Ten years ago, humanity wrestled with a generational crisis named COVID-19. In the wake of the pandemic and its cataclysmic fallout, seismic changes occurred and a wellspring of ideas burst forth. The weaknesses of our society laid bare, people were freed to think differently about the social contract. Conversations around the function of money and who controlled its minting began, triggered by the unprecedented money printing provoked by the pandemic. Yoni Assia is the founder and CEO of eToro, the world’s largest social investment network, and the Founder of GoodDollar.org, a non-profit to enable basic income via blockchain technologies. This post […]
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A termination of relations between China and the United States will be quite costly for both sides; it’s also likely that China will develop its own payment, debt, and other systems, which would be incompatible with the existing ones. This is what Robert Daly from the Wilson Centre’s Kissinger Institute said. According to Daly, in the most extreme scenario, China and the US will follow their own technological standards, meaning that an inclusive global financial and technological system will cease to exist. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States strengthened its status as a global economic and […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, introduced a targeted coronavirus relief bill and said he planned a vote this week on it. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, introduced a targeted coronavirus relief bill and said he planned a vote this week on it. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled out a new proposal for a smaller version of a pandemic relief aid bill, but it’s unclear how much support the measure could garner even in his own party. And top Democrats opposed the plan, arguing it […]
Protege of the great Fedor Emelianenko, Vadim Nemkov, became Russia’s newest major MMA world champion at Bellator 244 when he defeated two-division champion Ryan Bader to capture the light heavyweight title. The 28-year-old from Stary Oskol has been perfect inside the Bellator cage since joining the US promotion in 2017, and produced a string of impressive performances to earn himself a shot at championship gold. He defeated Philipe Lins by first-round knockout on his Bellator debut back in August 2017, then stopped former light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary with brutal leg kicks at Bellator 194 in February 2018. That win earned […]
There is a building on Lexington Avenue in the 70s that’s easy to ignore. Its facade is three stories of rain-streaked beige in a sea of taller apartment blocks and tonier shopfronts. A slate-grey door with a faded gold mail slot hides in a recess on the ground floor. Its intercom has four buttons, three of which are covered with tape. The fourth, however, is shiny white from use. A yellowed slip of paper next to it reads, in elegant if faded capital letters, “OSMAN.” Osman was the name of the founder and first Sultan of what would become the Ottoman […]
As a Black queer millennial, I’m often told I’m strong. For my mere existence alone is often said to be an act of resilience. I live in a world where people who look like me are being extrajudicially killed by cops on viral videos. A global pandemic is taking away my skinfolk more rapidly than any other population. And bigotry, H.I.V., gun violence, opioids, and poverty continues to disproportionately cut at the intersections of my Black queer community unforgivingly. Living in Philadelphia, a city that is now second to Chicago in homicides, I have witnessed too many loved ones who have […]
KIEV (Sputnik) – Kiev does not see any reasons to fully break off diplomatic relations with Minsk despite a recent suspension of contacts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Friday. “There are no grounds for a diplomatic rupture at the moment, so we are definitely not planning to do this”, Kuleba said, as streamed by the ministry on its Facebook page. On Thursday, Kuleba said that Kiev had paused all meetings with Minsk, but would resume contacts once it was sure that it would not cause any reputational losses to Ukraine. © Sputnik / Victor Tolochko Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures […]
There is no energy for Joe Biden.There is no energy for Kamala Harris. Even their convention could not motivate people to get up and congregate! On Thursday night after his 20 minute acceptance speech the cameras flashed a supporters sitting in car lots watching Sleepy Joe’s speech. Every shot they took showed only a few supporters who bothered to drive out and watch Joe Biden. This lot had nine cars. TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — She Even Posted It Online! The lot IN DELAWARE where […]
