We Don’t Listen To The Dying Government Of Donald Trump By Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. December 10, 2020 We Don’t Listen To The Dying Government Of Donald Trump2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/trump-1.png200px200px Above photo: César Mosquera / Utopix (Venezuela), War Media, 2020. The night before the National Assembly elections in Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro spoke to a group of visitors at Miraflores Palace in Caracas. He recounted how […]
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Stop Government Attack On COVID-19 Whistleblower By Socialist Equality Party, WSWS.org. December 10, 2020 Stop Government Attack On COVID-19 Whistleblower2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/rebekah-jones.jpg200px200px Above photo: Rebekah Jones, Screenshot from CBS local. The Socialist Equality Party condemns the fascistic police raid on the home of data scientist Rebekah Jones, which came in response to her work exposing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida and in schools across the […]
US Congress And Corporate Media Claim Venezuela’s Government Threatened To Starve Non-Voters By Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil, The Grayzone. December 7, 2020 US Congress And Corporate Media Claim Venezuela’s Government Threatened To Starve Non-Voters2020-12-072020-12-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/venezuela-diosdado-cabello-threat-food-starve-voters-e1607355882439.jpg200px200px Spun out by the US Congress and Wall Street Journal, the cynical deception is part of an assault on Venezuela’s legislative election, in which even opposition politicians were sanctioned for participating. […]
Iowa Is What Happens When Government Does Nothing By Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic. December 5, 2020 Iowa Is What Happens When Government Does Nothing2020-12-052020-12-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/doctor.jpg200px200px Above photo: A nurse holds a swab taken from a patient for testing at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Andy Abeyta / The Gazette / AP. The story of the coronavirus in the state is one of government inaction in […]
Provisional Government Of West Papua Won’t Bow Down To Jakarta By Benny Wenda, ULMWP.org. December 2, 2020 Provisional Government Of West Papua Won’t Bow Down To Jakarta2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/west-papua-e1606930487359.jpg200px200px Above photo: Papuan activists attend a protest in Surabaya December 1, 2020, to mark the Free Papua Organisation anniversary. AFP. Today, we announce the formation of our Provisional Government of West Papua. We are ready to take over our […]
Nigerian Government Revealing Its True Character In Response To Youth Protests By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. November 16, 2020 Nigerian Government Revealing Its True Character In Response To Youth Protests2020-11-162020-11-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/fuel-protesters-e1605553320154.jpg200px200px Youth protests against police violence in Nigeria, the #EndSARS movement, gained international attention with solidarity protests around the world. To understand those protests and the context of the political, economic and social environment in Nigeria, […]
How Government And Private Industry Let The Main Street Of A Black Neighborhood Crumble By Tony Briscoe, Haru Coryne, and Mick Dumke, Pro Publica. November 12, 2020 How Government And Private Industry Let The Main Street Of A Black Neighborhood Crumble2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/chicago.png200px200px Above image: Illustration: Lisa Larson-Walker, Source Images: Chicago Public Library, Special Collections, Department of Urban Renewal Records. Disinvested. A half-century after Chicago’s uprisings in 1968, a once-thriving retail […]
Calls For Universal Basic Income Increase As Government Support Fails By Jasmine Norden, The Canary. November 10, 2020 Calls For Universal Basic Income Increase As Government Support Fails2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/ubi.png200px200px Above photo: Via YouTube/The Matt Skidmore Show and YouTube/The Telegraph. Elected representatives across the UK have called on the government to prevent poverty by trialling Universal Basic Income (UBI). On 30 October, 520 MPs, councillors, peers, mayors and members of […]
Welsh Government Announces Nationalisation Of Rail Service October 24, 2020 Welsh Government Announces Nationalisation Of Rail Service2020-10-242020-10-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/train-e1603561236644.jpg200px200px NOTE: A problem with allowing private entities to run public services is that they generally require government support through difficult periods to maintain their profits and operations. When public services are owned and run by the government, they have a responsibility to the people and not profit so they […]
New Report: More Than $1Billion From War Industry And Government Going To Think Tanks By Cassandra Simpson, Responsible Statecraft. October 23, 2020 New Report: More Than $1Billion From War Industry And Government Going To Think Tanks2020-10-232020-10-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/weapons-e1603462042646.jpg200px200px Above photo: U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Ms. Christine Wormuth, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Mr. Rob Weiss, […]
