By continuing to become an increasingly independent pole of influence amidst the global systemic transition to multipolarity, the Latin American countries literally contribute to changing the world for the better. They show how isolated the US is from the Global South, which discredits its propagandistic innuendo to have returned to its former superpower status in recent months. US observers are becoming increasingly worried that next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles is about to be one of the Biden Administration’s worst-ever foreign policy embarrassments following last August’s chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan. Politico headlined a piece about how “Biden’s Americas summit is drawing […]
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Above Photo: Miners have been on strike against Warrior Met Coal since April 2021. Dustin Chambers / Reuters. State troopers escort strikebreakers to the mines and local courts grant injunctions to limit pickets. About 1,100 coalminers in Alabama have entered 2022 still on strike, more than 10 months since they walked out back in April last year, making it the longest strike in the US since the Covid-19 pandemic began and the longest in Alabama’s history. Workers started the unfair labor practice strike over claims of bad faith bargaining by Warrior Met Coal over a new union contract. In the previous contract settled in 2016, […]
Above Photo: Water protectors organizing their camp site earlier this summer near Solway. (Nicholas Pfosi / Reuters) Life in the resistance camps is difficult, but activists say important work remains. Every few days, Jaike Spotted-Wolf walks over to a well near Camp Migizi to refill several five-gallon water containers. At the camp, where Spotted-Wolf is one of several matriarchs, there is no plumbing, no pipes and no faucets. Residents take turns getting water, which they need for basics such as cooking and showers. The camp was — and is — one of several resistance camps formed to oppose Enbridge’s now-completed Line […]
Above Photo: Nurse Brianna Young walks past sidewalk chalk that reads ‘MNA Strong’ on the six-month anniversary of the start of the St. Vincent nurses strike on Wednesday. Tenet Healthcare Continues To Retaliate Against Nurses For Exercising Their Right To Advocate For Better Care. On Monday, Nov. 8, the historic St. Vincent Hospital nurses strike will reach the eight-month mark, another sad milestone in their struggle against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, a for-profit corporation that has spent more than $100 million and engaged in a number of unfair labor practices to retaliate against the nurses for exercising their right to advocate for […]
As farmers and workers in India observe a countrywide shutdown, here is a look at the past 10 months of the struggle against the three agricultural laws passed by the Narendra Modi government. On September 27, Indian farmers’ organizations and trade unions are holding a country-wide shutdown demanding the withdrawal of the three agricultural laws and other anti-farmer and anti-worker measures. We take a look at the key milestones of the past 10 months of the farmers’ struggle Source link
Priest Sentenced To 33 Months For Protesting Nuclear Weapons By Kings Bay Plowshares 7. October 16, 2020 Priest Sentenced To 33 Months For Protesting Nuclear Weapons2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nuke-activists-e1602871262174.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Father Kelly is second from the left. RNS/Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Fifteen supporters in a carefully Covid masked and distanced courtroom witnessed Father Steve Kelly receive a sentence of 33 months today. After a 20 minute delay to get the telephone conference line working and properly muted 160 people listened in to the proceedings on the audio link. Fr. Steve’s sentence falls in the middle of the proposed guidelines […]
After facing down an epidemic, people in China are once again ready to party, even if it means taking some safety precautions. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The electronic dance music scene is back in China with a vengeance after months of COVID-related cancellations. NPR’s Emily Feng takes us to a rave attended by thousands of people. EMILY FENG, BYLINE: Wu Shuang Dong, or DJ ATTACK as he’s known in the electronic dance music scene, is raring to get back on stage. WU SHUANG DONG: (Through interpreter) I had no work at all during the epidemic. All I could do was make new […]
The director of Binance UK, Teana Baker-Taylor, is leaving the cryptocurrency exchange after a relatively brief, half-year stint in the role. A spokesperson for Binance confirmed to CoinDesk that Baker-Taylor will depart “in a few days,” adding: “We would like to thank Teana for her hard work and achievements leading Binance UK and wish her all the best for the future.” Josh Goodbody, Binance’s director of growth and institutional business, will take on responsibility for the U.K. arm following Baker-Taylor’s departure, the spokesperson said. Goodbody, a lawyer by training, joined Binance in January of this year from rival exchange Huobi Global, […]
Former software guru and one-time presidential candidate John McAfee has been nabbed in Spain on tax evasion and cryptocurrency fraud, ending his year long stint as a globetrotting fugitive. He now faces extradition to the US. The US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission both announced charges for McAfee on Monday, hitting the security software founder with 10 counts linked to dodging the IRS and another series of charges for promoting investments in cryptocurrencies without disclosing that he was paid some $23 million to do so. “John McAfee earned millions in income from promoting cryptocurrencies, consulting work, speaking engagements, […]