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, pictured in June, admitted defeat in a primary election Sunday. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, pictured in June, admitted defeat in a primary election Sunday. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez acknowledged defeat in a primary election Sunday to former Puerto Rico congressional representative Pedro Pierluisi. Though votes were still being tabulated Sunday night, results showed Pierluisi with a commanding lead in polls. It was the second day of voting in what had turned out to be a […]
It’s a peaceful protest. A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city. The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first. The guard, who has not yet been identified, is said to be in stable condition. TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Pulls Gun on Truck Driver, Then Mob Hurls Bottles at Vehicles who Want to Get Through Their Roadblock — Update: Gunman Identified – Jonathan Howe Officers can’t get EMS in to get security guard that has been shot. BLM […]
This seems low.A full 59% of voters believe Joe Biden will not be able to complete a full term as president, if elected. What we are witnessing is elder abuse and desperation by the Democrat Party, and by his own wife. She whispers into his ears when they appear together, and, lately, she’s giving solo interviews, while he’s hiding out of site, in his own basement. Via Rasmussen Reports: Likely Democrat nominee Joe Biden is expected to announce his vice presidential running mate any day now, and most voters think it’s likely that person will be president within the next four […]
The Seattle police said that they have recovered a large haul of pyrotechnic explosives, stun guns, bear spray and sets of spike strips in a van abandoned by protesters after they wrought havoc in the city over the weekend. In a press conference on Wednesday, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best revealed that officers decided to search a vehicle used by protesters and subsequently left near the East Precinct on Saturday, explaining they feared it could have been rigged with explosives. Because of the manner in which the vehicle was parked and abandoned, there was a real fear that it would contain […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107877/18/1078771866_0:166:3148:1936_1200x675_80_0_0_f68b6e7c4a445e12a9ebeae0dc8ce79e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007211079946348-uk-liberal-democrat-party-calls-for-full-investigation-into-alleged-russian-interference/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, the parliamentary committee published the findings of its long-awaited report, which was completed in March 2019, on alleged Russian interference in the UK democratic processes. The Liberal Democrat Party on Tuesday has called on the UK government to conduct a full investigation into allegations of Russian interference in previous elections after a parliamentary report revealed that Downing Street and the country’s intelligence agencies had not undertaken a substantial assessment of the claims. Following the publication of the report, the UK government released a statement saying that the […]
The warning comes amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington which escalated in early January, when top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani died in a US drone strike authorised by President Trump. Alireza Miryousefi, minister and head of the media office of Iran’s Mission to the UN, has lashed out at Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake over his recent article in which he endorsed sabotage on the Islamic Republic’s infrastructure. The American journalist’s сolumn, released on 13 July, is titled “Sabotage in Iran is Preferable to a Deal With Iran”. In the article, Lake referred to a recent series of incidents in Iran, […]
OAN, Twitter, they’re out there, nobody died, the disease is a hoax, ICU beds are empty and the emails from the Israeli trolls, “why is VT betraying us all,” having predicted exactly what we are seeing. VT is now predicting our Israeli and Saudi friends will attack the US, saying its Iran, in an attempt to save their criminal partnership with the Trump regime. Guardian: Covid-19 cases are surging across much of the American south and west, as familiar scenes of weary doctors and nurses in packed hospitals replay across a new region. In today’s Panic Porn in NSW Media, there are […]
Convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t have many public allies these days. But one person has emerged as the media’s favorite defender of hers: an ex-convict and former part-time blogger who some critics say is full of it. Voracious consumers of tabloid news are well aware of Laura Goldman by now. Over the past few months, she’s accumulated an impressive amount of citations across global media as a “friend of Ghislaine Maxwell,” starting long before Epstein’s former girlfriend was arrested last week in New Hampshire. But after Maxwell was taken into custody, Goldman’s media presence ratcheted up […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has responded to a report by the US State Department on arms control, which focused primarily on baseless allegations against Moscow, calling US diplomats out