Above photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images. Says It’s ‘Appalled.’ The world’s leading body on human rights ruled that the home detention of the attorney, who won a landmark case against Chevron, violates international law. UPDATE: The Judge Didn’t Listen. The world’s top human rights legal body just offered a crucial show of support for Steven Donziger, the attorney who won a landmark multibillion-dollar case against an oil giant over pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. The ruling came on the eve of his sentencing in a criminal trial. On Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights ruled that Donziger’s home detention is […]
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Above photo: Black Alliance for Peace. Against the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and Imperialism on the African Continent. The Black Alliance for Peace’s Africa Team and the U.S. Out of Africa Network are organizing an international month of action to raise the public’s awareness as a contribution to the effort to build a popular movement for demilitarization and anti-imperialism on the African continent. This month’s events will focus on raising the public’s awareness about the use of western military power to impose western control of African land, resources, and labor on behalf of the world’s corporations. AFRICOM continues to militarily occupy Africa, with thousands of U.S. […]
International Armored Group took the opportunity at the 15th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), which was held from 21 to 25 February, to reveal a new fighting vehicle. One of the global leaders in the manufacturing of wheeled protected and armored vehicle International Armored Group (IAG) has unveiled its new wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, called the Rila. The Rila is an eight-wheeled armoured vehicle currently being developed by the IAG for out-of-area operations, meeting the full range of requirements for mobility and ruggedness. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The new infantry fighting vehicle is designed […]
Ukraine’s military export agency, Ukrspecexport, unveiled the Sokil-300 unmanned combat aerial vehicle at the biennial International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). The Sokil-300 (Falcon-300) is a strike drone developed by the Kyiv-based LUCH Design Bureau. It is a surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developing for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Sokil-300 drone is armed with four guided missiles with a range of up to 10 km. It can carry a maximum payload of 300 kg, has a maximum takeoff load of 1,225 kg, and can attain a maximum speed of 335 km/h. The drone has a wingspan of 14m and a […]
Russian next generation main battle tank will make his international debut at the 15th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from Feb. 21 to 25. Russian media on Feb. 5, 2019, reported that the state-run arms broker Rosoboronexport will be showcasing the new Armata tank at IDEX 2021. As noted that will be displayed the T-14 main battle tank and the T-15 tank support fighting vehicle built on the Armata platform. However, the real vehicles won’t be delivered to IDEX expo due to logistic problems arising from the COVID pandemic. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel December 2, 2020 Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/iran.jpg200px200px Above photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian defense ministry office shows officials praying over the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony at Saleh shrine in northern Tehran, Iran, 30 November 2020. EFE/EPA. NOTE: Palestine Chronicle reports that the United Nations Human Rights Office is calling for Israel to conduct an investigation of Israeli occupation forces shooting Palestinian children in violation of international law. Iran is asking the international community to confront […]
International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon By Loren Grush, The Verge. November 27, 2020 International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon2020-11-272020-11-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mamzon.png200px200px Above photo: The “Make Amazon Pay” logo projected onto Amazon’s campus in Hyderabad, India. Make Amazon Pay campaign. Demonstrations are planned in five continents. An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called “Make Amazon Pay,” calling on the tech giant to provide better working conditions for its employees and to reduce its expanding carbon footprint. The protests come just as the New York Times reports that the Seattle-based company has been on a hiring […]
More Money For Coup Groups From US Agency For International Development By Nan McCurdy, AFGJ.org. November 18, 2020 More Money For Coup Groups From US Agency For International Development2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nicacoup.jpg200px200px Above photo: Right wingers supporting the coup attempt. Reuters. Organizations that led the coup attempt in 2018 against the constitutional government of President Daniel Ortega, continue to receive foreign funding from the United States and some European countries. The latest information on USAID funding of the US-directed opposition was made available by journalist William Grigsby on Radio La Primerísima’s Sin Fronteras Magazine. USAID fiscal year 2021 (Oct. 1, 2020-Sept. 30, 2021) foreign […]
On Tuesday, Canada’s International Test Pilots School (ITPS)has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean Aerospace Industries to promote the KAI FA-50 for tactical and adversary training. According to a pilot’s school news release, the ITPS views T-50 / FA-50 supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft as the most optimal replacement for its aging fleet of Aero L-39 used for tactical & adversarial training. ITTC operates a fleet of Aero Vodochody L-39 featuring upgraded avionics for the FLIT program. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The KAI FA-50 is a great aircraft!” says ITPS President […]
Bolivian Couper Stalk International Election Observers By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. October 16, 2020 Bolivian Couper Stalk International Election Observers2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/union-juvenil-crucenista-bolivia-fascists.jpg200px200px Above photo: Members of Bolivia’s extreme-right Santa Cruz Youth Union (Unión Juvenil Cruceñista, or UJC), and Luis Fernando Camacho (on right). Launch violent incitement campaign. By the time a team of electoral observers arrived in Bolivia – including members of The Grayzone – right-wingers had already published a flood of online threats, smearing them as “terrorists” and circulating photos captured while stalking them in the airport. Santa Cruz, Bolivia – Contributors to The Grayzone including Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil, and Ben […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106995/49/1069954969_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_aa4229c029a2fe76fadd548c8812a36d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010141080765680-russias-ultrafast-manned-soyuz-ms-17-spacecraft-docks-to-international-space-station—video/ Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a carrier with Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur spaceport and is set to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in a record-breaking three hours, owing to its ultrafast two-orbit flight plan, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Ryzhikov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, is due to dock at the ISS at 11:52 a.m. Moscow time (08:52 GMT). The crew is expected to deliver equipment that will allow to detect and eliminate an air leak, previously discovered in the Russian […]