India has recorded 100,000 fatalities from Covid-19 after battling the lethal outbreak for seven months, becoming the third nation to cross the six-digit figure after the United States and Brazil, according to official tallies. The country’s total death toll sat at 100,842 on Saturday morning, on top of nearly 6.5 million infections, according to the Indian Health Ministry. Passing the 100,000-mark seven months to the day after India reported its first batch of cases, the country now has the highest rate of daily new infections in the world, most recently reporting 79,476 cases in the space of a single day. Also […]
Paramount Network might have canceled Cops earlier this year but evidently the show is not dead yet; its production company has begun filming new episodes. Cops and the similarly-themed A&E show Live PD were both canceled earlier this year amid protests against police brutality. Although new episodes will not air in the U.S., a representative for Cops producer Langley Prods. told Deadline they will still debut in international territories. After George Floyd died at the hands of four police officers in Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter protests erupted across the country—spurring a re-evaluation of America’s relationship with its police force and, by […]
A lot of crypto investors like to think of bitcoin as a bet on higher inflation, or as a futuristic hedge on some imagined economic-armageddon scenario – Gold 2.0, as they say. Lately, it’s looking more like Gold 2x: As bitcoin heads into the final months of 2020, the largest cryptocurrency’s 2020 investment returns are twice those of the yellow metal. Bitcoin gained 50% in the nine months through September versus gold’s 25%, during a year when a global pandemic ravaged economies and prompted central banks to print trillions of dollars. Many investors, while acknowledging that recessions are usually deflationary, say the extra flood […]
For years, Seagram’s liquor empire heiress Clare Bronfman dedicated her time—and millions—to NXIVM as its operations director and one of its largest donors, going to extreme lengths to protect the self-help group and its leader. But on Wednesday, the 41-year-old was sentenced to 81 months in prison for her role in the purported cult that branded women and manipulated them into master-slave relationships. She pleaded guilty a year ago to conspiracy to conceal and harbor illegal aliens for financial gain, and fraudulent use of identification. Prosecutors had asked the judge to give her a 60-month sentence, arguing that she had shown […]
Bitcoin is often criticized for being over volatile, but it’s been a sea of calm compared with Tesla stock in recent months. Source link
After passing $2 billion in locked assets, there’s now more value in Uniswap than there was in the entire DeFi space on July 9. Source link
The Spanish language sibling to the Miami Herald apologized after including an insert filled with anti-Semitic screeds. The publishers of both papers admitted the issue has been going on for months. Source link
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for his initial response to COVID-19 as reports emerged in spring that he failed to attend five emergency meetings in January and February of the Civil Contingencies Committee, also known as Cobra, which deals with major crises London mayor Sadiq Khan revealed in a Q&A on LBC Radio on Friday that he has not spoken to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson since 10 May, which is also the last time the national emergencies committee Cobra met, despite the country facing “the biggest health, economic and social crisis since the Second World […]
Earlier this year, Monster City Studios, a company that normally makes amusement park and movie props, pivoted to manufacturing MCS face shields with forehead protection. It was one of many small companies to make the switch. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Earlier this year, Monster City Studios, a company that normally makes amusement park and movie props, pivoted to manufacturing MCS face shields with forehead protection. It was one of many small companies to make the switch. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, […]
pinterest Respiratory Function Can Be Slow to Recover Most people hospitalized with #COVID19 will #recover. The bad news is that the illness may spell months of #lung trouble. Take a look. #NIH https://t.co/O8ijCiDrGQ — Francis S. Collins (@NIHDirector) September 15, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has proceeded, doctors are gaining experience in treating this virus and more people are surviving. These patients recover, but that recovery may be long and difficult. Three months after discharge from the hospital 70% continue to have abnormal lung scans as the lungs are still not healed. These patients did […]
A column of black smoke rises ominously from a fire at a warehouse at Beirut’s port on Thursday. A Lebanese official has said the fire is under control. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP A column of black smoke rises ominously from a fire at a warehouse at Beirut’s port on Thursday. A Lebanese official has said the fire is under control. Hussein Malla/AP In Lebanon, a huge fire at Beirut’s port has blackened skies and sent waves of panic through the devastated city, which is still reeling from a massive explosion in the same area that killed nearly […]
