Passengers enter a checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus crisis began. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Passengers enter a checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus […]
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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/world/202010171080800680-belarusian-opposition-holding-womens-march-in-central-minsk—photos-videos/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Several dozen opposition supporters are holding a traditional women’s march in Minsk on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. A small group of participants first gathered near a shopping mall in the Belarusian capital and then started marching down Independence Avenue. Initially, they marched without slogans and symbols but later unfurled opposition white-red-white flags. Participants of the […]
China launched a new geostationary remote sensing satellite from the renovated Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Sunday. A Long March-3B/G3 (Y3) – Chang Zheng-3B/G3 – rocket orbited the Gaofen-13 satellite, lifting off from the LC2 pad at 16:57 UTC. The new satellite, possibly an improved version of the CAST developed Gaofen-4 orbited on December 28, 2015, is being designated as a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite […]
Recent Israeli surveys have suggested that the PM would get 28 seats in the Israeli parliament if elections were held today. The drop in his popularity can be put down to Netayahu’s purported mishandling of the the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis as well as his government’s unwillingness to adhere to the rules they themselves set. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not see this coming. Signing […]
A family photo shows Alvin Cole, left. Wauwatosa, Wis., Police Officer Joseph Mensah shot and killed the 17-year-old outside a mall in February, after answering a call of a man with a gun. Taleavia Cole/AP hide caption toggle caption Taleavia Cole/AP A family photo shows Alvin Cole, left. Wauwatosa, Wis., Police Officer Joseph Mensah shot and killed the 17-year-old outside a mall in February, after answering […]
A black militia group, the Not F***ing Around Coalition (NFAC), assembled in Lafayette, Louisiana to protest police violence. The demonstration comes amid growing racial tensions in the United States. Several hundred black-clad NFAC members, many of them carrying assault rifles, paraded through Lafayette on Saturday. The column included people wearing body armor and other tactical gear. The march was held to seek justice for Trayford Pellerin, […]
A New Nonviolent Medicaid Army Is On The March By Dr. Liz Theoharis and Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko, Inequality.org. October 4, 2020 A New Nonviolent Medicaid Army Is On The March2020-10-042020-10-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/healthcare-human-right-e1601823495619.jpg200px200px At the start of Tuesday’s unhinged presidential debate — as the pandemic continued to rage outside the walls of Case Western University — the American people were offered an anemic vision for promoting and expanding public […]
At a political march in Washington DC put on by the Walk Away movement, Black Lives Matter counter-protesters clashed with police. Video from the event shows a violent confrontation between the demonstrators and police. It’s unclear what exactly led to the physical altercations, but the protesters were reportedly trying to disrupt the day’s events using megaphones and sirens. Police can be seen pushing protesters away, and […]
Clashes have erupted in Berlin on Germany’s Reunification Day, after Antifa activists tried to block the way of a far-right march. The left-wing protesters attempted to stage sit-ins and pelted police with projectiles. Germany is celebrating its 30th Unity Day, marking the reunification of the country that was divided for over 40 years. On 3 October 1990, the eastern socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) was disbanded […]
MakerDAO will not compensate victims of March 12’s “Black Thursday” flash crash that left some of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform’s investors out $8.33 million, according to a vote that closed Tuesday. The Maker community had initially voted in early April to refund sunken investors. Nearly six months later and the community – represented by current holders of Maker’s MKR governance tokens – concluded a final vote […]
Black People’s March On The White House By the Black is Back Coalition. September 22, 2020 Black People’s March On The White House2020-09-222020-09-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bibcmarchonwhitehouse.jpg200px200px Call to Black People’s March on White House!!! Black Power Matters: Down with colonialism! Black Community control of the police! Register for the Black People’s March on the White House! Nov. 6-8, 2020 The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and […]