MOSCOW 13 (Sputnik) – The French authorities have cancelled the Paris International Agricultural Show 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RTL radio broadcaster reported on Tuesday. According to the media outlet, the 58th agricultural exhibition, which was to be held from 27 February to 7 March of the next year, has been postponed to 2022. Regional agricultural competitions and farmers’ markets will still take place despite the event’s cancellation. The Paris International Agricultural Show has been held annually in the French capital since 1964. This year, the event finished a day earlier because of the pandemic. It was attended by […]
When UFC rivals Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor appeared to agree to a rematch in the UFC on social media, plenty in the MMA world were happy. One man who wasn’t, however, was former interim champion Tony Ferguson. Ferguson launched an astonishing attack on Poirier after the Louisiana lightweight stated his happiness to not just fight, but to make even more money for his charity, “The Good Fight Foundation,” after McGregor pledged $500,000 as part of their agreement to fight each other. “I fight for a lot of things, but nothing more important to me than fighting for change and giving […]
Armenian leader Nikol Pashinyan has called on the world to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, subject of a decades-long feud between Yerevan and Baku. He believes Paris will be one of the first to do this. “I expect the French president to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,” the prime minister said, speaking to French network TV5Monde. “I do believe that there is simply no other way to address the concerns raised by Emmanuel Macron in the current situation.” Along with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron last week called for “an immediate cessation of […]
Shutting Down AFRICOM, International Solidarity And The US Elections By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. October 5, 2020 Shutting Down AFRICOM, International Solidarity And The US Elections2020-10-052020-10-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/usoutof-africa.jpg200px200px October 1, 2020, marked the twelfth anniversary of AFRICOM, the United States military’s presence in Africa. An international day of action was organized to call for AFRICOM to be shut down and for the US to stop interfering in Africa. Ajamu Baraka, a human rights defender and the national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace, which coordinated the day of action, speaks about the history of AFRICOM and its impact on the continent. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1e/1080626628_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_cff6f7097c1a9a027030b5d40d80953a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202009301080626682-disgrace-off/ The much-anticipated debate on Tuesday between incumbent US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, left most audiences shocked, with some labeling it the worst presidential debate in American history. Both Trump and Biden acted like little kids on the stage in Cleveland, Ohio, bickering back and forth and repeatedly talking over one another. During the 90-minute debate, Trump often bumped heads with Fox News host Chris Wallace, who moderated the contest but struggled all the while to keep it from going off the rails. On Wednesday, Biden criticized […]
Amnesty International has suspended its work in India after the government blocked its funds in the country. The non-governmental organization (NGO) claims it has been unfairly persecuted by New Delhi. In a press release, Amnesty International India said its bank accounts had been frozen earlier this month and it was no longer able to carry out operations. The group claimed it had been targeted by India’s Enforcement Directorate, an investigative agency, because of its “unequivocal calls for transparency in the government.” In recent months, Amnesty has issued a number of reports harshly critical of the Indian government. The NGO has detailed […]
The Russian Aerospace Forces, itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, have launched a batch of three Gonets civilian communication satellites as well as 18 international rideshare payloads. Liftoff of the Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket occurred at 11:20 UTC (07:20 EDT) on Monday, 28 September 2020, from Site No. 43 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome — located 800 km north of Moscow. The rocket As part of a consolidated effort to streamline the myriad of Russian launch vehicles into two commercially viable options, the Soyuz 2 and the operationally upcoming Angara, this was the first mission in which […]
October 1: International Day Of Action On AFRICOM By the Black Alliance for Peace. September 27, 2020 October 1: International Day Of Action On AFRICOM2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bap1-e1601224809749.png200px200px Endorse the Action. We demand: -The complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Africa,-The demilitarization of the African continent,-The closure of U.S. bases throughout the world, and-The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) oppose U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conduct hearings on AFRICOM’s impact on the African continent, with the full participation of members of U.S. and African civil society. Click here to endorse the International Day of Action on AFRICOM October 1, 2020 is the 12th anniversary of […]
The End Of The ‘Rules Based International Order’ September 23, 2020 The End Of The ‘Rules Based International Order’2020-09-232020-09-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/nam.jpg200px200px Above photo: Partners in the Alliance for Multilateralism during the UN’s high level week event – 2 April 2019. FranceONU / Martin Loper. The ‘western’ countries, i.e. the United States and its ‘allies’, love to speak of a ‘rules based international order’ which they say everyone should follow. That ‘rules based order’ is a way more vague concept than the actual rule of law: The G7 is united by its shared values and commitment to a rules based international order. That order is being challenged by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080384900_0:0:3104:1746_1200x675_80_0_0_3d0a350105518da8c7a1619d73b6f230.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080532029-us-biggest-threat-to-international-security-cuban-foreign-minister-says/ UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the “irresponsible behaviour” of Washington threatens international peace and security by igniting conflicts and trade wars. “Multilateralism and international law are being threatened by the greatest power in the world. The US irresponsible behaviour is the biggest threat to international peace and security”, Rodriguez said at the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. According to the Cuban foreign minister, the US is engaging in an arms race “of its own making”, and is not contributing to efforts aimed at […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0e/1080455272_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_4d6e69f4fa60f99de422d5e38f135093.