Media Responds With Apathy, Disappointment As Coup Government Concedes Defeat By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. October 21, 2020 Media Responds With Apathy, Disappointment As Coup Government Concedes Defeat2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/arce-e1603286786445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Former Bolivian President Evo Morales attends a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after general elections in his home country, Oct. 19. 2020. Marcos Brindicci | AP. Across the spectrum, corporate media has endorsed last year’s […]
A four-week ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown has been announced in Northern Ireland to curb soaring Covid cases. The restrictions are the toughest introduced anywhere in the UK. On Wednesday, First Minister Arlene Foster announced strict new measures to tackle the Covid pandemic in Northern Ireland. The move sees pubs, restaurants and bars shut for a month, effective from 6pm on Friday, while schools will close for two […]
The extortionists demand a payment in bitcoin to avoid the detonation of an explosive device, per a report. Source link
TikTok has faced tough pressure from the United States recently, with the Trump administration attacking the company and seeking to ban the app over national security concerns, and fears that the video platform could be used to influence the outcome of the upcoming US presidential election. A San-Fransisco-based rival of TikTok, named Triller, slammed the Chinese video app for “bullying” and using bad press to undermine […]
The city of Seattle apparently paid street artists to restore a Black Lives Matter mural near the former CHOP autonomous zone, in the process funding such eyebrow-raising messages as “ACAB,” “abolish ICE” and “100% Antifa.” Twitter user Kitty Schackleford posted a livestream video Wednesday of an unidentified artist showing parts of the mural with messages written on the BLM letters, including “abolish capitalism,”“F**k 12” and “pigs […]
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrest of six men who allegedly plotted to violently overthrow the government and kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The half a dozen men were arrested Wednesday night after the FBI and Michigan State Police reportedly spent hours raiding a Hartland home. The arrest came after investigators uncovered an alleged plot that involved reaching out to members of a Michigan militia, […]
…from SouthFront.org The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan supported by Turkey continue their large-scale offensive to capture the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenian forces. Following the gains of the previous days, when Azerbaijani forces captured the towns of Talish, Jabrayil and Mataghis, they developed momentum in the Jabrayil district capturing the villages of Shikhali Agali, Sari jali, and Mezre, and several other hill tops, according to the […]
As part of a new repatriation law, this measure is intended to offer more clarity on the repatriation process, allowing the government to get rid of the rejected asylum seekers who have been dodging deportation for years, engaging in crime or living under multiple identities. As Denmark is stepping up efforts to solve the issue of rejected asylum seekers, the country’s Social Democrat government is aiming […]
Bolivia: Amid New Crisis, Coup Government Seeks To Divide Spoils By Federico Fuentes, Green Left. October 5, 2020 Bolivia: Amid New Crisis, Coup Government Seeks To Divide Spoils2020-10-052020-10-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bolivia-e1601925135418.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protester in La Paz holds up a sign that reads: “Anez: hunger does not wait”. Radio Kawsachun/Facebook. Just weeks out from the October 18 elections, Bolivia’s coup government is again in crisis following the departure of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080656804_0:0:3026:1703_1200x675_80_0_0_2076d883f9195d9d7d7a347bddab62af.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010031080656840-belgian-parliament-gives-support-to-new-coalition-government/ BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The Belgian parliament has given its support to a new federal government following three days of discussions, newly appointed Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Saturday. “We are facing serious challenges, but we have created a budgetary scheme that will allow us to take the necessary measures. The main priority is the fight against 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 […]
A contentious scenario could play out if President Trump disagrees with assessments of his ability to perform in office, says John Fortier, former executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission. Trump is seen here preparing to leave the White House earlier this week for a fundraising event and campaign rally in Minnesota. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images A contentious scenario […]
Ransomware attackers use malicious software to block access to data and demand ransom in return, oftentimes deploying the threat to make proprietary data public. Source link