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 […]
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho is finally a free man again after a Paraguayan court granted his release following a spell of more than five months in detention on charges of entering the country with fake documents. Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira were released on Monday by a judge in Asuncion, having spent the past four months under house arrest at a hotel in the Paraguayan capital. Prior to that, the pair had spent a month in a maximum security prison on the outskirts of the city. Dressed in a trademark beret, the 40-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star […]
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/us/202008211080240465-us-actress-lori-loughlin-sentenced-to-two-months-in-prison-over-college-admission-scam/ MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW… Source link
Lori Loughlin, the actress at the center of the nation-wide college admissions scandal, will spend two months in prison after admitting to paying thousands of dollars to get her two daughters into top colleges. The sentencing over video-conference in Boston federal court came hours after her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, was sentenced to five months in prison for his role in getting the couple’s daughters admitted to the University of Southern California by falsely portraying them as elite athletes. In addition to the prison sentence, Loughlin will have to pay a $150,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107617/63/1076176304_0:107:3260:1941_1200x675_80_0_0_dcbb84a0976c7e95fa44fd2fe95ceb9a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202008201080222894-maduro-extends-venezuelan-oil-industry-reform-commissions-operation-by-six-months/ BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – The operation of the Venezuelan oil industry reform commission has been extended by six months, President Nicolas Maduro said. According to the president, the stability of the oil market and good oil prices are a guarantee of the global economy’s recovery. “We will continue to be restored… I am moving on to signing a decree to extend the powers of the presidential commission, which has worked for six months, until 19 February, so that it can continue working”, Maduro, whose speech was broadcast on Twitter, said. In February, Maduro signed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/06/1080087649_0:0:3070:1727_1200x675_80_0_0_7c0161042d212f39563b5bf9744d9b2c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202008181080209859-us-reports-lowest-daily-covid-19-case-count-in-almost-two-months/ The United States on Monday reported around 35,000 new COVID-19 cases, which is the lowest daily count in almost two months. According to Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering database, there were 35,100 new cases reported in the US on Monday, which is the lowest figure since June 25, when almost 40,000 new cases were reported. The latest Johns Hopkins data shows that almost 5.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the US, with more than 171,000 related deaths. On Monday, there were 445 new fatalities, one […]
So we now know the Democrat plan to win in 2020… Lie to the American people about Trump and blame Europe and not China for the Wuhan coronavirus. Governor Andrew Cuomo from New York State has the worst coronavirus numbers in the world. The mortality rate in New York is significantly higher than any country in the world today! As reported earlier according to the Worldometer:** New York State has 1,692 deaths per one million residents.** No country comes close to New York state in number of deaths per million residents!The closest country is Peru that has 796 deaths per million […]
Officials believe church gatherings in the greater Seoul region are largely responsible for a sudden increase in COVID-19 infections. South Korea had been praised for its control of the virus. (Image credit: Lee Jin-man/AP) Source link
Stephen Akard The State Department’s Acting Inspector General Stephen Akard abruptly resigned on Wednesday just months after the previous IG was fired. In May President Trump fired State Department IG Steve Linick, a Deep State hack and Obama holdover who worked with Democrats during the sham impeachment. Steve Linick Acting IG Stephen Akard took over Linick’s investigation into accusations about arms deals against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. TRENDING: “Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?… Are You a Junkie?” – Joe Biden Lashes Out Black Reporter, Asks if He’s a Junkie After He Is Asked if He’ll Take Cognitive […]
Julian Assange has appeared in court via video-link for the first time in three months, where his lawyers argued that a new US indictment against the WikiLeaks founder is being used for political purposes. The journalist’s lawyer Edward Fitzgerald warned Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday that US Attorney General William Barr may be using the case for “political reasons,” and that a new indictment against Assange has the “potential consequence of derailing proceedings.” Also on rt.com ‘Every journalist should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine’: Assange’s extradition case examined in new RT doc The WikiLeaks founder […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Capitol Hill earlier this week. A White House proposal to cut federal unemployment benefits to a percentage of earlier wages could take months to implement, leaving millions with significantly reduced checks. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Capitol Hill earlier this week. A White House proposal to cut federal unemployment benefits to a percentage of earlier wages could take months to implement, leaving millions with significantly reduced checks. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET Ancient state unemployment systems that struggled to handle the first round of COVID-19 relief […]