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009191080515967-trump-approves-tiktok-oracle-deal—–/ Software company Oracle earlier beat several other candidates, including Microsoft, in the bid to acquire the Chinese app’s US operations from ByteDance. President Donald Trump has approved the deal between Oracle and the video-sharing app TikTok. “I have given the deal my blessing”, Trump told reporters in North Carolina on Saturday. “I approved the deal in concept”. Trump earlier told reporters that he was not ready to sign the TikTol-Oracle deal at that moment because he had not seen it, while also citing security concerns. He added that he was also reviewing the White […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009181080508683-iraqi-soldier-injured-by-blast-that-hit-international-coalition-convoy/ CAIRO (Sputnik) – An Iraqi serviceman has been injured by an explosion that hit a convoy of the international coalition in the northern part of the country, the national security services said. “As a result of the explosion one serviceman sustained slight injuries”, the security services said in a statement on late Friday, as quoted by the INA news agency. According to the statement, the convoy was transporting equipment of the international coalition, when it was hit by the explosion near the town of Ishaqi in the province of Saladin. The number of attacks […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080495620_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_fb7c4a7ebf1bc9687eaadc537fa46e98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202009181080495691-vaccine-virtuoso/ US President Donald Trump is trashing statements made by his very own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director in Senate testimony given Wednesday regarding the anticipated delivery date of a COVID-19 vaccine. During a Wednesday news conference, Trump told reporters that CDC Director Robert Redfield was “confused” and that he had made a “mistake” when he said during his testimony that a vaccine likely wouldn’t be widely available to the public until the summer of 2021. Trump then claimed that “under no circumstance” would a vaccine take so long, noting that a […]
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/202009151080467158-eu-cant-deal-with-uk-if-london-passes-internal-market-bill/ Earlier today, the UK House of Commons passed the controversial Internal Market Bill during the second reading in a 340-263 vote. The proposed legislation would override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the EU. Source link
Just as is the case for ex-American presidents, it’s rare for former British prime ministers to criticize their successors—and rarer still for them all to argue for the same side. But, as in the U.S., convention has been forced aside by a wildly unpredictable office-bearer who has repeatedly refused to govern within the normal rules. As of Monday, all five living ex-prime ministers had created the poshest gang imaginable and teamed up against the incumbent, Boris Johnson, as he steamed ahead with his plan to break international law to push through his controversial Brexit vision. Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, […]
The British admission that UK legislation implementing the EU divorce treaty could break international law in a “limited way” proved to be a truly “kamikaze” statement that backfired spectacularly, Ireland’s deputy PM has said. “These were really extraordinary comments, and certainly set off alarm bells in Dublin. I think they have backfired,” Ireland’s deputy prime minister, Leo Varadkar, said on Wednesday while speaking to RTE. On Tuesday, the UK’s Northern Ireland minister, Brandon Lewis, admitted that Britain could break international law in a “limited way” with its new legislation linked to the implementation of its Withdrawal Agreement signed with the EU […]
The Irish border has been a consistent issue with the United Kingdom government’s Brexit negotiations over its withdrawal from the European Union. In December of this year, Britain may leave the bloc with no deal in place and as a result is threatening to scupper its Withdrawal Agreement promises. A UK government minister admitted on Tuesday that its reinterpretation of the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland included in the Withdrawal Agreement will be in breach of international law. “Yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way. We’re taking the powers to disapply the EU law concept of […]
The US State Department has gone after all sorts of entities over the years – sovereign nations, democratically elected governments, you name it. But its latest target has come from way out of left field. The department responsible for US foreign policy announced in a tweet that the International Cricket Council was in its bad books. In a message quoting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the department blasted the cricket governing body as “a rogue court with lawyers that are, frankly, corrupt and political.” Hmm… that doesn’t quite add up. It turns out the hot-shots over at the State Department couldn’t […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/03/1080361413_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ad621a576a49bde88ae41c5558b215cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202009031080361443-vote-early-vote-often/ After months of complaining about alleged future election fraud by the Democrats against him, US President Donald Trump this week told North Carolinian voters to go ahead and try and vote twice. That’s illegal – each person can only vote once. Maybe it’s best not to take political advice from infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone! On Wednesday, during a campaign trail speech in Wilmington, North Carolina, Trump told his supporters to try and vote twice in the November presidential election, suggesting they go to the polls even after voting by mail to “make sure […]
US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court. The sanctions are “unacceptable and unprecedented measures that attempt to obstruct the court’s investigations and judicial proceedings,” EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell said in a statement on Thursday. The US should “reconsider its position and reverse the measures it has taken,” Borrell added. His comments came shortly after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned the sanctions as “a grave attack against the court,” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/01/1080339076_0:60:1920:1140_1200x675_80_0_0_3916f490f5490700c645a0ae9eba129d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009011080338669-road-to-yalta-crimea-hosts-international-music-festival-of-soviet-war-time-songs/ The festival has seen 157 applicants from 37 countries and the jury has selected 15 performers who will take part in the event. The ‘Road to Yalta’ international music festival begins in Crimea on 1 September. According to the organisers, the festival received 157 applications from 37 countries and has chosen 15 performers to take part. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary since the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany, and the festival offers a chance to musicians from all over the globe to perform Soviet songs about the Great Patriotic War […]
