U.S. drone maker AeroVironment secured $44.9 million for the lethal miniature aerial missile system, according to a March. 16 announcement. Under the new agreement, AeroVironment has received a new contract modification for the Switchblade Weapon System. The Switchblade is a ground-launched, miniature, high-precision strike tactical missile system that can be deployed with no more than two people. It is designed to engage stationary and moving targets in hostile environments, while reducing collateral damage. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As noted by the company, back-packable and rapidly deployable from air, sea or ground platforms, Switchblade features increased lethality, reach and […]
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The Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Vladimir Monomakh has launched four Bulava intercontinental-range ballistic missiles for the first time, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “Today, the strategic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh of the Pacific Fleet fired a salvo of four Bulava ballistic missiles as part of planned combat training activities,” the statement says. A salvo launch of missiles was carried out from an underwater position from the Sea of Okhotsk at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region, according to a recent service news release. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Vladimir Monomakh is a new […]
AFRICOM: Deadly Deception. By Friends of Congo, Black Agenda Report. October 9, 2020 AFRICOM: Deadly Deception.2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/africom_fofc_845x400-scaled.jpeg200px200px AFRICOM’s real aim was never peace nor stability but rather, strategic US interests. “With the election of Barack Obama in 2008, the resistance to AFRICOM became exceedingly difficult.” On October 1, 2007, the United States under the presidency of George W. Bush and the military leadership of the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, launched the Africa Command (AFRICOM). The command was based in Stuttgart, Germany. In the same vein as the 1884/85 Berlin Conference, AFRICOM was a wholly external concoction to be imposed on Africans […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107331/90/1073319049_0:322:4345:2767_1200x675_80_0_0_5ea3107ea04fa27ae25dddc6d99a6a12.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009301080626230-federal-aviation-agency-chief-says-conducted-737-max-test-flight-after-2-deadly-crashes/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson said in a press conference that he has conducted a test flight of the Boeing 737 MAX and indicated that progress has been made to fix the problems plaguing the aircraft. Dickson said though, there is no solid timeline of when the aircraft will be cleared for public use. “My flight today and the training I undertook is an excellent baseline as an aviator to be able to understand the systems and understand how they are being utilized on the flight deck and how […]
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is urging residents of 10 of the state’s counties to cancel or postpone outdoor events after dusk to prevent people from contracting the rare and dangerous mosquito-borne illness eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) after an adult from Barry County is believed to have come down with it. “This suspected EEE case in a Michigan resident shows this is an ongoing threat to the health and safety of Michiganders and calls for continued actions to prevent exposure, including aerial treatment,” Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy for health at the MDHHS, […]
A Boeing 737 Max heads to a landing past grounded Max jets at Seattle’s Boeing Field, following a test flight in June. It was the first of three days of re-certification test flights that mark a step toward returning the aircraft to passenger service. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP A Boeing 737 Max heads to a landing past grounded Max jets at Seattle’s Boeing Field, following a test flight in June. It was the first of three days of re-certification test flights that mark a step toward returning the aircraft to passenger service. Elaine Thompson/AP A sweeping congressional […]
Trump didn’t think people would take him seriously much less protest lockdowns, ‘like idiots.’ Trump: coronavirus ‘is deadly stuff’ and KNEW it was highly contagious at start of February despite claiming to have it under control – then said ‘I like playing it down,’ bombshell tapes by Bob Woodward reveal Trump called the coronavirus ‘deadly stuff’ in interview with Washington Post’s Bob Woodward conducted in February He called the virus ‘more deadly than even your strenuous flu’ Trump told the nation Jan. 30: ‘We think we have it very well under control On day he spoke to Woodward Trump said China’s […]
Every once in a great, great while, life is more delicious than you’d dared to hope. I was reading early Wednesday afternoon about what may be the big scoop from Bob Woodward’s new book on the Trump administration: that on February 7, while Trump was pooh-poohing the virus publicly, he told Woodward: “This is deadly stuff.” In fact, five times as deadly as the normal flu, he said. There’s no denying that Trump said this; lordly, there are tapes. So I asked myself the question that any journalist would : What was Trump saying publicly on that day? When the president […]