China launched a new ocean observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Monday. Launch of the Haiyang-2C took place at 05:40 UTC under the power of a Long March-4B (Chang Zheng-4B) rocket. The Haiyang-2 program represents the second generation of ocean observation and monitorization satellites, with the program being approved by the China National Space Administration in February 2007, for measurement of ocean dynamic […]
Three days after losing a high-resolution remote sensing satellite due to an apparent problem with its upper stage, China launched nine new satellites for the Jilin-1 remote sensing constellation from a barge out at sea. Launch of the nine Jilin-1 Gaofen-03 satellites took place at 01:23 UTC on Tuesday using the Long March-11H (Y2) rocket. Launched from the De Bo 3 launch platform, all mission preparations […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0c/1080441108_0:0:3108:1749_1200x675_80_0_0_8d13f40fdfdbe61c3bc1e04172587908.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009121080441143-belarusian-riot-police-detain-participants-of-womens-march-in-minsk/ MINSK (Sputnik) – The Belarusian riot police have started to detain people during a so-called women’s march that is underway in downtown Minsk, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday. Several hundred women gathered on the Independence Square of the Belarusian capital, ignoring calls to disperse. In a comment to Sputnik, police have confirmed the detentions but refrained from specifying […]
Bob Woodward, the famed Washington Post journalist who reported on the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, was one of the first to publish a tell-all book on the Trump White House, with books of this type turning into an entire cottage industry and raking in hundreds of millions of dollars for authors and publishers. US President Donald Trump willingly sought to downplay the dangers posed […]
…from SouthFront Syrian-Turkish tensions have ramped up in the region of Greater Idlib over the past few days. On September 5, heavy clashes between Syrian troops and Turkish-backed militants broke out near the town of Fleifel and Saraqib in southeastern Idlib, near the town of al-Enkawi in northwestern Hama and Kafr Taal in western Aleppo. According to pro-militant sources, at least 5 Syrian Army troops were […]
1,000 Strikes Since March 1st And More By Mike Elk, Payday Report. September 7, 2020 1,000 Strikes Since March 1st And More2020-09-072020-09-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/screen_shot_2020_09_03_at_5.25.31_pm.5f515f6ee1d1c-640×437.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fast Food Workers Strike in Tampa. McKenna Schueler/ CL Tampa. We wanted to send a quick update to report that Payday’s Strike Tracker has now recorded more than 1,000 strikes across the U.S. since March 1. Earlier this week we surpassed the 1,000-strike count after […]
Following the successful launch and return of its recoverable experimental spaceplane, China launched another remote sensing satellite on September 7, 2020, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Launch of the Gaofen-11 (02) took place at 05:57 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex using the Long March-4B – Chang Zheng-4B – Y46 rocket. The second Gaofen-11 satellite is, according to official news sources, an optical remote sensing […]
Washington State Police Target Black March Organizers With Arrests By Nathalie Graham, The Stranger. September 5, 2020 Washington State Police Target Black March Organizers With Arrests2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/wsp-e1599333622247.jpg200px200px Above photo: Washington State Patrol approaches the lead protest vehicle. Nathalie Graham. On Friday morning the Washington State Patrol (WSP) arrested nine people on suspicion of disorderly conduct during a protest that shut down the southbound lanes of I-5, congested Seattle streets, […]
Last weekend, up to 1,000 protesters, most of whom were women, gathered in the centre of the Belarusian capital to protest against police violence during the initial days of anti-government rallies across the country. Up to 4,000 women have reportedly gathered on Saturday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to hold a protest against police brutality called the “Women’s Peace March”. The activists are carrying red […]
Despite a slight bounce Friday morning, some analysts don’t expect bitcoin to chart a quick recovery from the double-digit price drop over the last two days. Source link
