Lockdown To Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline November 22, 2020 Lockdown To Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/117235375_113791353769519_4192287940227551153_o-e1606055092485.jpg200px200px Above photo: From the 2KC Media Facebook Page. STOP the desecration No KXL Shut it Down! Live from Sovereign Oceti Sakowin Territory in so-called Haakon county, South Dakota at one of many active and illegal KXL Crude Oil Pipeline Pump Stations. Illegal Construction on Treaty Lands. Protectors have notified […]
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Leaders in Greater Manchester have accused the British government of trying to force them to agree to the strongest possible Covid-19 restrictions using “selective” hospital data, after London set a deal deadline for noon Tuesday. UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said that if the deal between the British government and the local leaders in Greater Manchester, including Mayor Andy Burnham, isn’t inked by 12 p.m. […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump warns that a Democratic victory in the November elections could make the coronavirus situation worse in Michigan, as well as the US as a whole. Speaking at the Saturday rally in Muskegon, Michigan, Trump told his supporters that “Democrats would terminate our recovery with a draconian unscientific lockdown like your governor is doing right now.” According to Trump, the […]
Way Down In The Hole: Pipeline Lockdown By Kevin Duggan, Brooklyn Paper. October 17, 2020 Way Down In The Hole: Pipeline Lockdown2020-10-172020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bnatgrid.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters Pati Rodriguez (left) and Benny Woodard locked themselves to a National Grid pipe in protest on Oct. 15. Lisette DeJesus. Protestors lock themselves to National Grid pipeline in Williamsburg. Police arrested four protesters who locked themselves to a controversial National Grid […]
A local strip club could doom a business curfew in Miami implemented to curb the coronavirus pandemic in Florida’s largest county. Over the past several months, local regulations in Miami-Dade have required businesses close early in the evening, a measure county officials took with hopes of slowing the spread of coronavirus. But on Friday, a Miami-Dade judge ruled in favor of Tootsie’s strip club in Miami […]
The UK government has warned horny citizens that getting down with someone who lives outside their household will violate strict new lockdown measures which have reanimated an unpopular policy from earlier this summer. British couples who don’t live together have once again been banned from bonking by London’s coronavirus restrictions, which – as of Friday – forbid individuals living in “high risk” Tiers Two and Three […]
The number of infections dropped significantly during the lockdown. People will again be allowed to move without restriction. Jerusalem’s three main holy sites will reopen to the general public. (Image credit: Tsafrir Abayov/AP) Source link
British MPs will not be exempt from the pub-shuttering lockdown after all. The Speaker of the House has ordered a temporary ban on alcohol sales in the House of Commons in a gesture of solidarity with the common folk. Days before London is to come under a Tier 2 Covid-19 lockdown, MPs were told they will have to lose some of their drinking privileges too. The […]
Less than a week after pockets of Hasidic Brooklyn erupted in response to new COVID-19 restrictions shuttering schools and other institutions in highly infected areas, the Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah yeshiva has its doors open and parents’ cars lining up on Coney Island Avenue to drop off and collect students on the same old 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. schedule. Starting around 2:30 p.m., kids’ voices […]
Israel’s nationwide lockdown will be extended at least until Sunday as officials determine the next step toward reopening, despite warnings from the finance minister that the policy has pushed small firms to the brink of collapse. The country’s coronavirus cabinet met late into Tuesday night to discuss an exit plan from the lockdown, re-imposed in September amid a wave of new infections, but decided the measures […]
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – The period of the general quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Israel has been extended until October 18, the prime minister and the health minister said in a joint statement. Earlier, Israel imposed strict norms of nationwide quarantine until the end of the fall holidays – 11 October, and then the period was extended until 14 October. “Extend the current […]
As new coronavirus cases begin to resurge throughout the United Kingdom, Westminister and the devolved administrations are looking to introduce new lockdown measures to curb the rising localised outbreaks. The Scottish government announced on Monday that it will be introducing a three-tier framework of coronavirus restrictions later in October, following a similar system being imposed in England. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged to “align as closely […]