for “fact juggling” and “falsification.” The annual report, titled “Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments,” was recently presented by the Department of State to Congress. While the piece is basically an internal US document from one government body to another, it is primarily focused on activities of other nations – instead of providing an account of the US’ own activities, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105167/62/1051676283_0:175:3017:1872_1200x675_80_0_0_25a337ca5f91844b5941913316bce0d0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007051079795700-night-skies-over-new-york-city-see-full-buck-moon—video/ The full moon occurs when the Earth’s only natural satellite appears on the planet’s side opposite to the Sun. This one, when seen from New York City, will be the first full moon of the summer. Night skies over New York City can be seen illuminated by a full moon, in the United States referred to as a ‘buck’ moon. The annual lunar event is known as ‘buck’ as it occurs in the season of early summer when the new antlers of buck deer push out from their skulls. For the first time this […]
POliticsUSA: Grassroots groups will be running a full-page ad in Pennsylvania featuring 6,000 vets agreeing with Gen. Mattis and denouncing Trump. According to a statement from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee provided to PoliticusUSA: This Fourth of July weekend, grassroots groups will run a full-page ad featuring 6,000 veterans who agree with former Trump Defense Secretary James Mattis that we must “hold accountable” President Donald Trump for making “a mockery of our Constitution.” The ad, run by veterans organization Common Defense and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, will run first in the Harrisburg Patriot-News in Pennsylvania — the state where American […]
Democrats still cherish hopes that the full report contains evidence that Trump either obstructed justice or conspired with Russia to rig the 2016 elections, something that US Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller himself ruled out in March 2019. The US Supreme Court has accepted a petition filed by the Department of Justice (DoJ) aimed at preventing the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee from accessing and publishing the full Mueller report, including grand jury materials from the notorious two-year probe, which many Democrats hoped would be Trump’s undoing. The request was filed after a lower court agreed to hand over the classified part of […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Gross Domestic Product growth to 3.1 percent in Q1 2020 compared with 4.7 percent in Q4 2019. At 3.1 percent, GDP growth is almost half the 5.8 percent seen in Q1 2019. India’s fiscal deficit in the first two months of the current financial year (April – May) stood at $61.67 billion. This is 58.6% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year (April 2020 – March 2021). The data shows that the government has stepped up expenditure even as revenue is subdued, accounting for higher deficit. Fiscal data released by the government on Tuesday indicates that during […]
‘Full Spectrum Resistance’: A Field Manual For Insurgencies By Kristian Williams, ROAR Magazine. June 29, 2020 ‘Full Spectrum Resistance’: A Field Manual For Insurgencies2020-06-292020-06-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/07/44-e1562338672810.jpg200px200px Above photo: Extinction Rebellion protesters were sprayed with tear gas and dragged away from the Pont de Sully bridge. Aric McBay’s two-volume handbook for political action helps us to strategize, plan and organize effectively in order to achieve our goals of radical social change. Looking back on the events of May and June, one might be tempted to think that nobody needs a field manual for insurgency — that rebellions just arise when conditions are ripe and […]
_________FARSPompeo Slipped Note to Bolton Saying Trump ‘Full of S***’ During North Korea Summit TEHRAN (FNA)- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo jeered at President Donald Trump behind his back, slipping John Bolton a note reading “He is so full of s**t” when the American delegation met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for negotiations in 2018, according to an excerpt from former National Security Adviser’s book obtained by The New York Times. It is unclear from Bolton’s upcoming memoir, “The Room Where It Happened”, what exactly Trump stated or did to trigger such a reaction from his top officials. In […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/26/1079702676_0:242:2272:1520_1200x675_80_0_0_f8eb1573824138cc5dfdd7a70e7bd7c7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006241079702555-rhode-island-may-shorten-its-full-name-due-to-slavery-connotations/ In the wake of anti-racism protests following the death of black Minneapolis resident George Floyd, the word “plantations” in the state’s name has come also under harsh criticism. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Monday that will remove the second part of the state’s full name, “The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations”, in official communications. “This morning I signed an executive order removing the phrase Providence Plantations from gubernatorial orders and citations, all executive branch agency websites, all official correspondence, and state employee pay stubs and paychecks”, Raimondo announced on […]
John Bolton, pictured in June 2019 in Japan, talked with NPR about his time in the White House as national security adviser. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images John Bolton, pictured in June 2019 in Japan, talked with NPR about his time in the White House as national security adviser. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Former national security adviser John Bolton talked with NPR’s Steve Inskeep on Sunday about his new book, The Room Where It Happened, his time in the White House and President Trump’s impeachment. Steve Inskeep: As you know, ambassador, […]
The published ad was paid for by a religious group referring to itself as “Ministry of Future for America”, who defined their mission “to proclaim the final warning message” of the Christian Bible. Social media users angrily criticized a Tennessee newspaper ad that claims “Islam” will “detonate a nuclear device” in the city of Nashville. Apologies by the newspaper sparked another wave of anger from netizens, who refused to believe that the occurrence was by chance. The full page ad, according to The Tennessean newspaper, “should have never been published”. The ad’s publishing was referred to by the newspaper’s editor, Michael […]
Clark Atlanta University and alumna Pinky Cole are teaming up to offer full scholarships to Rayshard Brooks’ four children, who range in age from 1 to 13 years old. Jeff Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Martin/AP Clark Atlanta University and alumna Pinky Cole are teaming up to offer full scholarships to Rayshard Brooks’ four children, who range in age from 1 to 13 years old. Jeff Martin/AP A university in Georgia is partnering with an alumna to award full scholarships to the four children of Rayshard Brooks, the Black man fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer in the parking […]
In the wake of protests against deeply entrenched racism, statues of slave traders and Confederate leaders are being torn town and toppled both in the U.S. and abroad. The dismantling of Confederate statues in this particular moment are not spontaneous acts of destruction; they follow decades of debate and peaceful protest about the significance and messaging around the public display of symbols of the Confederacy. Some, however, worry that the removal of public monuments will equate to the erasure of our collective history. None of this is anything new. As University of Iowa historian Sarah Bond has written, the practice goes […]
The incident was said to have taken place on 5 June when an Austrian man was fined €500 for “offending public decency” after passing gas at Vienna police officers, according to the Osterreich newspaper. An Austrian man has been fined €500 for loudly passing gas “with full intent” in the general direction of some Vienna Police officers last week, a judgement the police department is now trying to defend. The Vienna police department in a tweet said, “of course no one is reported for accidentally ‘letting one go’”. The police said they have fined the man for “offending public decency”. Natürlich wird […]
Body camera footage from Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosan were released by the Atlanta Police Department on Saturday.The footage clearly shows Atlanta police officers behaving respectfully and doing everything they were supposed to do. According to reports Rayshard Brooks fell asleep in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday night. When the police arrived Rayshard failed a breathalyzer test. Then when police attempted to arrest Brooks he became violent. TRENDING: BREAKING: CNN Crew Attacked by Rioters in Atlanta – Beaten at Wendy’s (VIDEO) Brooks was caught on camera wrestling with police and resisting arrest.He was shot dead after he took […]
Residents and activists are demanding answers after the body of Robert Fuller, 24, was found hanging from a tree in a Los Angeles suburb. While police say early findings point to suicide, skeptics suspect a hate crime. Fuller was found dead earlier this week, suspended from a tree with a rope tied around his neck near city hall in Palmdale, California. Authorities have yet to issue an official cause of death, but speaking to local media, one police lieutenant said there appeared to be no indications of foul play. “From initial investigation of the scene and everything we’ve recovered, all signs […]