A 41-year-old Black man suffocated to death in March after police in Rochester, New York, pinned him to the ground. Though Daniel Prude’s death occurred nearly six months ago, details became public at a press conference organized by his family Wednesday, according to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Body camera footage of the altercation also became available Wednesday, which Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren called “disturbing.” She […]
DC Police Ramp Up Aggressive Tactics After March On Washington By Jenny Gathright, DCist. August 31, 2020 DC Police Ramp Up Aggressive Tactics After March On Washington2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/police-confront-demonstrators-in-downtown-d.c.-early-on-aug.-30.-this-has-been-a-show-of-force-that-hasnt-been-seen-in-a-while-one-organizer-said..jpg200px200px Above photo: Police confront demonstrators in downtown D.C. early on Aug. 30. ‘This has been a show of force that hasn’t been seen in a while,’ one organizer said. By Jenny Gathright for WAMU. ‘Scary’ Show Of Force. Friday’s March on […]
Thousands of pro-opposition women marched and tried to breach a police cordon in central Minsk on Saturday while ‘motor rallies’ were held in support of President Alexander Lukashenko, as political turmoil continues in Belarus. The women were carrying flowers, white-red-white flags and white-red-white umbrellas, and chanting slogans such as “Shame!”, “We will not forget, we will not forgive!” and “Long live Belarus!” The protesters had planned […]
China released the coronavirus sometime in late 2019. By early March China was pushing countries around the globe to put in place economic shutdowns similar to what the CCP did in Wuhan. They clearly wanted the world to suffer economically from the virus. One individual on Twitter put together a lengthy Twitter thread outlining the efforts China took to ensure the rest of the world would […]
Enjoying your trial of Marxism? The National Park Service approved a 50,000-person march on Washington led by race-baiter Al Sharpton and Rev. Mark Thompson amid a pandemic that apparently only restricts large gatherings of Christians and Trump supporters. The march, dubbed “Get Your Knees Off Our Necks” will take place on August 28 which is the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a […]
Black Lives Matter rioters in Charlotte marched down the street chanting “f-ck your Jesus” on Monday night. The chant originally began as “cops killed Jesus,” but quickly took an anti-Christian turn. Charlotte pic.twitter.com/kfhhjmwwAH — special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) August 25, 2020 TRENDING: Democrat Leader Talcum X Calls for More Violence and Complete Dismantling of US Police after Last Night’s Kenosha Riots The Queen City Nerve, a […]
China orbited a new remote sensing satellite on Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The new satellite on the Gaofen-9 remote sensing series, Gaofen-9 (05) was launched at 02:27:04 UTC using the Long March-2D – Chang Zheng-2D – (Y57) rocket from the LC43/94 complex. The 343rd launch of the Long March launch vehicle family also orbited the Tiantuo-5 satellite and a multi-functional test satellite (Duo […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080250147_0:3:3072:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_022704cdaec87760e7e872aada7cc94c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008221080250177-officer-wounded-during-protest-march-in-jerusalem-7-people-detained-police-say/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Seven protesters were detained during an anti-government march in Jerusalem; one law enforcement officer was injured, according to Israeli police. Israeli police said in a statement that one police officer was injured when a stone was thrown at him. Seven protesters were arrested. Police called for peaceful demonstrations. On Saturday night, hundreds of protesters marched […]
Eighteen months after seeming to pull their sponsorship of the Women’s March due to allegations of anti-Semistim among the group’s leadership, it appears the Democratic National Committee has welcomed two of the organization’s controversial former leaders back into the fold. Tamika Mallory, the former co-president of the Women’s March, spoke briefly during Monday’s meeting of the Black Caucus about the importance of securing justice for Breonna […]
Members of the right-wing group Proud Boys were met with angry counter demos at a march in Michigan, with the clashes between the two sides growing so heated that riot police stepped in to clear the area. Videos from the event show a large group of Proud Boys marching in Kalamazoo on Saturday, most holding American flags and being confronted by counter-protesters who tried to break […]