US airlines are preparing to lay off tens of thousands of employees unless they get additional federal aid. The industry has been struggling to stay afloat amid an unprecedented collapse in air travel due to the Covid pandemic. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said late Wednesday that the carrier has no choice but to cut 19,000 jobs after attempts to get more federal money failed. The CEO of United […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Democrats latest COVID bill a political stunt as negotiators attempt to reach a relief agreement before the election. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Democrats latest COVID bill a political stunt as negotiators attempt to reach a relief agreement before the election. AP The Senate voted 84 — 10 to approve a […]
Genaro Garcia Luna, who was Mexico’s Secretary of Public Security from 2006 to 2012, was arrested in Dallas, Texas, in December 2019. It has been alleged he was bribed by the Sinaloa Cartel to keep the Mexican Federal Police Force away from their operations. When Joaquin Guzman Loera – better known as El Chapo – went on trial in New York it was alleged he paid a US$6 […]
Amnesty International has suspended its work in India after the government blocked its funds in the country. The non-governmental organization (NGO) claims it has been unfairly persecuted by New Delhi. In a press release, Amnesty International India said its bank accounts had been frozen earlier this month and it was no longer able to carry out operations. The group claimed it had been targeted by India’s […]
Pompeo Calls For Overthrow Of Venezuelan Government September 25, 2020 Pompeo Calls For Overthrow Of Venezuelan Government2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/pompeo.jpg200px200px Above photo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (second right) and Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo (right) are received at a reception centre in the Boa Vista Air Base in Roraima, Brazil. AP. Guyana – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised millions of dollars to Venezuelan exiles in neighbouring […]
Iran-based bitcoiner Zahra Amini was used to answering questions on cryptocurrencies, but usually about their relationship with crime. So when a 70-year-old man recently asked her to explain crypto because he no longer wanted to rely on the national rial, Amini felt something had changed. “If people that age are thinking about storing their wealth in anything rather than the national rial, it’s because they are […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pictured on Sept. 17. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pictured on Sept. 17. Jacquelyn Martin/AP A stopgap funding bill to keep the government running through Dec. 11 passed the House 359-57 late Tuesday evening, with one lawmaker voting present. The bill was temporarily delayed over a heated dispute regarding farm aid. The legislation still must […]
After multiple agencies ignored a White House memo against using ‘critical race theory’ in diversity training, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning such sessions altogether as ‘destructive’. It “shall be the policy of the United States not to promote race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating in the Federal workforce or in the Uniformed Services, and not to allow grant funds to be used […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib urged on Monday all the parties responsible for resolving the long-standing national crisis to foster the formation of a new government, in line with France’s initiative to help the crisis-stricken country seek financial assistance on the condition of a functional cabinet. “Pain of the Lebanese people, passing throughout all the country, requires cooperation between all the sides to […]
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A panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, pictured in San Francisco, ruled on Monday that the Trump administration can end humanitarian protections for immigrants from four countries, clearing a path for their eventual deportation. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP A panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, pictured in San […]
DOHA (Sputnik) – Intra-Afghan negotiations to reach peace between the Kabul administration and the Taliban movement started in Qatar’s Doha on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. Both sides have sent delegations of more than 20 people to participate in talks. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, who leads the government’s delegation, has said that the country intends to end the decades-long […]
Since being overthrown in 2001 after the invasion of US forces, the Taliban have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government, choosing instead to hold talks with representatives from Washington. A landmark peace deal signed between the militant organization and the United States on 29 February set the stage for intra-Afghan talks, although the staging of negotiations would rest on both sides complying with a prisoner […]
