MIAMI—Shortly after midnight on Sunday, a line of at least 50 men and women snaked from the entrance of Tootsie’s Cabaret to the sidewalk lining the perimeter of the massive strip club in Miami Gardens, a small city in South Florida that has clocked nearly 5,000 coronavirus cases since the coronavirus pandemic began. Two Miami Gardens police cars directed traffic to a satellite parking lot because Tootsie’s main lot was completely full. Less than 24 hours earlier, Tootsie’s owners had won a court injunction at least temporarily nullifying Miami-Dade County’s 12 a.m. curfew. The party was just getting started. Johnny Fernandez, […]
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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/202010171080804073-tehran-announces-termination-of-all-restrictions-on-transfer-of-arms-to-and-from-iran/ In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and the European Union, requiring Iran to scale back its nuclear program and severely downgrade its uranium reserves in exchange for sanctions relief, including lifting the arms embargo five years after the deal’s adoption. “As of today, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from The Islamic Republic of Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the entry or transit through territories of the United Nations Member States previously imposed on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1d/1080311399_0:14:3138:1778_1200x675_80_0_0_eab78e007f3fc9ee365557674e800971.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008291080311329-rally-against-covid-19-restrictions-goes-ahead-in-berlin-after-ban-lifted—video/ The city authorities initially banned the public action citing health concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, the German capital’s administrative court later allowed the rally to go ahead as long as the participants maintain social distancing. Sputnik is live from Berlin where demonstrators have gathered to voice their opposition to the current government measures against the coronavirus. A counter-protest is also expected to take place in the German capital. Germany reported 1,479 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 24,986, while the death toll currently stands at 9,289 with one new […]
Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has reached a six-month high as the Covid-19 situation improves in Russia and lockdowns are eased, hitting 66 percent – the highest figure since February. However, the result represents the Russian president’s worst August approval rating since 2013. According to the Levada Center, a polling outfit which has received Western funding in the past, more than two-thirds of Russians now approve of the job that Putin is doing. In February his rating was 69 percent, but that plunged to record lows of 59 percent in May and April. Read more Is that why Trump calls it ‘fake […]
Supporters of President Trump camp near the BOK Center on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ahead of his rally, the first held since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images Supporters of President Trump camp near the BOK Center on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ahead of his rally, the first held since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images With anxieties over the coronavirus and tensions over race looming large, President Trump remains on track to hit the campaign trail Saturday in Tulsa, […]
Several US states have seen an increase in COVID-19 hospitalization rates since lockdown measures have been relaxed, health care officials recently revealed. “We’re now starting to see, for example, in our Texas Medical Center, an increase in hospitalizations, particularly in ICU [intensive care unit] admissions,” Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health in Texas, told the Washington Examiner for a Tuesday article. According to Shah, hospitalization rates are a good metric to determine how well states are combating the novel coronavirus. The Texas Department of State Health Services on Monday reported that there are more than 1,900 COVID-19 […]
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 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107941/75/1079417582_0:338:3038:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_d9a8a8f00899805d53bfd88267f55f87.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005261079417693-pedestrian-traffic-at-tokyos-trademark-shibuya-crossing-as-state-of-emergency-lifted—video/ The signature intersection, located in Tokyo’s flashy business and commercial neighbourhood Shibuya, is the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing and one of the Japanese capital’s most identifiable landmarks. Sputnik is livestreaming from Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Scramble Crossing as the country reemerges from the state of emergency imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Advisory measures, such as self isolation and working from home, were introduced in April to stave off the spread of the coronavirus infection, but as the number of cases dropped over six weeks, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ruled to lift the state of […]