The motorcade of Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh was apparently targeted in an assassination attempt. A roadside bomb went off as the vehicles passed by, killing at least 10 people but leaving the top official unharmed. The deadly incident happened on Wednesday morning in the Taimani area in northwestern Kabul. The powerful explosion left the street covered with rubble and seriously damaged one of the cars. At least 10 people were killed by the explosion and 10 others were injured, including some of Saleh’s bodyguards. Saleh himself was unharmed in the attack, his son Ebad tweeted. The Afghan government confirmed that […]
The suspect behind a lethal stabbing rampage that left one dead and seven others injured in the UK has been taken into custody and charged with homicide following an extensive police manhunt, according to local authorities. Zephaniah McLeod, 27, was charged with murder and seven counts of attempted murder on Tuesday, the Crown Prosecution Service said. He is accused of killing 23-year-old Jacob Billington and stabbing several others during an early-morning attack in Birmingham on Sunday, two of whom remain in serious condition. “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised West Midlands Police to charge Zephaniah McLeod, 27, with one count of […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Delhi Metro – the city’s metropolitan transport services – will be opened to passengers on 7 September after over five months of suspension during the national lockdown. New Delhi has decided to relax the lockdown guidelines for the fourth time from 1 September. As the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was preparing to re-open its passenger services after a gap of over five months, a four-foot-long venomous cobra emerged from a station in south Delhi. The metro authorities immediately alerted Wildlife SOS, a voluntary organisation engaged in wildlife conservation, which rescued the snake and released it into its […]
ROME—France has just reported its highest number of COVID cases since the lockdown ended and Spain has reported its worst day since the pandemic began. Italy has seen its numbers creep up to levels not seen since the lockdown there ended in May, and Germany has reported its highest number of new cases since April. But despite being slammed by what looks a lot like a second wave of COVID-19, the hospitalizations and death rates are nowhere near the level they were the first time around. Authorities across Europe say that’s because the first time COVID came to town, vulnerable elderly […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1c/1080305410_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_c0b96cbee622b5f9e25afcd19a0f4a4b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Irina Acheeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008281080305613-black-mamba-swims-in-shallows-scaring-tourists-in-south-africa/ The black mamba is the most common venomous snake in South Africa. These snakes live in the central, southern, and eastern parts of the African country and pose a lethal threat to humans. Their venom can lead to death within 7-15 hours from the moment it enters the body if an antidote is not administered. A large black mamba has scared tourists on the Durban beachfront. When people on Addington Beach in South Africa went swimming, they spotted a snake in shallow water and called in a snake-catching service. Herpetologists from the South African […]
On 25 August, the Argentinian superstar dropped a bombshell statement, revealing that he no longer wishes to play for Barcelona and wants to leave Camp Nou already this summer. The announcement shocked the club and its millions-strong army of fans, who demanded that the club’s officials persuade Messi to stay. Lionel Messi wants PSG and Brazil star Neymar to join him in Manchester City, where the Argentinian will reportedly continue his career, ESPN Brazil reported. According to the sports website, Messi has allegedly told Neymar, with whom he played for four years in Barcelona, that he will move to Etihad, City’s […]
Two people were shot dead and another was injured during a third night of violent protests in the Wisconsin city of Kenosha following a police shooting of an African American man, who survived but was paralysed from the waist down. Kenosha police launched manhunt for a suspect armed with a rifle who was filmed opening fire in a street late Tuesday as protests gripped the Wisconsin city. In the footage, crowds were seen chaotically running through the streets as gunshots were heard. Two people were fatally shot, while another one was wounded – the person was hospitalised with serious, though not […]
Heavy rain has battered the northeastern Turkish province of Giresun and caused a flash flood overnight. The disaster has claimed at least four lives while almost a dozen people remain missing. One security officer and three civilians have been confirmed killed, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a Sunday morning update. Eleven people were reported missing. The flood hit the mountainous coastal province early on Sunday morning after a downpour in the central part of Giresun. Water levels rapidly roze by at least one meter, flooding some areas and causing landslides. Başta Dereli olmak üzere selden etkilenen tüm vatandaşlarımıza geçmiş […]
