The Ministry for Strategic Industries of Ukraine has announced that the Ukrainian defense industry achieved a significant milestone this month as part of an ongoing upgrade program and launches production of composite and steel rotor blades for Mil family helicopters. Production has now begun of an all-new, technologically-advanced, main rotor blades for Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters at the Motor Sich facility in Zaporizhzhia, according to a […]
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Red House Remains ‘Unceded Territory,’ Portland Family Says By Zane Sparling, Portland Tribune. December 10, 2020 Red House Remains ‘Unceded Territory,’ Portland Family Says2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/redhouse.png200px200px Above photo: Julie Metcalf Kinny, center, speaks at a press conference in North Portland at the Red House. Zane Sparling. Red House organizers vow to hold firm as Portland authorities promise to remove barricades from North Portland neighborhood. A local family says their home […]
Philadelphia Victim’s Family Sought Ambulance, Not Police By October 28, 2020 Philadelphia Victim’s Family Sought Ambulance, Not Police2020-10-282020-10-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/philly-e1603897112433.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ada Gray/Twitter. NOTE: This is a corporate media report of the police murder of a black man in Philadelphia. Keep that in mind as you read it because it shows many of the typical biases found in reports of police murders. It is also notable that […]
Describing the reveal regarding the Biden family’s alleged activities, Stear called it “the biggest political story” of his lifetime. Following the emergence of media reports about Joe Biden’s alleged involvement in the business dealings of his son Hunter during Obama’s presidency, US commentator Christopher Stear recently drew comparisons between the Biden family and a fictional mafia clan from a certain HBO series. While speaking to Sky […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080805936_0:0:1200:676_1200x675_80_0_0_d72e49e06e447dacb2fe6bdbeff7e90d.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202010181080805972-family-portrait-charming-golden-retriever-enjoys-company-of-toy-giraffes/ Playfulness is an innate quality of golden retrievers, so there is little wonder that this adorable doggy enjoys playing with a stuffed giraffe with its two babies. The owner of two adorable golden retrievers named Lily and Teddy has uploaded a video featuring one of the doggos posing for the camera with a toy giraffe family, who are apparently […]
North Dakota authorities are still searching for a 47-year-old mother who went missing nearly two weeks ago after leaving a small gathering on foot—and family members believe her disappearance may be tied to a love triangle. Anne Fitzsimonds, 47, walked away from the party at a farmstead in rural Petersburg—at least 26 miles away from her Inkster home—around 1:30 a.m on Oct. 4. She was wearing […]
Bombshell emails obtained by the New York Post made headlines on 14 October, as they suggested that Joe Biden was involved in his son’s overseas business affairs after all. The rapid spread of the story was, however, impeded by Facebook and Twitter, both of which limited users from sharing it under various pretexts. Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107688/94/1076889494_0:181:1920:1261_1200x675_80_0_0_eb088751696eec7fdc158ad729053c20.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Pratibha Sharma. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010071080691202-covid-positive-delhi-lawmaker-booked-for-meeting-hathras-gang-rape-victims-family/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Politicians and activists have been flocking to the Hathras district of northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh to meet the family of a 19-year-old gang rape victim who succumbed to her grievous injuries on 29 September in a Delhi hospital, triggering a nationwide uproar against the law and order situation in the state. Delhi lawmaker […]
America’s 19th-richest family, the Sackler clan, made unfathomable riches by flooding the globe with OxyContin, sparking an opioid-addiction crisis that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. They now look set to keep the vast majority of their estimated $13 billion fortune if a controversial settlement, supported by the judge presiding over a key bankruptcy trial, is accepted by a Trump White House reportedly keen to […]
The brutal gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state has triggered a nationwide uproar. The opposition has been demanding the resignation of the state chief over the scandal. Students from India’s top management institute have written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the Hathras gang-rape, urging him to ensure that the victim’s family is not “intimidated, but […]
