LONDON (Sputnik) – Around two dozen topless women have locked themselves to the iron fences surrounding the UK Parliament building on Thursday as part of a protest by environmental movement Extinction Rebellion (XR) to request an immediate response to climate change. Images posted on XR London’s Twitter account show the activists locked by their necks with bike locks to the railings, with many others seated in front of them, behind a banner reading: “can’t bear the truth?” “Rebels are currently blocking the gates of Parliament to demand: 1. That this government take the climate & ecological emergency seriously 2. The media […]
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Last weekend, up to 1,000 protesters, most of whom were women, gathered in the centre of the Belarusian capital to protest against police violence during the initial days of anti-government rallies across the country. Up to 4,000 women have reportedly gathered on Saturday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to hold a protest against police brutality called the “Women’s Peace March”. The activists are carrying red and white flags, the same as the official state flag in 1991-1995, as well as the banners of other states to show their appreciation for all the support for Belarus. Many of the women have […]
A security guard whose block and takedown of a would-be thief went viral after it was caught on CCTV has officially been hired by UFC president Dana White, taking up a job offer after he flew her to a Conor McGregor fight. Summer Tapasa-Sataraka was at the center of a social media storm at the end of last year when footage emerged of her emphatically accosting a man trying to steal electrical equipment at a Best Buy store in Hawaii, blocking him from leaving and wrestling him to the ground as he tried to make his way through the exit as he held […]
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/asia/202009011080334962-two-south-korean-intel-officers-charged-with-raping-of-female-defector-from-north-reports-say/ SEOUL (Sputnik) – The South Korean Defence Ministry’s prosecutors have filed charges against two military intelligence officers accused of raping a female North Korean defector, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, citing officials. According to the news agency, the prosecutors accused a master sergeant and a lieutenant colonel of the Defence Intelligence Command of abusing their authority to rape the victim between May 2018 and February 2019, while she was under their protection and supervision for espionage operations. The defector filed a criminal complaint against the two officers back in 2019, the news […]
Russian drift series star Ekaterina Naboychenko has admitted that she struggled with “anger” and “rejection” as she got used to being the lone female racer in the championship, adding that she faces a tougher challenge than men. Naboychenko indulged her childhood passion for adrenaline when she joined a drifter in their car around the streets as a 16-year-old, buying a Nissan Skyline of her own when she was 21 and surviving three failed qualifying stages when she took part in her first full race with the championship in 2017. She is hugely popular with fans, providing insights into her life on and […]
President Donald Trump tore into Kamala Harris during a New Hampshire campaign rally on Friday night where he deployed his favorite 2016 talking points before hurling insults at his opponents and suggesting the California senator is not the kind of woman who should make history as the first female president. That honor should be reserved for his own daughter, Ivanka Trump, he said. “I want to see the first woman president also, but I don’t want to see the first woman president get into the position the way [Harris] would do it, and she’s not competent, she’s not competent,” he said, […]
Prominent Russian figure skater Oleg Ovsyannikov has spoken in favor of a widely-discussed initiative to change the age limit in women’s skating, suggesting that 15-year-old girls spend two more years at junior level. The Olympic silver medalist, who also won two world titles together with his partner Anzhelika Krylova, said that women’s skating should not be converted into a competition between kids who are allowed to enter senior events from the age of 15. READ MORE: Anticipated comeback? Alina Zagitova to take part in pre-season ‘Test Skate’ event in Moscow “I want the International Skating Union (ISU) to address the matter of […]
Thirty-six years after Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman named to a major party ticket, we have a chance as a country to get it right, not just the outcome but the process itself. California Senator Kamala Harris is not a surprise out-of-the-box pick like Ferraro, a congresswoman from Queens. And there’s no expectation that it’s all on her—the way it was for Ferraro—to shake up the campaign and bring Joe Biden across the finish line. The former vice president is doing fine in the polls, thank you. Harris is an added benefit, not the Hail Mary pass Ferraro was when […]