A robotic arm places a container with three panels of bacteria outside the International Space Station. ( JAXA/NASA) Could Life Travel Between Planets? Microbiologists have spent decades studying extremophiles, organisms that endure extreme conditions, to tug at the mysterious threads of how life blossomed on Earth. https://t.co/NHqzQXUhr9 — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 26, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans, can survive three years and perhaps more in space. Before choosing this particular bacterium for the experiment, the bacterium was hit with types of assaults that it would experience while in space. These included high levels of radiation, vaccum-like pressures, […]
Bobby Kennedy Jr. joined members of the global community today in Berlin in an effort to raise awareness about the dangers our children face due to the vaccine lobby. Bobby Kennedy is the son of the former US Attorney General and the nephew of the US President who famously said, “I am a Berliner.” Bobby was in Berlin today to join forces with citizens around the globe who are concerned about our children’s health as a result of damaging vaccines. The group Children’s Health Defense got together in Berlin with the younger Kennedy in an effort to bring attention to corrupt […]
Prior to the pandemic, the head of UN World Food Programme warned that 2020 would be the worst year since the Second World War because of the severe damage inflicted upon food systems by natural disasters and conflicts. The coronavirus pandemic will result in a “widespread famine of biblical proportions”, said David Beasley, chief of the United Nations World Food Programme, urging the international community to act now in order to avoid a catastrophe. “We are not talking about people going to bed hungry. We are talking about extreme conditions, emergency status – people literally marching to the brink of starvation. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/15/1080232269_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_fc5d982896c18f2f93a0ff72d233a5e8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202008211080232349-sore-successor/ US President Donald Trump spent his Wednesday evening rage-tweeting as he watched former President Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech. It is common knowledge that Trump loathes Obama, with many still speculating that Trump ran for the presidency because Obama scathingly mocked him at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where Trump was the only person not laughing in the audience. During his Wednesday evening Democratic National Convention speech from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Obama argued that Trump has turned the presidency into “one more reality show that he […]
Greek-Turkish relations worsened recently after Turkey’s announcement that its geological survey ship Oruc Reis had started seismic exploration activities in an area south of Castellorizo island, which Greece considers its exclusive economic zone. Sputnik talked to experts to discuss the political and legal sides of the issue. ‘Eastern Mediterranean is Turning Into Tinderbox’ Christian Fleury, French expert, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, member of the research group at the Espaces et Sociétés Can Centre of University of Can-Normandy, pointed out the complexity of the hydrocarbon production issue, particularly coordinating the scale of the work performed: “Before embarking on offshore oil production, one […]
SpaceChain said the test advances its dreams of building a decentralized blockchain infrastructure in space. Source link
International Lawyers Make Urgent Appeal To British Government By Lawyers for Assange, Consortium News. August 17, 2020 International Lawyers Make Urgent Appeal To British Government2020-08-172020-08-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/assange.jpg200px200px An array of international lawyers have written to the British prime minister, foreign secretary, secretary of state for justice and home secretary outlining his illegal treatment and demanding Julian Assange’s release. Lawyers for Assange Independent international legal observers of the proceedings in the case of Julian Assange Open Letter to the UK Prime Minister Mr Boris Johnson, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland QC, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107639/72/1076397293_0:163:1200:838_1200x675_80_0_0_a3900832f5857abeba71dc7adc5270a7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202008151080180132-indias-captain-cool-ms-dhoni-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Former captain of the Indian cricket team and one of the most loved Indian cricketers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit Test Cricket in 2014. Since then speculation has been rife as to when the former skipper could end his international career. Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni – who led the Indian team to World Cup Victory in 2011 – announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday. Announcing his retirement on Instagram, Dhoni said, “Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. From 1929 consider me as Retired.” The 39-year-old batsman cum […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080061202_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ded32c9f53053fc1e4b0fb220f58db2c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202008041080061273-jew-kidding-me-yosemite-/ This week, US President Donald Trump had some difficulty pronouncing “Yosemite” while reading a speech regarding the iconic national park, making it sound more like he was addressing people of Jewish heritage. On Tuesday, Trump went viral for all the wrong reasons after mispronouncing the name of one of America’s most famous national parks at a ceremony touting his signature on a major piece of conservation legislation. During his speech about Yosemite National Park, located in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, Trump dropped the ball while speaking about the giant sequoia trees in Yosemite and […]
Transparency International Silent On Jailed Transparency Journalist Assange By Patrick Maynard, The Grayzone. July 26, 2020 Transparency International Silent On Jailed Transparency Journalist Assange2020-07-262020-07-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/transparency-international.png200px200px For over a year, the West’s top anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International, has not said a word about the world’s most prominent jailed transparency activist, Julian Assange. Is US and UK government funding a factor in the organization’s silence? Berlin, Germany – On a cool July day, the Berlin neighborhood where Transparency International’s global headquarters is situated feels a thousand miles away from London’s Belmarsh Prison. But it is not just the pleasant setting a few blocks from […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079978303_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_546e85e69d1beac29ed01dd3b370c511.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202007241079978347-first-place-foolishness/ US President Donald Trump sure loves being braggadocious about the “great” job he’s doing handling the novel coronavirus pandemic, all while infections in the United States have now officially surpassed 4 million and health officials are reporting over 2,600 new COVID-19 cases every hour on average. The United States has the highest amount of COVID-19 infections in the world, having surpassed 4 million cases this week, and the current death toll is nearing 145,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Even more unsettling, the jaw-dropping rate of transmission stands at 2,600 new cases every hour […]
