Leaders in Greater Manchester have accused the British government of trying to force them to agree to the strongest possible Covid-19 restrictions using “selective” hospital data, after London set a deal deadline for noon Tuesday. UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said that if the deal between the British government and the local leaders in Greater Manchester, including Mayor Andy Burnham, isn’t inked by 12 p.m. Tuesday, then it would be up to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to decide whether to impose a tier-three lockdown on the area. “I’ve written this evening to the mayor of Greater Manchester and to local […]
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VIENNA (Sputnik) – Indoor social gatherings of more than six people and outdoor meetings of more than 12 individuals will be banned in Austria from Friday as the European country seeks to respond to a rapid rise in new COVID-19 cases, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Monday. “As of Friday, indoor face-to-face meetings can take place with a maximum of six adults, and 12 adults outdoors,” Kurz said at a press briefing. The previous limit for indoor social gatherings stood at 10 people. Professional sports events, restaurants, bars, and shops are excluded from abiding by the new limit, providing that measures […]
Tusli Gabbard, who was the first Hindu-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives, enjoys close ties with India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The 39-year-old representative from the Hawaii state dropped out of the Presidential race in March of this year and pledged her support to Biden. India has been working on “contingency plans” ahead of the US Presidential vote on 3 November, with a high-ranking official telling Sputnik that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has already reached out to Tulsi Gabbard and Amy Klobuchar to establish “favourable” ties with the Democrats. The official claimed that the […]
Riksbank Governor Stevan Ingves sees a Swedish digital currency as an imperative for the central bank. Source link
The representative of the US coalition, formed in May this year amid tensions in the ongoing US-China trade war, discussed key issues affecting the progress of the hardware-agnostic telecoms initiative. What is the US Approach to OpenRAN? Diane Rinaldo, OpenRAN Policy Coalition executive director and former acting administrator to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), spoke at the online OpenRAN Forum 2020 on Monday on the role of the new platform. The event, moderated by Sean Kinney, editor-in-chief of RCR Wireless, featured numerous speakers from companies such as Nokia, Ericsson, BT Telecom, Facebook, AT&T, Qualcomm Technologies, Rakuten and many others. […]
In a letter to its clients, the global investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced that the UK and the EU would likely agree on a post-Brexit trade deal by early November, whilst also warning that the risk of a breakdown in negotiations should not be ruled out. The news comes as talks between Britain and the EU are set to continue this week, after Boris Johnson and European Commission President, Ursula Von Der Leyen, approved a further month of negotiations. With more on this story, Sputnik spoke to Dr Connal Parr, a Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University. Sputnik: Just how likely […]
UK security officials were not convinced by China’s Huawei Technologies that the security risks of using its products in Britain can be adequately managed in the long term, a government report said. The Chinese company could only give “limited assurance” that risks to UK networks could be sufficiently mitigated from a long-term perspective, the report released on Thursday said. It cited “continued problems” with engineering and security practices at Huawei. A government-led board, which includes officials from Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), signaled that the intelligence agency stressed that it had no confidence in the company’s ability to complete a cybersecurity […]
The UK announced reversal of its decision on the Chinese telecoms giant in July, forcing British telecos to remove kit from existing networks over potential threats to network supply lines due to US sanctions. But the delays are set to cost billions in GDP and cause Britain to lose its place as Europe’s 5G capital, numerous reports have shown. A delay to Britain’s 5G rollout could cost billions of pounds due to a drop in economic output, a report from the Centre for Policy Studies read on Monday. The centre-right think tank noted legislative challenges, including Downing Streets rip and replace […]
A Japanese appeals court has said that the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) could have taken steps to prevent the Fukushima nuclear disaster, ruling they must pay one billion yen ($9.5 million) to 3,550 plaintiffs. The Sendai High Court’s ruling on Wednesday upheld the earlier decision by a lower court in favor of the plaintiffs. They were forced to flee their homes after a 9-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated the northeast region and crippled the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011. Also on rt.com WATCH: Cameras go inside Fukushima nuclear power plant to show cleanup progress since 2011 […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Armenians to stand in opposition to their government, which is the “biggest threat” to peace in the region, after military hostilities resumed with Azerbaijan. Erdogan urged the people of Armenia to safeguard their future from their country’s leadership, which he claimed is using them like “puppets.” In a series of tweets, the Turkish leader expressed hope that the “whole world” would stand with Azerbaijan in its “struggle against occupation and oppression.” “Armenia once again showed that it is the biggest threat to peace and tranquility in the region,” Erdogan wrote. He also lashed out at […]
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib has stepped down, after efforts to create a new government fell through. Source link
The proposed bill has drawn criticism from human rights groups, the Labour party and even MPs from the ruling Conservative party. Opponents of the bill say it would breach human rights laws and allow the British authorities to block an investigation if troops committed serious violations. The government of Boris Johnson has been urged to rethink its plans to introduce a bill that critics say would “dicriminalise torture” by British servicemen. The proposed bill would create a statutory presumption against the prosecution of troops and veterans for alleged offences that were committed more than five years ago. The legislation also proposes […]