Earlier reports said northern UK mayors were riled up over the proposed new lockdown measures, which they believe would see their areas, which are currently experiencing a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases, automatically falling under the strictest protocols, entailing the shutting down of pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to launch the implementation of a new three-tier system of […]
The United Kingdom is witnessing a resurgence in coronavirus rates in various parts of the country, with Northern England cities such as Manchester, Newcastle, and Liverpool, along with central cities such as Nottingham, among the most COVID-stricken areas. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has vowed to take action to slow the pandemic. England’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, intends to reveal on Monday, in front of the […]
Argentina has the misfortune of boasting the highest rate of positive Covid-19 tests in the world, even after the country endured more than 200 days of restrictions purportedly aimed at stopping the spread of the virus. Read more In the South American nation, six out of every 10 tests for the virus yield a positive result, according to the Oxford University-affiliated Our World In Data coronavirus […]
Echoing a similar incident a month ago, Victoria police have been caught on camera forcibly arresting a pregnant woman for allegedly breaching the 5km radius rule being heavy-handedly enforced throughout the Australian state. Footage of the dramatic arrest circulated online, showing a handful of armed police officers towering over a woman – described as pregnant by local media – at the Altona beach in the Melbourne […]
Dozens have been detained and fined as anti-government protesters held numerous smaller rallies in Israel in defiance of coronavirus lockdown measures that ban people from gathering more than 1km from home. At least 38 activists were detained in Tel Aviv alone for “violating public order” and allegedly “attacking police officers,” according to the Times of Israel. סיכום לשעה חצות: מאות נצורים באלנבי פינת ברנר בין עשרות שוטרים […]
India’s benchmark stock index, the Sensex shed almost 16,000 points within weeks after a COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown was imposed in March. Even though it recovered almost 50 percent, doubts about US recovery and fresh lockdowns in Europe triggered a massive sell-off last week. Indian bourses were up in opening trading on Thursday on the back of strong global cues as well as further relaxations to COVID-related […]
Last week, Downing Street introduced a set of updated measures to battle the rising COVID infection rates in a bid to avoid a total national clockdown – curfews in widely visited public spots like pubs and restaurants among other things. The UK Cabinet is reportedly readying to reinstate a total social lockdown across much of the country’s north and potentially London to curb a progressing second […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier stopped short of announcing a second nationwide lockdown as he revealed a spate of new COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson abandoned plans to introduce a second national lockdown amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the UK because of fears that Chancellor Rishi Sunak would quit, writes The Sun. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown on 24 March “to protect the country, and each of its citizens…” in his “decisive fight against the Corona pandemic”. All activities, except certain essential services, were halted to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Exactly six months after India’s national lockdown started, and despite the gradual elimination of the measures, life has still not returned to what it was […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107320/47/1073204783_0:96:1920:1176_1200x675_80_0_0_161fc2f9e939b5fd1627e950c94bb1aa.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Henry Batyaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009221080533122-toilet-paper-frenzy-20-brits-post-photos-of-empty-supermarket-shelves-amid-fears-of-2nd-lockdown/ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil Tuesday a new, stricter set of anti-coronavirus measures that will reportedly oblige UK citizens to work from home if possible. Brits have taken to social media to complain about “panic-buying” in local supermarkets and shops as the UK is bracing for new coronavirus-related restrictions, raising fears of a […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – UK Health Minister Matt Hancock urged people on Sunday to follow social distancing restrictions to avoid another national lockdown, as the United Kingdom is on the brink of a second wave of COVID-19. “If people break the rules, then we are more likely to end up with national measures,” Hancock told the BBC broadcaster. After stressing that “it is absolutely critical that at […]
As the United Kingdom has recorded another 4,322 confirmed COVID-19 cases, Public Health England’s medical director Yvonne Doyle made the dire prediction of “far worse things to come”, with the government looking at a spate of scenarios and potential measures to stanch the spread of the virus. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted on Friday that Britain was “now seeing a second wave coming in” of […]