Following news the US president had contracted the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, Democratic presidential nominee sent Donald Trump his best wishes from the campaign trail. Biden, three years Trump’s elder, tested negative for COVID-19 twice on Friday. “Sending my prayers for the health and safety of the first lady and the president of the United States,” Biden told the audience at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, […]
Unretouched Ivanka Guardian: She has tried to be the acceptable face of Trumpism while seemingly nurturing political ambitions of her own. But Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, did not emerge from recent revelations over his financial affairs unscathed. Ivanka can’t be an employee AND get over 700k in consulting fees for closing three hotel deals. It doesn’t work like that – it’s called fraud. Tax fraud. […]
Long before The New York Times began its review of the reporting in her critically acclaimed podcast, the paper was aware of deep concerns about star correspondent Rukmini Callimachi’s work, including from the family of James Foley, the American journalist brutally killed by ISIS in 2014. “She left our family with a lot of pain from her un-professionalism and lies,” James’ brother Michael Foley told The […]
Alas, the truth has done little to dissuade QAnon believers from the fictions of their conspiracy mythology. Unsurprisingly, the “Pizzagate” conspiracy that was QAnon’s forerunner should have fallen apart when an adherent wielded an assault rifle in a Washington pizzeria because he believed Hillary Clinton and her associates were running a child sex ring in its basement. The gunman found no Clinton, no children and no basement – […]
Amy Coney Barrett, the smart young nominee, accompanied by her young family (including seven children—two of whom were adopted from Haiti), entered the fray today. Noting the number of justices on the Supreme Court, she joked: “I’m used to being in a group of nine—my family.” It was a beautiful scene in the Rose Garden. The flags were flying—God knows there were plenty of flags—but, more […]
Ja Nelle Pleasure relies on her garden for fresh fruits and vegetables. “Vegetables are expensive at the grocery store,” she says. Dana Cronin/Harvest Public Media hide caption toggle caption Dana Cronin/Harvest Public Media Ja Nelle Pleasure relies on her garden for fresh fruits and vegetables. “Vegetables are expensive at the grocery store,” she says. Dana Cronin/Harvest Public Media Ja Nelle Pleasure never used to think twice […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. Harry and Meghan’s advocacy “violates” royal divorce deal Reaction, almost all of it hostile, to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s decision to appear in a video encouraging Americans to vote, dominates royal coverage in […]
Errol Morris is one of non-fiction cinema’s all-time greats, a godfather of modern true crime thanks to 1988’s The Thin Blue Line, which famously got Randall Dale Adams off of death row. So when he says that another murderer is innocent of the crimes for which he’s been convicted, it’s necessary to listen—if not to instinctively believe him. And yet A Wilderness of Error, FX’s five-part […]
Breonna Taylor’s family has spoken out to address the decision of a Kentucky grand jury not to charge any officers involved in her killing with murder. The family slammed authorities, saying black people are “never safe.” At a Friday news conference in Louisville, Taylor’s family made it clear they were not happy with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron or his recent announcement that a former cop […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown on 24 March “to protect the country, and each of its citizens…” in his “decisive fight against the Corona pandemic”. All activities, except certain essential services, were halted to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Exactly six months after India’s national lockdown started, and despite the gradual elimination of the measures, life has still not returned to what it was […]
A protester stands in Jefferson Square on Thursday in Louisville, Ky., where hundreds have been holding demonstrations in the aftermath of the grand jury’s decision not to charge officers for her death. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP A protester stands in Jefferson Square on Thursday in Louisville, Ky., where hundreds have been holding demonstrations in the aftermath of the grand jury’s decision not […]
The Black Lives Matter activism group has deleted a page called “What We Believe” from its website, disappearing such objectives as disrupting the “Western-prescribed nuclear family structure” as the Nov. 3 election nears. The manifesto was published on BLM’s “What We Believe” page at least as long ago as on February 2 but was no longer available as of last Friday. The page is now blank, […]
SpaceX’s family of Starship prototypes continues to grow ahead of what promises to be one of the most ambitious test programs in rocket history. However, with “excitement guaranteed,” per CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, the test flight of Starship SN8 will require fans to set their expectations accordingly – as it launches to 60,000 feet before a bellyflop return and three engine flip and burn […]