Ftaim al-Saleh stands in the tent donated by friends and relatives after her four youngest children died when their tent caught fire, as she and her husband were working in the fields. The Syrian refugee couple came to Jordan eight years ago, after airstrikes destroyed their house. Jane Arraf/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jane Arraf/NPR Editor’s note: This story includes details some readers may find disturbing. Ftaim al-Saleh’s young nieces and nephews play in the dirt near her family’s new tent on the road to Amman’s international airport. Her own youngest children are buried up the road — four of them […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/10/1080183731_0:0:3019:1698_1200x675_80_0_0_bf2d82921fb5b467236faf911327e614.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202008181080210221-thats-a-good-thing-more-infectious-covid-19-mutation-less-deadly-than-other-strains-expert-says/ The D614G mutation, a common strain of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus that has been found in Europe and North America and recently in parts of Asia, may be more infectious than other strains. However, it may also be less deadly, according to Paul Tambyah, the president-elect of the International Society of Infectious Diseases. Some evidence suggests that proliferation of the D614G mutation correlates to a drop in death counts from COVID-19, Tambyah explained, Reuters reported. “Maybe that’s a good thing to have a virus that is more infectious but less deadly,” Tambyah told Reuters, […]
A letter from Lebanese security officials warning that the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate dangerously stored in the port of Beirut could destroy the city was sent to both the prime minister and the president in late July, according to Reuters. The new information underscores the level of incompetence over the handling of the infamous port that led to a catastrophic blast that killed more than 200 people, injured 6,000 and destroyed 6,000 buildings, leaving more than a quarter of a million people homeless. According to documents seen by Reuters, an investigation into what led to the blast currently underway […]
Lebanon has witnessed mass protests, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government over the continuing economic crisis in the country and following a deadly explosion at Beirut’s port on 4 August, which has claimed the lives of over 150 people, leaving nearly 5,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. Lebanon’s Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm reportedly stepped down on Monday following mass protests that have engulfed the country’s capital in the wake of a devastating explosion on 4 August that left large parts of Beirut completely destroyed. Earlier, Information Minister Manal Abdel-Samad and Environment Minister Damianos Kattar had submitted their resignation in the […]
As an investigation continues into the deadly explosion that took place on 4 August in Beirut, killing over 150 and injuring up to 6,000, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the city on Thursday, saying that “France will never let Lebanon go,” in a remark slammed as a “neocolonialist foray by a European leader”. Iran has urged countries to refrain from politicising the deadly 4 August blast in Beirut, and called on Washington to remove sanctions against Lebanon. “The blast should not be used as an excuse for political aims … the cause of the blast should be investigated carefully,” Foreign Ministry […]
Days after the deadly explosion in Beirut that killed over 150 people and transformed the bustling city into a pile of rubble, reports have traced the origin of the ammonium nitrate, implicated in the blast and stored at a port warehouse, to a vessel that docked there years ago, “The Rhosus”. The huge chemical blast that hit Beirut’s port, turning swathes of the Lebanese capital into rubble and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141 foot) deep crater, a security official was quoted by AFP as saying on Sunday, citing reports by French experts carrying out an assessment of the […]
“It would seem like it based on the explosion,” Trump said when asked whether the blast was the result of an attack. I met with some of our great generals, they seem to feel this was not some kind of manufacturing explosion type of event.. they seem to think it was an attack, it was a bomb of some kind. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas’ 20-year-old son and wounded her husband last month at their New Jersey home before fleeing, according to judiciary officials. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas’ 20-year-old son and wounded her husband last month at their New Jersey home before fleeing, according to judiciary officials. Mark Lennihan/AP Federal judge Esther Salas says more must be done to keep judges and their families safe after an attack on her home in New Jersey last month that left her son […]
The images were reportedly obtained amid the ongoing massive war games in southern Iran involving multiple branches of the armed forces, including elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) formations. 🎥VIDEO 💥#IRGC Missile Farm The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has fired a series of ballistic missiles from launch pads hidden deep underground on Wednesday, on the 2nd day of the large-scale military exercise underway in southern #Iran. pic.twitter.com/RaFS85tGaL — Iran (@Iran) July 29, 2020 The IRGC has released detailed images of Al-Udeid Air Base – the Qatar-based home of the US military’s Central Command, with the snaps taken by Iran’s new domestically-developed […]