Seattle police chief Carmen Best has announced her resignation following a city vote to slash law enforcement budgets, including her own salary. Best, who was on the force for 28 years, described the cuts as “punitive.” Seattle’s city council approved legislation to enact significant cuts in a 7-1 vote on Monday, which will eliminate some $4 million from the police department’s $400 million yearly budget, including a sizable reduction of $800,000 to the PD’s recruitment spending. Among other measures, the 2020 budget package will also cap Best’s salary at $275,000, reduced from $294,000. Chief Best has been vocal in her opposition […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080053054_0:0:1404:790_1200x675_80_0_0_a0e499f2355a10241606bac700105c56.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008041080052825-way-to-go-genderequality-female-figures-light-up-mumbai-traffic-signals-twitter-shines-proud/ New Delhi (Sputnik): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has listed “gender equality” as one of its goals to achieve in terms of global development in the coming years. It aims to end all discrimination against women and acknowledge females for their presence and achievements, for which India’s Mumbai has done something special. India’s tinsel town Mumbai has begun rolling out female figures on lights to indicate traffic signals in the city. Until now, the light glowed as a male figurine. Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aditya Thackeray recently took to Twitter to share visuals from the […]
A crazed Portland rioter stripped completely naked at the police line on the 50th night of violent riots in the city. The nudity came after police began to disperse a crowd that was attempting to barricade officers inside of the Federal Courthouse and Justice Center late Friday evening and into Saturday morning. Warning, the following video is not safe for work or minors. TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR All-Star Race Qualifier, Cheered After Crash (VIDEO) The nekkid protester pic.twitter.com/vn5RRbTjEe — maria viti (@selfdeclaredref) July 18, 2020 The evening was also plagued with severe violence against random citizens that […]
This is Communist Mayor Bill de Blasio’s New York. A violent thug assaulted a female pushing a child in a stroller before stabbing her multiple times. Advertisement – story continues below According to the NYPD, the assault and stabbing took place Tuesday evening at approx 7:11 PM, in front of 3343 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. “WANTED for ASSAULT: Have you seen Carlos Gonzalez?” the NYPD posted on Twitter asking the public for help. TRENDING: California to Release 18,000 Prisoners by End of August to ‘Slow the Spread of COVID-19’ WATCH: 🚨WANTED for ASSAULT: Have you seen Carlos Gonzalez? On 7/14/20 […]
The elite military unit was one of the last subdivisions of the US Army not to have any women. Nicknamed for its distinctive headwear, the Green Berets are often deployed in counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency missions abroad. For the first time in the history of the US military, a female soldier will join the Green Berets, the New York Times reported. According to the newspaper, She graduated from US Army Special Forces training along with her classmates on 9 July, and wore her Green Beret during a “socially distant graduation” ceremony. “From here, you will go forward and join the storied formation […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/50/1079715015_0:0:2967:1669_1200x675_80_0_0_6d310d8657d2e9f1994cac581ad77184.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007051079801081–housing-secretary-denies-he-said-uk-has-had-enough-female-prime-ministers-report-suggests/ Robert Jenrick has recently found himself in hot water since approving the development of 1,500 homes in East London worth more than $1.2 billion in a cash-for-favours scheme. His decision was ruled unlawful by the UK High Court. UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick denies saying the United Kingdom has “had enough female prime ministers”, the Daily Mail reported. “I don’t believe I ever said that. It’s not something I would say and is about as far removed from my own views as is possible”, the official was cited by the Daily Mail as saying. […]
Two women activists were hit by a car last night in downtown Seattle early in the morning on July 4th. The women activists were standing on the interstate at 1:30 AM. The protesters were wearing black on the highway at 1:30 AM. The car suffered front grill and windshield damage. TRENDING: Two Women Activists Hit by Car on I-5 Outside Seattle — Suffer Serious Injuries After Hitting Windshield and Front Grill …..Video The driver was in custody but was not impaired when he hit the women on the highway. Here are two pictures of the suspect vehicle that struck two protesters […]
As putting together sensational reports citing unnamed sources seemingly becomes a trend for mainstream media, CNN described the insane way the US president conducted his phone talks. Donald Trump has reportedly bullied and demeaned leaders of the US’ major allies such as the UK, Germany, France, and Canada, according to CNN revelations based on testimonies from White House and intelligence sources “intimately familiar with the contents of the conversations.” Reported by Carl Bernstein, a Washington Post journalist during the Watergate scandal, the CNN piece alleges that Trump’s “near-sadistic” and “most vicious attacks” were directed at the former UK Prime Minister Theresa […]
