The initial blast of Tuesday’s devastating explosion in Beirut—which has killed at least 100 and injured thousands more—rocked the city’s BBC bureau so severely it knocked a reporter to the floor as she conducted a remote interview. Nearby, women and several children were caught on home security footage watching the […]
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A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080056491_0:24:3000:1711_1200x675_80_0_0_0a896ffab56894eb5613cc253c1cc413.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080056453-watch-moment-powerful-explosion-rips-through-lebanese-capital-beirut/ A Sputnik correspondent said that the explosion was so powerful that it shook buildings. The blast was preceded by a small pop and minutes later, smoke started rising above buildings. There are no reports of casualties or damages. Smoke is rising […]
The federal judge whose son was shot dead two weeks ago has, for the first time, spoken about the horrific moment her only child was killed on their doorstep by a “madman” posing as a FedEx courier. In a painfully emotional video statement, Judge Esther Salas said she is certain […]
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau, who has hit the headlines recently for bulking up during quarantine and raging at a cameraman, has stunned fans again by asking tournament officials for help after his ball appeared to land on fire ants. Viewers and experts offered sympathy and ridicule to DeChambeau when he aroused […]
Former Barack Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett was grilled on the Steele dossier and the FBI spying on the Trump campaign live on TV, but tried to dodge the topic altogether, earning comparisons to Hillary Clinton from conservatives. Confronted by a Fox Business anchor with mounting evidence that much of the […]
A crypto hedge fund is folding, Silvergate Bank’s bitcoin-collateralized loans surged this quarter and bitcoin futures markets record triple-digit growth. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. […]
Ethereum’s Devcon 1, held in London in November 2015, was like Woodstock, except perhaps with less nudity. Bankers and Big 4 consultants disguised in hoodies shared space with dreadlocked Ethereum coders, sitting cross-legged in the corners, their laptops open in front of them. Packed into a Victorian banking hall in […]
The stock market isn’t usually considered an ally of cryptocurrencies, but with the big U.S. exchange Coinbase now rumored to be considering a share listing, some digital-asset industry insiders say a move toward more public ownership could accelerate mainstream adoption. By becoming publicly traded, cryptocurrency-focused companies could appeal to investors in the $35 trillion […]
In his decision to hold a Saturday campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of a 1921 race riot in which an angry white mob killed an estimated 300 people and burned the black business district, President Trump has, as news reports have rightly noted, borrowed a page from the […]
South Korea convened a top security meeting following the blast, which occurred on Tuesday at 2:49 p.m. local time, and issued a threatening statement saying Pyongyang would receive a strong response if it decides to worsen the situation. Newly released close-up footage shows the moment North Korea destroyed an inter-Korean […]
A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters pulled it down in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday. Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP via Getty Images A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters […]
The post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020. Great Britain will not extend the transition period with the EU beyond the year-end deadline, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Friday. He took to Twitter after chairing an EU Joint Committee meeting. I just chaired a constructive EU Joint […]
Godofredo A Vasquez/Getty “Let all the ends thou aimst at be thy Country’s, thy God’s, and Truth’s. Be noble and the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own.” —Inscription at Union Station, Washington, D.C. circa 1908 I remember first […]
Former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder commented on the Black Lives Matter protests Sunday night, saying, “We have our MOMENT.” File screen image, 2014. Holder said on Twitter: “We have our MOMENT. The entire nation has been galvanized. The patriotic protesters have done well and will continue to do […]
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered the National Guard and other federal troops to leave her city – setting up an unexpected clash over the rarely-invoked Third Amendment barring the quartering of troops. After declaring an end to the District of Columbia’s state of emergency, Bowser posted a letter […]
There has never been a TV President at the level of Donald Trump. Yes, it’s his reality-TV origin story. But it’s also his state of existence: Camera constantly trained on his face, airwaves at his disposal, us as his audience rapt. He is as infatuated with this televised permanence as […]
courtesy YouTube Guardian UK: Did Donald Trump just declare war on the US? Because that is certainly what it sounded like. After spending the weekend hiding in a bunker and firing off incendiary tweets, Trump finally addressed the country on Monday evening. In his first official speech since the killing of George Floyd by police sparked global protests, #BunkerBoy stood […]
Our fathers and grandfathers went to war, died in their millions for naught of any value. Our greatgrandfathers fought for the false dream of a land fit for heroes and the promise of the war to end all wars. Our generation has grown up with the false fear of an […]
A History Of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC For This Moment By Myriam Gurba, Remmexcla. May 26, 2020 A History Of Mutual Aid Has Prepared POC For This Moment2020-05-262020-05-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/jasmine-araujo-organizes-volunteers-with-the-group-southern-solidarity-at-her-home.-new-orleans-louisiana.-april-10-2020.-e1590512835287.jpg200px200px Above photo: Jasmine Araujo, organizes volunteers with the group Southern Solidarity, at her home, this organization which started March 2020, by Jasmine […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107932/34/1079323440_0:-1:3642:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_efe1ae32b5ed2ad669252bf6449bdd78.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202005161079323512-watch-chilling-moment-air-force-thunderbird-evades-possible-mid-air-collision/ The US Air Force’s Thunderbirds display team was formed back in 1953. On 15 May, the planes were flying over Southern California’s Los Angeles County and San Diego as a tribute to healthcare and frontline workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. A terrifying […]
It had all the trappings of a “Mission Accomplished” moment: the banner, the presidential pomp, and a message that wasn’t true. But what President Donald Trump wanted Monday to be a show of strength over his administration’s coronavirus testing push, complete with a banner touting “AMERICA leads the world in […]