BAE Systems Land &Armaments LP, part of the BAE Systems, was awarded a $15,7 million contract modification for spare parts necessary for initial training and fielding for Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles. The work, which is is expected to be complete in Jan. 2023, will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, where BAE Systems builds the armored vehicles and its modernized howitzers. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, also known as AMPV, is a family of next-generation, highly survivable vehicles essential to the future of the U.S. Army. […]
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The U.S. Army has deployed a Ukrainian-made T-84 main battle tank to Yuma Proving Ground, the Army’s premier test center. Last year’s edition of the Outpost newspaper has released a new photo of the T-84 tank, also known as an upgraded version of T-80UD, at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The Ukrainian tank with an installed Drozd Active Protection System (APS) was spotted at the YPG’s Threat Systems & Target Simulation yard with other Soviet and Russian combat vehicles that uses to train U.S troops and to test new types of weapons. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – In 2003, […]
The U.S. Army has announced that its new 8×8 unmanned all-terrain transport vehicle, or robotic mule, passed natural environment tests at Yuma Proving Ground providing the green light for the fielding. According to a recent service news release, the Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT) has successfully passed a series of tests during Project Convergence 20, the Army Futures Command’s capstone exercise. “We are testing integrating multiple payloads that will enable a Soldier to do their mission more effectively,” said Gerald Jung, mechanical engineer. “Dismounted Soldiers can only carry what’s on their back—now they have a ‘mule’ that can carry much heavier equipment, […]
Russia is moving its one of the most powerful electronic warfare (EW) systems, called the Murmansk-BN, to military bases in Arctic territory near the Finnish border. This week, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has released a short video showing deploy of the Murmansk-BN ground mobile radio interference complex to areas located along the border to Finland. Murmansk-BN is a unique Russian long-range communications jamming system specially designed to take out NATO and United States high-frequency military satellite communications. The powerful EW system is aimed at disrupting radio communications at a maximum range of more than 5,000 kilometers (3,106 […]
Iranian troops have been moved to the Azerbaijan-Iran border amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, multiple news outlets reported. Locals residents have spotted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps troop movements along the state border between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan. Some Twitter user wrote: “Dozens of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, together with soldiers, are heading to the north of Iran to the border with Nagorno-Karabakh.” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – A journalist and military aviation analyst, Babak Taghvaee has released on its Twitter account the short video shows military convoy with over 30 T-72M1 main battle tanks and BMP-2 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/11/1080799482_0:37:1383:814_1200x675_80_0_0_7ad2e19ac23f183eb554562d02d154ca.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202010171080798767-possessed-or-practicing-moves-itchy-kangaroo-enjoys-belly-scratches-in-most-hilarious-way/ A kangaroo’s tail is so strong and muscular that it plays the role of a “third-leg”. They balance their whole body weight on the tail, especially when kick-boxing with other Kangaroos. This kangaroo was having a joyous time relieving its itch when it was caught on camera. The amusing video shows the kangaroo looking almost possessed as it tilted its head back. It was actually balancing its weight on its tail and lifting its leg to scratch its fur. Source link
by Salman Rafi Sheikh, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editor’s Note: Rafi Sheikh revisits as somewhat old topic, regarding Europe’s sometimes mention of not wanting to be dependent on NATO, by being responsible for its own defence as a show of true autonomy, not one on paper. To this date this has been an obvious exercise in puffery for two reasons. One, the EU, and especially it major defense manufacturing countries, have not met their […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/06/1080682035_120:0:1320:675_1200x675_80_0_0_5b5aef910fa7cfa36ecfeb6b24fbffb0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202010061080680211-barking-mad-performance-kids-dance-moves-annoy-doggos/ Don’t mistake dogs for dumb animals, as they understand when they are being teased or tricked. These two dogs made for an angry audience when a kid struck dance poses and threw shapes in front of them. An Indian kid was up for some mischief when he spotted a doggo duo and took advantage of them being locked behind an iron gate. The kid broke into “Bhangra” moves, a traditional Punjabi dance, annoying the dogs, who barked in sync with his dance. The furious dogs jumped and howled as the kid danced. Happiness 😊😊 […]
India’s Uttar Pradesh state, headed by ascetic chief Yogi Adityanath, has come under widespread criticism for its handling of an alleged gang rape and murderous assault on a young girl. The state’s police have also come under fire for cremating the body of the woman, who died 15 days after the gruesome incident, in the dead of night. The state government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Tuesday filed a plea in India’s apex court, seeking a “fair and impartial investigation” into the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old woman and the conduct of police in the incident. In a petition, the Uttar […]
