Above photo: Protestors in Midtown Manhattan call for an end to police brutality after Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict. Vincent Tsai. In the year 2021, it was the turn of the US government, particularly its judicial system, to respond to the protests of 2020. In the summer of 2020, the people of the United States witnessed the largest anti-racist struggle in the country’s history after a video of the brutal murder of George Floyd by officer Derek Chauvin went viral. While Floyd’s murder was the catalyst, the first year of the pandemic was marked by increased police and vigilante violence. Ahmaud Arbery, […]
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The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) pulls into Batumi, Sakartvelo (the official name of Georgia), after completing interoperability exercises and drills with the Georgian coast guard, May 4, 2021. Before arrival in port, Hamilton’s crew operated at sea with the Georgia coast guard. While in port, the two coast guards will continue to build upon the relationship they forged at sea. Upon arrival, the crew was greeted with a Georgian demonstration of dancing and singing after conducting the U.S. and Georgian national anthems. The Georgian coast guard and Hamilton also conducted several tours, a dinner, and a five-kilometer […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said late Thursday that Russia systemically aggravates the security situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and in Crimea while refusing to reaffirm its commitment to the ceasefire. “Russia’s current escalation is systemic, largest in recent years,” Kuleba said and raised concerns about Kremlin’s stance around the long-running conflict in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s actions have brought the situation to a dead end. The only way out is diplomacy. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Minister also said that Moscow must cease escalating military tensions, immediately and unconditionally reaffirm its […]
South Korea is becoming a top arms dealer, joining the ranks of the U.S., Russia, Germany and France, according to an annual government report showed 14 December. Over the past five years, South Korea was one of the largest exporters along with the United States, Russia, France and Germany and China, according to data from the report. Seoul was the 10th-largest arms exporter in the 2015-2019 period, accounting for 2.1 percent of the world’s total defense exports, the report said. According to Yonhap, South Korea ranked 11th in last year’s report. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The United States […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Victory: Largest Dam Removal In The World By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. November 23, 2020 Indigenous Peoples’ Victory: Largest Dam Removal In The World2020-11-232020-11-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/klamath-e1606181812519.jpg200px200px After nearly four decades, Indigenous Peoples win an agreement for the largest dam removal in the world. Four of the six dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon will be taken down, allowing the water to flow freely again and the salmon to spawn. This is a powerful story of how four tribes put aside their past conflicts to work together and environmental groups participated in an indigenous-led campaign that took on […]
Hunger Strike Enters Third Week At California’s Largest Prison By Ryan Fatika, Perilous Chronicle. November 18, 2020 Hunger Strike Enters Third Week At California’s Largest Prison2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/caprison-e1605713423665.jpeg200px200px In the southern part of California’s Central Valley, about halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno, sits Corcoran, California—a small farming town surrounded on all sides by acres of cotton and tomato fields. Perched at the town’s southern tip are two of the state’s largest prisons. Together, their denizens make up about 33% of the population of Corcoran. One of the facilities, the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF), is the state’s single largest, housing 4,481 prisoners, […]
China And 14 Nations Ready To Sign World’s Largest Trade Deal By Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post. November 12, 2020 China And 14 Nations Ready To Sign World’s Largest Trade Deal2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rcep.png200px200px Above photo: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (second right) locks hands with other leaders at the RCEP summit in Bangkok in November last year. Reuters. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is expected to be signed this weekend. In the absence of the US from trading blocs, China seeks opportunities to write regional trade rules before there is a change in US leadership. NOTE: The Obama Biden administration tried to push […]