Israel’s Secret List Of Officials Who May Stand Trial At International Court July 20, 2020 Israel’s Secret List Of Officials Who May Stand Trial At International Court2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/end-israeli-war-crimes-e1595261491291.jpg200px200px Above photo: End Israeli War Crimes from YaLibnam. Ahead of the ICC’s decision on whether to investigate suspected war crimes in the territories, a list of 200 to 300 officials was compiled, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternative Prime Minister Benny Gantz Israel is drawing up a secret list of military and intelligence officials who might be subject to arrest abroad if the International Criminal Court in the Hague opens an investigation into alleged […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, international air travel has been severely restricted for months and this has also affected the business of drug cartels, said an officer of India’s nodal drug law enforcement and intelligence agency. India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday said it had seized 1.7 kg of “high-grade” heroin while it was being smuggled into the country through international courier services. It has an estimated worth of about $909,000. A video of it that was shared by the agency shows officials taking out the heroin, which was concealed in LED lights, cosmetics, and soaps. NCB […]
There’s a lot Andy Tu was looking forward to as a freshman at Claremont McKenna College, a small private college in California. He imagined having intellectual debates on the quad and meeting “highly motivated, open-minded friends.” Coming from an environment that’s “intolerant of unconventional ideas,” he says he was looking forward to being able to express himself freely on campus. He’d even been daydreaming about learning how to surf. But every morning he wakes up at home in Shanghai, he feels like that iconic American freshman year is slipping further and further away. “This uncertainty is making me anxious,” he says, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/11/1079919899_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ec977ecc8c5de4223b2f525e6da66eb0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202007181079920439-sinking-ship-shakeup/ Amid sinking to embarrassingly low numbers in most national polls, US President Donald Trump has shaken up his reelection campaign team. Trump appointed a new campaign manager this week, likely in an effort to boost his poll numbers. But the president claims that there’s no trouble in paradise and that he’s still winning – an interesting philosophy. “I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager. Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and […]
Users of Facebook-owned messenger service WhatsApp are reporting outages around the globe, sending many scurrying onto other social media platforms to complain. WhatsApp users in nearly a dozen countries including the US, Brazil, Germany, India, UK, France, Netherlands, Lebanon, and Mexico have been reporting outages since about 4pm EST, according to DownDetector, which tracks social media outages. Thousands of users took to Twitter to complain and find out whether they were alone in not being able to connect. Many reported they were stuck on the “connecting” screen and could not access their new messages. At one point, more than 6,000 users […]
Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States. Charles Krupa/AP One week ago, the Trump administration announced it would ban international students from attending U.S. colleges in the fall if they only take online classes. Now hundreds of colleges […]
Billion-dollar fund manager Fidelity International has doubled its equity investment in bitcoin mining company Hut 8, bringing its total stake to over 10%. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
In January, Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, urging the court to revoke the company’s export license and restrict it from selling technology allegedly used to violate human rights across the globe. The Tel Aviv District Court has rejected a petition filed by Amnesty International to suspend Israeli spyware firm NSO Group’s export license over allegations that the company’s technology is used to target journalists, lawmakers and activists around the world, including one of the NGO’s employees, according to The Times of Israel. The court ruling, issued on Sunday and published on Monday, stated that lawyers for […]
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by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …with PressTV, Tehran [ Note: It was nice to see the UN get the Soleimani assassination back in the news. But despite its solid legal basis, I can’t see any effect it will have on the Trump regime which is full rouge Unipolar, ‘might makes right’ mode. The structure of the UN is the problem, not the competence of its people. Simply put, it is an outdated organization as it has no rules for punishing or sanctioning rouge members for illegal attacks and killings. Israel has told the UN where it can shove its calls […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 22 May, an airplane crash in Karachi killed 97 of the 99 people onboard. It was stated in the provisional inquiry report that the pilot and the air controller were responsible for the incident. In June, Pakistan International Airlines grounded 150 pilots over holding fake licenses. Following the suit of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Malaysia’s aviation regulatory authority, the US Department of Transportation has suspended Pakistan International Airline’s special permit to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing concerns over the carrier’s safety measures and pilots’ “suspicious licenses”. “The PIA will not […]
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UN: US Violated International Law By Assassinating Iranian General By Bill Bostock, Business Insider. July 7, 2020 UN: US Violated International Law By Assassinating Iranian General2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/a-portrait-of-qasem-soleimani-in-tehran-on-3-january-the-day-after-the-iranian-general-was-assassinated-in-an-american-air-attack-on-baghdad-airport.-by-morteza-nikoubaz-for-sipa-e1594152107461.jpg200px200px Above photo: A portrait of Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran on 3 January, the day after the Iranian general was assassinated in an American air attack on Baghdad airport. By Morteza Nikoubaz for SIPA. At the time, the US said it had evidence showing that the top Iranian general posed an “imminent threat” to US assets. In a report, Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution, said the US supplied “no evidence that […]
