For a decade, growing American gas production has fueled a petrochemical boom. There are big plans for more plants in Appalachia, but the pandemic — and an oversupply of plastics — may crush them. (Image credit: Reid Frazier/The Allegheny Front) Source link
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080744290_0:294:3118:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_af95a1af6b0cf59c028720ceb513f1f3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010121080744363-russian-and-armenian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-after-talks-in-moscow—video/ During the Friday talks in Moscow, the foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire; however, the parties to the conflict have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan are holding a joint press conference following talks in Moscow on Monday. Lavrov already […]
The Japanese financial group is also mulling other business lines around tokenized securities. Source link
President Trump, who is recovering from a coronavirus infection he contracted earlier this month, previously said he was ready to continue campaigning if he tests negative for COVID-19. Source link
US President Donald Trump said he plans to catch up on his campaign schedule, disrupted by his Covid-19 diagnosis last week, and could hold a rally as soon as Saturday. Trump said he is likely to take a test on Friday. “I think I’m going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we have enough time to put it together, but we want 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/military/202010041080663195-russia-us-to-hold-strategic-stability-consultations-on-monday-deputy-fm-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Representatives from Russia and the United States will hold consultations on the issue of strategic stability in the Finnish capital Helsinki on Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. “A single day of consultations will be held on October 5 in Helsinki, continuing the discussions that took place in the summer,” Ryabkov said on Sunday. […]
Dozens have been detained and fined as anti-government protesters held numerous smaller rallies in Israel in defiance of coronavirus lockdown measures that ban people from gathering more than 1km from home. At least 38 activists were detained in Tel Aviv alone for “violating public order” and allegedly “attacking police officers,” according to the Times of Israel. סיכום לשעה חצות: מאות נצורים באלנבי פינת ברנר בין עשרות שוטרים […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079945539_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_6702f418f465a139e2e370af0b52eba8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009241080560181-russian-and-iranian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-in-moscow—video/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said earlier in the day that the United States must compensate his country for the damage suffered by Iran if it wants Tehran to return to the 2015 nuclear pact. Sputnik is live from Moscow, where the Russian Foreign Minister and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif are speaking to the press following […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080557331_0:259:3056:1978_1200x675_80_0_0_1a5db86e8618f6724ae114994d5f6382.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009241080556945-activists-hold-rally-outside-parliament-in-bangkok-amid-looming-legislative-changes—video/ The protest is a continuation of the student-led rallies that began in Bangkok and other major Thai cities in January and were halted until mid-July due to the coronavirus pandemic. Student campaigners are holding a rally outside the Thai parliament in Bangkok, as the House of Representatives and Senate debate constitutional amendments. Yesterday, Thai royalists marched to parliament to […]
In his recorded speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, which is held on-line this year, US President Donald Trump will call on the UN to “hold China accountable for their actions” vis-a-vis the still raging coronavirus pandemic. “The Chinese government, and the World Health Organization – which is virtually controlled by China – falsely declared that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission,” Trump […]
The Testing of the chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine had been repeatedly called into question for the “dangerous” lack of sufficient trials on chimp viruses as well as the unclear consequences of the new technology. The trials of AstraZeneca vaccine candidate remain on hold in the US. Days after AstraZeneca halted clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine over the case of unexplained neurological illness in one volunteer taking […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080435729_0:31:3072:1759_1200x675_80_0_0_5d3e7363ca472f8b60b964dd05ed62f3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202009171080481753-peruvian-constitutional-court-says-to-hold-hearing-on-presidents-impeachment-on-thursday/ BUENOS AIRES, September 17 (Sputnik) – The Peruvian Constitutional Court said that it would hold on Thursday a hearing on the launched impeachment of President Martin Vizcarra. On Friday, Peru’s Congress voted to start impeachment hearings against Vizcarra over his “moral incapacity” to perform professional duties amid alleged obstruction of justice on his part. On Monday, the Council of […]
Earlier this year, a survivor of sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit claiming the financier and his alleged accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, groomed her for sex in the 1990s starting when she was 14. The woman, referred to as Jane Doe, also claimed Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago and asked the future president, “This is a good one, right?” (Doe did not accuse Trump […]
The European Union (EU) and China were set to hold their 23rd summit in September, but the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. A live broadcast shows left-wing groups taking to the streets of Leipzig, Germany to hold an anti-authoritarian demonstration despite the cancellation of the EU-China summit. According to the organisers of the protests, the demonstrators want to accentuate the issues around the summit’s concept […]
President Trump takes questions during a Labor Day press conference. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump takes questions during a Labor Day press conference. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The U.S. Senate will on Wednesday hold a hearing on the development of vaccines aimed at eradicating the coronavirus, amid an escalated political rhetoric regarding the potential effectiveness of a fast-tracked vaccine. As […]
The Phase 3 trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca has been paused, reportedly due to a suspected ‘serious adverse reaction’ by one of the participants in the UK. AstraZeneca only said that its “standard review process triggered a pause to vaccination to allow review of safety data,” according to a statement by a company spokesperson on Tuesday. It was […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105750/71/1057507174_0:163:3061:1885_1200x675_80_0_0_cecfcb5b119bad64afd06c2ff2d3c45b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080396415-belarusian-russian-serbian-military-to-hold-counter-terrorism-drills-defence-ministry-says/ MINSK, (Sputnik) – Belarusian, Russian and Serbian troops will practice counter-terrorism tasks during the Slavic Fraternity military exercise, which Belarus will host later in September, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. “The Brest firing ground of the 38th air assault brigade will host the annual multinational Belarusian-Russian-Serbian tactical drills Slavic Fraternity-2020 under the guidance of the Belarusian armed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080389956_0:155:3072:1883_1200x675_80_0_0_1aae056bb957db3734f8f1bb4acef8e9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009071080389731-russian-and-syrian-foreign-ministers-hold-a-joint-presser-in-damascus/ The Russian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus for talks on the state of affairs in the Syrian Constitutional Committee and the current situation in the Arab country. A live broadcast shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem holding a joint press conference in Damascus. The […]
