US 01:36 GMT 03.06.2020Get short URL In its 2020 annual report on international religious freedom, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has claimed that several nations, including Russia, China, Iran and, for the first time, India, should be included in the list of so-called “countries of particular […]
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking Sunday. NASA / NASA TV hide caption toggle caption NASA / NASA TV SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking Sunday. NASA / NASA TV Two NASA astronauts have arrived at the International […]
Special Introduction. Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the PLO, Fatah, and PA, announced the suspension of all contacts with Israel, an empty statement since it was not accompanied by the formal diplomatic protocol as required by international laws. The PLO leadership failed miserably in the armed revolution and failed in […]
MOSCOW, MAY 29 — RT won four prizes at the annual Telly Awards, a major international TV and film production award. The judges recognized a number of RT Arabic programs, a documentary covering the outbreak of HIV in the USSR, and a VR film produced as part of #VictoryPages — a large-scale social […]
Japan’s H-IIB rocket will make its final flight Thursday, launching the ninth and last H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Centre is planned for an instantaneous window at 02:31:00 local time (17:31 UTC on Wednesday). The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was […]
An international group of labor unions has filed a complaint alleging “systemic” and “rampant” sexual harassment at McDonald’s restaurants around the globe, arguing the corporate fast food giant has ignored the problem for years. The complaint was filed with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Monday by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107670/39/1076703946_24:19:1224:694_1200x675_80_0_0_182592c87e4bd110258dc8c5741967fc.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png George Galloway. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/radio-moats/202005181079341724-coronavirus-us-election-venezuela/ Join George Galloway on the new home for the Mother of All Talk Shows – this week we talk all about coronavirus and US election This week we get a coronavirus update from the US and its impact on the US election […]
Boris has declared the next front in his ‘war’ against Covid-19 is obesity and I’m backing him 100 percent. The Prime Minister’s dice with death and time spent in intensive care has evidently changed his mind-set when it comes to intervening in public health. Like me, years ago, he saw […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107929/05/1079290537_0:359:1200:1034_1200x675_80_0_0_90da041e0ea81dc08b4a96b4797a254c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202005131079290855-adorable-kitten-imitating-superman/ Cats were tamed by humans about five thousand years ago. In ancient Egypt, there was even a cat cult, sacrifices were made to them, and some Egyptian deities were depicted with the heads of these animals. Cats were considered sacred. Cats are the […]
Iceland expects to start easing restrictions for visitors arriving from overseas no later than June 15, the government said on Tuesday. Under a plan still being developed by the authorities, travelers would be given a choice between a test for Covid-19 upon arrival in Iceland or a two-week quarantine, Reuters […]
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty So this is the way that one of aviation’s greatest leaps of technology comes to an abrupt ending, thanks to the coronavirus: In late April, a small crowd gathers at the edge of the airport at Alice Springs, Australia—known in Australia colloquially as […]
Amazon Labor Activism Goes International By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. May 10, 2020 Amazon Labor Activism Goes International2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/amazon-e1589128363844.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Amazon warehouse worker shoots a selfie with an activist dressed as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during a protest gathering outside the Axel Springer building on April 24, 2018 in […]
A gold Tumaco mask found among gold figurines and ancient jewelry recovered at Madrid’s Barajas airport (Courtesy of Interpol) Authorities Recover 19,000 Artifacts in International Antiquities Trafficking Sting By Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com A joint operation undertaken by Interpol, Europol, the World Customs Organization and local police forces has recovered 19,000 artifacts […]