On Thursday UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the country continued to see a concerning rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, as he announced new coronavirus restrictions on entertainment venues in England’s north-east. Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock was forced to respond to a barrage of questions regarding the possibility of a second nation-wide lockdown in the country, reported Sky News. As the minister […]
BBC: An Australian policeman has been suspended over the arrest of a man who was allegedly hit by a police car and then kicked in the head by an officer. Victoria police are out of control. A 32 year-old mentally ill man is in an induced coma in hospital after being hit by a police car and head stomped by police in Melbourne.pic.twitter.com/IKfd3FpAO6 — Keira Savage […]
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – A total of 1,000 Israeli police officers will monitor the compliance with the total quarantine regime imposed to tackle the spread of COVID-19, police spokesman Mikhail Zingerman said, adding that there will be fines for those people who blatantly violate it. “It would be similar to what happened in the first lockdown [in the spring of 2020]. One thousand police officers – […]
A federal judge in Pittsburgh has ruled that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf was arbitrary and overreaching in his Covid-19 orders shutting down businesses and imposing other restrictions, violating citizens’ constitutional rights. Although the orders were undertaken “with the good intention of addressing a public health emergency,” they overstepped the government’s authority, US District Court Judge William Stickman IV, who was appointed to his position last year […]
Kfar Gaza, a community located just a few kilometres from the Gaza Strip, has seen emergency situations before but the outbreak of COVID-19 is now presenting new challenges, the primary one being a full lockdown, set to be imposed on Monday. Only a month ago Kfar Gaza, a southern Israeli community located just five kilometres from the Gaza Strip, was associated with rockets emanating from the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080374378_0:87:2049:1239_1200x675_80_0_0_7701e33643e28634c526fa30c464b061.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009051080374278-hundreds-of-people-protest-against-covid-19-lockdown-mask-wearing-in-edinburgh—photos/ Protests against mandatory mask-wearing previously hit London, Paris, and Berlin as European countries re-introduce pandemic restrictions due to a new spike of coronavirus in the region. Hundreds of anti-maskers have gathered in Edinburgh and are expected to march to the Scottish parliament in order to protests against mandatory face-covering rules and other coronavirus-related restrictions. The event, organised by a […]
The wife of an Australian Football League star who caused his club to be fined 45,000 Australian dollars for posting a photo from a spa break has spoken of the abuse she received, with her father accusing the league of negligence. Brooke Cotchin, the wife of Richmond captain Trent Cotchin, was caught breaking the league’s strict biosecurity protocols when she posted a photo from a day spa on […]
Across China, life has largely returned to normal — except in the western region of Xinjiang. Some 22 million people have been under heavy lockdown since July — and they’re questioning its severity. (Image credit: Zhao Ge/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images) Source link
The UK Prime Minister’s top aide Dominic Cummings found himself under fire for travelling across the country during the coronavirus lockdown with his son and his wife, with the latter displaying coronavirus symptoms. Amid the scandal, the advisor had faced calls to resign from across the political spectrum. Acting leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey has cited newly-published government data as showing that the […]
Peru had one of the earliest mandated lockdowns due to the coronavirus.But now Peru leads the world in coronavirus deaths. It is sad that poor countries believed quack doctors like Dr. Fauci and the CDC for guidance.We now know that the lockdowns were a disaster. Jordan Schachtel reported: Once hailed as a COVID-19 “success story,” Peru is now the COVID-19 case study that lockdown advocates no […]
Police officers and soldiers patrol a popular running track in Melbourne on August 4, 2020 after the state announced new restrictions as the city battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. – Melbourne is now enduring the country’s most restrictive virus-control measures, including an overnight curfew, forced closure of non-essential businesses and mandatory mask-wearing as hundreds of new cases are recorded daily. (Photo by William WEST […]
Vietnam has no plans for a nationwide lockdown, the government said. “We will only implement social distancing in areas considered virus epicenters, and will not pursue a widespread lockdown,” Mai Tien Dung, the government’s spokesman, told a monthly meeting of reporters on Monday. Selective lockdown measures will allow the government to achieve the dual goals of containing the virus and boosting the economy at the same […]
