https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/102053/05/1020530503_0:225:5364:3242_1200x675_80_0_0_e309ee1f34ae6f787e65c04bf7a3357c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010171080804386-ny-health-officials-shutdown-giant-10000-person-wedding-amid-covid-19/ Health officials in New York City announced the ban a few days before the planned wedding, which is expected to draw 10,000 guests in Brooklyn, New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Ducker signed a Section 16 order banning a wedding scheduled for Monday in Williamsburg, which violates restrictions on meetings. Although the […]
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The move comes as Ant, a global leader in digital payments, is readying what could be an offering worth up to a record $35 billion. Source link
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 […]
According to oil and gas titan Total, its business focus, as well as that of its European peers, will shift towards low-carbon energy sources in the next few years, as the oil market becomes increasingly obsolete. A leading French oil and gas company, Total, anticipates a potential peak for oil in the coming decade before it reaches a plateau by 2030, noting that natural gas “remains […]
According to oil and gas titan Total, its business focus, as well as that of its European peers, will shift towards low-carbon energy sources in the next few years, as the oil market becomes increasingly obsolete. A leading French oil and gas company, Total, anticipates a potential peak for oil in the coming decade before it reaches a plateau by 2030, noting that natural gas “remains […]
A giant nuclear explosion scale model has spotted during a recent Russian large-scale military exercise called Kavkaz-2020 (Caucasus 2020). This exercise took place predominantly in Russia’s Southern Military District, a region that stretches from Russian-occupied Crimea in the west, to the Caspian Sea in the east, and the volatile North Caucasus in the middle. The image circulated for days in various formats on social media, causing […]
On 18 September, the day US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the Senate would vote on President Trump’s pick to replace her, despite that it is an election year – an argument he made in 2016 during the Obama era. On Saturday, Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee. Activists from the March For Our Lives […]
Messaging app company LINK has started a rewards program where people can get LINK tokens by using its remittance and investment mobile apps. Source link
Launched in 2016, The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently mapping the surface of Bennu, the so-called ‘doomsday asteroid’, formed from fragments of an ancient planetoid destroyed during the formation of the solar system. NASA has announced the striking discovery of fragments of the solar system’s second-largest asteroid on the surface of another asteroid. On Monday, the US space agency published images captured in 2019 by the OSIRIS-REx […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US energy services giant Baker Hughes is interested in expanding its presence in the Russian market despite the regime of sanctions between the US and Russia, Elena Akoltseva, the president at Baker Hughes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), told Sputnik in an interview. “Our full-stream technology portfolio and expertise, local assets, relationships and experience in Russia make us well-positioned […]
The Indian government said last year that it would turn the state-backed telecom giant BSNL into a profit-making entity by selling off its properties, which are valued at approximately $67 billion. Senior officials from the telecom department say that revenue rules are being flouted in the process, causing a loss of $2.71 billion to the states. The Indian government’s plan to financially revive the loss-making telecom […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080489783_0:200:1920:1280_1200x675_80_0_0_9625a23680b8887bc1b3ae5aec97e501.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202009171080489814-accounting-giant-deloitte-hit-with-19mln-fine-over-autonomy-audit-failings/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The accounting giant Deloitte has been hit with a fine of 15 million pounds ($19.3 million) over its failings during an audit of the software company Autonomy before its 2011 sale to Hewlett-Packard (HP), the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Thursday. “Deloitte has been fined £15 million, severely reprimanded and has agreed to provide […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105980/75/1059807582_0:226:4344:2670_1200x675_80_0_0_cf2bfac31539a801d8f5c3672f9889f2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009121080441193-watch-giant-fire-tornado-hit-california-amid-infernal-wildfires/ California has been ravaged by intense wildfires since August, with over 2.3 million acres of land burnt, which is over 20 times more than last year. Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, declared a statewide emergency on 18 August, while US President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for the state on 22 August. A devastating fire tornado has been […]
Kevin Zeese: A Giant In The World Of Activism By Andrea Merida Cuellar and Robert Smith, HowieHawkins.com. September 6, 2020 Kevin Zeese: A Giant In The World Of Activism2020-09-062020-09-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/epc_final_four-e1599436477517.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kevin Zeese, pictured first on the right, alongside the other Embassy Protectors. “Kevin leaves an enormous hole in his wake.” “He would want his legacy to be that we filled it by multiplying our efforts to […]