As cinemas across India remain shut down despite unlock phase 4, the Multiplex Association of India and Bollywood celebs have appealed to the government to allow their re-opening. Since the pan-India lockdown on 25 March, hundreds of people working in the cinemas have lost their jobs, while the movie theatres are facing financial problems. Bollywood celebs Richa Chadha, Anurag Kashyap, Nimrat Kaur Anubhav Sinha, Manoj Bajpayee, Karan Johar along with Multiplex Association of India took to social media on Tuesday to appeal to the government for the “reopening of cinema on an urgent basis”, making #UnlockCinemaSaveJobs trend online. The Producers’ Guild […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080372785_0:0:3097:1742_1200x675_80_0_0_356b4de3e0cfc95bf9231e3196cb142b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Shweta Sharma. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009161080470554-china-deploys-10000-additional-troops-along-ladakh-border-indian-govt-sources-claim—video/ Both India and China have been amassing troops in the Himalayan territory of Ladakh, where the two rivals have been engaged in a stand-off for five months. The heavy deployment of artillery and military logistics continues while diplomatic talks are underway to diffuse tensions. As tensions continue to soar between the two nuclear-powered rivals, China has moved an additional 10,000 troops forward since the past week along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, government sources in New Delhi revealed. The additional hauling of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to the border […]
After stirring up a controversy for calling out Bollywood’s “rampant drug culture”, actress Kangana Ranaut has now sparked an altercation with Maharashtra’s ruling party, Shiv Sena, which she claims, is daring her to return to the film city Mumbai. National award-winning Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut will receive elite security cover (known as Y-plus) after her sister and father approached the Narendra Modi-led government demanding the same. The Y-plus plus category entails a security cover of 11 personnel and is given to VIPs in the country. Kangana thanked Indian Home Minister Amit Shah for providing her with the security and upholding the […]
On 19 August, the Indian cabinet gave its approval to a proposal to lease out the Jaipur, Guwahati, and Thiruvananthapuram airports, currently run by the government agency Airports Authority of India (AAI) to the private sector. In February of this year, India’s Adani Group took over three AAI airports at Ahmedabad, Mangaluru, and Lucknow. Indian opposition Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed a decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to privatise state-run companies. Taking to Twitter against the sale of three airports – Jaipur, Guwahati, and Thiruvananthapuram – to private firms, Rahul Gandhi said that “maximum privatisation seems […]
US President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to cease using tax dollars for “anti-racism” training for government officials, which the White House slammed as inflammatory “propaganda” meant to smear the US as “evil.” “It has come to the President’s attention that Executive Branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date ‘training’ government workers to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda,” Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a memo on Friday, adding that the White House would soon issue a more detailed guidance. In the meantime, all agencies are directed to begin to identify […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is committed to pushing through the reforms he’s proposed for Lebanon, an Elysee official has said, as Beirut scrambles to create a new government amid economic and political chaos. “The president has said he will not give up. He made a commitment to do what needs to be done and to apply the necessary pressure to put this program in place,” a French presidential official told reporters on Friday. Macron has called for the appointment of an interim government in Lebanon, an audit of the country’s central bank, and legislative elections within a year. He has argued […]
Lebanon must immediately create a new government and implement reforms, or the country could face disintegration, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said. Political and financial reforms proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron as prerequisites to receiving foreign aid must be implemented by Beirut without delay, Le Drian urged on Thursday. “The international community will not sign a blank cheque if they don’t put in place the reforms. They must do it quickly … because the risk today is the disappearance of Lebanon,” the French diplomat said. Macron’s two-page “concept paper” for Lebanon calls for the appointment of an interim […]
Fox host Tucker Carlson kicked off an angry backlash after saying authorities were to blame for days of violent unrest in Wisconsin, which critics took as a defense of the vigilante gunman who shot two people dead on Tuesday. Carlson’s segment on the ongoing protests and rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Wednesday night largely took aim at state and local officials, arguing that those in positions of power were to blame for a spike in violence after leaving city residents to cope with the unrest on their own. “Kenosha has devolved into anarchy because the authorities in charge of the city […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080286667_0:56:3073:1784_1200x675_80_0_0_a8ec5ee6ded569925a75eb06a8e92534.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008261080286712-us-energy-firms-shut-310-facilities-in-gulf-of-mexico-as-storm-laura-nears—govt-bureau/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US energy firms have shuttered some 310 facilities on the Gulf of Mexico and evacuated employees from those places as Hurricane Laura approached the oil-and-gas rich state of Texas, a government bureau said on Wednesday. “Personnel have been evacuated from a total of 299 production platforms, (or) 46.5 percent of the 643 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico,” the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team, said in a statement. Separately, it said personnel were evacuated from another 11 drilling rigs at the Gulf – making up […]