Argentina will extend a mandatory lockdown until August 16 as its coronavirus cases continue to rise, President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday. The lockdown, which has been the strictest in the capital Buenos Aires, was due to expire on Sunday. The South American nation has seen its caseload spike in recent weeks and recorded a record daily tally on Thursday with 6,377 new cases. There are […]
The French economy contracted by a record 13.8 percent in the second quarter, data from the national statistics agency INSEE has revealed, highlighting the cost of coronavirus lockdowns. The historic decline marked a third consecutive quarter of negative growth in a worsening recession. France’s economy started shrinking in the last quarter of 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe with full force. It continued to retreat […]
Two New Jersey gym owners got an early-morning surprise when police arrested them at their business for continuing to keep it open in defiance of a coronavirus shutdown ordered by Governor Phil Murphy. The Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey, has been a flashpoint of controversy in the tug-of-war between civil liberties and public safety since owners Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti reopened their business in […]
Australia has registered 10 new coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, marking the deadliest single-day toll for the country since the pandemic began. The latest victims were aged between their 40s and 80s, with seven of the deaths occurring in care homes. The fatalities bring the cumulative death count to 155. All 10 deaths occurred in the state of Victoria, which also recorded 459 new […]
By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook of the Russian Academy of Science (Est. 1816) The United States is under a broad censorship lockdown. News from regional press is blocked from national coverage, stories are crushed, certainly Facebook and Google ban and delist, but now at a level that should be unimaginable. The stories run in two areas, seemingly unrelated, that being BLM protests and […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian aviation sector is going through turbulent times in the wake of the pandemic, which has pushed numerous airlines to the brink of financial collapse. Several airlines have urged the government to provide short-term relief, including help to pay salaries for staff. Stating that measures such as salary cuts and cost-cutting policies were not enough to face the economic headwinds, India’s biggest […]
New official data has revealed that knife crime in England and Wales hit a record high before strict lockdown measures were introduced – up six percent on the previous year, with fatal stabbings in London up by over a quarter. A report published on Friday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that in the year to March 2020, there were over 46,000 knife offences – the […]
The latest announcement from Downing Street has outlined strategic plans to tackle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, including a second wave set to hit in the winter, with sweeping new measures being launched to transfer power to local authorities and boost contact tracing protocols, among others. UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that Britain could control the ongoing coronavirus pandemic via targeted local lockdowns. Addressing […]
US President Donald Trump has tapped a new campaign manager, but deprived of his Twitter handle following a major hack on the platform, decided – or was forced by a shutdown of verified accounts – to declare the move on Facebook. “I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager,” Trump said in a lengthier-than-usual social media […]
On this episode of The Critical Hour, co-hosts Dr. Wilmer Leon and Garland Nixon discuss health reform with activist Dr. Margaret Flowers and how states are now looking at returning to lockdown because of COVID-19. “Reproductive rights advocates celebrated on Monday after a federal judge blocked Tennessee’s sweeping new restrictions on abortion within in an hour of Republican Gov. Bill Lee signing them into law,” Common Dreams reported Monday. This is […]
JERUSALEM—Israel’s unchecked resurgence of COVID-19 was propelled by the abrupt May 17 decision to reopen all schools, medical and public health officials have told The Daily Beast. “We know Israelis have terrible discipline, but now, it’s the leadership. ” — Galia Rahav, Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv The assessment of Israel’s trajectory has direct bearing on the heated debate currently underway in the United States […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has kicked off a storm of criticism with a new statewide shutdown order, mandating that bars and restaurants, among other businesses, halt indoor operations amid a surge in coronavirus infections. Announced at a press conference on Monday, the new order requires that bars across California shut down altogether, while restaurants, movie theaters, zoos, museums and a number of other establishments must suspend […]
The leader of Spain’s Catalonia Quim Torra has called on the residents of the city of Lleida to follow his government’s home confinement orders, after a rise in coronavirus cases. The statement came despite a Spanish judge’s decision to bar the lockdown. Quim Torra told reporters on Monday it was impossible to accept the judge’s ruling because of the risks involved. The local government will approve […]