Chris Hedges: The United State’s Death March By Chris Hedges, SheerPost.com. August 10, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Chris Hedges: The United State’s Death March2020-08-102020-08-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/uncle-sam-with-skelton-e1597073390540.jpg200px200px Above image: Art by Mr. Fish/Original to Scheerpost. Regardless of the outcome, the election will not stop the rise of hypernationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire’s terminal decline. The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved […]
A courthouse was torched and a police station vandalized during a large protest in Oakland, California. The violence comes as several other cities across the US were hit by rioting and chaotic demonstrations. Oakland Police said that “agitators” had started a blaze inside the Alameda County Superior Courthouse on Saturday night. A video shows a fire raging inside the building. Earlier in the evening, protesters attacked […]
The third satellite in the Ziyuan-3 series was orbited by China on Friday at 03:17 UTC using the Long March 4B ‘Chang Zheng-4B’ (Y45) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center’s LC9 launch platform. The new high-resolution remote sensing geological mapping satellite will be used for civil purposes. On its ride to orbit, the new satellite was accompanied by a small Chinese experimental LEO comsat. The […]
PayPal had previously declined to say whether it had any designs in the crypto space; the letter from early March appears to confirm it. Source link
China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) launched the APStar-6D communications satellite on Thursday using the Long March-3B/G2 – Chang Zheng-3B/G2 (Y64) rocket. The launch took place at 12:10 UTC from the LC3 pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. To be operated by APT Satellite Company Ltd., the APStar-6D satellite is a Ku/Ka-band high throughput communications satellite that will provide broadband internet. APT Satellite Company Ltd. […]
Massive March Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine July 6, 2020 Massive March Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palestine-rights-protest-in-brooklyn-ny.-photo-by-joe-catron-from-flickr-e1594067410383.jpg200px200px Above: photo Palestine rights protest in Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Joe Catron from Flickr. NOTE: For more pictures go to the original at Samidoun. Thousands of people joined a massive rally and march for Palestine in Brooklyn, New York, as part of the “Day of Rage” against Israeli […]
Hundreds of black armed NFAC protesters marched on Stone Mountain Georgia on the 4th of July. The Stone Mountain memorial opened on the 4th of July weekend following the COVID-19 pandemic. Advertisement – story continues below Oh, but @thehill thinks @jsolomonReports‘ reporting didn’t match up to its editorial standards. 😒😒 https://t.co/F0LBHoIB0N pic.twitter.com/xaxvtnqW0S — Joey Vazquez (@JV3MRC) July 5, 2020 TRENDING: Nike Spokesman Colin Kaepernick’s Independence Day […]
China launched a new remote sensing satellite on Friday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Launch of the Gaofen multi-mode integrated imaging satellite took place at 03:10 UTC from the LC9 launch Complex using the Long March-4B (Y43) rocket. The new remote sensing satellite was accompanied by the small Xibaipo (BY 70-2) on its ride to orbit. According to the official Chinese media, the satellite is […]
Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people for the coronavirus. They lined up in vehicles last week in a Phoenix neighborhood. Matt York/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt York/AP Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people for the coronavirus. They lined up in vehicles last week in a Phoenix neighborhood. Matt York/AP Across the United States the coronavirus is once again on the march. […]
Again, The West Tries to Destroy China, Using Religion and Terror Text and Photos: Andre Vltchek [Important note: The Uyghurs have managed to create a very old and deep culture. Most of them are good, law abiding citizens of the PRC. Also the great majority of followers of Sunni Islam are peaceful people. This work is addressing terrible problems related to extremism and terrorism, most […]
On Canada Day in Ottawa a group of Trump lovers marched on the US Embassy chanting “We love Trump”. In an exclusive report at the Rair Foundation USA website, a group of Canadians showed their love for President Trump: Advertisement – story continues below Today on Canada Day, over 1,500 Canadians gathered in Ottawa on Parliament Hill to express their love of country and opposition to […]
Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City to voice opposition to Israeli annexation plans in the West Bank and the continued occupation of Palestinian territory as Tel Aviv gears up for a major land grab. A sizable crowd of demonstrators gathered in Brooklyn for Wednesday’s ‘Day of Rage’ rally, where marchers were seen carrying an array of flags and banners while shouting slogans for a […]