A radical plan currently being debated by the government would see the British Army boost its air and cyber warfare capabilities while mothballing its armored fleet, according to a newspaper report. British defense chiefs have outlined plans to deactivate the Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tanks and Warrior armored fighting vehicles (AFV), as the costs of maintaining them have skyrocketed, the Times newspaper has reported. Costs aside, the armored fleet – which currently consists of 227 Challengers and 388 Warriors – has reportedly been deemed “obsolete.” Some in the military have argued that 21st-century warfare will rely on cyber capabilities, along […]
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New Delhi’s mass antibody testing has found that almost 30 percent of those living in the Indian capital may have been infected with the coronavirus. The number eclipses that of the country’s overall Covid-19 tally. “We found that 29.1 percent of the population of Delhi had antibodies, which means that they were infected and have been cured,” the capital city’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain told reporters on Thursday. The serological survey studied as many as 15,000 people residing in New Delhi area and was conducted in the first week of August. Also on rt.com India’s Covid-19 infections surge past 2mn after […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione Originale in Italiano Thanks to some southern gods who protect him from the Roman hills – no one dares to think of the untouchable tenant of the Quirinale (presidential palace) who sheds callid light of presumed wisdom in the peninsula and throughout Europe – the miserable lawyer of the Italian bureaucracy, born Giuseppe Conte, is doing the Bis of Government and anti-Covid-19 diktat thanks to the Democratic Party and the handful of parliamentary servants: the 5 Star Movement and the indispensable senators of Matteo Renzi’s Italia Viva prostrate themselves to the subjection […]
#Breaking #Syria President Assad orders all borders and ports in the country open to #Lebanon, orders caravans of ambulances to head to #Beirut and ferry injured to hospitals in #Damascus, and launches an air bridge of medical and food supplies between the two cities Absurdity squared: YouTube and Facebook “Fact Checkers,” employed by the people VT claims staged the attack are wiping the evidence from the internet…who would have guessed it. By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor with Nahed al Husaini, VT Bureau Chief Damascus Jeff Smith, VT Editor, IAEA Nuclear Inspector/Particle Physicist This is the original video frame, never posted anywhere, […]
LEBANESE PREMIER RESIGNED UPDTATE ON 11 AUGUST Lebanon’s government resigned Monday as the fallout from last week’s deadly explosion deepened a political crisis in the country’s blast-ravaged capital. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he would resign along with all of his ministers. “We will back down and stand with the people. We need to open the door for the people,” he said in an address to the nation. The Masonic-Zionist Deep International State has once again won in the tormented Lebanon. The street uprising of a few thousand guerrillas, skilfully piloted by Canvas, a self-styled CIA-backed anti-violence center, is destabilizing the […]
#Breaking #Syria President Assad orders all borders and ports in the country open to #Lebanon, orders caravans of ambulances to head to #Beirut and ferry injured to hospitals in #Damascus, and launches an air bridge of medical and food supplies between the two cities Absurdity squared: YouTube and Facebook “Fact Checkers,” employed by the people VT claims staged the attack are wiping the evidence from the internet…who would have guessed it. By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor with Nahed al Husaini, VT Bureau Chief Damascus Jeff Smith, VT Editor, IAEA Nuclear Inspector/Particle Physicist This is the original video frame, never posted anywhere, […]
Demonstrators who took to the streets of Beirut after the Lebanese capital was rocked by a massive blast earlier this week have stormed the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings, amid violent clashes with police. Around 10,000 people gathered at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut to accuse the government of negligence, which they say allowed a massive ammonium nitrate explosion to occur at the port on Tuesday. Read more The accident killed more than 150 people, injured thousands and caused vast damage to the city. The protesters initially tried storming the parliament, but police managed to repel the attack, employing tear […]
Lawmakers in Britain have suggested that the spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions, on new arrivals entering the country. The Home Affairs committee said a lack of border measures earlier in the pandemic was a “serious mistake”. Political Commentator Mandy Boylett believes that the UK failed to manage its borders correctly during the coronavirus pandemic. Sputnik: Did Britain fail to manage its borders correctly during the Coronavirus pandemic? Mandy Boylett: Absolutely we did. They weren’t doing any checks at the airports, they were allowing people in from Wuhan; in from Italy; in from Iran; which, as […]
#Breaking #Syria President Assad orders all borders and ports in the country open to #Lebanon, orders caravans of ambulances to head to #Beirut and ferry injured to hospitals in #Damascus, and launches an air bridge of medical and food supplies between the two cities Israeli Delilah missile carrying 6 kiloton (6000 tons of TNT equivalent) nuclear missile (unretouched photo via VT Damascus) Tineye says this is a unique image and doesn’t appear anywhere on the web. We, however, are always suspicious when something seems ‘too good to be true.’ Pixel analysis says this is a good photo. Thus, debunking it will […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Over the last several years, the Indian government has been keeping an eye on miscreants involved in anti-national activities in the country. The government is taking measures to ensure law and order. The Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated a process to terminate the services of employees involved in anti-national activities. Sources in the Jammu and Kashmir authority told Sputnik that between 500 and 1,000 government employees, “posing threat to security and integrity of the State”, could be dismissed in the next two or three months. “It has been learnt that several government employees are proactively participating in […]
