosion caused between $3.8 billion and $4.6 billion in physical damage to the Lebanese capital, according to the World Bank’s preliminary assessment. The bank estimates that the additional decline in economic activity following the devastating blast was between $2.9 billion and $3.5 billion. Housing, transport and cultural assets are thought to be among the worst-hit sectors. Lebanon is estimated to need from $1.8 billion to $2.2 billion for public […]
US President Trump will visit Kenosha, parts of which have been reduced to smoldering ruins after protests over the police shooting of a black man descended into riots, on Tuesday, the White House said. Via WH pool: “Judd Deere came back to tell us that the President will travel to Kenosha, WI on Tuesday to meet with law enforcement and survey damage.When asked if the President would meet with Jacob Blake’s family, Judd said that the schedule hasn’t been fully ironed out yet.” — Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) August 30, 2020 Trump is expected to meet with the law enforcement and assess […]
Scientists working on SARS-Cov-2 that causes Covid-19 have discovered through light microscopy that the virus is able to fuse infected cells together – an effect that has previously been observed in several other respiratory viruses. Sputnik spoke to Dr Grace Roberts a virologist from Queen’s University Belfast, about different methods to study viruses. Sputnik: Could you describe some of the different methods that scientists use to be able to examine viruses? Dr Grace Roberts: I think what’s really important when we talk about all these methods is they’re all different and they’ve all got their advantages and disadvantages. But before I […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Friday sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy demanding documents and answers by August 21 on changes they say could damage the USPS’s ability to process mail-in ballots. The Democrat-media complex exploded a couple weeks ago and accused President Trump of “destroying” the US Postal Service after the President’s newly appointed Postmaster General made structural changes. New changes made by Louis DeJoy have reportedly ‘slowed down’ the mail deliveries, prompting the left to accuse President Trump of corrupting the US Postal Service in order to deter people […]
The co-founder of Trump fansite The Federalist took to Twitter Wednesday to share a lengthy screed against wearing face masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, ostensibly from a doctor. As the U.S. nears 5 million confirmed coronavirus infections and tops 157,000 deaths, Sean Davis retweeted claims that have already been repeatedly debunked. The Federalist enjoys the ear of a number of conservative politicians who have written for the outlet and praised its coronavirus coverage publicly despite its repeated promotion of misinformation. In June, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said, “The Federalist is an essential, transparent news media outlet that publishes […]
Broken boats and floating debris at a marina in Corpus Christi are among the damage caused by Hurricane Hanna, which was downgraded to a tropical storm and continued to shower Texas with heavy rain on Sunday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Broken boats and floating debris at a marina in Corpus Christi are among the damage caused by Hurricane Hanna, which was downgraded to a tropical storm and continued to shower Texas with heavy rain on Sunday. Eric Gay/AP As Texas contends with the ongoing aftermath of one hurricane on Sunday, Hawaii is bracing for the impact of […]
Anti-racism protests in Portland have been one of the most violent, prompting US President Donald Trump to dispatch federal forces to the city to help maintain law and order. Someone has used metal spikes to puncture the vehicles of federal law enforcement agents in Portland, Oregon, the acting commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Mark Morgan, said on Saturday. Morgan posted a tweet and attached a photo of the spikes inside what looks like a federal law enforcement evidence bag. He also shared pictures of other objects demonstrators presumably used against federal forces, including stones, fireworks, and even a […]
Iran has resolutely denied that fires breaking out across the country in recent days are the result of cyberattacks, while admitting that foreign states and groups have been relentlessly testing the nation’s cyber defenses. In recent weeks, Iran suffered scores of fires and malfunctions on its refineries, gas plants, nuclear plant, power stations, sea port as well as forest fires. But a spokesman for the foreign ministry Sayed Abbas Mousavi told reporters that “recent fires have nothing to do with cyberattacks.” Also on rt.com Another power plant hit by explosion in Iran, authorities blame transformer – state media Mousavi also downplayed […]