The bomb was dropped in the channel by Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) reportedly in a bid to sink the Nazi warship Lützow at the end of the Second World War. A 12,000-pound Tallboy, also known as an “earthquake” bomb, has exploded in the Szczecin-Swinoujscie shipping channel in northwestern Poland following a deflagration process. The Polish Ministry of Defence has posted a video of the blast on social media, adding that the object no longer poses a threat to the nearby area. The footage captures the explosion from both angles, as it sends a massive spout of water up into the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – One of the world’s largest fancy vivid purple-pink and internally flawless diamonds from Russia will be sold at Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auction on 11 November, media reported on Monday. The 14.83-carat diamond, named “The Spirit of the Rose,” is the largest vivid purple-pink diamond ever offered at auction and it is estimated to be worth $23-$38 million, according to Forbes. The Gemological Institute of America graded the diamond with the highest colour and clarity and classified it as a Type IIa diamond, which is the purest of all diamond crystals. This classification is usually […]
By the Editor’s of the New England Journal of Medicine Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy. The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering,1 the United States leads the world in Covid-19 cases and in deaths due to the disease, […]
The massive blast that destroyed a huge swathe of Beirut in August was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, releasing enough energy to power more than 100 homes for a year, new research has found. The devastating detonation was the result of the accidental ignition of approximately 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate at the port in the Lebanese capital. It resulted in at least 200 deaths and more than 6,000 injuries. New research from a team of experts at the University of Sheffield has revealed that the blast was the equivalent of up to 1,100 tons of […]
…from SouthFront.org On October 2, the Armenian-Azerbaijani war entered its 5th day. Forces of the Azerbaijani military, supported by Turkey, continued their attempts to capture the contested Nagorno-Karabakh Region and to dismantle the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is overwhelmingly populated by Armenians. Intense artillery duels and Azerbaijani airstrikes are being reported across the entire frontline in Karabakh, and even near some parts of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. Nonetheless, the main clashes still take place in the districts of Fizuli and Jabrayil, where Azerbaijan have achieved their main gains capturing several positions from the Armenians. The Azerbaijani artillery together with Turkish-made and Israeli-made combat […]
DOJ Charges Hundreds in Connection with $6B Healthcare Fraud DOJ charges hundreds in connection with $6B in healthcare fraud in largest takedown ever https://t.co/dHierDWYoS — FierceHealth (@FierceHealth) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Sad state of medical affairs in the U.S. During this COVID-19 pandemic or maybe because of this pandemic, we have rampant malfeasance on the part of some 100 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. In total 345 people were charged in connection for cases responsible for more than $6 billion in losses. Billions of dollars in false claims were submitted to both private and public insurers, with $4.5 […]
380 pilot whales die after getting beached in Australia, 50 saved by rescuers in largest such incident in state’s history (PHOTOS) A total of 380 whales have died, local media reported, citing officials. Teams of rescuers managed to save 50 by towing them to deeper water, where they were released, while around 30 more remained beached and fighting for their lives as of Wednesday afternoon. Each animal weighs around three tons. “If they are still alive and in water, there is certainly hope for them, but as time goes on they get more fatigued and their chances of survival reduces,” Parks […]
Children walk through the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after the camp was gutted by fire. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Children walk through the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after the camp was gutted by fire. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Several swift fires gutted Europe’s largest refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, sending 12,000 asylum-seekers scrambling for emergency shelter. The camp, named Moria, after a nearby village tucked into olive groves, was already notorious because of its horrific conditions, which […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009061080381823-natanz-blast-iran-identifies-forces-responsible-for-sabotage-at-countrys-largest-nuclear-site/ Iranian officials previously said that a fire and explosion on 2 July at the country’s largest uranium enrichment facility was the result of sabotage and vowed to respond if it finds evidence that foreign forces were involved in it. Tehran has identified those behind the blast and fire at the Natanz nuclear facility, said spokesperson for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation Behrouz Kamalvandi. The official did not reveal whether the explosion was organised within the country or from abroad. “The security agencies are thoroughly investigating what happened in Natanz, which was sabotage. A […]
Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries to reflect the changing use of language in 2020, particularly in subjects like race, gender, health, technology and politics. Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption toggle caption Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries to reflect the changing use of language in 2020, particularly in subjects like race, gender, health, technology and politics. Daniel Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF Anyone grasping for the right word or phrase to describe life in 2020 now has a larger lexicon to work with. Dictionary.com has updated thousands of entries and added hundreds of words […]
Thousands took to the streets of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia on Wednesday to demand the resignation of longtime Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The rally was marred by clashes between demonstrators and police. The protest outside the parliament building started peacefully, with people carrying Bulgarian flags and chanting, “resign” and “mafia,” referring to the PM’s alleged ties to the country’s influential oligarchs. But after dark, some tried to break through to the parliament, which was heavily guarded by officers in full riot gear. Demonstrators threw firecrackers and other objects, including eggs, apples, and garbage, at the cops. They also shook police cars […]
Largest Hydrogen Bomb Ever Exploded Hydrogen bombs are so destructive, their impact has been described as unthinkable throughout history. Recently declassified Russian footage of the 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb test shows why. https://t.co/b9UNnoqqpX — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The difference in the size between the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima and the 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb is unbelievable!….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and […]
Largest Hydrogen Bomb Ever Exploded Hydrogen bombs are so destructive, their impact has been described as unthinkable throughout history. Recently declassified Russian footage of the 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb test shows why. https://t.co/b9UNnoqqpX — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: The difference in the size between the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima and the 1961 Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb is unbelievable!….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and […]
The fintech company and affiliate of the Alibaba Group plans to shore up billions in stocks in a bid to boost the Hong Kong stock exchange amid political turmoil on the finance hub’s national security law. The Ant Group is set to launch a massive dual-listing on the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation (STAR) Board and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) indexes, potentially becoming the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO). The Hangzhou-based fintech firm was launched by Alibaba and company founder Jack Ma in 2004, becoming China’s main mobile payment service. According to reports, over 700m people and […]
…from SouthFront.org The US military has been facing increasing pressure from local resistance forces and pro-Iranian groups in Iraq. On August 21, an improvised explosive device (IED) reportedly struck a vehicle of company working with the U.S.-led coalition in Aweerij, south of the capital, Baghdad. The vehicle was destroyed and its driver was killed. Pro-Iranian sources even claimed that the entire supply convoy of the US-led coalition was destroyed, and three Fijian private military contractors working for the U.S. military were killed. These claims have not been confirmed by any visual evidence so far. On August 22, another IED attack hit […]
Largest Private-Sector Strike Of The Year Is Headed For Union Victory By Jeremy Gantz, In These Times. August 15, 2020 Largest Private-Sector Strike Of The Year Is Headed For Union Victory2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/locals6-e1597505242581.jpg200px200px Above photo: The end of a strike is in sight at Maine’s Bath Iron Works shipyard. Getty Images. After nearly seven weeks on the picket line, Machinists union members will soon vote on a contract that includes everything they’re fighting for. Bath, Maine – It’s no coincidence that the first strike in 20 years at Bath Iron Works (BIW) began months into the Covid-19 pandemic. While Maine has one of the lowest Covid transmission rates in […]
The Antonov AN-225 Mriya, the world’s biggest fully operational plane, has landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel delivering Oshkosh military chassis from the United States. Ukrainian giant aircraft delivered U.S. military military chassis, the exact number of which is undisclosed, which intended to be fitted with an Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense system. In 2019, the U.S. closed a deal to buy two Iron Dome batteries. The U.S. military is expected to begin inducting a first Iron Dome missile defense system in December 2020. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Deliveries of the first two Israeli-made Iron Dome air […]