Bitcoin outflows from prominent crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX are already up in the wake of charges from U.S. agencies announced Thursday. Source link
The class-action alleged the Maker Foundation and others knowingly misrepresented the risks of investment in MakerDAO. Source link
The Tongass National Forest, near Ketchikan, Alaska. The Trump Administration is set to remove long-standing protections against logging and development in the forest. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR The Tongass National Forest, near Ketchikan, Alaska. The Trump Administration is set to remove long-standing protections against logging and development in the forest. Elissa Nadworny/NPR The Trump administration has cleared the way to open the country’s largest national forest to logging. In a revised environmental impact study made public on Friday, the Department of Agriculture recommends granting a “full exemption” for the Tongass National Forest, which covers some 25,000 square […]
In November 2019, a longtime US columnist with Elle magazine filed a defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump for “false” remarks and denials of claims in her memoir that she had been raped by Trump in a New York City store in the 1990s. The president has been required by court to submit his DNA for analysis by 15 September. The US Department of Justice is moving to substitute US President Donald Trump as the defendant in the defamation lawsuit filed against him by Elle magazine’s longtime columnist E. Jean Carroll, according to court documents. Carroll is suing the president […]
MOSCOW(Sputnik) – New York Attorney General’s Office is moving to empanel a grand jury as part of the investigation into the death of black man Daniel Prude, which has sparked major protests in Rochester, Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. Prude’s family is calling for the police officers involved in the death of the 41-year-old black man to be fired and criminal charges to be filed. The grand jury would determine whether charges should be brought in Prude’s case. “The Prude family and the Rochester community have been through great pain and anguish. My office will immediately move to […]
SushiSwap, the automated market maker aiming to unseat market leader Uniswap, has moved up its launch by five days. Because of SushiSwap, total value in assets locked on Uniswap have gone up by just under $1.5 billion since the SushiSwap contract went into effect at block 10750000 on August 28, according to DeFi Pulse, making Uniswap the largest holder of Ethereum assets in DeFi right now. Both Uniswap and Sushiswap are designed to always have a price at which they will swap any two tokens they have in liquidity pools. One app is able to drive liquidity into another because of […]
HONG KONG—Students, teachers, parents, and others are staging protests in Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in northern China, by surrounding police stations and gathering outside schools. Thousands are congregating in rare displays of open defiance of governmental orders. These demonstrations were sparked by the Chinese government’s directive issued in the summer to broaden the footprint of Mandarin Chinese in state-compiled textbooks and classroom instruction within the region, displacing the Mongolian language in academic environments and daily usage. From Sept. 1 onward, the authorities will shift public elementary and middle schools’ language of instruction to Chinese, specifically for three courses—language and literature, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s main opposition party Congress is grappling with an internal crisis in view of rising demand for a complete overhaul of leadership and to revive and restructure the group. The party’s last full-time chief Rahul Gandhi resigned following the organisation’s debacle in the 2019 parliamentary elections. In a major development, interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has made appointments to several positions in the party, in which dissenting leaders who suggested internal reforms have been “largely ignored”, sources familiar with the development have revealed. While the party’s senior leader Jairam Ramesh, who was not part of the dissenting group, […]
The James Webb Space Telescope — a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) — has successfully completed a critical pre-flight milestone and test that paves the way for continued final testing of the most complex telescope ever built. At present, James Webb remains on track for a launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket No Earlier Than 31 October 2021. The three-way partnership between NASA, ESA, and CSA, follows large-scale, international partnerships for space-based telescopes of the past and results in sharing of the financial […]
Facebook has tried its hardest to avoid taking action against posts from President Trump that broke its own rules. But on Wednesday, that long-running effort finally ran aground against a rambling diatribe from the president about children and the coronavirus. It’s a shift that could have an enormous impact on Trump’s re-election effort. While political spending is a small fraction of Facebook’s overall revenue, political ads make up a more significant chunk of campaign spending. Team Trump has made Facebook—with its uneven enforcement of its rules against disinformation—a cornerstone of its campaign, spending more than $35 million in ads on the […]