A new study published last week in the journal JAMA Neurology found that COVID-19 may cause neurological symptoms in children. The study, which was published online on July 1, identified neurological manifestations in four out of 27 COVID-19 patients who were under the age of 18. Those four patients, who were previously healthy, had several neurological symptoms including encephalopathy, which is a broad term to describe brain changes that lead to an altered mental state, muscle weakness and reduced reflexes. Other symptoms included impaired consciousness, seizures, acute cerebrovascular disease, which refers to a group of conditions that affect blood vessels and […]
A Delta Air Lines flight en route from Palm Beach, Florida to New York’s LaGuardia Airport had to make an emergency landing at JFK after the pilots reported a mechanical problem that turned out to be a huge dent in the jet’s nose. The Airbus A319 with 43 passengers on board changed course out of an “abundance of caution,” a Delta spokesperson later told journalists. The pilots reported problems with the navigation equipment, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the plane landed safely at John F Kennedy International Airport on Monday evening. .@Delta flight 1076 from West Palm Beach […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Turkey’s resale of Russian-made S-400 missile defence systems to the United States is unlikely as it may damage relations between Ankara and Moscow, experts said. In late June, US Republican Senator John Thune suggested, in a proposed amendment to the US defence budget, buying Russian S-400s from Ankara in a bid to break the deadlock over the weapons, which Washington says are incompatible with NATO security standards and might compromise the operations of the new fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets. In an attempt to force Turkey to abandon the S-400 deal, the US has excluded Turkey from the F-35 […]
Lawyers Get No Bail In Property Damage Case, Face 45 Years In Prison By Center for Constitutional Rights. July 3, 2020 Lawyers Get No Bail In Property Damage Case, Face 45 Years In Prison2020-07-032020-07-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/two-lawyers-face-45-years-in-prison-e1593790181763.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis. Photos by Hyder Kazmi, left and Meghna Philip, right. Letter from Civil and Human Rights Organizations, Legal Associations, and Policy Institutes in Support of Colin Mattis and Urooj Rahman On June 22, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights—along with a coalition of other civil rights organizations—released an open letter demanding that Colin Mattis and Urooj Rahman be released immediately and that the excessive […]
Comets are not harbingers of doom, just harmless lumps of ice that produce majestic sky displays when passing the Sun, right? Not according to the European Space Agency, which has warned of their deadly capabilities. A comet is “likely to cause more damage than an average asteroid of the same size,” the agency says – despite the fact that comets tend to weigh less than asteroids of similar size because the material they are made of is less dense. This tidbit of alarming knowledge comes ahead of Asteroid Day later this month, as the ESA tries to raise public awareness of […]
John Bolton’s new book about Donald Trump has raised questions as to who the former national security adviser is playing along with and how damaging it could be for the president’s re-election bid. Former GOP politicians have given their answers while looking into the new emerging scandal involving the president. The upcoming memoir by former National Security Adviser John Bolton, “The Room Where It Happened”, has caught headlines even before its official release: one of the reasons is bombshell claims about Donald Trump’s alleged political incentives and private conversations with world leaders. Earlier this week, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit […]
Former Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe conducts a field sobriety test on Rayshard Brooks Leaked Video of #RayshardBrooks Justice for #RayshardBrooks after the shooting and killing. pic.twitter.com/5yNliZWbk4 — Layersea+2349032729703 (@Layersea2) June 15, 2020 Russia Today: A medical examiner officially confirmed that Rayshard Brooks died as a result of an officer-involved shooting during a botched DUI arrest. The incident reignited protests against racism and police brutality in Atlanta, Georgia. How police treat ‘white folks…’ Police shot Rayshard Brooks in the back as he was running away, killing him, because he was sleeping in his car in a Wendy’s parking lot. Contrast […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As many as 12 people lost their lives and 300 were hospitalised due to the leakage of hazardous styrene gas from a polymers factory in India’s Andhra Pradesh. A rescue operation and evacuation were carried out in areas in close proximity to the factory. India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Indian arm of the South Korean firm LG Polymers to deposit an initial amount of $6.6 million as damage compensation for the #VizagGasLeakage incident in Vizag city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The order stated that the amount is being fixed, taking […]