Most US citizens believe their government, legislators and courts are corrupt and unaccountable to the public, according to a new poll. Strikingly, both Democrats and Republicans share this opinion. Seventy-three percent of Americans say that elected officials do not face “serious consequences” for misconduct, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. A closer look reveals that a mere 21 percent of those leaning Democrat and […]
Two men said to be linked to the ‘Boogaloo’ movement were charged for attempting to lend support to a US-designated terrorist group, allegedly offering guns and other assistance to federal agents posing as Hamas members. Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, and Michael Robert Soloman, 30, were each slapped with charges for “conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” the DOJ said […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080371007_0:159:3083:1893_1200x675_80_0_0_ab8f26c12e5578fb2510ce01a3f53af3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202009051080371037-brazil-declares-officials-of-maduros-government-personae-non-grata/ RIO DE JANEIRO (Sputnik) – The Brazilian authorities declared officials of the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro personae non grata, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said on late Friday. According to the ministry, the Brazilian government “told diplomatic, consular and administrative officials of the illegal Venezuelan regime that they had been declared personae non grata”. The move gives Caracas […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom’s National Audit Office on Friday issued a 23-page report intended to learn from the government’s actions leading up to Brexit, which officially took place on 31 January 2020. The report found that government departments spent a collective $5.8 billion and mobilised 22,000 employees between the June 2016 vote and the Brexit date. A tendency for secrecy in the Department for […]
This article was considered too controversial by the Russian Government and was ordered censored. It was submitted to New Eastern Outlook on August 25, 2020. See the story, the Falwells at an “alleged” Trump owned swingers club in Miami, normally only for Russian gangsters…great video: By Gordon Duff Did Donald Trump gain the presidency of the United States through blackmailing Jerry Falwell, until hours ago leader […]
Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo has warned ExxonMobil his government will pass legislation to make the transnational oil giant pay its way in the small South American nation. Guyana’s newly-elected government is looking to former colonial power the UK as a partner to expand its natural resources sector. Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat, an MP for the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), met on Tuesday with the outgoing […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/17/1080250601_0:0:3557:2001_1200x675_80_0_0_286f4e16acc7e137c385b5d0eb511d29.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202008231080250631-ecowas-delegation-calls-for-establishing-civilian-government-in-mali-source-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States, which has arrived in Mali for talks with the military junta, has called on transferring power in the country to a civilian government, a source said. After talks with Malian stakeholders, Goodluck called for a swift transfer of power to a civilian government, a source said. […]
…by Stewart Littlewood, Britain – First published … August 08, 2020 – [ Editor’s Note: Stewart is a clear eyed observer of British domestic and geopolitics. As editor’s, because there is and endless demand for our reading time to stay abreast of what is going on outside out vastly timing consuming US monitoring, it is a pleasure to have dependable material coming in from contributors that […]
Protesters gather in front of the Minsk Tractor Works Plant to support workers leaving the plant after their work shift in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption toggle caption Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Protesters gather in front of the Minsk Tractor Works Plant to support workers leaving the plant after their work shift in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP The European Union on Wednesday said […]
From the coronavirus pandemic to the A-levels fiasco, the current UK government has been in crisis management mode for months. However, Boris Johnson doesn’t look eager for a major reshuffle until after Brexit is (finally) done. Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not plan to reshuffle the government in the autumn despite growing pressure from within the Conservative Party, The Telegraph reports, citing Whitehall sources. “There are […]
International Lawyers Make Urgent Appeal To British Government By Lawyers for Assange, Consortium News. August 17, 2020 International Lawyers Make Urgent Appeal To British Government2020-08-172020-08-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/assange.jpg200px200px An array of international lawyers have written to the British prime minister, foreign secretary, secretary of state for justice and home secretary outlining his illegal treatment and demanding Julian Assange’s release. Lawyers for Assange Independent international legal observers of the proceedings in the […]