This drives the communists nuts.Hundreds of Floridians marched in Sanford, Florida on Wednesday against the facemask laws. Florida is having a surge in coronavirus cases as more younger people are being tested.Most people who get the virus show minor symptoms. Many do not even know they had it. Advertisement – story continues below In fact deaths in Florida from the coronavirus remain constant. RIGHT NOW: Dozens […]
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of lower Manhattan on Sunday for the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality, a rallying cry against police violence that combined the spirit of Pride with the ongoing calls of the Black Lives Matter movement. Late afternoon reports on social media showed disturbing moments of confrontation after a largely peaceful march, with the police pushing through […]
Traces of the novel coronavirus have been discovered in Barcelona sewage water months before the first case of the dreaded disease was reported in China, claims a new study by a group of Spanish researchers. Scientists with the Enteric Virus Group at the University of Barcelona detected the presence of the virus in frozen samples of the city’s wastewater collected as early as March 12, 2019. […]
Over One Million People View Poor People’s Assembly And Moral March On Washington By Sarah Anderson, Inequality.org. June 23, 2020 Over One Million People View Poor People’s Assembly And Moral March On Washington2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/06/poor-peoples-campaign-stage-washington-dc-6-23-18-john-zangas-dc-media-group-e1529845719770.jpg200px200px Note: We agree with the goals of the Poor People’s Campaign but we are concerned that they are more of a Big Labor group than a poor people’s group. Despite Rev. Barber using […]
Armed Protesters Peacefully March On Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion By Dave Cathey, Oklahoman. June 22, 2020 Armed Protesters Peacefully March On Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion2020-06-222020-06-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-armed-protester-outside-of-oklahoma-governors-mansion-jun2-20-2020-by-doug-hoke-for-the-oklahoman.-e1592852275445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Omar Chatman stands in front of the gate to the Governor’s Mansion at a 1,000 brothers and sisters in arms for second amendment walk by predominantly black men and women to advocate for their second amendment rights, Saturday, June 20, 2020. Doug Hoke […]
A Chinese Long March 2D launched the Gaofen-9 (03) satellite on Wednesday. The launch took place at 7:19 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43/94 complex. Gaofen-9 is an optical remote-sensing satellite that will work together with other satellites from the series to form an Earth observation system. Gaofen (“High Resolution”) is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the state-sponsored program […]
China is preparing to launch the final Beidou satellite, completing its orbital navigation constellation. However, the launch of the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite that was to place from the LC2 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province on Tuesday was delayed a few hours ahead of launch due to “technical issues”. The launch will use the Long March-3B/G2 ‘Chang Zheng-3B/G2 (Y68) rocket. The Beidou-3GEO (Beidou-3G) […]
Black Lives Matter held a protest march today in Seattle, Washington. The rally organizers forced all whites to the back of the march. And the rally organizers pushed whites to the back if they did not go willingly. What a great organization! From a reader: I attended today’s Black Lives Matter march in Seattle, which started downtown before making its way to the Capitol Hill Autonomous […]
VT’s overall poor relationship with the Trump presidency has moved up a notch. The report Trump is referencing went, not unnoticed, but rather totally censored in the Western press, as has so much else until VT sought out the facts and published them. Now, for the second time, Trump has made sad and silly denials, this one filled with hyperbole and grandiose behavior, typical of a […]
Health Workers March To Expose Racism As A Health Crisis By Hannah Weinberger, Crosscut. June 11, 2020 Health Workers March To Expose Racism As A Health Crisis2020-06-112020-06-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/rch2001-e1591886846467.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kelly Shontell, center, and Nawaf Alfaouri, right, during the Doctors for Justice March on June 6, 2020, in Seattle. Thousands of health care and public health professionals marched from Harborview Medical Center to Seattle City Hall to protest. […]