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Incheon, South Korea in October 2018. The pandemic has forced scientists around the world to write the latest U.N. climate report without meeting in person. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Incheon, South Korea in October 2018. The pandemic has forced scientists around the world to write the latest U.N. climate report without meeting in person. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images In mid-April, hundreds of scientists from around the world were supposed to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107747/27/1077472714_0:19:1678:963_1200x675_80_0_0_10a3590384f2072ebe7108e711f91ebd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008031080042736-father-son-duo-replicates-sexiest-asian-hrithik-roshans-dance-moves-to-perfection—video/ In 2019, the UK-based newspaper Eastern Eye in its 16th edition of the world famous list had named Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan as the “Sexiest Asian Man” in the world. A video of a father and son dancing to a popular song by Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan is going viral on social media. In the clip, the duo danced to the song “Ek Pal Ka Jeena” from Hrithik’s debut film “Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai”, and displayed upbeat dance steps with full enthusiasm and spirit, leaving Twitter in awe. Source link
First Minneapolis, now Seattle. Seattle City Council on Friday moved to abolish the entire police department and replace it with a Marxist “civilian led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention.” In the proposed legislation, the city council asserted that the Seattle Police Department perpetuates “racism and violence” and upholds “white supremacy culture.” “The Council is committed to confronting structural and institutional racism as a fundamental step towards addressing the racist institution of policing.” TRENDING: Ghislaine Maxwell Documents Unsealed: Allegations Against Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Others — FBI Knew Had Evidence of the Crimes for Years “These protests forced many nationwide […]
Venezuela Moves Toward Elections: US Seeks To Undermine Them July 28, 2020 Venezuela Moves Toward Elections: US Seeks To Undermine Them2020-07-282020-07-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/campvenezuela-e1550673625794.jpg200px200px NOTE: Venezuela will be holding its legislative elections on December 6, 2020. The US government and their puppet, Juan Guaido, are doing all they can to undermine the election. The opposition parties are getting on board and agreeing to participate, but there is constant pressure by the US to prevent people from participating. Below are two articles from Venezuelanalysis that describe preparations for the election and the potential for making progress in resolving disputes between the US and oligarchs and […]
The U.S. Air Force concerned about the capability of its equipment to withstand the effects of an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. EMPs are intense bursts of electromagnetic energy which can result from a high-altitude nuclear explosion. In the event of war, such blasts could be used to inflict damage on electrical and electronic systems of opposing countries. Currently, the U.S Air Force working to withstand a potential electromagnetic attack. The service conducted first electromagnetic pulse hardness testing onto B-52H Stratofortress bomber at Tinker Air Force Base is part of the United States Air Force’s efforts to safeguard aircraft from potential attacks. […]
Grayscale Investments has announced that its digital asset funds Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust have cleared a regulatory hurdle in their march to begin being quoted on over-the-counter markets. Nikhilesh De contributed reporting Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Missouri’s Attorney General is seeking to dismiss felony gun charges brought against a husband and wife who aimed firearms at protesters outside their St. Louis mansion, insisting the couple had a right to defend their home. State AG Eric Schmitt took to Twitter on Monday night with a video statement and a lengthy series of posts, arguing the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey – which included a felony firearms charge as well as misdemeanor assault – “threatens to intimidate and deter law-abiding citizens from exercising their constitutional right of self defense.” “The right to defend one’s person, family, home and […]
The report comes as the United States is seeing a record resurgence of COVID-19 coronavirus cases, with a majority of US states registering unprecedented numbers of daily infections this month. US House Democrats passed a relief bill in late May, but the Republican-controlled Senate has yet to approve the package. The administration of US President Donald Trump is attempting to block billions of dollars of federal funds for US states to carry out additional COVID-19 testing and contact tracing in Congress’s next coronavirus relief package, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing officials familiar with the matter. Sources told the outlet […]
Democratic officials angry at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s handling of surging coronavirus numbers in the state this week had one lackluster place to voice their frustrations about the rapidly escalating public health crisis killing their constituents: a Zoom press conference. “While some states followed the advice of public health experts, Texas did not,” Dallas-area State Rep. Toni Rose said from a webcam on Wednesday, a photograph of the Texas Capitol superimposed behind her. It was certainly not the first time Democrats in the state had inveighed against a pandemic approach criticized by some as too reckless, and followed months of power […]
It has come to a face-off between the National Guard and protesters blocking the road to Mount Rushmore, which is set to host US President Donald Trump’s rally, after they refused to back down. Arrests have been reported. With several hours left until Trump’s ‘Salute America’ event to mark Independence Day at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on Friday, an estimated 200 to 300 protesters have effectively made the road leading into the venue impassible. BREAKING: Protestors using vans to block entrance to Mt. Rushmore event. Removing tires creating physical barrier to event. pic.twitter.com/og0DND5FHH — Jordan Parker (@jordanparker_) […]