Mike Adams, the former tenured professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, was found dead on Thursday less than two months after being forced out at UNCW. Adams was a staunch conservative who contributed articles at Townhall and The Daily Wire.Mike was a lightning rod to the left who had been after him for years. Mike recently spoke at a ReOpen North Carolina rally. TRENDING: UPDATE: Navy Is Investigating Uniformed Sailor Sarah Dudrey for Busting into Pro-Trump Rally, Harassing Protesters while Screaming “F**k Trump!” As a side note I spoke to a Congressional subcommittee with Mike Adams on free speech […]
Without Immediate Action, Millions Of People Will Be Evicted In The Coming Months By Jannine Jackson, FAIR. July 23, 2020 Without Immediate Action, Millions Of People Will Be Evicted In The Coming Months2020-07-232020-07-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/homeless-e1595536572382.jpg200px200px CounterSpin interview with Diane Yentel on the eviction crisis. Janine Jackson interviewed the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Diane Yentel about the eviction crisis for the July 17, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Listen here: MP3 Link Janine Jackson: Imagine losing your job in a pandemic, and then losing your home because you can’t pay the rent. That’s the situation facing millions of Americans right now. As […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105502/21/1055022148_0:180:1920:1260_1200x675_80_0_0_fcfd19759c9d7e7e5f2087f591c41f21.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007231079964906-iran-faced-massive-foreign-backed-cyberattacks-in-past-few-months-foreign-ministry-says/ TEHRAN (Sputnik) – Iran has faced several large-scale cyberattacks in recent months sponsored by foreign governments and Tehran preserves the right to properly respond to these hostile acts, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday. “Thousands of cyberattacks are launched against the country’s infrastructure on a daily basis, which is not anything new. Most of those attacks are repulsed by our defence systems … without making any impact. Over the past recent months, a couple of cyberattacks on a broader scale have been also launched against the country’s infrastructure, as with the […]
On a day where President Donald Trump tried to stick to his script in a return to coronavirus briefings, he still managed to mangle his messaging by lying about his mask use and wishing an accused sex trafficker well. Appearing solo without the burden of fact purveyors like doctors and experts, Trump initially read stiltedly from a paper in front of him, telling assembled reporters about the importance of masks and social distances following months of ignoring or deriding both practices. “I have the mask right here, I carry it. And I will use it gladly, no problem with it,” Trump […]
A Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands following a FAA re-certification flight on June 29, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. The 737 MAX has been grounded for commercial flights since March 2019 following two crashes. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Brashear/Getty Images A Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands following a FAA re-certification flight on June 29, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. The 737 MAX has been grounded for commercial flights since March 2019 following two crashes. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration is taking another step towards re-certifying Boeing’s 737 Max, saying it plans to issue a proposed airworthiness directive […]
Of all the reasons Donald Trump has refused to wear a mask in public in the four-plus months since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S., high on the list must be fear of ridicule. That would explain why the few times he has supposedly worn a mask off-camera, he’s bragged about how good he looks and compared himself to the Lone Ranger. On Monday night, his worst nightmare came true. After making his first-ever public appearance in a mask at Walter Reed Hospital over the weekend, Trump was mercilessly mocked Monday night by Late Night host Seth Meyers. “Yesterday, according […]
The government in Hanoi has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Transport Ministry, however, said on Monday that the frequency and timing of flights was still being discussed. With 372 infections and no deaths, Vietnam has seen no community infections of the virus for nearly three months, Reuters reported. This allowed it the Southeast Asian nation to start resuming economic activity sooner than many other countries. Vietnam suspended all commercial flights to and from China and stopped issuing visas for Chinese tourists in February after the first cases […]