The incident took place last year, and has led to heightened fears about the security of America’s energy infrastructure. A tiny armada of between four and six unmarked drones flew over the Palo Verde Generating Station nuclear power plant in Arizona on the nights of September 29 and 30, 2019, with plant security proving unable to stop them and authorities still uncertain who was operating them or why. Details about the incident were uncovered in a trove of documents released by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after Dean Johnson, a researcher with the Scientific Coalition for Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Studies, put in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079895652_0:185:3072:1913_1200x675_80_0_0_005543f0080c5eff1921ba317d5b6f8b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202007241079977805-largest-in-the-world-trump-heaps-praise-upon-musk-over-new-automotive-plant-prospects/ Elon Musk himself has promptly thanked Trump on behalf of the Tesla team, adding that they look forward to “building Giga Texas”. US President Donald Trump has went on to praise famous tech entrepreneur Elon Musk for agreeing to built a Tesla factory in Texas. Delivering his regards in his trademark style – via Twitter – Trump said that the factory is “expected to be the largest auto plant anywhere in the world”. “He kept his word to me. Texas & Tesla are big winners. MADE IN THE USA!”, the US president […]
An international team of scientists recently released the largest three-dimensional map ever created of the universe, the result of years’ worth of examinations that helped to offer a clearer understanding of the cosmos over an 11-billion-year period. The map, which was more than 20 years in the making, was the result of observations collected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and analyzed by more than 100 astrophysicists part of the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS) team. The work carried out by eBOSS astrophysicists specifically examines the universe from a time when it was about 300,000 years old, pinpointing on […]
On Tuesday, the U.S Air Force conducted the largest ‘elephant walk’ exercise, launching approximately 40 C-130 military transport aircraft in a row. An ‘Elephant Walk’ is a fundamental training element when preparing for global strike missions. This exercise refers to the close formation of military aircraft before takeoff. The term originated in World War II when allied bomber operations consisted of 1,000 aircraft and their attacks were carried out in a single file, nose-to-tail fashion that resembled elephants traveling to the watering hole. In a statement, the Air Force said the 317th and 19th Airlift Wings launched dozens of C-130s for […]
The news comes as investors have begun massive levels of investment in the mainland tech firm’s push for self-sufficiency, with the chipmaker reaching a $31.7bn capitalisation this year and stocks surging 12.8 percent to $4.84 (37.55 HKD) on Monday, figures show. China’s mainland chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) plans to publicly trade after preparing a $7.5bn initial offering, Caixan Global revealed on Tuesday. The company will post its stocks on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR) in Shanghai, becoming the world’s largest stock sale in 2020, according to data. SMIC will sell 1.69bn shares at $3.89 (27.46 HKD), the […]
The digital advertising token briefly became bigger than ether in the decentralized finance space, thanks to popular lending protocol Compound. Source link
FOX News cable television set a new record this past quarter. The Tucker Carlson Show set the record for the largest cable news show audience during a single quarter in cable news history. He did this by calling for equal justice under the law and for free speech. These are two issues the Democrats cannot claim and Republicans appear oblivious to. Mike Cernovich tweeted last night the Tucker Carlson had the greatest quarter in cable news history this past quarter. Fox News Q2 2020 Ratings: Tucker Carlson Averaged 4.33 Million Viewers at 8 p.m., the Largest Audience in Cable News History […]
YouTube today banned Stefan Molyneux today after 14 years. Stefan ran the largest philosophy channel on YouTube with nearly a million subscribers, thousands of videos, hundreds of millions of views and billions of comments. @TeamYouTube My channel – active without problems since 2006 – was just terminated without any prior warnings. I had almost 1 million subscribers, over 250,000,000 views, and have consistently advocated for peace and reason in the resolution of social conflicts. Please review. — Stefan Molyneux, MA (@StefanMolyneux) June 29, 2020 TRENDING: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Threatens to Take Action Against Couple Who Protected Home Against Protest Mob […]
Inside The US’s Largest Maximum-Security Prison, COVID-19 Raged By Anat Rubin, Tim Golden, and Richard A. Webster, ProPublica. June 26, 2020 Inside The US’s Largest Maximum-Security Prison, COVID-19 Raged2020-06-262020-06-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/covidangola-e1593186256873.png200px200px Above photo: Terry Rogers holds a photo of Michael Williams, her brother, in front of her home in Bridge City, Louisiana, on May 17, 2020. Kathleen Flynn/ProPublica. Outside, Officials Called Their Fight a Success. Inmates at Angola prison in Louisiana told ProPublica of widespread illness, dysfunctional care and deadly neglect as the coronavirus outbreak hit. By the time he persuaded the guards to let him call his family, Michael Williams could feel his life slipping away. His body […]