Why Did The Bureau Of Prisons Impose A National Lockdown? By Natalia Schuurman, AFGJ.org. July 8, 2020 Why Did The Bureau Of Prisons Impose A National Lockdown?2020-07-082020-07-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest_1200_daisugano-e1594233976525.jpg200px200px Above photo: Dai Sugano/The Mercury News/East Bay Times. It started days after the murder of George Floyd. Following the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, a nationwide uprising of unprecedented proportions has swept the U.S. in […]
Mounted police used teargas and truncheons to disperse a crowd of several thousand protesters gathered outside the Serbian parliament in Belgrade, opposed to the government’s announcement of a new coronavirus lockdown. President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday that a new curfew would go into effect on Friday and last over the weekend, after 300 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths – the most since the pandemic […]
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker A southern Illinois judge on Thursday voided Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Coronavirus lockdown orders. The Illinois Attorney General’s office is expected to appeal. Pritzker first declared a statewide disaster because of Coronavirus back in early March and continued to issue 30 day extensions — he has used the disaster proclamations in his restrictions in each ‘reopening phase’ dubbed “Restore Illinois.” Recall, back […]
Cuba will begin easing its pandemic lockdown in Havana on Friday, while most of the rest of the country will move to phase two of a three-phase process towards normalization. The capital’s 2.2 million residents will be able to move around on public and private transport, go to the beach and other recreation centers, and enjoy a seaside drive just in time for the summer break. […]
UK considers first local lockdown in COVID-19 pandemic by Danika Kirka/ABC News LONDON — Britain’s government is considering a lockdown for the central English city of Leicester amid a spike of COVID-19 cases — the first time that a single U.K. area would face such an extreme measure during the pandemic. The Sunday Times first reported that a lockdown could come within days after 658 new […]
As the United Kingdom – England in particular – begins to loosen lockdown measures introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, new cases are beginning to flare up in specific areas, leaving the government to consider the reimposition of lockdown measures in a localised form. Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed that the UK government is considering a local lockdown for Leicester, as new cases […]
The UK city of Leicester may need to reintroduce previously lifted coronavirus restrictions, becoming the first city to do so, Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed following media reports on the possible move. “That is correct,” Patel told The Andrew Marr show on Sunday morning when asked whether the government was considering a local lockdown. “We have seen flare-ups across the country already, just in the last […]
Usually, tennis stars are chasing gold and silverware as they bid to capture tournament titles during the summer months, but with COVID-19 forcing Anastasia Potapova off the court, she’s chasing bronze, in the form of a suntan. Teenage tennis sensation Potapova has gained plenty of admirers with her performances on the court, but seems to be attracting even more during the COVID-19 lockdown. READ MORE: In the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105466/90/1054669057_0:98:1920:1178_1200x675_80_0_0_4eab2af56949ce52dd9d4cb4cd84e054.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006261079723189-nike-revenues-drop-nearly-40-amid-covid-19-lockdown/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Nike revenues plummeted by almost 40 percent in the fourth quarter as a result of store closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the US-based sportswear company said in a financial report. “Revenues for NIKE decreased 38 percent to $6.3 billion, down 36 percent on a currency-neutral basis, primarily due to owned and partner physical store closures across […]
With Brits becoming increasingly frustrated at not being able to get a haircut, the Health Secretary’s latest announcement will provide the sound of relief for some. However, as he also made clear, nothing is certain yet. Brits could see coronavirus lockdown restrictions eased again in two weeks time from July 4, the Health Secretary Matthew Hancock has announced. In an interview with Sky News’ Sophie Ridge […]
Bob Dylan is a heavyweight champion. Five stars aren’t enough for his new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways. The album, released Friday, is a masterpiece, and a masterclass in lyric-writing in league with Dylan’s—and therefore anyone’s—best. While vaguely mining the same musical landscape Dylan has explored since 2001’s Love & Theft—a sort of modern day juke joint mixture of pre- and post-rock and roll swing—Dylan is […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): At a time when countries like China and New Zealand are witnessing what seems to be a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, India is tackling its first wave. As of now, 380,532 people have been infected with COVID-19 in the country, of which 12,573 have died. As the number of COVID-19-positive cases recently crossed the 52,000 mark in the southern Indian state […]