Louisville Mayor Says City Will Pay $12m to Family of Black Police Shooting Victim Breonna Taylor …from Sputnik News, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: It appears that the MayorFischer moved quickly on this to take responsibility for the tragedy, not only for Miss Taylor and her family, but the officers and their families due to a ‘no knock’ policy that has been a waiting time bomb to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0f/1080468785_0:-1:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_25d3b0d1f7122a15d837c4012baa8022.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009151080463741-video-of-indian-family-welcoming-adorable-pup-in-traditional-way-goes-viral/ Newly-wedded Indian daughters-in-law usually get such a welcome at her in-laws’ house on the first day. Their arrival is equated with the arrival of the Goddess of Prosperity (Lakshmi) and thus considered auspicious and welcome in such a manner. A video of an Indian family welcoming a puppy’s first entry into their home like any newly-wedded bride will leave […]
It is, allegedly, the last time we will see Richard Nelson’s Apple family during the pandemic. How are the liberal, white, arty, upstate-dwelling American upper-middle classes feeling as lockdown eases and the election approaches? The last of a trio of plays, Incidental Moments of the Day suggests the answer is, as confined and confused as the rest of us. Here again, discussing, needling, laughing, and consoling […]
The Washington Redskins football team, recently under fire for its branding, with some seeing it as controversial amid nationwide protests for racial injustice, announced that it will change its name. The Biden campaign acknowledged on Wednesday that it had altered an image aired in a CNN documentary “Fight for the White House: Joe Biden’s Long Journey”, claiming that the Washington Redskins logo was removed to avoid copyright complaints, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107006/29/1070062936_0:225:3756:2337_1200x675_80_0_0_809417d1aadbd2636794f5adbfaca88e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009081080395050-khashoggis-family-considers-sentences-in-journalists-murder-case-fair/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s family considers the sentences in his murder case to be fair, Mutassim Khashoggi, the family’s lawyer, told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Saudi Public Prosecution’s Office said Monday a Saudi court had announced sentences to eight suspects in the killing of Khashoggi. Five of them were given 20-year prison terms, […]
The family of the late Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, killed inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey, has welcomed the new verdict in the journalist’s trial as “just rulings” while praising the Saudi justice system. “The crimes committed by those convicted are major crimes and the sentences include various prison sentences are just rulings that are accepted by the court that governs the law of God […]
The Chicago resident died in Rochester, New York a week after losing consciousness while police officers were taking him into custody during a “psychotic episode”. His family accuses the cops of using excessive force. A Black man died in March after police restrained him on the ground and covered his head with a hood, according to a body-worn-camera video released by his family on Wednesday. The […]
American actor Dwayne Johnson, better known as ‘The Rock,’ said that he and his entire family had tested positive for the coronavirus, calling it “one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure.” The 48-year-old entertainer took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the diagnoses, saying that he, his wife and two daughters – aged 4 and 2 – had come […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107731/92/1077319261_0:0:2963:1668_1200x675_80_0_0_fa76df1d9e5a2f0681bf52e14481065a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009031080352950-actor-dwayne-johnson-says-his-family-went-through-covid-19/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US actor and former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said that he and his family had tested positive for COVID-19 but already recovered from the disease. He stressed that all members of his family had already recovered from the coronavirus disease. “My wife Lauren, as well as my two baby girls, and myself, we have all […]
Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin is part of a pattern of racial oppression of African-Americans and the police involved need to be punished, his family told reporters after two days of violent protests in the city. “I don’t have confidence in anybody that is white that is doing an investigation about a black young man that was shot seven times in his back,” Blake’s father, […]