Russian military official has confirmed that they logged another technical flaw for its recently received the Terminator fire support vehicle. The strategic exercise Kavkaz-2020 that took place in October disclosed additional deficiency in the Terminator advanced tank support combat vehicle built by Uralvagonzavod, according to Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. “Nine units [Terminator vehicles] ]showed themselves there during the preparation and conduct […]
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Israeli-based Smart Shooter company has announced that it was awarded a contract by the Indian Ministry of Defence for the supply of its SMASH Fire Control Systems to the Indian Navy. According to a company news release, the contract award from the Indian Navy enables the company to supply the new sighting device, called the SMASH 2000 Plus, attaches to the weapon and locks on then […]
The stage is set for a milestone Static Fire test for Starship SN8 during a lengthy window that extends into Monday morning. Aiming to cultivate in the first-ever firing of three Raptors simultaneously, passing the milestone will allow for the nosecone’s installation – with a header tank – for a repeat test in around a week. SN8 Static Fire: Sunday night’s test follows an aborted attempt […]
Lobster Pound Used By Mi’kmaw Destroyed By Fire By Brent Patterson, PBI Canada. October 17, 2020 Lobster Pound Used By Mi’kmaw Destroyed By Fire2020-10-172020-10-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/mikmaw-e1602966123794.jpg200px200px Above photo: Twitter photo by Pierette d’Entremont. Mi’kmaq Warrior Peacekeepers now present as protection. Nova Scotia, Canada – Early this morning, a fire destroyed a lobster pound (building/facility) used by Mi’kmaw fishers in the fishing village of Middle West Pubnico, Nova Scotia. Global […]
A fire in a commercial business area of Harrisonburg, Virginia has hospitalized three people, two of whom are in a “serious condition,” as first responders continue to search for people and battle the blaze. Firefighters responded to “what was described as an explosion and a subsequent fire” in Miller Circle in Harrisonburg, Mike Parks, the director of communications for the city, told the press on Saturday. […]
A Zamboni driver managed to successfully steer his vehicle safely off an ice hockey rink after it caught fire as onlookers watched on in horror. Stunned observers captured footage of the blaze, which occurred at Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex in Rochester, New York. “How is he on there!?” one incredulous witness asked as the driver directed the Zamboni off the ice. An eyewitness said the driver […]
In Amy Coney Barrett’s America, the Supreme Court will take health care away from millions of people during a deadly pandemic. That is inevitable, at least, if you believe what Democrats had to say on the first day of Barrett’s confirmation hearing. Democrats had plenty of visual props to reinforce this point: Photos of people with pre-existing conditions on easels, which had the effect of making […]
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/middleeast/202010101080727561-fire-breaks-out-at-metro-station-in-tehran-reports-say/ A spokesman for the country’s emergency services announced that fire had erupted at the Ekbatan metro station in Tehran. At 7:45 this morning, a fire broke out in Tehran’s subway system at Ekbatan station; four ambulances were immediately dispatched to the site of the incident, Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman for the country’s emergency services, said, according to Mehr News. “This […]
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/middleeast/202010091080724562-fuel-oil-tank-explosion-causes-major-fire-in-residential-area-in-beirut/ A fuel oil tank exploded on 9 October in the Tarik al-Jadida residential area in western Beirut, Lebanese media reported, citing witnesses. As a result of the explosion, a strong fire broke out. Fire brigades have promptly arrived at the scene to fight the flames. Lebanese Army soldiers and civil defence volunteers have started to evacuate people from nearby […]
Harlan Hill, who earlier threw his weight behind Democrat and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during the 2016 primaries, now identifies himself in his Twitter bio as a member of the Trump campaign’s advisory board. Fox News Media on Thursday announced that Trump campaign adviser Harlan Z. Hill, who has been presenting himself as a PR and political consultant, is no longer welcome on their programmes after he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/08/1080713095_0:229:1960:1331_1200x675_80_0_0_ea035960fc85332f11aeb09d5bdb907b.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010081080713078-video-giant-fire-engulfs-33-storey-tower-injures-15-in-south-korean-city-of-ulsan/ The massive fire is thought to have begun on the 12th floor at around 23:00 local time (14:00 GMT), before it spread – due to strong winds – to the rest of the 102-metre-tall building in the Dal Dong district of Ulsan. A huge fire engulfed a 33-storey commercial and residential building in the South Korean city […]