More than eight months after nine Americans from a prominent local Mormon family were killed in northern Mexico during a deadly ambush, their family members are suing the drug cartel allegedly responsible for the “coordinated assaults.” The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court of North Dakota Western Division last week, claims that the Juarez Cartel in Mexico “attacked” several family members of the LeBarón family because they were wealthy, vocal critics of the cartel who staged anti-cartel demonstrations. The lawsuit reveals horrific new details, including efforts by two children, including a 9-year-old girl shot in the arm, to […]
Police have confirmed that two people fired shots during an altercation in Austin on Saturday night between a motorist and a Black Lives Matter protester, during which the protester was shot and killed. Police say that the man who was killed, Garrett Foster, was armed and confronted the vehicle — but was not the other person who fired shots. “Officials believe one shooter was the driver of a car and the other was in the crowd and may have opened fire on the car as it drove away,” KVUE reports. “Neither shooter was the man who was killed.” The Austin Police […]
The accident took place in al-Hasakah, an oil-rich region in northeastern Syria contested by the Syrian government, US-sponsored Kurdish forces, Turkey-backed militants and Daesh (ISIS)* remnants. The Syrian Arab News Agency has obtained footage of the scene of the accident where a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve servicemember died on Tuesday. The footage shows a US MRAP truck, laying upside down in a field about 10-15 meters off the road, with one vehicle beside it and more vehicles, one of them flying the American flag, stationary on the road. At least one other soldier is reported to have been […]
The White House put out a statement to the Washington Post listing several mistakes by Dr. Anthony Fauci about the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus pandemic. While the White House did not characterize Fauci’s mistakes as “deadly”, Fauci’s mistakes clearly cost American lives as the public and the government heeded his advice early on that downplayed the seriousness of the virus that has since killed nearly 140,000 Americans this year. Democrats rushed to defend Fauci. File screen image. The Post article is about the deteriorating relationship between the career bureaucrat Fauci (who cannot be fired by the President) and the Trump administration. The […]
Members of the Ethiopian military ride by on a patrol of Addis Ababa on Thursday. The Ethiopian capital has seen deadly unrest erupt in the wake of the shooting death of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa earlier this week. Tiksa Negeri/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Tiksa Negeri/Reuters Members of the Ethiopian military ride by on a patrol of Addis Ababa on Thursday. The Ethiopian capital has seen deadly unrest erupt in the wake of the shooting death of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa earlier this week. Tiksa Negeri/Reuters Mourners gathered Thursday to bury Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a popular singer and activist whose killing has catalyzed massive protests and […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Monsoons in India between June-September typically turn out to be nasty for low-lying and coastal areas, often resulting in death and destruction. This year, at the outset of the season, at least 110 people have already been killed and 32 injured in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In India, where hundreds of thousands of people have been pushed into extreme poverty by the COVID-19 pandemic, the monsoons have unleashed yet another wave of terror. The monsoon rains, otherwise considered a harbinger of prosperity for the agriculture sector, have this time triggered widespread destruction in the form of floods, landslides, […]
The earthquake along the coast of the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday caused several deaths and damaged property. Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez/AP hide caption toggle caption Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez/AP The earthquake along the coast of the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday caused several deaths and damaged property. Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez/AP A powerful earthquake struck Mexico’s southern Oaxaca region on Tuesday, killing at least five people and shaking buildings hundreds of miles away. The 7.4-magnitude quake struck mid-morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Its epicenter was off the Pacific coast about seven miles southwest of […]
Deadly New Sanctions On Syria By Judith Bello, United National Antiwar Coalition. June 22, 2020 Deadly New Sanctions On Syria2020-06-222020-06-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/stopusmurderinsyria.jpg200px200px On May 20, President Trump signed into law the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. Embedded in this bill, a housekeeping bill of sorts where yearly “defense” appropriations and priorities are spelled out, was the basic text of the 2019 Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act. Perhaps they were buried here because they didn’t have bipartisan support, but there is certainly no reason to think that is the case. The war on Syria has had bipartisan support for the duration. Perhaps they were […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105512/59/1055125983_0:64:3380:1966_1200x675_80_0_0_1db0f321f699e3a99c15b8ddf7978974.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006221079689000-videos-of-intense-face-off-between-indian-and-chinese-troops-go-viral-days-after-deadly-clashes/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Over the last few days, the two Asian giants – India and China – have been involved in diplomatic talks as the situation on the border is tense following the face-off between troops from the two countries on 15 June that left 20 Indian soldiers killed and many others injured. China hasn’t confirmed any casualties so far. Undated videos showing Indian soldiers engaged in a fierce stand-off with Chinese troops supposedly at a border area in Sikkim Sector are going viral on social media. In one such video, a group of […]