The house speaker was caught, without a mask, doing a wash and a blow-dry in a hair salon amid the pandemic, despite having urged Americans to stay home and abide by safety rules, including wearing face coverings. Hairstylists have organised a protest outside Nancy Pelosi in San-Francisco, demanding beauty salons, which have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reopen. Protesters were seen “decorating” the nearby […]
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/europe/202009031080360975-greek-diplomatic-sources-refute-nato-claims-that-ankara-athens-will-hold-technical-talks/ ATHENS (Sputnik) – Diplomatic sources in Greece refuted on Thursday information that Ankara and Athens had agreed to begin technical talks within NATO to de-escalate tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, media reported. According to the sources, as cited by the AMNA news agency, such information does not correspond to the reality, however, Greece “duly noted the intention of NATO […]
A hypothetical man-in-the-middle attack would have allowed an attacker to hold users’ crypto for ransom on Trezor and KeepKey hardware wallets. Source link
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. The Black Lives Matter mob harassed, screamed at, flipped off and abused a young white couple sitting outside at an outdoor restaurant. Advertisement – story continues below The BLM mob was OUTRAGED that the young white couple would not raise the black power fist in support of the Marxist BLM movement. The white couple sat their calmly. At one […]
Just hours after Berlin’s Charite clinic announced that it believes stricken Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny is a victim of poisoning, the German government has told Moscow to find those responsible. The unprecedented statement, signed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, called on Russian authorities to conduct a “transparent and comprehensive” investigation into the circumstances around the anti-corruption campaigner’s illness. “According to a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107975/66/1079756613_0:0:2991:1682_1200x675_80_0_0_d7857eb9c0612e8d4087bb9cfa20e572.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008211080232603-moscow-seeks-to-hold-intra-palestinian-meeting-after-covid-19-situation-improves-russian-fm-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow expects to convene another meeting of representatives of Palestinian parties as soon as the epidemiological situation improves, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russia’s Trud newspaper. According to the diplomat, the restoration of Palestine’s unity on the platform of the Palestinian Liberation Organization is an essential prerequisite for the resumption of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080222730_0:0:2734:1537_1200x675_80_0_0_b103f5dfda1198acccceb72406f83429.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008201080222761-us-to-hold-accountable-violators-of-reinstated-un-sanctions-against-iran-pompeo-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States is determined to enforce UN sanctions it intends to reinstate against Iran and penalize any violator, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview. Pompeo will travel to New York on Thursday and notify the United Nations Security Council that the US is initiating the process to restore international sanctions. Under the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/11/1080199278_0:429:2841:2028_1200x675_80_0_0_45a531747cc1410b18cc6dd93ed6e716.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008171080199309-protesters-hold-rally-outside-isolation-centre-for-offenders-in-minsk—video/ Protests began in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, and other cities on 10 August following the preliminary results of the national presidential election, which showed that current President Alexander Lukashenko secured his sixth consecutive presidential term, winning over 80 percent of the vote. On 17 August, demonstrators gather near the Isolation Centre for Offenders in Minsk to demand the release […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Democratic Party gathers on Monday for the National Convention to formally endorse Joe Biden as its candidate for the next president of the United States. A four-day convention is pegged geographically to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but amid the coronavirus outbreak many of its events will be held outside the venue, including the culmination. On Thursday night, former Vice President Biden will accept the […]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, neither A-level nor GCSE students in the UK were able to sit public exams this year, with the exams regulator for England suggesting that teachers grade pupils based on homework assignments, mock exams and recorded pieces of the student’s performance, with assessments subjected to external standardisation processes. Thousands of students have been left without places at their chosen universities after the […]
Hong Kong police officers searching the newsroom of the Apply Daily newspaper Monday after arresting the paper’s publisher, Jimmy Lai. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Hong Kong police officers searching the newsroom of the Apply Daily newspaper Monday after arresting the paper’s publisher, Jimmy Lai. AP Textbooks censored. Teachers investigated for improper speech. Students arrested and charged with secession for their social media posts. Just […]
The People’s Liberation Army forces reportedly hold massive landing drills amid U.S. recent increased military activities in the South China Sea region. Ministry of the National Defense People’s Republic of China said that Ground and naval forces have been on concentrated schedules in amphibious landing and maritime exercises in the past weeks and will continue to do so in the weeks to come, at a time […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080059785_0:-1:2491:1401_1200x675_80_0_0_cb448931cf24de3ac1b791203c443da8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202008041080059713-nasa-astronauts-hold-press-conference-after-space-x-crew-dragon-return/ The Space X Dragon capsule was launched on 30 May to the International Space Station and marked the first time astronauts were sent to space from US soil since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program. On Tuesday, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley held a press conference on Tuesday in Houston after returning to the planet on board […]
Players from the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, shown here during a game in March, will face each other on Thursday evening as the NBA season restarts. Harry How/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Harry How/Getty Images Players from the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, shown here during a game in March, will face each other on Thursday evening as the NBA […]
Frontline doctors from across the US held a “White Coat Summit” on Monday in Washington DC to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the coronavirus. The doctors are very concerned with the disinformation campaign being played out in the far left American media today. From their website: “If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, the great American experiment of a […]