On Wednesday, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announced that pubs and restaurants would close in five areas in the central belt of the country for 16 days from 9 October to stop the number of COVID-19-infected people from rising. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a full-blown Tory war as he considers closing hospitality venues in northern England to tackle the spread of COVID-19, […]
After leaving the hospital on Monday following three-day therapy there, President Donald Trump asserted he felt way better than he “did 20 years ago”, with his medical team stating that their evaluations, and “most importantly his clinical status, support the president’s safe return home”. Claudia Conway, the 15-year-old daughter of Donald Trump’s former adviser Kellyanne Conway, says Trump is not doing “better” after being diagnosed with […]
NIZHNY NOVGOROD—A funeral was held Tuesday for Irina Slavina, a celebrated local journalist, who set herself on fire outside the police headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod and died. But this is not a story about a reporter committing suicide. Hundreds of thousands read Slavina’s website, Koza.Press, the bravest media outlet in the city. Her readers knew exactly what she meant in her final Facebook post: “Blame the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/06/1080678454_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_d439238a2c09580ac6fd8b584a05a056.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010061080678484-video-massive-fire-engulfes-white-house-amid-protests-in-kyrgyz-capital/ The fire in the building of the Kyrgyz White House, which hosts the parliament and the presidential office, started shortly after protesters seized it on early Tuesday as mass demonstrations erupted in Bishkek after preliminary results of the parliamentary election were released. Video recorded by Sputnik correspondents near the Bishkek White House shows the building engulfed in […]
The flare-up of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh entered its second week on Monday, with dozens of civilians and an unspecified number of servicemen ranging from dozens to hundreds or even thousands killed. Both sides have blamed each other for starting the fighting. Until the mid-1980s, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), an ethnic Armenian-majority region part of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, lived in relative […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080657843_0:209:3072:1937_1200x675_80_0_0_114484ee3ff2d30cba80d45f7c91c01b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010031080657825-man-opens-fire-at-pro-trump-car-parade-in-ohio—reports/ Police assume that the suspect, which is still on the loose, was one of the rally’s participants. No one has been injured as a result of the incident, according to the authorities. Police are searching for a man who opened fire at a car parade in support of President Donald Trump in Hilliard, Ohio, NBC 4 reported on Saturday. The […]
The mine could prove embarrassing for London should Cumbria County Council approve the project as expected. The UK is due to host the COP26 round of UN global climate talks in Glasgow in November 2021, putting the country’s environmental record under increased scrutiny. The first deep coal mine to be dug in the UK in three decades looks set to win planning permission on Friday. A […]
Charred framing remains, Monday, Sept. 28, at the Restaurant at Meadowood, which burned in the Glass Fire, in St. Helena, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Charred framing remains, Monday, Sept. 28, at the Restaurant at Meadowood, which burned in the Glass Fire, in St. Helena, Calif. Noah Berger/AP The Glass Fire has prompted the evacuation of thousands of residents in California’s Napa […]
Regardless of one’s impression of the two contenders during the first in-person showdown between the candidates to occupy the Oval Office, both conservative and liberal commentators agreed on one thing – the debate moderator’s job left much to be desired. Fox News host Chris Wallace landed in viewers’ crosshairs as he attempted to referee the first of three presidential debates between the two major parties’ presidential […]
Natural Gas Fracking Under Fire In Pennsylvania By Ad Crable, Bay Journal. September 29, 2020 Natural Gas Fracking Under Fire In Pennsylvania2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/fracking-e1601392034684.jpg200px200px Above photo: A natural gas fracking site in Susquehanna County, PA, overlooks bucolic farmland. Dave Harp / 2009. State grand jury finds that state failed to protect health, environment. In a blistering report on Pennsylvania’s 12-year experience with hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a special statewide grand […]
Azerbaijani artillery and aircraft have pounded a military base in Armenia, and a civilian bus has been hit in a “drone strike,” the Armenian Defense Ministry reported, telling its rival to brace itself for a “harsh response.” Azeri forces targeted non-combatants in the small Armenian border town of Vardenis on Tuesday, according to Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the Armenian Defense Ministry representative. The official uploaded to social media […]