The Seattle Police Department posted a video compilation of the police response to a deadly shooting early Saturday morning at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) aka the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). The video contains security camera footage that captures the sound of gunfire, police entering CHAZ in a phalanx and then being encircled and forced to retreat by the mob. One person died and another is in critical condition from the shooting. Statement by police accompanying the video: Update 6/20/2020: This update includes officers’ body worn camera footage and other open-source videos. Anyone with information on this incident is […]
Police Officers Guild President Michael Solan blasted Seattle’s leadership on Saturday for enabling the conditions that are making it unsafe for police officers to do their job in the city. Two people were shot, one fatally, at CHAZ/CHOP early Saturday morning. Police had difficulty getting to the victim to help him due to the extreme lawlessness allowed to take over the area by the mayor. “Early this morning, that violence was raw and real where one of our community members lost their life, and police are still not allowed into that area and were prevented to providing that police service to […]
An Indian government minister has called for an economic boycott of China, following a deadly Chinese-Indian military clash in a disputed border region. “China is a country that betrays”, Ramdas Athawale, India’s minister for social justice and empowerment wrote on Twitter, adding that India “should boycott all Chinese goods”. He then became more specific, posting, “Chinese restaurants and hotels serving Chinese food should be closed in India!” Athawale is known for making bold proclamations. He previously made the headlines for a show of solidarity with China in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The video of the event where the minister […]
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr. announced charges on Wednesday afternoon in the death of Rayshard Brooks last weekend at a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta. Brooks was killed by police after resisting arrest, wrestling with the police, punching one officer in the face, stealing the officer’s taser and then firing on the officers. DA Howard, Jr. says officials spoke to three witnesses and reviewed eight videos of the attempted arrest and shooting. Eleven charges were announced including felony murder by the officer involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks. TRENDING: Fulton County DA Announces 11 Charges, Including Felony Murder […]
As activists across the United States have united behind the slogan “defund the police,” with some using that to mean shifting a share of funding to social services while others call for the elimination of policing altogether, a new study points to the danger of an abrupt or haphazard withdrawal of policing. In a working paper released this month by Harvard economist Roland Freyer and researcher Tanaya Devi, the pair found that in five major cities where deaths of African-Americans in police-involved incidents went viral and state and federal authorities subsequently placed police departments under investigation, homicides and other forms of […]
While Canadian officials reportedly explained that the shipments of the Ebola and Henipeh viruses to China were not related to the coronavirus outbreak, one epidemiologist described the development as “alarming”. A shipment of Ebola and Henipah viruses was sent from the National Microbiology Lab Winnipeg, Canada to the Wuhan Institute of Virology early in 2019, way before the global coronavirus crisis erupted, CBC News reports. The media outlet also noted that “one of the scientists escorted from the lab in Winnipeg amid an RCMP investigation last July” was apparently responsible for exporting the pathogens, adding that Dr. Xiangguo Qiu, her husband […]
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms announced the resignation of police Chief Erika Shields Saturday afternoon after the deadly police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, 27, as he resisted arrest Friday night. Shields was appointed chief in December 2016 by then Mayor Kasim Reed after serving 21 years on the force. Shields was the first openly gay Atlanta police chief. Police were called to a Wendy’s where they reportedly found Brooks passed out in his car in the drive-thru lane. Brooks allegedly failed a sobriety test and was seen on video resisting arrest by two officers who wrestled with him and lost control. Brooks […]