US scientists are continuing to sound the alarm on the potential environmental and agricultural threats posed by the Asian giant hornet – or “murder hornet” – as sightings and captures of the slaughterous insect have been on the rise in Washington. However, recent efforts to trap the invasive insect have yielded just a single specimen. Whatcom County, Washington, officials announced on Friday that a beekeeper from […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080324638_44:0:1244:675_1200x675_80_0_0_a232849d5b0f34694d83936117c15e6e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008311080324340-giant-kite-sweeps-3-year-old-into-sky-during-festival-in-taiwan–video/ The video of the incredible incident at the Taiwan Kite Festival is going viral on social media, with more than 49K views. In a hair-raising incident, a 3-year-old girl was lifted high into the air by a giant kite that she was flying during a kite festival in Taiwan. Media reports said the little girl was miraculously able to […]
Equinor will use digital flare mitigation tech from Crusoe Energy at its Bakken oilfield operations in the U.S. Source link
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 […]
Already live on SBI’s forex trading platform, the contracts for difference (CFDs) are available in bitcoin, ether and XRP flavors. Source link
English guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Getty Images English guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream. Evening Standard/Getty Images Andres Segovia popularized the classical guitar. Julian Bream took it to the next level. Bream, who died Aug. 14 at the age of 87 in his native England, stepped into a guitar world in which everything had to be done just […]
Protesters gather near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk in Belarus on Aug. 16 to protest the results of last week’s presidential election, which are widely seen as fraudulent. Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS hide caption toggle caption Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS Protesters gather near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk in Belarus on Aug. 16 to protest the results of last week’s presidential election, which are widely seen as fraudulent. […]
A pro-life group used chalk to create a giant “baby lives matter” mural outside Planned Parenthood in DC late Saturday evening. The activists styled the chalk mural after the “Black Lives Matter” street murals being placed in cities across the country. BREAKING: Massive ‘Baby Lives Matter’ mural painted on the street front of a Planned Parenthood in heart of Washington DC overnight. The ‘Baby Lives Matter’ […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107336/57/1073365749_0:101:1920:1181_1200x675_80_0_0_9d91b933c4f515010da76dc9952318f0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202007251079980665-scientists-have-reportedly-discovered-remains-of-giant-pigeon/ Scientists from the University of New Mexico have found the remains of a giant pigeon, Tongoenas burleyi, on the islands of the Kingdom of Tonga in Oceania, according to the portal “Eurekalert!” The pigeon may be among the most common animals city-dwellers encounter on a daily basis, especially if they don’t own any house pets. However, US researchers in […]
Japan’s largest banking firm, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is set to issue a digital currency in the second half of this year. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain […]
Mia Khalifa’s war of words with her former employers has deepened. The ex-adult actress accuses studio BangBros of mounting a “smear campaign” against her for creating a site that counters claims she’s made about her porn career. Khalifa has been outspoken about her experiences in the porn industry, slamming it for “predatory practices.” She has criticized specific porn companies in posts on her popular social media […]
IBM is giving its blockchain track-and-trace capabilities the social-impact treatment with a provenance application that enables coffee drinkers to directly assist the smallholders who farmed the beans. Announced Wednesday, IBM has teamed up with J. M. Smucker Company – the $12.2 billion food giant behind coffee brands like Folgers, Café Bustelo and Dunkin’ – to trace the supply chain of Colombian coffee. The program is meant to […]
14 Jul, 2020 11:48 Follow RT on British telecoms companies will be banned from buying Huawei 5G components starting from the end of this year, the UK media secretary said. The firms also must get rid of all of their Huawei gear by 2027. Follow RT on Source link
Shares of the French video game company Ubisoft have seen a huge drop in value as multiple top executives parted ways with the company plagued by numerous allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment. Ubisoft shares dropped nine percent on Monday, following the announcement made over the weekend that three top executives would be leaving as a part of the drive to try “improve and strengthen its workplace […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107475/64/1074756423_0:120:1280:840_1200x675_80_0_0_08273ce3d48d34a758a48da95ba30f22.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007131079867331-watch-15-foot-giant-king-cobra-coming-dangerously-close-to-rescuer-in-south-india–video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): The monsoon season has finally arrived in India after a months-long scorching summer. Along with rains, come the reptiles which are frequently being seen in residential areas and buildings. Recently, a giant monitor lizard was spotted in the capital Delhi. A 15-foot-long king Cobra entered a village in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The forest department subsequently came to […]
Snail Shells Date England’s Cerne Abbas Giant to Medieval, Not Prehistoric, Era by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com The earliest recorded mention of the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180-foot-tall chalk drawing of a nude man wielding a club, dates to 1694. But archaeologists and locals alike have long speculated that the towering figure in Dorset, England, is much older—perhaps even a relic of the prehistoric period. Now, reports BBC News, an […]