Russian interest in the African nation of Tanzania has soared after Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova named it as one of three countries to resume flights with Russia from August 1. According to Yandex, the most popular Russian search engine, the number of people searching for the tropical East African country shot through the roof. “On Friday, July 24, interest in Tanzania on Yandex Search soared,” Yandex said. “The number of requests about the country increased 65 times, compared to Thursday.” Yandex users were most interested in Tanzania’s location, how the country looks, flight times, reviews from tourists, and the weather, […]
The right-wing populist political party has been considering legal action against Chancellor Angela Merkel since February, when she attacked Thuringia Minister-President Thomas Kemmerich for depending on AfD support, prompting him to resign. Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative fur Deutschland, AfD) has filed complaints against Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government with the Federal Constitutional Court for their role in the Thuringian state government crisis, asking the court to determine whether they had done something illegal. AfD’s complaints are related to comments made by Chancellor Merkel in February during a trip abroad, during which she said that the election results in Thuringia’s […]
The British government sees no need to look again at the Brexit referendum because it has no evidence that Russia affected its outcome in any way. The comments came after the release of a parliamentary report on the issue. A statement released by the Boris Johnson government said “a retrospective assessment of the EU referendum is not necessary” after a long-awaited Parliament report on Russia and its alleged influence on British politics finally became public. We have seen no evidence of successful interference in the EU referendum. Johnson was among the most vocal advocates of Britain leaving the European Union. Last […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s bleeding national carrier Air India, had announced a voluntary Leave Without Pay (LWP) scheme for its employees, in view of mounting running costs during the lockdown period. Air India said its operations during the almost five months of lockdown were “a small fraction of the prior COVID level operations”. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association, representative body of pilots with the country’s national carrier Air India, has opposed management’s move to furlough some employees and slash their wages by 60 percent. “Any unilateral change by Air India from agreed upon wage settlement would be illegal and not be […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $266 billion stimulus package on 12 May to help the economy and businesses get over the crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. India’s banking regulator too has infused about $80 billion into financial markets in its efforts to deal with the fallout from the pandemic. With global financial agencies revising growth projections of the Indian economy further downwards, the Modi government is holding top-level internal consultations on further macro-economic measures required in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The central Cabinet, a group of key ministers, has held series of […]
Mobile devices used by personnel at Russian military sites, government premises and foreign embassies in Moscow were reportedly shadowed by researchers who used commercially available software as part of a Pentagon-funded study. According to the Wall Street Journal, a research team based in Starkville, Mississippi deployed a little-known spying tool called Locate X to snoop on as many as 48 mobile phones that were going online back on August 9, 2019 – a day after a powerful blast rocked the Russian Navy’s secretive testing ground near the northern city of Severodvinsk. The tracking experiment, carried out for the Mississippi State University, […]
Tens of thousands of ammunition rounds have vanished from German military arsenals since 2010. The revelation comes amid reports that a violent far-right underground faction has taken root in the army’s elite commando unit. More than 60,000 live cartridges of “varying calibers” have disappeared during the past 10 years, Die Welt reported on Friday, citing the government’s confidential response to requests filed by German lawmakers. The total number of rounds unaccounted for is actually far bigger and stands at roughly 96,000 – of which only 36,000 were subsequently found, the newspaper said. In over 100 cases, both police and the military […]
Turkey’s culture ministry has officially handed over the reins of the legendary Hagia Sophia to the country’s top religious authority, reassuring tourists they will still be able to get in and won’t have to pay. The country’s religious directorate and the Ministry of Culture on Thursday signed a cooperation protocol to turn the ancient Byzantine cathedral into a mosque. Also on rt.com Turkish president Erdogan signs decree turning Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia into a mosque after court ruling Turkish Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy tried to address the concerns that the transition will negatively affect tourists by tweeting “The Hagia Sophia Mosque […]
Earlier this week the Justice Department produced more evidence to General Mike Flynn’s legal team. The newly released documents were handwritten notes of Peter Strzok just one day after his January 24, 2017 ambush interview of Flynn. There was also a DOJ (?) memo dated January 30, 2017 which we speculated cleared Flynn. On Friday, the Justice Department unsealed the January 30, 2017 memo and it revealed the Obama coup cabal KNEW Flynn wasn’t lying and wasn’t an “agent of Russia.” TRENDING: Mayor De Blasio Tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer That He Is Banning All Large Gatherings in NYC Except For Black […]
The news comes as one of the world’s top defence firms is set to release its second quarter earnings for 2020 later in July, which could reveal figures on losses due to COVID-19 and others. Top executives from eight defence firms in the US have urged the US government to ensure billions will not be reallocated to other firms affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic without replacing the funds, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Defence firms Lockheed Martin Corp, Raytheon Technologies Corp, BAE Systems Inc, General Dynamics, Boeing Co’s defence wing, L3Harris Technologies Inc, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Textron Inc published separate […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month urged Indians to go ‘Vocal For Local’ as he claimed that the pandemic had taught the nation the importance of self-reliance. Since then, the federal government has launched its ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) campaign, encouraging Indians to buy local products. Farmers from the Indian state of Rajasthan are heading towards the national capital to lodge a protest against the Central government, accusing it of not buying their crops at the minimum support price (MSP). The MSP is the government’s way of insuring farmers against a sharp fall in the price of agricultural […]