An Atlanta man was shot dead Friday night in Atlanta. Rayshard Brooks fell asleep in the Wendy’s parking lot. When the police arrived Rayshard failed a breathalyzer test. Then when police attempted to arrest Brooks he because violent. TRENDING: Biden Narrows VP Pick Down to Six Women — But Look Who’s NOT on the List! The black man was caught on camera wrestling with police and resisting arrest.The man was then shot dead after he took the officer’s taser gun and fled down the street. Here is the video.Brooks was fighting two police officers. A second video of the shooting shows […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107960/34/1079603478_0:-1:1366:768_1200x675_80_0_0_9e110f43ef7a0ff23498f50830d5db7b.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006131079603237-china-deadly-oil-tank-accident-video-of-blast-sending-vehicle-debris-into-air-surfaces-online/ BEIJING (Sputnik) – Nine people have been killed and 112 others injured following an oil tank truck explosion in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, the media reported. Earlier reports indicated that at least 50 people were injured and four others were killed as a result of the blast. According to China Central Television, the incident occurred on a freeway in the Tai Zhou district of the province at 16.40 local time (08:40 GMT). It is not yet known what caused the truck to explode. Nearby residential buildings were lightly damaged following the blast. […]
COVID-19 might just be four times less deadly than once projected, especially by the now discredited Imperial College Loneon models, a new estimate says. “A review of antibody surveillance studies — which paint a much clearer picture of how many people have really been infected — suggests the coronavirus has a mortality rate of 0.25 per cent, meaning it kills one in every 400 people who get it,” The Daily Mail reports. Most coronavirus modelling, including the grim Imperial College London projection that warned 500,000 Brits could die without action and convinced ministers to impose a lockdown, are based on a […]
South Korean star Song Ka-yeon is eyeing a return to MMA six years after her first professional fights – and says ideals of beauty and the discrimination she suffered as a ring girl have fueled her relentless training. Song was forced to train alone and spend time as an MMA ring girl as she tried to break into the sport as one of the first female fighters in South Korea before making the professional ranks in 2014. Emerging from a volatile upbringing during which she never met her mother and her father died when she was a teenager, Song beat two […]
A manhunt is underway for a University of Connecticut student suspected of killing two people and stealing guns and cars in a three-day rampage. “We know that he is armed and dangerous,” Connecticut State Trooper Christine Jeltema said at a Sunday press conference. “Do not approach him.” In the early afternoon, police said suspect Peter Manfredonia, 23, was driving a stolen black Volkswagen Jetta with a sticker paying tribute to victims of the Sandy Hook massacre in his hometown of Newtown. Hours later they said that car had been found near the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Valley Independent […]
The Canadian teenager suspected in the February attack on an erotic massage parlor in Toronto that left one woman dead was reportedly inspired by the incel movement, according to local media reports. According to Global News, the 17-year-old boy accused of killing 24-year-old Ashley Noell Arzaga and injuring two other people at the Crown Spa on Feb. 24 now faces charges for alleged “murder—terrorist activity.” The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, was previously charged with first-degree and attempted murder for the attack. Authorities now believe the violence was inspired by the incel movement—an online community of men who blame women for […]
Alastair Pike /AFP via Getty Images Alastair Pike /AFP via Getty Images During his rampage last December at a U.S. military base in Florida, the shooter paused to try to destroy his iPhone — a sign, authorities said, that the device held important clues. The problem was, the FBI didn’t have the password — not for that phone or a second, badly damaged one found later. And Apple wouldn’t unlock them. The case quickly became part of a thorny, longstanding dispute that pits the requests of federal investigators against the privacy and security expectations of hundreds of millions of Apple customers. […]
It’s hard to believe but America’s top Infectious Disease Doctor Anthony Fauci has been wrong on the coronavirus pandemic — Every step of the way! Here is a list of several errors, contradictory statements and dangerous gaffes by NIAID Director Dr. Tony Fauci: 1.) Dr. Fauci says he warned Trump in January that the US was in real trouble but that is not what he said publicly. In January Dr. Anthony Fauci told Newsmax TV that the United States “did not have to worry” about the coronavirus and that it was “not a major threat.” “This is not a major threat…” […]
India 12:31 GMT 07.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): As many as 10 people have died and thousands directly exposed to styrene gas due to their close proximity to a major gas leak at an LG Polymers Pvt Ltd plant in Visakhapatnam. The leader of the opposition and former state chief of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, has written to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry seeking action against the South Korean firm LG Polymers, from where a gas leak was reported on Thursday. In a letter addressed to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Naidu wrote: “It is also essential to immediately close […]