The UK government has announced that students in England will now be awarded the grade that their teachers had predicted for them based on past performance rather than rely on an algorithm to help generate their marks. The move was criticized as the algorithm used to assess grade predictions made by teachers saw marks lowered for almost 40 percent of students taking their main school-leaving exams. […]
The United Kingdom’s Health Secretary is reportedly seeking to replace Public Health England (PHE) amid criticisms that the organisation failed to respond effectively to the coronavirus pandemic. Government ministers are facing criticism on Sunday following reports that Health Secretary Matt Hancock is looking to scrap Public Health England (PHE) and replace it with a new pandemic response agency. Hancock is reportedly going to announce the formation […]
A sweeping purge of executives at U.S. government media outlets widened this week. At least six of the top ten executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were removed from their posts on Wednesday. Critics say the housecleaning threatens to destroy the firewall meant to separate government news entities from the White House. They warn it could turn broadcasters such as the Voice of America […]
After it became clear that his neighborhood would be targeted as part of a sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as “ghettos,” Asif Mehmood and 11 of his neighbors filed a lawsuit against the Danish government. Sidsel Overgaard/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sidsel Overgaard/NPR After it became clear that his neighborhood would be targeted as part of a sweeping plan to […]
A letter from Lebanese security officials warning that the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate dangerously stored in the port of Beirut could destroy the city was sent to both the prime minister and the president in late July, according to Reuters. The new information underscores the level of incompetence over the handling of the infamous port that led to a catastrophic blast that killed more […]
An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector’s supply chains. Source link
Lebanese Protesters Occupy Government Buildings As Army Uses Live Ammunition By Mena Solidarity Network. August 10, 2020 Lebanese Protesters Occupy Government Buildings As Army Uses Live Ammunition2020-08-102020-08-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-protest-in-martyrs-square-beirut-8-august-2020-picture-tamim-al-masarif-via-facebook-e1597069534561.jpg200px200px Above photo: Lebanon Protest in Martyrs’ Square, Beirut 8 August 2020 – picture Tamim al-Masarif via Facebook. NOTE: As we work to understand the situation in Lebanon, we are posting this article about weekend protests. Residents of Lebanon have much to […]
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/202008101080123292-lebanese-prime-minister-diab-formally-announces-resignation-of-government/ The announcement comes following the August 4 ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut’s port, which sparked large-scale protests and clashes in the Lebanese capital, and led to calls by protesters for the government to resign. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab formally announced the resignation of his government, shortly after Health Minister Hamad Hassan confirmed its intention to do so on […]
The “whole government” of Lebanon will resign shortly amid growing public anger and protests following the devastating explosion in Beirut port, Health Minister Hamad Hassan told reporters. He told the press that Prime Minister Hassan Diab would make his way to the presidential palace to “hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers.” Hassan broke the news to journalists following a cabinet meeting […]
The Trump administration has prohibited American companies from selling technology, including vital semiconductors, to Huawei citing vague national security concerns. The rules were toughened this May to include foreign companies that use US technology. US chipmaker Qualcomm is lobbying the US government for permission to sell chips to Huawei, The Wall Street Journal reports. Qualcomm has been circulating a presentation around Washington, DC, which argues that […]
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed an order which bans “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with ByteDance Ltd” or its subsidiaries beginning 45 days after the signing. The famous Chinese app is going to file a complaint regarding Trump’s Thursday order in the US District Court for the Southern District of California as soon […]
The 4th Circuit Court in Venezuela with jurisdiction in terrorism, condemned two American citizens to 20 years in prison this week. Luke Denman and Airan Berry are linked to the “Gedeon” operation. They were not offered their right to defense. United States veterans Denman and Berry participated in a failed attempt to allegedly topple the failed socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro. This was an episode that […]
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/202008061080079799-hiroshima-mayor-calls-on-japanese-government-to-join-treaty-on-prohibition-of-nuclear-weapons/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on Thursday on the Japanese government to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during his speech at the ceremony of commemorating the 75th anniversary of the city’s nuclear bombing. The ceremony started in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and included a minute of silence at 8:15 am (23:15 […]