In a bid to slow the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, people around the world have shifted to remote study and work, a new experience for many. There are many stories of funny incidents associated with the practice of virtual employment, and here is a fresh example, straight out of Spain. Bernardo Bustillo, a councillor in the Torrelavega Municipality in southern Spain, has offered to resign after managing to livestream himself taking a shower during an online council meeting attended by the mayor, journalists and local residents, the Guardian reported on Friday. The municipality council was holding a […]
Aussie animal lovers and politicians alike are in uproar after it emerged that a man hired as a conservationist was in fact a big-game hunter who had posed with numerous dead animals that he killed in South Africa. Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan ordered an investigation after media reports revealed the truth about conservationist Jewell Crossberg’s past, including an album on his now-deleted Facebook page which showed him posing with carcasses of hunted African animals including giraffes, elephants and zebras. “The photos were taken in 2010 in a place where it was legal, unfortunately, to shoot these majestic animals,” Environment Minister […]
Medical supplies sent by the federal government to help with coronavirus testing have been too slow to arrive and have failed quality control checks, according to Washington state’s top health official. A US government program aimed at supporting nationwide testing efforts has been “beset by logistical problems that impede our pandemic response and undermine our shared goals,” Washington state Secretary of Health John Wiesman wrote in a letter to US Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett Giroir. Wiesman claimed that his state had received around 250,000 bulk-packaged swabs from the federal government, which had to be individually re-sterilized in order to […]
The sitting government in Kabul was the sole entity on Afghan soil to have received Russian arms, Moscow stated, the day after Mike Pompeo bluntly accused it of funneling weapons to the Taliban militants. “Russia has only supplied arms to the legitimate government of Afghanistan – something that is well known”, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. The diplomat was taking aim at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who pulled no punches when talking about Russia this Wednesday. “The Russians have been providing weapons to the Taliban for an awful lot of years, so this is an ongoing […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic has clipped the wings of major airlines around the globe. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation has predicted that most of the airlines are likely to go bankrupt if governments do not take efforts to rescue them. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, a global aviation market intelligence firm, has said that Indian airlines might require nearly $2.5 billion to to stay afloat during the financial crisis, as its pre-existing woes have been exacerbated by the pandemic. The sum may only last until the end of this year. Although the airlines approached the federal government […]
Miriam Amancay Colque, spokeswoman for the Bartolina Sisa Resistance movement, discussed the role of women and indigenous people in fighting the ongoing coup government as well as further updates on the crisis in Bolivia. Sputnik: How are grassroots movements like the Bartolina Sisa Resistance responding to the Campaign for Seven? Which actions will they take and how do they plan to confront the coup Bolivian government in this crisis? Miriam Amancay Colque: We are having a very positive response. The rights of those seeking asylum and refuge should be respected as these are enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of […]
Amid an announced government “reset” as Britain emerges from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic to shift focus onto post-Brexit issues, the UK’s head of the civil service Sir Mark Sedwill has announced he will stand down in September, stating he would resign from the positions of Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made conciliatory gestures by promising Cabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill that as part of his exit package, he will nominate him for the post of NATO’s next secretary-general, reports The Times. Although securing the NATO position was presented by Johnson as a […]
The Resolution Foundation think tank has warned that Britain needs to embark on its biggest peacetime job creation package, in order to prevent the worst unemployment crisis seen in a generation. Nafis Alam, a Research Affiliate CCAF at the University of Cambridge, believes that the situation unfolding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented and a coordinated effort between the different sectors of economy is needed to bring economies back on track. Sputnik: How important are these findings that are being presented in the media? Is the Resolution Foundation right in calling for a focus on job creation? Nafis […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107972/49/1079724944_0:157:3050:1873_1200x675_80_0_0_1b2edabee54be3e9101a37f9711feb4a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006261079724432-imran-khan-claims-atrocities-of-supremacist-modi-govt-in-jammu-and-kashmir-well-documented-by-un/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan misses no occasion to take a shot at his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the latter’s actions in Jammu and Kashmir. Khan uses terms such as Hindutva supremacist and Nazi-inspired to refer to the Modi-led government. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Imran Khan has called upon “the international community to hold India accountable for its human rights abuses in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir”. Pakistan refers to Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir as occupied Jammu and Kashmir, while India calls the […]