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More than 4,000 foreign-born doctors officially begin their residencies at hospitals across the United States today. They’ll confront two historic challenges: The coronavirus pandemic and some of the most restrictive immigration policies this nation has seen in decades. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages hide caption toggle caption smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages More than 4,000 foreign-born doctors officially begin their residencies at hospitals across the United States today. They’ll confront two historic challenges: The coronavirus pandemic and some of the most restrictive immigration policies this nation has seen in decades. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages Dr. Basim Ali graduated at the top of his medical school class in Pakistan and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107976/15/1079761508_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_4bfddad8cd821765444e3f5bd66b18a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006301079761554-white-house-scramble/ Reports have surfaced of White House staffers frantically trying to track down US President Donald Trump over the weekend to get him to delete his retweet of a video in which a man yelled “white power,” but Trump wasn’t answering his phone while partying it up on the green at his Virginia golf course. The president is not a stranger to saying and tweeting incendiary things. The divisive footage that Trump retweeted Sunday showed a supporter of his, who happens to be a white man, driving a golf cart and yelling “white power” at […]
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE WEB OF POWER POLITICS Statement by Dr. Hans Köchler on the Executive Order signed by the President of the United States on 11 June 2020 Vienna, 26 June 2020RE/20689c-is The decision by President Donald Trump to block property and restrict entry into the United States of any foreign person directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate or prosecute United States personnel without the consent of the United States constitutes a serious interference with judicial independence. As such, any attempt to coerce a court, whether domestic or international, is incompatible with the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107738/44/1077384410_0:0:1921:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_533207dd24ea75d81370f3a5f14e9b80.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006281079738236-pompeo-says-south-china-sea-disputes-must-be-resolved-in-line-with-international-law/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that Washington supports the stance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in that China cannot be allowed to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire. “The United States welcomes ASEAN Leaders’ insistence that South China Sea [SCS] disputes be resolved in line with international law, including UNCLOS [United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea]. China cannot be allowed to treat the SCS as its maritime empire. We will have more to say on this topic soon”, Pompeo […]
Cressida Dick shouldn’t just be carpeted by Priti Patel over the Brixton riots she should be sacked. And whilst Priti is at it she should also sack the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset who allowed his officers to stand by whilst an anarchic mob, hiding within the Black Lives Protest, pulled down the statue of the slave trader Colston. This would send a clear signal to all the other PC Chief Constables around the UK that the days of rainbow laces, Pride painted panda cars, dancing in the street and skateboarding on London’s bridges with extinction rebellion are over. Running […]
In today’s episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamal Thomas and Shane Stranahan discussed a variety of issues from the latest charges against Julian Assange to the strategies and tactics of the Black Lives Matter protesters. Guests: Caleb Maupin – Speaker, writer, journalist, political analyst, and author of City Builders and Vandals in Our Age: Articles and Essays on Socialism | The Politics of CHAZ, The Never-Ending Battle For The Confederacy William Ayers – Author and Former Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) | Black Lives Matter, 60s History Taylor Hudak – […]
The Voice of America building in Washington, D.C., part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. VOA has increasingly been a target of the Trump administration. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP The Voice of America building in Washington, D.C., part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. VOA has increasingly been a target of the Trump administration. Andrew Harnik/AP New U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack swept into office like a man on a mission last week, firing the top executives and advisory boards of federally funded international broadcasters which weekly reach 340 million people abroad. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/23/1079702317_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_5f60f7dc310541ef58f42ebd75a927b3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006241079702447-statutory-statuary/ US President Donald Trump is authorizing the arrest and criminal prosecution of individuals who attempt to take down monuments amid nationwide protests. Following days of unrest that have seen the destruction of monuments viewed as historically oppressive towards minority groups amid nationwide protests for social justice, Trump vowed that the federal government would jail and prosecute anyone who participated in such activity. Trump took to Twitter early Tuesday morning in an attempt to prevent additional statues and monuments across the country from being pulled down or vandalized. I have authorized the Federal Government to […]
Securitize Japan became the first global token issuance platform to join the Japan Security Token Offering Association (JSTOA), the company announced Thursday. The Japanese subsidiary of U.S.-based Securitize, the company token platform could not join the association until now because JSTOA only accepts Japanese-regulated entities into its ranks. Securitize co-founder and Chief Executive Carlos Domingo told CoinDesk that a leading Japanese financial services company, SBI Holdings, was one of the founding members of JSTOA, and is a Securitize shareholder. Six major Japanese brokerages created JSTOA as a self-regulatory organization last year in a bid to consolidate expertise on securities and develop […]
Since the killing of George Floyd on 25 May, anti-racism protests have been taking place globally demanding equality for black people. Responding to this movement a number of organisations have reevaluated their policies to tackle racial discrimination. A leading wine institution has taken action regarding their use of the term ‘master’. The Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas has pledged to drop the requirement for master sommeliers to be addressed as ‘master’ amid criticisms over the organisation’s lack of inclusion. The organization has released a statement saying that the organisation “universally condemns racism, prejudice, and racially motivated violence in all its forms.” […]