One of the world’s largest freight carriers wants to use an enterprise blockchain from the Alibaba Group to cut costs. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
A couple in Martinez, California, peacefully painted over the city-sanctioned giant yellow “Black Lives Matter” lettering in the middle of the road on the Fourth of July. Police are now looking for the couple, likely harder than they are searching for the terrorists who ripped down statues, looted shops, and destroyed large chunks of cities across the nation. “The narrative of police brutality. The narrative of […]
Eddie Hall plans on cementing his position at the summit of the strongman mountain when he takes on Hafthor Bjornsson when the two meet for a boxing match next year, and says there is no love lost between the two behemoths. Both Hall and Bjornsson have duelled for strongman honors in recent years, turning what was once a friendly relationship between the two into a competitive rivalry […]
Four Giant Reasons To Remove The Statues By Lee Camp, Consortium News. July 1, 2020 Four Giant Reasons To Remove The Statues2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/confederate_soldier-e1593633034203.jpg200px200px From a Robert E. Lee Descendant. We should relocate our racist statues to museums where we can remember our racist history in the appropriate context. I’m a descendant of General Robert E. Lee. My family also descends from George Washington and John Marshall, the […]
Dairy company Valio has become the latest Finnish firm to review cultural stereotypes in its branding, such as a man wearing a fez on a Turkish yoghurt package. Despite the fact that the person behind the initial complaint later said his comments were intended as a joke, Valio has scheduled a comprehensive review of its products. Finnish dairy company Valio has pledged to retire stereotypical graphics […]
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Rare Giant Squid Washes Onto Shores of South African Beach by Nora McGreevey/Smithsonianmag.com A rare giant squid washed ashore on a South African beach earlier this month, reports Amy Gibbings for News24. The 13.7-foot-long, deep-sea dweller was stranded on a beach along Britannia Bay in southwest South Africa. Beachgoers discovered the creature and alerted officials on the morning of June 7. Adéle Grosse of Cape Town happened upon […]
English hulk Eddie Hall appears to be keeping his promise to “eat, sleep and recover the hardest” after posting a self-portrait in a boxing gym ahead of a scrap with Hafthor Julius Bjornsson that could go ahead in September 2021. Icelandic behemoth Bjornsson and rival Hall are set to take their war of words into the boxing ring in a colossal contest that could take place in […]
A Russian photographer sent his drone for an unusual photo op with Vladimir Lenin. Not the Bolshevik leader’s preserved body, but the name ‘Lenin’ written with trees by Soviet foresters. The pictures taken by Slava Stepanov show the name formed from pine and spruce trees. Walking among the trees, one would hardly realize they were anything special. But from the air, the letters of the 300-meter […]
Earlier reports claimed two of Britain’s biggest mobile operators, BT and Vodafone, warned the government that parts of the country might face mobile blackouts if they were to pull Huawei gear out of their networks following US pressure to ban the Chinese tech giant. British security officials have reportedly urged UK telecom operators such as BT and Vodafone to replenish their stockpiles of Huawei equipment amid […]
You’re going to just love your new country when it comes to your neighborhood–The far left citizens of CHOP, formerly CHAZ, attempted last night to hoist a giant Black Power Fist statue inside their commune. But the statue was too heavy for the far left activists and feminist allies so they abandoned their project. Advertisement – story continues below This gives us a glimpse of the […]
The Asian giant hornet, which can grow up to 5.5 cm in length, are native to East and South Asia. The first sightings of these “murderous” creatures were reported in the United States last year. Does it mean that these giant insects have started migrating around the world? A giant “wasp-like” creature have been spotted by a Hull woman in the United Kingdom, Hull Live reported. […]
Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed the first phase of a blockchain pilot to issue digital asset-backed securities (ABS). The Valley Forge, Pa.-based investment manager worked in close collaboration with blockchain startup Symbiont, an unnamed U.S. ABS issuer, BNY Mellon, Citi and State Street. Vanguard modeled the full lifecycle of an ABS settlement on blockchain in the pilot. Vanguard’s end goal for the pilot is to […]
The growing trend of kneeling to show solidarity with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has apparently been adopted by banker Jamie Dimon, triggering an avalanche of disbelief and mockery on social media. The CEO of JPMorgan Chase was photographed taking a knee in front of a large bank vault on Friday, sparking speculation that he was expressing support for anti-racism protests that have spread across the […]
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing Co. has secured a $1,9 billion Stand-off Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Department of Defense announced a contract to provide non-recurring engineering associated with the SLAM-ER obsolescence redesign effort as well as the production and delivery of 650 SLAM-ER missiles in support of the government of Saudi […]
After Micree Ketuan Zhan, the exiled co-founder of Bitmain, moved to reinstate his position after another partial legal victory over his former employer, tensions reportedly escalated into a physical brawl. According to a source close to Zhan, who was ousted by his rival co-founder Wu Jihan last October, the former executive was recently granted the right to recover his status as the legal representative of Beijing […]