Robert Jenrick has in recent days found himself in hot water over a London property development row, as he initially backed speeding up a Conservative donor’s project so that the latter could avoid spending additional millions in taxes. A storm of reactions in all parliamentary camps ensued as UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick appeared to admit rushing through planning approval to help Tory donor Richard Desmond cut additional taxes in his property development plan for an east London dockland borough. “Senior Tories say that anyone can get the same access to the government Richard Desmond enjoys – all they have to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107968/32/1079683256_0:199:3072:1927_1200x675_80_0_0_56ff1c1293f2dfd979ac879ecc771c1a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006211079683307-us-govt-upholds-daca-program-intends-to-discontinue-eventually-homeland-security-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US government will continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), also known as the “Dreamers” program, in line with the Supreme Court’s decision, but with an outlook to terminate it, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said on Sunday. On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the administration of US President Donald Trump from discontinuing the Obama-era program that safeguards undocumented immigrants from deportation provided that they had arrived in the United States in childhood. “We’ll continue the program as we have over the past two years, continuing to […]
The statue toppled by a mob in Washington, D.C. Friday night was federal property owned by the National Park Service just blocks from the Capitol, yet for hours as protesters gathered around the statue trying to pull it down Park Police were apparently not on scene. Park Police Officer Webster who answered a phone inquiry by TGP around 11:19 p.m. EDT said officers were on their way to the statue. When informed a minute later that Park Police were too late and that the statue had been taken down and set on fire Officer Webster snapped that the Park Police had […]
18 Jun, 2020 23:40 Follow RT on Australian PM Scott Morrison has said that his country has fallen victim to a large-scale cyber attack seeking to disrupt the work of the government, as well as the operations of essential services providers. “We know it is a sophisticated state-based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting,” Morrison said, adressing the nation on Friday morning local time. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link
New Delhi (Sputnik): Millions prepare for “prestigious” government jobs in India every year. However, aspirants are now in the doldrums due to the pandemic-induced uncertainty over recruitment as current employees are already facing salary cuts; vacancies are shrinking and recruitment for various jobs in the government sector are on hold. India’s 2020 budget put emphasis on job creation when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to create a $5-trillion economy. However, the pandemic has jeopardised these prospects, with recruitment for several federal and state government jobs presently on hold or postponed. According to data presented by the Ministry of Personnel in […]
Large anti-racism protests continued across Australian cities despite advice from the government to avoid mass gatherings. The prime minister earlier said that protesters should be charged for violating public health orders. Demonstrators held signs saying “Black Lives Matters” and “No Justice, No Peace,” denouncing racism and drawing attention to police violence against blacks and indigenous people. Some marched carrying Australian Aboriginal flags. Around 7,000 showed up for a rally in Perth, with many following social distancing rules while staying meters away from each other. Hand sanitizers and more than 10,000 masks were available at the venue. Smaller rallies and marches also […]
Allegations that England’s chief nurse was stood down from a Downing Street Covid-19 daily briefing after refusing to publicly back PM Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings have provoked outrage. Ruth May was scheduled to appear alongside UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock on June 1 to update the public on progress being made in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. However, according to senior NHS sources, England’s top nurse was dropped just hours before the briefing. Also on rt.com ‘Told the truth’: Piers Morgan blasts ‘pathetic’ BBC for throwing Newsnight presenter ‘to the wolves’ after Cummings monologue May is said to have told […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As the world is struggling to get past the coronavirus pandemic, doctors around the globe are working day and night as frontliners against the deadly virus. After all, our doctors, who are dealing with infected patients every day, are the first ones we need to keep safe, don’t we? A couple of doctors of Indian heritage, Nishant Joshi and Meenal Viz, on Thursday began legal proceedings against the British government over allegations of not addressing the safety and precautionary needs of personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare frontliners. The doctors, in their legal case have highlighted that Britain’s […]
Austria is lifting checks at its border with Italy and ending quarantine requirements for arrivals from 30 other European countries as of June 16, the government in Vienna said on Wednesday. The lifting of restrictions will not apply to Britain, Sweden, Spain and Portugal, according to Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. Austria will continue to advise against travel to Lombardy, Italy’s hardest-hit region, with a partial travel warning, he added. Officials had told Reuters on Tuesday that Austria would lift coronavirus-related restrictions on arrivals from more than 20 European countries, including Italy, from June 16. The details of the decision were ironed […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): With 29,943 COVID-19 cases, India’s national capital Delhi has the third highest caseload in the country. The government previously launched a mobile application called “Delhi Corona” to provide citizens with details of resources to combat the pandemic. With the rise in the number of coronavirus cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain has admitted that about 50% of the cases in the capital are not traceable and is now seeking the Centre’s nod on the city being at a community spread stage. “We can say that (there is community spread) only when [the] Centre admits it… Community spread is […]