The US on Wednesday saw its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, 36,880, since the outbreak began, according to a national tally maintained by the New York Times. The previous record for daily new cases was 36,739, recorded on April 24, the Times reported. Wednesday’s total was also 2,000 cases higher than Tuesday’s daily tally across the US. The World Health Organization on Sunday also reported the largest global single-day increase in COVID-19 cases, recording 183,000 new confirmed infections across the world. The US, Brazil and India are the top three countries contributing to the new cases. […]
__________Associated PressChurch tied to Oregon’s largest coronavirus outbreak SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A church in rural northeastern Oregon is now the epicenter of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak, as 236 people tested positive for the disease, authorities said Tuesday. The outbreak also led to Oregon’s second consecutive record-setting daily case count. “I think generally we are seeing increasing numbers, which is what we expected with reopening,” said Thomas Jeanne, the deputy state health officer and deputy state epidemiologist. In response to the increasing case counts Gov. Kate Brown last week said she was putting all county applications for further reopening from […]
Health Editor’s Note: With protests, opening up of states and facilities, decreased interest in physical distancing, decrease in mask wearing, increases in coronavirus cases would be expected to be rising. Trump wanting to “slow down testing because too many cases are showing up” is certainly going to keep the U.S. in the running for country with most coronavirus cases and deaths…..Carol WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by Joseph Wilson and Jamey Keaten/AP News BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain reopened its borders to European tourists Sunday in a bid to kickstart its economy, while Brazil and South Africa struggled […]
The Sun Produced Its Biggest Solar Flare Since 2017 by Nora McGreevy/Smithsonianmag.com Last month, the massive, hot ball of glowing hydrogen and helium at the center of our solar system—otherwise known as our sun—released its largest solar flare since October 2017. Although it’s too early to know for certain, NASA says in a statement that this new activity might indicate that the sun is “waking up” from its cyclical slumber. As Hannah Osbourne reports for Newsweek, activity on the sun’s surface increases and decreases according to a roughly 11-year cycle, although that can vary. During the period known as the solar minimum, the sun […]
The Vatican is currently in the midst of the biggest financial scandal in its history. Extortion, embezzlement, aggravated fraud and money laundering – these are the charges against Italian-English broker Gianluigi Torzi for buying and selling real estate in London, which are being challenged by a representative of the Vatican Court of Appeals. As the Vatican’s communique says, the provision signed by Justice Representative Gian Piero Milano and his deputy Alessandro Diddi was issued in relation to the sale and purchase of real estate in London’s Sloane Avenue; the transaction involved a network of companies that some government officials from the […]
Largest catalog of human genetic diversity NIH Research Matters At a Glance Researchers have created a massive catalog of human genome data, along with tools to understand it. Using DNA from over 140,000 people, they analyzed genomic variation, how variants affect gene function, and which may cause disease or serve as new drug targets. The genome is the complete set of your DNA, including all of your genes. The human genome was first decoded nearly two decades ago. The genetic sequencing of thousands of genomes has allowed researchers to begin to understand how the human body is built and maintained. But each […]
The U.S. Navy announced on Monday that its newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) logged significant milestones during Post Delivery Test and Trials (PDT&T) operations at sea. The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is the first of the new Ford-class of flattops. CVN 78 was procured in FY2008. The Ford-class design uses the basic Nimitz-class hull form but incorporates several improvements, including features permitting the ship to generate more aircraft sorties per day, more electrical power for supporting ship systems, and features permitting the ship to be operated by several hundred fewer sailors than a Nimitz-class ship, […]