As George Washington put it, “a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils”. He warned that sympathy for the favourite nation encourages the illusion of common interest where none really exists, risks participation in its quarrels and wars, and involves“concessions to the favourite nation of privileges denied to others which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions by […]
Above photo: The only known photograph of district judge Vanessa Baraitser — who will rule on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US — in the public domain. Anonymisation by Declassified. From Instagram. The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice is blocking the release of basic information about the judge who is to rule on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US in what appears to be an irregular application […]
Having only settled with the SEC last year, the PlexCoin founders now face a fresh round of charges from the Department of Justice. Source link
Earlier this week, a New York Times article read: “Hands are out as Congress is set to begin negotiating a new round of pandemic stimulus. Airlines, hotels, restaurants. Military contractors and banks. Even Broadway actors.” That “even” hit many of us working theater artists hard. Let me tell you why. The arts in New York City is a major economic engine. According to a study commissioned […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105607/76/1056077692_0:159:3076:1889_1200x675_80_0_0_39c449819e7afee743319eb996c402eb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007241079979117-us-government-invokes-defence-act-to-safeguard-rare-earths-magnets-production/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US government has authorized Defence Production Act Title III actions to sustain and strengthen industrial base capabilities and defence-critical workforce in the aviation, rare earth materials, and electronics industries, the Department of Defence announced in a press release. “[T]he Department of Defence entered into a $33.6 million agreement with eMagin Corporation to sustain and expand […]
The Taliban has said it is ready for talks with Afghanistan’s political leadership after the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Adha at the end of July. The movement also offered to hand over the last of the government prisoners in a week’s time, providing the government frees the last of its Taliban prisoners, AP reports. The offer was made by the Taliban’s political spokesman Suhail Shaheen in […]
Government lawyers accepted it was legally required to have a completed data privacy impact assessment (DPIA) at the time Test and Trace launched 28th May, and revealed it still hasn’t been completed as of 20th July, although it’s being worked on. The UK government has admitted its contact tracing programme is unlawful in a legal letter confirming it’s been running in breach of data protection laws […]
Under the U.K. government’s proposals, unauthorized companies would need explicit approval to legally market cryptocurrency products. Source link
The new head of Ireland’s government has criticised Trump in the past and called on European nations to stand up to him, but POTUS has never commented on the former’s statements and it’s unclear if he’s even aware of these incidents. US President Donald Trump has so far failed to call Ireland’s new Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, despite him being appointed almost three weeks ago in a […]
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Bolivians Take To The Streets Against The Añez Government July 18, 2020 Bolivians Take To The Streets Against The Añez Government2020-07-182020-07-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/f5td_rer.jpg_1718483346-e1595079360160.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators walk down a street in La Paz, Bolivia, July 13, 2020. Twitter/ @nunoticiasenred. Workers demand definitive confirmation of the holding of general elections in September. Bolivia’s Workers Central (COB) Tuesday called for tens of thousands of people to hold a mass protest in […]
The St. Louis couple that gained notoriety after pointing loaded firearms at Black Lives Matter protesters passing by their home last month joined a Trump campaign event late Friday to recount the terror they experienced on that fateful day when demonstrators encroached on their sidewalks. They noted that they’d since gotten “support from the White House on down.” Speaking to Kim Guilfoyle, campaign adviser and partner […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – Canadian opposition lawmakers said in a letter to the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada Nancy Belanger that they are calling for an investigation into WE Charity’s efforts to lobby the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “I am thus asking that you investigate whether anyone in the WE organization ought to have registered to lobby public office holders, but failed to do so, […]