‘Black Lives Matter’ Is International By Roger Harris, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. June 19, 2020 ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is International2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-lives-matter-e1592572451492.jpg200px200px Where there is oppression, there will be resistance. Corte Madera, California – The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 was the spark that ignited the tinder of accrued injustice throughout the US and globally. This injustice has deep antecedents in the US and indeed in much of what is now called the Global South. There is a shared history of colonial conquest of the Indigenous and the abominable institution of the enslavement of African peoples. What happened has its roots in systemic […]
Etti Shlomo, a Jewish refugee from Egypt doesn’t hold grudges, nor does she look back at the property and life she left behind in Cairo. But after immigrating to Israel in 1950 and establishing a new life there, she does feel that Jews were treated unfairly. The 20th of June marks international refugee day honouring 25.9 million people around the world, who have been forced to flee their homes. Many of them fled from their home towns in the Middle East, seeking refuge in Europe and the Americas. Etti Shlomo, from the northern Israeli city of Yoqneam, also considers herself a refugee […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/79/1079657914_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_6fcf49f21d7da103cdb81d6aed938931.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006181079658006-bolton-down-the-hatches/ US President Donald Trump is lashing out at former national security adviser John Bolton over explosive claims made in a new tell-all book, marking the latest former Trump administration official to turn on the president. Excerpts and summaries of Bolton’s explosive tell-all book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” were released Wednesday, detailing conversations that Bolton said took place inside the Trump White House, where “obstruction of justice” was seen “as a way of life.” Trump wasted no time and took to Twitter to lash out with a rant at the […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107963/55/1079635586_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_f9e602e32c840691a2e3ea9957ff91e1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202006171079635618-the-most-invisible-enemy/ US President Donald Trump seems not to be a fan of COVID-19 testing, apparently believing if you do not test for the virus, it ceases to exist. It seems that, similar to a child or an ostrich, the POTUS believes if you cannot see them, problems will simply go away. In his remarks during a Monday White House Cabinet press briefing, he made the astonishing claim that less COVID-19 testing means fewer novel coronavirus cases, “if any” at all. “If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any,” Trump said, […]
Colombia: US Troops In Country Seek International Conflict June 16, 2020 Colombia: US Troops In Country Seek International Conflict2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/uscol-e1592328075352.jpg200px200px Above photo: Members of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the Colombian National at Tolemaida Air Base, in Nilo, Colombia, January 25, 2020. Twitter/ @chrstphr_woody. Since the end of May, 53 military personnel have arrived in the country: five on May 27 and 48 on Tuesday. Colombian senators on Wednesday saidthat U.S. troops that arrived in the South American country in early June are allowed to associate with illegal groups and seek an eventual international confrontation. The Democratic Congressman Ivan Cepeda revealed that […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest announces that its international jury of leading photography experts has selected the best works from over 5,000 submissions received this year, the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency announced on Tuesday. Young photojournalists from 75 countries competed in the contest this year. The shortlist includes photographers from 19 countries – Russia, the US, France, India, Italy, Spain, Iran, Bangladesh, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Belarus, South Africa, China, and – for the first time – the United Kingdom, Austria, Argentina, Brazil and Haiti. This year’s works are distinguished by their painterly quality, through which […]
The International Criminal Court Responds To Recent Measures Announced By The US By The International Criminal Court. June 15, 2020 The International Criminal Court Responds To Recent Measures Announced By The US2020-06-152020-06-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/international-criminal-court-building-in-hague-netherlands-e1592227998825.jpg200px200px Above photo: International Criminal Court building in Hague, Netherlands. The International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) expresses profound regret at the announcement of further threats and coercive actions, including financial measures, against the Court and its officials, made earlier today by the Government of the United States. The ICC stands firmly by its staff and officials and remains unwavering in its commitment to discharging, independently and impartially, the mandate […]
International Lawyers Oppose Philippines Anti-Terrorism Bill By International Lawyers Guild. June 13, 2020 International Lawyers Oppose Philippines Anti-Terrorism Bill2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/junk-terror-bill-e1592065559442.jpg200px200px Over 100 international lawyers and lawyers’ associations issued an open letter to President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, and members of the Congress of the Philippines. The urgent open letter was issued to express high levels of concern about the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill in the Philippines, which has been harshly criticized for its violations of human rights norms. As the letter notes, “The international community is alarmed by the apparent abuses of power and civil unrest that the law will […]
GENEVA (Sputnik) – Switzerland expressed regret over the US decision to target employees of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions and called on Washington to left the restrictions, the Federal Council said in a statement. “Switzerland is concerned about the additional visa restrictions and new economic sanctions, which the United States has imposed on ICC employees, their families, and natural and legal persons who support investigations against American citizens. Switzerland calls on the US to revoke these comprehensive measures”, the statement issued on late Friday said. The Swiss cabinet reaffirmed its support for the ICC as an independent body that […]
People are asking: where does this end? The list of monuments and emblems slated for removal in the US and Europe is a daunting, ever-expanding one. Some are labelled as glorifying racism, others for venerating war, imperialism and colonialism. Statues to Christopher Columbus and Confederate leaders in the US have been toppled this week, so too have landmark effigies in Britain, Belgium, and other European countries. The anger on both sides of the Atlantic has come like a torrent following the racist police killing of African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May. That anger goes beyond racist policing and […]