The China coronavirus is real but the facts about it have been hidden or contaminated. For example, a doctor at Stanford reported a couple days ago that the China coronavirus mortality rate for those under the age of 45 is almost 0%. The Washington Examiner reported: Stanford University’s disease prevention chairman slammed using statewide lockdown measures as a response to the coronavirus, saying they were implemented based on bad data and inaccurate modeling. “There are already more than 50 studies that have presented results on how many people in different countries and locations have developed antibodies to the virus,” Dr. John […]
Guest post by Dr. Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. After six months of exhaustive investigation, the global scientific community has been unable to identify the natural source of COVID-19, that is, the when, where and how it “jumped” from animals to humans. Some now imply that we may never know the natural origin of COVID-19. In a news article recently published by the international science journal Nature, the progress, or lack thereof, identifying the natural source of COVID-19 was reviewed. TRENDING: LIVESTREAM VIDEO: Via RSBN– President Donald Trump with First Lady Melania Speaks at Mount Rushmore on July 4th Weekend 10:10 PM ET According to […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Gross Domestic Product growth to 3.1 percent in Q1 2020 compared with 4.7 percent in Q4 2019. At 3.1 percent, GDP growth is almost half the 5.8 percent seen in Q1 2019. India’s fiscal deficit in the first two months of the current financial year (April – May) stood at $61.67 billion. This is 58.6% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year (April 2020 – March 2021). The data shows that the government has stepped up expenditure even as revenue is subdued, accounting for higher deficit. Fiscal data released by the government on Tuesday indicates that during […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Reeling under the economic distress following the lockdown, Indian government provided relief to 800 million people by allocating free ration for three months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the number of people provided free ration is several times the population of many large countries like the USA and UK. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a $12 billion Free Ration Scheme to 800 million people for the next five months. People will receive five kilograms of rice or five kilograms of wheat and one kilogram of lentils as well. Modi said on Tuesday: “More than […]
Iran’s first and largest mobile operator, the Mobile Telecommunication Company (MCI), is expected to initially provide the service in parts of the capital. Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s telecoms minister, has announced that he asked the national mobile operator MCI to roll out a 5G broadband connection in the country’s capital, Tehran. He said that the next generation of mobile broadband Internet will become available in at least five locations in Tehran by the end of August or in early September. Jahromi also tweeted that a laboratory for testing the 5G network will be unveiled in two weeks. The Iranian government announced […]
Why make something yourself when you can get a bot to do it? A Russian art design studio has been using an AI neural network to create logos for more than a year – all the while keeping its customers in the dark. In 2018, the Artemy Lebedev Studio unveiled a cheap service for small brands – a logo for just 100,000 rubles ($1,432). “Express Design” turned out to be a popular option for small-budget businesses and even two well-known Russian bloggers, Ruslan Usachev and Yuri Khovansky. Unknown to the clients, the “Express Design” service was actually a futuristic experiment: the […]
When Allyson Watterson went missing just before Christmas Day last year, her boyfriend’s father told investigators his son had been out hiking with Watterson in North Plains, a rural area on the outskirts of Portland, before the pair became separated. Watterson’s mother, Misty, said her daughter and her boyfriend, Benjamin Garland, had been in North Plains to visit a friend when their car broke down. But there was no evidence to suggest either story was true, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office later revealed. On Friday, Watterson’s disappearance took a tragic turn when the Washington County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed her body […]
A cryptocurrency hedge fund helmed by three Brazilian bankers has lost half of its money even though it returned positively over the past 16 months. The value of São Paulo-based BLP Asset Management’s crypto-asset hedge fund, Genesis Block Fund, is down 56.3% from its inception to date. That is because despite gains of 34.9% in 2019 and 46.6% from January to May 2020, it suffered a 77.9% plunge in 2018, its first year. BLP Asset Management’s returns are a reminder cryptocurrency funds that took a hit in 2018 — when prices of digital currencies crashed — have a harder time getting […]
Bitcoin has just posted its biggest mining difficulty increase in nearly 2.5 years. At around 17:00 UTC on Tuesday, the network adjusted its difficulty level – a measure of how hard it is for miners to compete for block rewards on the blockchain – to 15.78 trillion. The 14.95% rise is the biggest difficulty jump since January 2018, which saw a larger spike on the back of the 2017 crypto market bull run, data compiled by BTC.com shows. As a result, miners contributing hashing power to the network are now facing the fourth-most difficult two-week mining period in Bitcoin’s history. The latest […]
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 months with closed museums is a long time. They reopen on Monday, 15 June, and are waiting for us all. This is the second important step in the resumption of the country’s cultural infrastructure”, the […]