Government Gave Big Oil The Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic By Walker Bragman and David Sirota, The American Prospect. July 16, 2020 Government Gave Big Oil The Power to Prosecute Its Biggest Critic2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/a-protest-outside-the-attorney-generals-office-in-quito-ecuador-september-2018-associated-press-e1594919342160.jpg200px200px Above photo: A protest outside the attorney general’s office in Quito, Ecuador, September 2018. By Daniel Ochoa, Associated Press. Note: We interviewed Steven Donziger who is the focus of this story, and of […]
It might have only taken a few court fights and a Capitol Hill lobbying campaign, but payday lending companies managed to get a cut of the near-$700 billion relief fund set aside by Washington to help the country’s small businesses weather the coronavirus outbreak. Records of who received loans under the Paycheck Protection Program released last week show that 35 companies that provide payday loans, car […]
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2020. He heads the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2020. He heads the Select Subcommittee on the […]
Armed security guards position themselves on the balcony at the McCloskey home during the second wave of protests on their home. This was several days after the BLM protesters originally broke into their gated community. St. Louis Attorney Mark McCloskey joined Sean Hannity on Tuesday night to discuss the latest developments from St. Louis. McCloskey and his wife pointed guns at protesters who broke into their […]
Canadian politicians are seeking answers after the half-brother of the prime minister was paid by the federal government to speak at a blockchain conference. Source link
After cabinet minister Michael Gove said wearing masks in shops is ‘good manners’ and won’t be mandatory, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that it will be, with those in England and Wales who refuse facing a £100 fine. “The prime minister has been clear that people should be wearing face coverings in shops and we will make this mandatory from July 24,” a spokesperson for […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the government was deliberating on a recently widely-debated issue of whether to make face masks mandatory in shops and other confined public spaces and would deliver a statement in “the next few days.” “Yes, I think people should be wearing face coverings in shops, and in terms of how we do that and whether […]
KARAMOJA, UGANDA – 2018/02/01: Girls sit in the yard at Kalas Girls Primary School, Amudat District, Karamoja, Uganda. They each escaped home after their families tried to force them to undergo FGM or to enter into an early marriage. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been outlawed in Uganda since 2010, but aid workers and police say it’s still being practiced by tribes in the northeast, including […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107878/97/1078789773_0:221:2100:1403_1200x675_80_0_0_cec87b3f070cdd0c4e6db53da6237433.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007111079853812-us-government-allocates-84-million-in-drone-space-tech-shipbuilding-contracts/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US government has approved $84 million in contracts to protect unmanned aerial vehicles, space technology and shipbuilding during the COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Defence said in a press release. “As part of the national response to COVID-19, and to support the domestic small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) industrial base, the Department of Defence awarded […]
The US Treasury Department has fined Amazon $134,523 for violating sanctions related to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula reabsorbed by Russia in 2014. The multi-billion-dollar e-commerce company, owned by the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, was also deemed to have violated US sanctions related to Iran and Syria. Russia was sanctioned by the US in 2014 following the return of Crimea, deemed illegal by the Americans. […]
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The government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the U.K.) announced today they are acquiring the U.S. and U.K.-based company OneWeb, which filed for bankruptcy in March 2020 after failing to attract enough capital and customers for its planned internet satellite constellation and operating in a high debt-to-income ratio. The decision for the U.K. government to purchase OneWeb came with few details […]
The Swiss government is encouraging blockchain startups to set up shop with new laws that lower legal barriers to such businesses while leaving favorable tax laws untouched. The National Council, Switzerland’s equivalent of the U.S. House of Representatives, unanimously passed a legislative package changing about a dozen financial laws on June 17. The changes, proposed by the Swiss Federal Council, are intended to remove legal barriers […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 15 June, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in violent clashes in Ladakh region, leading to the death of 20 Indian soldiers. The two sides have since held several rounds of talks to de-escalate tensions. Amid the persisting standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has witnessed a 300 percent jump in hack attacks allegedly carried out by China-backed […]