White House hopeful Joe Biden has been evading questions over the diversity of his campaign staff since the Democratic primaries, with the issue now pushed to the forefront amid the continuing protests against racism and police brutality erupting across the country in the wake of the death of black man George Floyd in police custody. Amidst a heated debate on systemic racism and need for criminal justice reform sparked by the death of black man George Floyd in police custody, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has revealed that 35 percent of his campaign staff are people of colour and slightly […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107973/31/1079733189_0:0:3081:1734_1200x675_80_0_0_8a08daea167ce1eb47e0083d2c087bbd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202006271079733224-russian-space-agency-says-its-only-active-female-cosmonaut-to-head-for-iss-in-2022/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s only incumbent female cosmonaut Anna Kikina will head for the International Space Station in 2022, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said on Saturday. “Anna Kikina will head for the ISS as part of the Russian crew in two years”, Roscosmos said on its Twitter page. Анна Кикина отправится в составе российского экипажа на #МКС через два года pic.twitter.com/6XZggJfzkC — Государственная корпорация РОСКОСМОС (@Rogozin) June 26, 2020 Kikina has been the only Russian female cosmonaut since September 2016. In November 2017, she took part in the international Scientific International Research […]
The agency will name its Washington, D.C., headquarters after the pioneering scientist whose Space Race-era contributions gained recognition in the 2016 film Hidden Figures. (Image credit: Robert Nye/NASA via AP) Source link
Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan announced on Thursday that she will run for governor in 2021, becoming the latest candidate to join the Democratic primary well over a year before the election, with a focus on combating racial injustice. “We’re at a critical moment in Virginia where we have to recover from four crises happening at the same time: a health pandemic, an economic crisis, a reckoning with racial injustice, and a growing lack of faith in people in government’s ability to solve problems,” McClellan told The Daily Beast in an interview ahead of her announcement. McClellan, 47, is hoping to […]
Protester Italia Marie Kelly was shot and killed in the Davenport, Iowa, late Sunday night/early Monday morning as the protest she was attending was winding down. It’s being called a random shooting, and was not a police related, so it did not receive national attention. Don’t expect the far left protesters to chant her name. WQAD reports: TRENDING: UPDATE: Looters Murder Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn at City Pawnshop – Film it on Facebook Live – Then Loot the Store (VIDEO) Several dozen friends and family members gathered on Monday evening at the same spot Italia Marie Kelly was […]
“June June Hannah.” It shouldn’t be that funny. It shouldn’t be anything, really. On the Bravo reality series Below Deck: Mediterranean, chief steward Hannah Ferrier was just doing her job, attempting to get third steward June Foster’s attention through the crew’s radio system. For reasons that escaped Ferrier, escaped Captain Sandy Yawn, escaped viewers, and escaped all logical reason, Foster never had her radio with her. Hannah was calling for June into the void. The result was an increasingly irate Ferrier chirping in her Australian accent “June, June? Hannah” ad nauseum and to literal radio silence, all edited together masterfully into […]
An unidentified NFL player is aiming to “shine a light on assaults made on men” as part of a lawsuit alleging that an intoxicated female flyer who was taking prescription pills made “unwanted sexual advances” on a red-eye flight. The footballer, who has only been described as an African American alongside his fellow complainant, has claimed that a “middle-aged Caucasian female” continued her advances despite four complaints to staff, telling the player he looked “frightening” in a mask worn to protect against COVID-19 infection, according to the lawsuit. Pursuing a jury trial, the papers said that the woman, who was intoxicated […]
When we think of the ‘apostles’ we usually think of the main twelve followers of Jesus who accompanied him during his ministry in the Holy Land. You might also mention St. Paul, who became a follower of Jesus after a vision on the road to Damascus and is known as an ‘apostle’ or, more specifically, ‘the apostle to the Gentiles.’ What all of these people have in common is that they were men. The gender selectivity of Jesus’s chief followers is, to this day, the basis for all-male clergy in many Christian denominations. And yet the Bible does call one woman—Junia—not […]
Viral 18:06 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107702/06/1077020641_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_c1769add18a452f1c4a644299c67f7cf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202005161079326658-strong–sexy-netizens-go-crazy-over-female-fighters-mma-taking-part-in-dont-rush-challenge/ The challenge is a viral Internet trend in which individuals record how they transform themselves in a matter of seconds using makeup and clothes to the song “Don’t Rush”. The trend has become extremely popular among people from different walks of life, with nurses, visual artists, and musicians taking part in the challenge. Female MMA fighters have left social media users in awe after they posted their version of the Don’t Rush challenge. The video features popular athletes from various promotion organisations, such as the fighters Rachael Ostovich, […]