The Donald Trump administration is imposing economic sanctions on International Criminal Court officials who are engaged with “any effort” to investigate or prosecute US personnel for war crimes. In a statement on Thursday, the White House press office said President Donald Trump has also authorized the “expansion of visa restrictions” against ICC officials and their family members. The US has repeatedly threatened to impose sanctions on the Hague-based court and asserted that it has no right to investigate or prosecute US personnel without Washington’s consent. Also on rt.com US threatens ICC with ‘consequences’ if it acts on war crimes complaint against […]
Donald Trump’s indulgence in conspiracy theories is running amok. The latest is his speculation that a 75-year-old man who had his skull split open by police was a “provocateur”. The man in question, Martin Gugino, was shoved to the ground by police officers after he approached them openly, without threat and in broad daylight during a public protest in Buffalo, New York state. He fell backwards, suffering concussion and spilling blood on the sidewalk. Dozens of police officers in riot gear then walked past his prone body to enforce a curfew. Two officers have been subsequently charged with assault over the […]
The United States seems hopelessly riven with division, as the mass protests over the police killing of African-American man George Floyd reveal. Protesters are calling for police forces accused of systematic racism to be defunded and disbanded. While opponents – many of whom seem to be supporters of President Trump – are calling for a tough law-and-order response to what they view as rioters and subversives. The sharp tensions have even torn through the offices of the New York Times. Journalists at the paper are in open revolt after it published an opinion piece by Republican Senator Tom Cotton who endorsed Trump’s threat to send in troops […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano Dag Hammarskjold, the former UN Secretary who passed away 58 years ago in a plane crash that has become increasingly suspicious of any declassification of documents, was killed a second time a few days ago. Today as then, the killer is the phantom and notorious Deep State, the world potentate between politics, high finance, masonry and obviously military intelligence. According to numerous journalistic investigations and even recent international inquiry it seems now clear that the disaster that occurred on September 18, 1961 in southern Africa in which he died […]
Donald Trump’s announcement he would be “designating Antifa as a Terrorist Organization” on May 31 focused scrutiny on the network of violent far-left groups espousing “antifascism”, which often enjoy NGO, media and taxpayer support in Europe. By Collin McMahon in Germany “We have a number of investigators at the department that are working with DOJ and working with FBI. We know that they have opened up a number of cases specifically targeting some of the leaders of Antifa and other organizations that are involved,” acting Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf told Fox News. German AfD foreign policy speaker Petr Bystron […]
James O’Keefe and Project Veritas released their investigative report on the domestic terrorist group Antifa on Thursday morning. Antifa is a violent left-wing Communist faction that uses a black bloc tactic where they dress in black from head to toe and cover their faces with black masks. The tactic is meant to make it more difficult for police to identify those who break the law during a riot. Portland has one of the largest and most active populations of Antifa members in the United States. The left-wing terrorists previously took over directing traffic and harassed elderly motorists. Antifa recently came out […]
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 concern”. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that directs the US State Department to take action “ensuring” religious freedom in countries that are identified by the US as violating the freedom to adhere to one’s faith of choice. The newly introduced order envisages a yearly budget of […]
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 Space Station, 19 hours after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken made the trip on a private space vehicle designed, built and launched by SpaceX. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule docked with the station at 10:17 a.m. ET while flying over the […]
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 the never-ending “ peace process”. If I know how the PLO operate for sure, they did not think of all the consequences that have to do with transport, electricity, the water supply of materials and consumer good. Formally revoking all agreements with Israel also means the disbanding of the Palestinian Authority, […]
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 media project launched by RT to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. RT Arabic show Fight, developed with two Russian athletes — a UFC mixed martial arts and a weightlifter — won silver in the General — Online category. The Kalashnikova series, whose episodes tell about the Rostov-on-Don submarine, the Nakhimov Naval School and the […]
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 developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as part of its contribution to the International Space Station program. Like many Japanese spacecraft, it has two names, with its alternative name being Kounotori, or white stork. The HTV-9 or Kounotori 9 mission concludes a series of resupply missions to the International […]
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 the International Union of Food Workers (IUF), which said McDonald’s had allowed a “sexual harassment crisis” to persist in restaurants all over the world, including in the US, Brazil, Australia, France, the UK, Chile and Colombia, among other countries. “McDonald’s workers have sounded the alarm about sexual harassment and gender-based violence […]
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 from Rachel Blevins – journalist and RT America correspondent. Journalist Mohamed Elmaazi discusses with George if there is a plot against Venezuela. Dr. Ranjeet Brar – NHS Consultant, physician & surgeon updates us on the latest on coronavirus from the medical frontline. Tune in every Sunday at 2 pm EST| 8 pm CET. You […]
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 initiatives like the sugar tax as part of the Nanny state and he was dead against it. However, according to James Forsyth writing in the Times today Johnson’s had a major change of heart and it has been driven by the now undeniable link between coronavirus and obesity. He is convinced […]
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 most popular type of pet on the planet. Anyone who has a cat at home will tell you how they consider their kitties part of the family. Have a look how this kitten attempts a “superman” jump, but something goes wrong. Source link
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 reported. “Iceland’s strategy of large-scale testing, tracing and isolating have proven effective so far,” Tourism Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir said in a statement. Iceland has reported three new Covid-19 infections in May. Source link
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 simply “Alice.” It’s one of the remotest and hottest spots on this sun-cooked continent, geographically at the dead center. Cellphone cameras are trained on the runway’s final approach over desert and tinder-brittle brush. The sheer size of the raw red landscape diminishes the size of the approaching jet, even though this […]