A group of UK parliamentarians have written to the government to express their concern over the planned £300 million takeover of Premier League team Newcastle by a Saudi-led consortium, according to reports in the British media. The Saudis are in the midst of sealing a big-money takeover of the North East club, in a deal which would see them take an 80 percent stake through the country’s vast Public Investment Fund (PIF). The takeover – which also involves 10 percent stakes going to UK investor Amanda Staveley and billionaire property developers the Reuben brothers – has been at the consideration stage […]
In April, former Prime Minister Tony Blair suggested Boris Johnson’s government was “probably slow” in its early response to the coronavirus pandemic, telling Sky News that he “can’t see any way out” of the COVID-19 lockdown without mass testing of the public. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a sweeping mass testing program incorporating laboratory-based tests and quick, on-the-spot tests as the best option for helping keep the country’s COVID-19 pandemic “in check”, writes the Express. Blair, who was in office from 1997 to 2007, cautioned against the decision of the current UK Government to proceed with an […]
The debate over the necessity of the general public using masks has persisted in Finland ever since the arrival of the coronavirus amid conflicting messaging from various authorities. So far, the government has refrained from mandating or even recommending face masks, despite numerous calls from experts. A government-appointed scientific panel has recommended the use of protective masks in public and on public transportation in Finland to reduce the spread of coronavirus until a vaccine is found and made available, national broadcaster Yle reported. The panel also noted a significant risk of a second, more severe second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic […]
Kosovo’s parliament elected a new government on Wednesday with Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti promising to reach a deal on normalizing ties with Serbia. The new government of Hoti, of the center-right Democratic League of Kosovo, was supported by 61 deputies in the 120-seat parliament after weeks of legal wrangling, Reuters reports. “We will not allow any change of the borders or exchange of territories,” Hoti told MPs. Serbia does not recognize the independence of its breakaway province. Hoti was deputy PM in the previous government of Albin Kurti, from leftist party Vetevendosje. The cabinet was dismissed in a no confidence vote […]
The German cabinet will on Wednesday discuss a resolution on downgrading the travel warnings currently in force for EU countries and several other associated states into softer guidelines, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. “We are preparing a resolution for the cabinet tomorrow, which is still being agreed within the government,” Maas told reporters on Tuesday. “This week, we want to start by turning the travel warning we have for the European Union and the associated countries into travel guidelines,” Reuters quoted him as saying. Source link
The United Kingdom’s new track and tracing programme has officially been launched, with those who tested positive for COVID-19 now receiving messages asking for details about people they have recently been in contact with, to help identify new cases of the virus. Fears have been voiced by health officials that thousands of care home and NHS staff might be forced to stay at home and self-isolate as a result of the Government’s test-and-trace programme, reported the Daily Mail. Under the newly-launched scheme, anyone who has had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 will receive a text message or […]
World 06:09 GMT 29.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107932/47/1079324761_0:0:3155:1775_1200x675_80_0_0_06d5df337478435fdb2e97f285108ea8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005291079449836-indian-govt-sources-deny-trumps-claim-he-talked-to-modi-over-border-stand-off-with-china/ New Delhi (Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to mediate between India and China in the ongoing border stand-off, but India refused the offer the following day, saying that New Delhi is “engaged with the Chinese side to peacefully resolve this issue”. Following US President Donald Trump’s comments about having spoken to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing India-China standoff, New Delhi has dismissed claims of any contact between the two leaders since 4 April 2020. Government sources in New Delhi have clarified the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107942/27/1079422756_0:159:3032:1865_1200x675_80_0_0_555489661d82a4b80a602cf3649d2749.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005261079422792-pakistans-punjab-govt-agency-collects-dna-of-52-plane-crash-victims/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Forensic Science Agency of the Pakistani province of Punjab (PFSA) said on Tuesday that it collected DNA samples of 52 victims of the doomed flight PK8303 in defiance of objections from the government of the Sindh province where the plane had crashed. “DNA samples of 52 deceased individuals and their families have been obtained. We will start releasing DNA reports after Wednesday”, PFSA Director-General Muhammad Tahir Ashraf said, as quoted in a report by Pakistani broadcaster Geo TV. According to the report, the Sindh government refused to let the Punjab […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using self-described human rights legislation to put pressure on the Hong Kong government and threaten China’s sovereignty, Beijing has claimed. Pompeo is “blackmailing” the semi-autonomous city with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Office of the Commissioner to Hong Kong said on Thursday. He added that China was not intimidated by Washington’s political maneuvering and that Beijing would protect its national interests from all foreign threats. Signed into law in November 2019, the act requires the State Department to audit Hong Kong’s level of “autonomy” […]
