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. […]
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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,” […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
#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 […]
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 […]
#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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
#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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]