China launched the fourth ocean survey satellite of the Haiyang-1 series on Wednesday, with the launch taking place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launching Centre’s LC9 Launch Complex at 18:31 UTC. A Long March-2C (Chang Zheng-2C) rocket was used to loft the new satellite. Working in conjunction with Haiyang-1C, Haiyang-1D will be used to monitor and prevent oceanic pollution, resource investigation, construction of bayou and ports, and […]
The nationwide demonstrations for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death have attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streets—including some surprises, like Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who joined a march in Washington last Sunday. But don’t expect to see Ben Carson out there anytime soon. In an interview with The Daily Beast on Monday, the Secretary for the Department of Housing and […]
via Twitter Daily Beast: Longtime Never-Trumper Mitt Romney marched alongside nearly 1,000 Christian activists on Sunday from Washington, D.C.’s Ward 7 to the White House across the city’s highways to protest racial injustice. The demonstration, organized by pastors, is intended to recall the Civil Rights era Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965. The Republican senator from Utah said he is marching “to make sure that people understand that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/14/1079541476_0:133:2048:1285_1200x675_80_0_0_2b153cb1873cb094f267c423c1b0c180.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006061079541458-video-photo-thousands-march-across-golden-gate-bridge-in-black-lives-matter-protest/ San Francisco is one of many major US cities that has joined the wave of nationwide protests against police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody over a week ago. Thousands of Black Lives Matter anti-police-brutality protesters marched peacefully across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, chanting slogans and holding posters. After gathering at […]
Defying coronavirus restrictions, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of France’s capital, expressing solidarity with their US counterparts and demanding justice for the country’s own victims of police brutality. The Black Lives Matter protest took place in Paris on Tuesday evening, and saw hundreds of activists marching towards the High Court to hold a rally there. The event had not been greenlighted by the authorities […]
A Long March 2D launched the Gaofen-9 (02) remote sensing satellite on Sunday, as China begins to ramp up its 2020 launch schedule. The launch took place at 8:53 UTC from the LC43/94 launch complex at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia. The HEAD-4 satellite rode to orbit as a co-passenger. The new Earth observation satellite is equipped with a high-resolution Earth observation system. It […]
China has conducted the first launch of its solid-fuelled quick-reaction Long March-11 launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. Carrying two new technology test satellites, Xinjishu Shiyan-G and Xinjishu Shiyan-H, the launch took place at 20:13 UTC. The new technology test satellites were developed by the Shanghai Institute of Microsatellite Innovation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xinjishu Shiyan-G), and the National University of […]
US 22:15 GMT 25.05.2020Get short URL Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States, Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has been running his presidential campaign from home since mid-March. Former US Vice President Joe Biden visited a veterans memorial in Delaware on Monday, making his first public appearance in weeks. Biden and his wife, Jill, both wearing black masks, were seen laying flowers at […]
Tether, the oldest and largest stablecoin tied to the U.S dollar, has fallen below par value for the longest stretch since bitcoin hit 12-month lows in March. Tether maintained or exceeded par value consistently during bitcoin’s subsequent two-month rally. The cryptocurrency, also known as USDT, dipped below $1 on Friday and has stayed below that mark as of press time Monday, according to data from exchanges […]
Business 22:56 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL The oil market has been extremely volatile since early March, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Investor optimism has risen after several countries announced plans to ease their coronavirus lockdowns and allow businesses to reopen, driving up oil demand. The price of futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude with delivery in […]
Boris Johnson is expected to permit unlimited exercise as well as allowing picnics and sunbathing in parks after six weeks of lockdown, but rather than being thrilled by new freedoms, many Britons want to be kept housebound. The UK has seen significant curbs on personal freedoms since March, with travel restricted to essential trips only, just one outing for exercise a day otherwise permitted, and the […]