Business 14:42 GMT 07.06.2020Get short URL The Western and Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that it had reestablished full control over Tripoli last week, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi announcing a new Cairo-backed peace initiative to settle Libya’s long-running civil war for good. Libya’s massive El Sharara oil field restarted production on Saturday after forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) switched allegiances following a string of GNA victories, S&P Global has reported, citing sources said to be familiar with the situation. Situated in the Murzuq Desert in southwestern Libya, the El Sharara oil field […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s largest donor is involved in the elderly care business. Not only did he help the donor make millions on COVID-19 but he also provided them immunity from legal ramifications as well. We previously reported on New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin for having coronavirus blood on their hands. Their actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state. Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer drafted a post on the recent actions of New York’s governor and Department of Health Commissioner and Executive Deputy Commissioner. They […]
Despite police crackdowns, curfews, boiling heat, rain, and fears of a global pandemic that continues to plague America, huge crowds of protesters swelled to their largest size yet on Saturday in some of the country’s biggest cities. On the eleventh day of protests—sparked by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police—thousands of demonstrators descended on Union Park in Chicago, downtown Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C. to protest police violence against black people. It provided a jarring contrast to footage of hundreds of police officers cheering outside a Buffalo, NY, courthouse on Saturday, in support of two colleagues […]
India 11:38 GMT 01.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): In previous years, India, where the number of smartphone users was expected to reach over 442 million by 2022, replaced the US and Vietnam to become the second largest handset market in the world, behind China. While last year around 158 million handsets were sold in India, the market is projected to shrink this year. The handset market in India could witness a sales dive from previous estimates of 140-142 million to 130-137 million, the market research firms International Data Corporation (IDC) and Counterpoint – headquartered in the US and Hong Kong […]
As the U.S. Marine Corps continues to increase the lethality of the infantry squad, Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons has begun the largest modernization effort in decades. According to a recent service news release, Program Manager for Infantry Weapons (PM IW) strives to equip and sustain the Marine Corps with fully-integrated infantry weapons, optics and nonlethal systems for the Ground Combat Element. The portfolio’s modernization efforts adhere to Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s vision to redesign the force to meet the challenges of a new age of great power competition. Through PM IW, the […]
The top media union in North America is launching a historic advocacy campaign in a desperate effort to gin up political support to help stave off the economic crunch on the news industry. The effort being undertaken by the 30,000-plus member NewsGuild-CWA will involve a six-figure digital ad campaign, direct lobbying on Capitol Hill, and a new website where—among other things—laid off and furloughed journalists will chronicle the industry’s plights. The goal is both immediate and long term: to get Congress to OK giving direct grants to workers at news outlets; to expand access to the small business lending program so […]
World 11:32 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL In early April, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the United Nations was facing a cash crisis due to non-payment of dues by some member states, something that he added had been aggravated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. China’s UN Mission acting deputy envoy Yao Shaojun has berated the US for being the organisation’s “largest debtor”, and claimed that Washington owes about $1.16 billion and $1.3 billion to the UN’s regular and peacekeeping operations budgets, respectively. Yao referred to the US arrears as he spoke earlier this week at a UN General Assembly budget committee meeting, […]
BitGo is now providing its custody services to India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, CoinDCX. Announced Thursday, BitGo began storing cryptocurrencies held by CoinDCX last week, with the aim of ensuring the assets are kept “safe and secure.” The custodial services extend to deposits at the exchange’s lending arm, DCXLend. Custodied funds are protected in the event of an exchange hack or theft by BitGo’s $100 million insurance coverage, the companies said. The policy is provided by a syndicate of insurers within the centuries-old insurance marketplace, Lloyd’s of London. CoinDCX will utilize the custodian’s omnibus, or mixed, and segregated hot […]
The Navy’s largest shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls, announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $187.46 million advance procurement contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9. “This contract allows us to maintain the health of our critical nationwide shipbuilding supplier base while continuing our serial production of large-deck amphibs,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said. “We will work closely with our Navy-Marine Corps partners and our suppliers across the U.S. to build another highly capable, versatile and survivable warship.” The LHA 9 will be an amphibious assault ship of […]