US 17:11 GMT 20.05.2020(updated 17:43 GMT 20.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107936/75/1079367501_0:179:3072:1907_1200x675_80_0_0_280e1835bcfcf495b50ef035bfb8660d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005201079367411-michigan-flooding-is-500-year-event-state-seeks-help-from-federal-govt—governor/ The peak flooding is expected at about 8 pm EST tonight, residents should evacuate, the governor said, as quoted by Reuters. The flooding in Michigan is a ‘500-year event’, and the state is seeking help from the federal government, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said, according to Reuters. The governor added that the peak flooding is expected at around 8 pm EST on Wednesday, urging residents to evacuate. On Tuesday, Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Midland County, including the city of Midland, with a […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom promised to lay off first responders first unless the state gets more government cash. The Golden State is still in lockdown under Newsom’s iron fist despite the low number of coronavirus deaths in the state. But Newsom wants his fellow Americans to fork over the cash or he’ll start laying off police, firefighters and other first responders. The Washington Times reported: TRENDING: House Democrats Say Trump-Russia Obstruction Investigation ‘Ongoing’ – Could Result in New Articles of Impeachment! California Gov. Gavin Newsom says first responders will be the “first ones laid” off unless federal bucks arrive in the […]
The Czech interior minister has admitted that Prague has no evidence against a Russian diplomat branded by media as a poison courier in an alleged assassination plot. It didn’t stop the minister pushing the theory further, though. An acting head of the Russian foreign aid agency’s office in the Czech Republic, Andrey Konchakov, has recently found himself at the center of a scandal, after local media identified him as a suspected “spy” supposedly involved in a plot to assassinate several local officials. Now, Czech Minster of the Interior Jan Hamacek is explaining that expelling the man could prove complicated precisely because […]
Hungary’s government could end emergency powers obtained to fight the coronavirus pandemic in late June, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday. The move will depend on the evolution of the pandemic, Gergely Gulyas added. The government is considering an easing of restrictions in Budapest from next week due to a decline in infections, the official told an online press briefing. The easing measures, which Gulyas did not specify, would take effect from Monday after discussions with the mayor of Budapest. Hotels outside the capital would be allowed to reopen from next week, Reuters quoted him as saying. […]
The news comes as Brits have remained under strict government measures launched on 23 March aimed at tackling the pandemic, which the Prime Minister said were “never seen before in peace or war”. The British government published changes to nationwide lockdown measures on Monday in a 60-page document, entitled Our Plan to Rebuild, which was released a day after UK prime minister Boris Johnson held a COVID-19 speech on Sunday. The eased restrictions will take effect on Wednesday (13 May) and will include a restart of outdoor sports, unlimited exercise activities and meeting people from other households, in addition to continued […]
The UK government has confirmed that the film and television industry can restart as long as it abides by the social distancing guidelines – including the two-meter rule – leading many to wonder how on earth it can be achieved. With an increased number of people stuck indoors, relying on in-home entertainment such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and various UK channel players, some feared there may be a lengthy gap in new content releases later in the year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns bringing production to a halt. Also on rt.com What’s in the UK government’s Covid-19 […]
Denmark is “very unlikely” to be hit by a second wave of coronavirus, the country’s chief epidemiologist said on Tuesday. Kare Molbak made the statement after the government laid out plans for increased testing and a contact tracing system. The Nordic country, which has 533 coronavirus-related deaths, was the first in Europe to relax its coronavirus lockdown almost a month ago. The infection rate and the number of deaths have continued to drop. Denmark this week began a second phase of relaxing its lockdown which will include reopening of restaurants and shopping malls. “No country has seen an actual second wave […]
Coffin manufacturers in Germany say they’re struggling to make money despite serving a crucial public health role, because the market has been flooded with cheaper imports from Eastern Europe. The country’s casket producers are calling for financial aid to help prop up Germany’s dwindling coffin making industry, while pointing out that safe and hygienic burials are particularly important during the coronavirus pandemic. Just 20 percent of the 950,000 caskets needed annually in Germany are made there, with local producers saying the market has been flooded by cheaper imports from Eastern Europe. The Federal Association for Funeral Services has requested the government […]
India 08:13 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian Government ihad announced in late April that it would run special point-to-point ‘Shramik’ trains to ferry the migrant labourers, tourists, students and stranded people due to the lockdown. According to the state governments, there are around 10 million stranded workers across the country. Expressing concern over the situation of helpless migrant workers heading towards their hometowns along roads and railway tracks, the Government of India has asked its States and Union Territories to provide them food, shelter and ensure they don’t have to walk. Taking note of migrants workers with […]
A Labour MP who was sacked for speaking out about PPE shortages in a retirement home she was working in, has hit back at UK government ministers for casting doubt on her first-hand experiences, amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Nadia Whittome –Britain’s youngest MP– revealed on Wednesday evening that ExtraCare, which runs the retirement home she was volunteering in, Lark Hill, had “asked her not to return” due to a BBC Newsnight appearance in which she claimed staff there were in short supply of vital personal protective equipment (PPE). Also on rt.com ‘When clowns purchase gowns’: UK govt skewered after ALL 400,000 items of […]
India 11:45 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): Opposition parties have been targeting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s “unplanned and sudden” lockdown, which was imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the lockdown has been extended for the third time, until 17 May , and parties demand clarity in the procedure for lifting it. Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh on Wednesday questioned the Narendra Modi-led government on its strategies for the country after the lockdown is lifted. Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi holds a meeting with Congress Chief Ministers to review how States are tackling COVID19 & […]