Armed police and ambulance arrived on the scene, as police confirmed that two officers have been shot and seriously injured during an incident in the Massey area near Reynella Drive. New Zealand Police responded to “critical incident” in Massey, as multiple witnesses heard “multiple gunshots”. Two police officers were shot and are confirmed to be seriously injured. The incident is said to have taken place during […]
The star of Britain’s The Apprentice Alan Sugar has said the UK should follow the US’ lead and reopen more quickly from Covid-19 lockdown, citing the fact that he has not died since the lifting of restrictions where he’s staying. Sugar reasoned that because neither he, his wife nor anyone he knows personally has died from Covid-19, that’s a sure sign the peak has passed and, […]
Why didn’t we think of this? With the Harrods Food Hall closed, a nanny blocking up one of the two spare bedrooms in her expensive London home, and being forced to rely on pricey chess tutors to occupy her children, Shruti Advani, a wealthy writer for the Financial Times, says she was able to relieve at least some of the anguish of lockdown by one simple […]
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor, for Press TV Donald Trump has a way of saying a lot of crazy and incoherent things. And he’s such a ‘genius’ at it that people (like comedian Sarah Cooper) can parody him pretty much by just playing a tape of what he says. And recently, the most recent example of this is his quite amazing statement that the concept […]
With top officials in the Trump White House declaring the mission accomplished in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert is sounding a more ominous note. There’s no need to talk about avoiding a second wave of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said on Tuesday, because the country is still […]
China locks down TEN more Beijing neighborhoods over new Covid-19 outbreak at wholesale market …from Russia Today, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: China will now “show its stuff” to the rest of the world and set the benchmark on how to deal with new outbreaks of Covid with quick lockdowns to prevent the clusters from growing. By just the second day it had tested over 40,000 citizens, […]
Growing restless under New York City’s ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a group of Orthodox Jews have taken matters into their own hands, using a pair of bolt cutters to forcefully reopen a park shuttered as part of the restrictions. Led by activist Heshy Tischler and a number of state assemblymen, the group was seen in videos shared to social media on Monday breaking the lock off a […]
Lockdown Measures Return To Beijing As Testing Reveals Cluster At Major Food Market By Emily Feng and Amy Cheng/npr.org Updated 1:15 a.m. Monday China’s capital of Beijing has discovered 79 symptomatic new cases of the coronavirus since Thursday, leading city authorities to resurrect lockdown measures and elevating fears of a second wave of infections. All the new cases were linked to the sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market in […]
You know how it is. Your mom’s the billionaire boss of the ViacomCBS media empire, having emerged victorious from a messy, Succession-style family feud. You’ve spent your life criss-crossing the globe on airplanes. You’re 35, and you’re dating an 18-year old Israeli model. You don’t think the normal rules apply to you. Perhaps it is not entirely surprising then that Brandon Korff, son of Shari Redstone […]
The news follows UK prime minister Boris Johnson recently announcing that single adult households could create ‘support bubbles’ with one other household to help those living alone or who cannot visit friends and family. Brits should support people suffering from isolation amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by writing letters and cards, the UK’s Loneliness Minister urged on Monday. UK Loneliness Minister and Lords peer, Baroness Barran, […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Museums in Greece are reopening on Monday after three months of coronavirus-related lockdown as the country is set to start a new cycle of easing off the lockdown measures, the Greek Ministry of Culture said. Greece closed all of its cultural sites on 13 March in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. Archaeological sites, including the legendary Acropolis hill, reopened in mid-May. “Three […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107961/31/1079613179_0:0:2848:1603_1200x675_80_0_0_77532991eb54bf838bb5c3756142e8cd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006141079613209-police-in-armenia-says-arrested-over-250-pro-opposition-protesters-over-breach-of-lockdown/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – Armenian police have detained over 250 people who gathered in front of the National Security Service (NSS) building in the capital of Yerevan over violation of social distancing rules, law enforcement said in a statement. “As of 10:00 p.m. [18:00 GMT], 252 people were subjected to administrative detention over non-compliance with the requirements of maintaining social […]