Beijing on Thursday confirmed a new COVID-19 case in the country’s capital for the first time in nearly two months, according to Chinese officials. The patient is a 52-year-old man who first checked into a clinic on Wednesday with a fever, Reuters reported, citing the state-owned newspaper People’s Daily. The patient, identified only as Mr. Tang, confirmed that he had neither left Beijing nor been in contact with anyone who had been traveling overseas in the last couple of weeks. Tang, who hails from Beijing’s Xicheng District, has been admitted to a hospital for treatment and is currently under medical observation. […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): As the world is struggling to get past the coronavirus pandemic, doctors around the globe are working day and night as frontliners against the deadly virus. After all, our doctors, who are dealing with infected patients every day, are the first ones we need to keep safe, don’t we? A couple of doctors of Indian heritage, Nishant Joshi and Meenal Viz, on Thursday began legal proceedings against the British government over allegations of not addressing the safety and precautionary needs of personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare frontliners. The doctors, in their legal case have highlighted that Britain’s […]
India 06:53 GMT 08.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has issued a new set of guidelines, as the government announced a phased reopening of the nation starting 1 June, with the restrictions poised to continue strictly in containment zones demarcated by state governments. The movement of people from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. IST will remain restricted. Religious places and shopping malls in India reopened on Monday for the first time since 25 March, following a phased reopening of the lockdown, despite the country registering the highest single-day hike in the number of coronavirus cases. The decision to open malls […]
The Chinese Football Association has slapped six members of the country’s under-19 squad with a six-month suspension after they broke a strict Covid-19 curfew to go drinking. The players reportedly slipped away from a 35-man training camp in Shanghai at midnight to go boozing, only to be rumbled by officials. The six footballers will now be forced to sit out national team matches until the end of November, and could face further sanction from their club teams. “It was a severe violation of the team’s epidemic control regulations, and caused negative impacts on the whole team,” the Chinese FA said, according […]
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 […]
In these uncertain times, it’s good to see that some things never change, among them the ancient tradition of celebrities finding their characters inexplicably smeared in the wake of a relationship breakup. The move, often assumed to be a kind of phony war for hearts and minds ahead of divorce proceedings proper, was of course much on display in the opening cases of Pitt v Jolie and Heard v Depp. The latest celebrity breakup to rock the brotherhood of celebrity is the parting of the ways by Transformers star Megan Fox and her husband, former 90210 hunk Brian Austin Green after […]
The US could carry out a live nuclear test within “months” should the president request it, a senior Pentagon official said, suggesting “geopolitical issues” – presumably referring to Moscow and Beijing – could prompt the order. Though Washington has not altered its official stance on nuclear tests – which have been on pause for nearly three decades – that could change “rapidly,” the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters Drew Walter told an online forum hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies on Tuesday. “If the president directed – because of a technical issue or a geopolitical […]
Hide your children! Advertisement – story continues below Creepy Joe left his Delaware basement for the first time in over two months on Monday. And he looked like a fool with his face mask on. Joe Biden has emerged from his Basement Bunker pic.twitter.com/m7h0xJchhV — Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 25, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: As Soon As Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos Testified that Joseph Mifsud Worked For the Clinton Foundation, She Was Brutally Targeted and Harassed By the Left Joe Biden and his wife Jill donned masks as they visited a Delaware military memorial on Monday. Advertisement – story continues below There is […]
An empty terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The normally bustling check-in at the United Airlines terminal was eerily quiet on April 24. David Schaper/NPR hide caption toggle caption David Schaper/NPR An empty terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The normally bustling check-in at the United Airlines terminal was eerily quiet on April 24. David Schaper/NPR The summer travel season is kicking off this year with more uncertainty than any time in recent memory. The coronavirus pandemic has led millions of people to cancel vacation and travel plans. Airlines have lost billions of dollars in revenue, flying nearly empty planes and […]