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/us/202006291079743982-elon-musk-says-tesla-no-longer-receives-federal-government-subsidies/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US-based Tesla car manufacturer has stopped receiving federal tax subsidies, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. “Btw, Tesla actually receives *least* subsidies of any automaker in the US. The federal tax credit applies to other automaker EVs, but no longer Tesla”, Musk wrote on Twitter. Btw, Tesla actually receives *least* subsidies of any automaker in US. […]
Government Attacks Media As People’s Media Reveals The Truth By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. June 28, 2020 Government Attacks Media As People’s Media Reveals The Truth2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/feeney_arrest0601_floyd.width-2880-e1593372238737.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Omaha police officer escorts freelancer Megan Feeney, a camera dangling from her zip-tied hands, on June 1, 2020. Aaron Sanderford/Omaha World Herald. NOTE: We are taking next weekend off to take care of personal needs. […]
World’s Strongest Man powerhouse Eddie Hall has written to every member of the UK Parliament, revealing his own mental health battle and urging them to overturn the “injustice” of loosening lockdown controls on pubs but not gyms. Hall argued that people would be welcome to “drink themselves into oblivion” before they would be able to improve their health at public gyms and leisure centers, which will remain […]
As the United Kingdom – England in particular – begins to loosen lockdown measures introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, new cases are beginning to flare up in specific areas, leaving the government to consider the reimposition of lockdown measures in a localised form. Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed that the UK government is considering a local lockdown for Leicester, as new cases […]
US Government Expands Assange Indictment To Criminalize Assistance By Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof. June 27, 2020 US Government Expands Assange Indictment To Criminalize Assistance2020-06-272020-06-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-e1593279369639.png200px200px The United States government expanded their indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to criminalize the assistance WikiLeaks provided to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden when staff helped him leave Hong Kong.Sarah Harrison, who was a section editor for WikiLeaks, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former spokesperson, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107488/70/1074887022_0:166:4414:2648_1200x675_80_0_0_c7a4fbf03987b89350f18beb9c840f42.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006271079734086-newer-swarms-of-locusts-enter-national-capital-region-in-india-residents-share-creepy-videos/ New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been faced by a locust menace. In the last 40 days, India has faced swarms of locusts attacking and destroying crops in several states, like Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Odisha. The menace is expected to end with the approaching rains. The second wave of locust swarms has now […]
The founder of the AML Bitcoin project claims the U.S. government is “extorting” him after being indicted on money laundering and wire fraud charges. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suits against Rowland Marcus Andrade on Thursday, claiming he misled investors while raising funds for a 2017 and 2018 initial coin offering (ICO) for AML Bitcoin, a crypto token that […]
Guardian: The call came over Tony Manu’s police radio one March day in 2017: some sort of pipe had exploded in the hills outside Pocatello, Idaho and the son of a well-known local doctor was hurt, or worse. Manu, a long-time detective with the county sheriff’s office, was shocked. A pipe bomb in Pocatello? At the home of Dr Mansfield and his family, he found a frightening […]
Sweden’s ruling coalition, which took months of intense deliberations and mutual concessions to build is now at risk of breaking up, should the Social Democrats accept the opposition’s demands for a harder immigration line. The Green Party has threatened to leave the government if the Social Democrats, their seniors, accept a more restrictive asylum immigration. Previously, the Social Democrats, Sweden’s ruling party presiding over a minority […]
British-born journalist Raheem Kassam says the UK government is the reason he was locked out of his Twitter account for sharing a video of last week’s terrorist attack in Reading, when a Libyan asylum-seeker stabbed three people. “I have evidence that the British government demanded Twitter suspend my account,” Kassam said on the social network Parler on Thursday, two days after his Twitter account was locked. […]
Meng’s arrest in December 2018 led to a deterioration in Sino-Canadian relations and was swiftly followed by the detention of Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, who have since been charged with espionage by Beijing. Chinese authorities, however, deny that the incidents are related to the Meng trial. A group of former Canadian legislators and diplomats have published a letter urging Prime Minister Justin […]