Provincial authorities in Santa Fe, Argentina have started to wind down the lockdown, allowing bars, restaurants and shops to reopen. Religious leaders claim that the new measures, which allow churches to receive no more than 10 worshippers, are unfair. A church in Argentina has turned into a bar for one night in a show of protest against coronavirus restrictions. Pastors at the evangelical church of Comunidad […]
VT says “Thanks Amy, you saved lives” Her home was surrounded by neo-Nazi anti-lockdown thugs with AK 47s and anti-Semitic smears. As the nation faces a resurgence of COVID 19 and begins the inexorable move toward 325,000 deaths, those who did their jobs with honor and decency will, increasingly, become targets of GOP election year desperation. Guardian: Ohio doctor won widespread praise for her assessments of […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India has become the fourth worst-hit country by the pandemic with rising numbers of cases. The lockdown has been lifted in certain key sectors, but despite this, restaurants and eateries remain badly impacted by the pandemic. Apart from being the national capital, Delhi is known for its fast-paced lifestyle, culture and food. With the pandemic hitting hard, there are fears that the city, which […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): With people around the world remaining trapped in the confinement of their hopes, the summer 2020 pictures we’ll take will likely show us doing household chores. Despite this misfortune, Indians, who ordinarily have the luxury of rushing to the Himalayas anytime they want, are reminiscing of better summers. Every year, when scorching hot summers hit India, many people have get-togethers with friends and […]
The UK economy contracted by a record 20.4 percent in April, due to the nationwide lockdown and strict quarantine rules imposed amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Dramatic drops were recorded in all sectors. The fall in Britain’s monthly GDP for April is the biggest monthly drop since records began in 1997, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported. “Record falls” were seen in all sectors, as services […]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) continues to prove herself to be the greatest hypocrite in the nation. Whitmer took to the streets last week and marched with Black Lives Matter while Michigan was still under a Coronavirus lockdown order. She encouraged leftists to protest in the streets while telling small businesses and churches they must remain closed because of the Coronavirus. On Wednesday, the tyrannical governor […]
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 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107956/41/1079564173_0:281:3072:2009_1200x675_80_0_0_3cf9014d07316be6c5ef2745681fa761.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006091079562323-indias-apex-court-orders-withdrawal-of-cases-against-thousands-of-migrants-for-violating-lockdown/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Months after the lockdown led to the mass exodus of migrant labourers from several states in India, the apex court took suo motu cognisance of their misery. The court pulled up the Indian government for “lapses and inadequacies” in the measures taken for the migrants’ welfare. The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ordered the withdrawal […]
Before the lockdown began, Paddy Screech moved his boat 20 miles north of London, into the countryside. In a separate boat, he runs a floating bookshop. Sophie Eastaugh/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sophie Eastaugh/NPR Before the lockdown began, Paddy Screech moved his boat 20 miles north of London, into the countryside. In a separate boat, he runs a floating bookshop. Sophie Eastaugh/NPR Boasting an engine and […]
Before the lockdown began, Paddy Screech moved his boat 20 miles north of London, into the countryside. In a separate boat, he runs a floating bookshop. Sophie Eastaugh/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sophie Eastaugh/NPR Before the lockdown began, Paddy Screech moved his boat 20 miles north of London, into the countryside. In a separate boat, he runs a floating bookshop. Sophie Eastaugh/NPR Boasting an engine and […]
Not all protests are equal. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has excoriated the medical establishment for giving its blessing to Black Lives Matter protesters, having condemned the anti-lockdown protests just weeks earlier. The coronavirus pandemic left in its wake an unprecedented crackdown on civil liberties and freedom of movement in the US. Medical experts backed the lockdown measures, arguing that public health trumped normality, and they said […]
Living the Little House On The Prairie life has been a dream of mine since childhood, and lockdown in the Californian desert has given me the chance to do it for real. Except it’s not quite how I imagined. On the one hand, there are the rabbits, the hummingbirds, the friendly coyote, the exotic plants, the rocks, the rising sun yoga, not to mention the endless […]
Coronavirus: Sweden’s Tegnell admits too many died BBC News Sweden’s controversial decision not to impose a strict lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic led to too many deaths, the man behind the policy, Anders Tegnell, has acknowledged. Sweden has seen a far higher mortality rate than its nearest neighbours and its nationals are being barred from crossing their borders. Dr Tegnell told Swedish radio more […]