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returned to sea after a coronavirus outbreak sidelined the massive warship for nearly two months after more than 1,000 sailors tested positive, Navy officials said Tuesday. “The ship left Naval Base Guam and entered the Philippine Sea May 21 to conduct carrier qualification flights for the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11,” said in a statement. Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting carrier qualifications during a deployment to the Indo-Pacific. ”It feels great to be back at sea,” said Rear Adm. Stu Baker, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9. “Getting Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier […]
Shoppers wear masks at Eastern Market in Washington D.C., on May 17. An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that most Americans think it will take at least six months to return to normal daily life. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Shoppers wear masks at Eastern Market in Washington D.C., on May 17. An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that most Americans think it will take at least six months to return to normal daily life. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Two-thirds of Americans do not expect their daily lives to return to normal for […]
Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life. At its launch, professional investors poured funding — by some estimates, $100 million — into mining the cryptocurrency, with some even calling it a sort of “Bitcoin 2.0”. Privacy without sacrificing scalability is the primary advantage of MimbleWimble, according to grin developers. The first grin coins were also issued via a so-called “fair launch” whereby, similar to bitcoin, all coins are minted by miners instead of being generated prior to the network going live. See also: Electric Coin […]
Five American sailors have tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time after resuming duty aboard an aircraft carrier that saw a major outbreak in March, even after a full evacuation of its crew and months of deep cleaning. Though the Navy imposed several layers of screenings before allowing sailors to re-board the ill-fated USS Theodore Roosevelt – where more than 1,000 personnel contracted the virus in March – the five seamen nonetheless tested positive again after returning to the ship, the military confirmed on Thursday. “Five [Theodore Roosevelt] sailors who previously tested Covid positive and met rigorous recovery criteria have […]
Benjamin Lawsky, the former financial regulator who created New York’s BitLicense in 2015, joined New York Digital Investment Group Asset Advisory LLC (NYDIG) nearly a year before the bitcoin fund manager applied for, and received, that license. Lawsky’s ties to NYDIG, which has raised $230 million in six separate fund sales since 2018, are documented in the asset advisory’s March Form ADV filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Lawsky is recorded as an “elected manager” of NYDIG with an indirect ownership stake through New York Digital Investment Group LLC. The filing did not define what an elected manager’s […]
LA County will likely extend its Covid-19 containment measures until the end of July, a top public health official said, triggering a wave of outrage as residents declare “summer cancelled” and even predict riots in the streets. The three-month extension to the county’s “safer at home” order was announced by Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Tuesday. Though she stopped short of issuing an official order, Ferrer said the timetable would not shift until officials see a “dramatic change to the virus and tools at hand,” stressing the need for increased testing capacity. Our hope is that by using the data, […]
Bolivia: The Open Veins Are Bleeding Six Months After The Coup By Verónica Zapata, Resumen English. May 12, 2020 Bolivia: The Open Veins Are Bleeding Six Months After The Coup2020-05-122020-05-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/bolivia-1-e1589308898158.jpg200px200px Above photo: The government represses hungry protesters is Bolivia. By El Huayllani from Twitter. On November 10, 2019, a violent coup d’état took place in Bolivia, navigated by the U.S., which managed to articulate the racist national oligarchy with the backing of the armed forces, the police and the paramilitary groups forcing Evo Morales to resign at gunpoint. The objective was to regain control of natural resources, mainly lithium, and to erase the […]
Original hotspot of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese city of Wuhan, has reported five new indigenous cases as the number of infections across mainland China has slightly grown as well. China reported seventeen new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday – three more than the day before. Of the newly-detected cases, seven are linked to overseas travel, and 10 are believed to be the result of local transmission. In addition to five indigenous cases in Wuhan, three other came from Jilin province, one from Liaoning, northeastern Chinese province bordering North Korea, and another one from Heilongjiang province, bordering Russia. While […]
Mustafa al-Kadhimi speaks to parliament in Baghdad Thursday. Iraq’s former spy chief was sworn in early Thursday as prime minister after weeks of tense political negotiations as the country faces a severe economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/AP hide caption toggle caption Iraqi Parliament Media Office/AP Mustafa al-Kadhimi speaks to parliament in Baghdad Thursday. Iraq’s former spy chief was sworn in early Thursday as prime minister after weeks of tense political negotiations as the country faces a severe economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/AP Iraq finally has a new government. More […]