George Floyd’s brother was among the witnesses invited by Democrats to speak at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality Wednesday morning. Republicans invited Fox News contributor Dan Bongino. Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who has made several unsuccessful bids for Congress, used his opening statement to endorse the “few bad apples” theory of police misconduct. But by the time he was getting questioned by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), he was going full “All Lives Matter.” Jeffries listed off the many familiar names of black men and women who have been unjustly killed by police officers. “But Mr. […]
Infrastructure-as-a-service firm Bison Trails has added support for yet another “Ethereum killer”: NEAR Protocol. Inked Tuesday, Bison Trails will help host the newly launched NEAR Protocol’s validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors. The NEAR Foundation announced the closing of a $21.6 million sale of its NEAR token, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), on May 4. “What we’re doing with it is helping people run their own NEAR validators and, if they don’t want to run a validator, they can delegate to the Bison Trails NEAR community validator,” Bison Trails protocol specialist Viktor […]
NPR reviewed a database of thousands of contracting actions connected to the COVID-19 public health crisis and identified more than 250 companies that got federal contracts worth more than $1 million without going through a fully competitive bidding process. diane555/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption diane555/Getty Images NPR reviewed a database of thousands of contracting actions connected to the COVID-19 public health crisis and identified more than 250 companies that got federal contracts worth more than $1 million without going through a fully competitive bidding process. diane555/Getty Images When nurses and doctors across the country were struggling to treat coronavirus patients […]
Charlotte St. Martin, the president of the Broadway League, makes clear she does not “have a crystal ball.” But her personal belief is that Broadway will reopen in January 2021, she reveals in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast. For St. Martin, Broadway’s post-pandemic reopening means safety protocols being in place to ensure audience members can sit next to each other as they did before, likely—at least in the first phase of reopening—wearing masks, with actors, singers, and dancers able to perform in the same numbers and proximity, and with the same energy, as before. “We know that we cannot […]
World 16:56 GMT 19.05.2020(updated 16:58 GMT 19.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107935/53/1079355329_0:10:3072:1738_1200x675_80_0_0_f1de4ff592dfd5bafbdaa018731fce9d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005191079355979-russian-direct-investment-fund-says-it-paid-in-full-for-covid-19-aid-sent-to-us/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Tuesday it had fully paid for the cargo of medical equipment delivered in April to the United States amid the coronavirus outbreak, and the US side would fully pay for its reciprocal aid to Russia. “The RDIF has facilitated the exchange of humanitarian aid between Russia and the United States to combat coronavirus. In accordance with the final agreement, the Fund fully financed the delivery of Russian cargo to the United States, and […]
A British father-of-two and a 27-year-old woman have been charged after a woman’s body was found “sawed in half” and shoved into suitcases in a forest outside Birmingham, England, according to local reports. The remains of an unidentified woman were found near a quarry in the Forest of Dean on Tuesday night, after a member of the public reported a vehicle driving erratically in the area, according to The Sun. A source close to the investigation told the paper that the alleged scene of the crime—a property in nearby Birmingham—was “like a bloodbath.” Authorities said a post-mortem examination was inconclusive and […]
Joe Biden is getting put through the ringer on social media for his latest reported blunder, comparing vice presidential picks to calendar models, which looks especially bad considering he wants a female running mate. The tidbit that set social media ablaze was buried in a friendly New York Times piece about Biden picking a vice presidential nominee for November. “Mr. Biden has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models,” The Times wrote, going on to describe a three category process that includes “‘Mr. August’ (a shot of momentum in the summer), a ‘Mr. October’ (a reliable and effective campaigner for […]
Opposition leader Juan Guaido continues to deny any link to a failed armed incursion into Venezuela, despite his own allies handing over a lengthy contract to American media naming him as the commander of the operation. The oppo figurehead and self-declared “interim president” of Venezuela denied again on Friday that he had anything to do with the ill-fated mission, which by most accounts was set up by a Florida-based security company, Silvercorp USA, and its American CEO, Jordan Goudreau. “We reiterate once again that the interim government has no link, commitment or responsibility to Silvercorp or its actions, as well as […]
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