California is preparing for windy, dry weather which is expected to cause critical fire conditions this weekend. Twenty-five major fires are burning throughout the state, including the Bobcat fire in Southern California, pictured on Sept. 21. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images California is preparing for windy, dry weather which is expected to cause […]
This Is America: Prisoners In The Crosshairs, Mutual Aid Fire Relief September 25, 2020 This Is America: Prisoners In The Crosshairs, Mutual Aid Fire Relief2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/igd-e1601043567582.jpg200px200px Welcome, to This Is America, September 24th, 2020. On this episode, we have a special report from Perilous Chronicle, about how prisoners are directly impacted by the climate change fueled wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. This audio report is based on an article on the unfolding […]
The ongoing pandemic has led many countries to mandate the wearing of face masks in an effort to stop the spread of the respiratory disease, with some accepting the protocols, and others railing against what they see as an attack on their civil liberties; still others, apparently, avail themselves to the opportunity to further their cause. A councillor from a city in eastern Spain has sparked […]
Four people have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams, a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week, Iowa authorities announced Tuesday. Officers said they believe Williams was strangled on Sept. 12, and his death was “not a random act of violence,” as he’d known at least one of the suspects for years. The Iowa Division of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/16/1080535916_0:647:1201:1322_1200x675_80_0_0_d2294d2277aae9f53380bdde8f74307d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009221080536015-fire-at-recycling-firm-in-northeast-france/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The samples taken from the site of a major fire that has hit a recycling company in the northeastern French department of Haut-Rhin have not revealed any toxic traces, the prefecture of the department said on Tuesday. “This morning, the #fire at the Schroll company in #Colmar has declined in intensity but is not yet extinguished. […]
Portland Protests, The Fire And Organizing Eviction Defense By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. September 21, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Podcast Portland Protests, The Fire And Organizing Eviction Defense2020-09-212020-09-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/portland-e1600725346986.jpg200px200px Portland, Oregon is one of the epicenters of the rebellion against police violence that broke out after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Portland has a long history of racism and abusive police. David Rovics, a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104834/85/1048348536_0:230:2823:1818_1200x675_80_0_0_c3e63a8ed68316948fd2a49728a597e2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009211080521807-going-down-in-flames-watch-jennifer-aniston-stop-fire-set-by-jimmy-kimmel-during-2020-emmys/ The 72nd ceremony was held in a new format due to the pandemic, with over 100 nominees broadcasting themselves from their homes, while the hosts were in the nearly-empty Staples Centre in Los Angeles. Jennifer Aniston had to use a fire extinguisher during this year’s Emmy Awards: the fire happened when the actress came to the stage in-person to […]
A firefighter works to put out flames of the Bobcat Fire in Juniper Hills, Calif. As of Sunday, the wildfire has grown to more than 99,000 acres and is 15% contained. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A firefighter works to put out flames of the Bobcat Fire in Juniper Hills, Calif. As of Sunday, the […]
Rows of pinot noir grapevines sit under a blanket of dense smoke from wildfires last week in Oregon’s Arlyn Vineyard. Brett Curtis/Arlyn Vineyard hide caption toggle caption Brett Curtis/Arlyn Vineyard Rows of pinot noir grapevines sit under a blanket of dense smoke from wildfires last week in Oregon’s Arlyn Vineyard. Brett Curtis/Arlyn Vineyard Wildfires are ravaging large swaths of the West in the middle of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107757/15/1077571532_0:244:3092:1984_1200x675_80_0_0_efb4cb18c3504c9033a140e758b0b99b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009161080481443-fire-at-private-drug-treatment-clinic-in-russias-krasnoyarsk-kills-4-people/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Four people have died and two more have been injured as a result of a fire at a private drug treatment clinic in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Thursday. “On 16 September at 23:46 [20:46 GMT], the territorial dispatcher of the garrison informed about a fire at a private drug […]
A wooden statue of US first lady Melania Trump, that was constructed on the outskirts of her home town Sevnica last year, was damaged beyond repair this summer by an arsonist. A bronze statue representing Melania Trump was unveiled in her native Slovenia on Tuesday, with the likeness set to replace its wooden predecessor that was severely damaged in the arson in July, the AFP reported. […]