India 13:00 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has recorded 198,705 positive COVID-19 cases, of which 3,926 are in Bihar. The northern Indian state has witnessed a massive influx of migrant workers returning to their homes from urban areas. In a random sampling, 26% of migrants returning to the state from outside had tested positive. The Bihar government in India is distributing free condoms […]
The UK government has once again found itself facing widespread derision over its coronavirus lockdown rules after new measures introduced forbid couples who live separately from gathering in what has been dubbed a “bonking ban.” Fresh amendments introduced on Monday banned two or more people from separate homes gathering indoors. The rules, which were introduced 10 weeks after the lockdown was implemented, have immediately been interpreted […]
14 per cent of Small and Medium-Sized businesses won’t have enough cash ‘to last four weeks of lockdown’, according to the latest business survey conducted by two country-wide accountancy networks with tens of thousands of members. 99 per cent of all UK employment is within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), businesses employing 250 people or less. The Association of Certified Charters Accountants (ACCA) UK and the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107806/27/1078062771_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_631e693a192ab2e100be06b1aade5705.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202005311079479027-labours-rosie-duffield-right-to-resign-for-breaching-lockdown-restrictions/ Duffield, MP for Canterbury, resigned as whip and apologised after newspaper revelations she’d met her partner while lockdown restrictions were in place despite not living together, at a time people from separate households were still barred from meeting. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has said her colleague Rosie Duffield was “absolutely right” to resign from Labour’s frontbench for breaching lockdown rules, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107947/16/1079471618_0:0:3002:1689_1200x675_80_0_0_a993288396b9da03a9730d2786782732.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202005311079471683-venezuela-to-ease-covid-19-lockdown-from-monday/ BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela is set to lift coronavirus-related restrictions in the country starting from Monday on and allow some businesses to reopen, President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday. “New sectors of the economy will reopen at this stage — banks, dentistry, constructions”, Maduro said at a press conference. The president added that barbershops, shoe stores, and car […]
More than four million Russian businesses saw their revenues falling by a third due to the coronavirus outbreak and measures to contain it, according to a report submitted to President Vladimir Putin. This is nearly 67 percent of the total of over six million small and medium-sized enterprises, large companies and individual entrepreneurs working in the country, Russia’s business ombudsman, Boris Titov, said in his report […]
Ecuador Protests New Neoliberal Measures Amid Lockdown May 27, 2020 Ecuador Protests New Neoliberal Measures Amid Lockdown2020-05-272020-05-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ecuador-protests-against-neoliberal-measures-during-pandemic-e1590597886186.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ecuador protests against neoliberal measures during pandemic from Twitter. Protesters state that Lenin Moreno’s government has made decisions that only benefit big companies and private banks. Unions, students, teachers, workers, and social organizations took to the streets in Quito as others followed from home in several cities Monday with a pot-banging protest. In […]
Swiss prostitutes determined to return to work after the Covid-19 lockdown have drawn up a reopening plan to maximize social distancing with recommended sex positions, while calling for strict time limits and endless cleaning. Sex workers’ association ProKoRe released an exhaustive list of hygienic guidelines earlier this month, hoping to secure the Swiss government’s blessing for brothels to reopen when the next round of lockdown measures […]
Europe 13:52 GMT 26.05.2020Get short URL The comments came as Britain’s Priti Patel announced obligatory 14-day quarantines for arriving citizens and tourists for fear of the resurgence of the contagious novel virus, sparking a backlash from European neighbours. Global airlines have urged governments not to resort to politics when it comes to coronavirus border controls, after Britain and France exchanged reciprocal quarantine rules. Alexandre de Juniac, […]
Berlin hopes to resume inter-European tourist travel by the middle of next month, local media have reported. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been urged by the country’s state politicians to relax the Covid-19-triggered lockdown. Germany plans to lift travel restrictions with 26 EU member states, as well as with the UK, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland, starting from June 15, DPA reported, citing a draft document set […]