There may finally be an end in sight. Two weeks after Russia’s home-grown Covid-19 vaccine was administered to a group of volunteers, there have been no side-effects, and it seems mass immunization may be just around the corner. “Volunteers of the first group…feel good and have no complaints about their health,” said a Ministry of Defense press release. “Over the past two weeks, there have been no serious side-effects.” Volunteers in the second testing group, who received the injection five days later, also report a lack of adverse reactions. The testing of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine is being carried out jointly by […]
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. Residents can also dine out and have a drink, although social distancing and wearing masks remain mandatory. Optional medical and other services will also resume. Only a handful of coronavirus cases were reported in Cuba […]
Pro-Israel Racist Group ADL Moves To Co-Opt Black Lives Matter By Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada. July 1, 2020 Pro-Israel Racist Group ADL Moves To Co-Opt Black Lives Matter2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/israeli-soldiers-with-blindfolded-palestinian-from-zuma-press.-e1593619684543.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Anti-Defamation League tries to portray itself as an ally of Black Lives Matter while shielding Israel from criticism for its abuses of Palestinian rights. Wisam Hashlamoun for ZUMA Press. For those who yearn for an end to systemic racism, these are exhilarating times as Black activists and organizations lead a global uprising against symbols and structures of white supremacy. But if you are a racist group masquerading as a civil rights organization, […]
The Swiss government is encouraging blockchain startups to set up shop with new laws that lower legal barriers to such businesses while leaving favorable tax laws untouched. The National Council, Switzerland’s equivalent of the U.S. House of Representatives, unanimously passed a legislative package changing about a dozen financial laws on June 17. The changes, proposed by the Swiss Federal Council, are intended to remove legal barriers to applications of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. On June 19, the Federal Council acknowledged a report prepared by the Federal Department of Finance that concluded there was no need to make special amendments to […]
Fresh from one legal defeat, the Trump family is taking another stab at halting publication of presidential niece Mary Trump’s upcoming tell-all. Lawyers acting on behalf of President Donald Trump’s brother, Robert—who was in an intensive-care unit just days ago—refiled for a temporary restraining order against the Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man in Dutchess County, New York. The new legal maneuver comes a day after a judge in Queens Surrogate Court tossed an attempt by Robert Trump’s celebrity attorney, Charles Harder, to stop explosive family secrets being printed, citing “several improprieties” in […]
Legislation to make the District of Columbia a state is poised to pass the House on Friday, a major advance from the last time the measure came before Congress 27 years ago and 40 percent of Democrats joined with all but one Republican to defeat D.C. statehood. After decades of benign neglect, the movement to make D.C. the 51st state has gained new life with Black Lives Matter and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s heightened profile. President Trump’s efforts to use federal force to dominate streets around the White House exposed the subservient status of a city that must answer to Congress […]
Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is trying to stop Canadian bitcoin miner DMG Blockchain from plugging its mining rigs into the American power grid. In a letter published Thursday, the nonprofit implored the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to scrutinize, if not outright reject, DMG Blockchain’s bid to export U.S. electricity to Canada and moved to intervene. The group’s Energy Program Director Tyson Slocum and Climate Program Director David Arkush co-wrote the letter. DMG Blockchain has been aggressively expanding its cryptocurrency mining capacity in recent months. On May 27, the miner tripled its fleet of ASIC miners by adding 1,000 M30s. […]
Five years after throwing up a wall around its market few crypto startups could scale – a wall known as the BitLicense – New York is handing down a ladder. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) said Wednesday that it will consider issuing conditional licenses, under which startups would be allowed to partner with existing licensed entities to begin operations in the Empire State. The agency also finalized the guidance on coin listings for licensed entities it had proposed last year, and published documentation to aid companies seeking a BitLicense. Further, NYDFS said it had signed a Memorandum of […]
The Trump family is wasting no time taking legal action against the president’s niece in an effort to halt publication of her soon-to-be-released book. Just days after Donald Trump said Mary Trump was “not allowed” to write such a tome, citing a “very powerful” NDA she had signed that the president claimed “covers everything,” attorneys for a Trump family member have filed a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in Queens court. The news, first reported by The New York Times, was shared with The Daily Beast earlier in the day by two people familiar with the matter. A third person with knowledge […]
President Trump makes remarks at a roundtable this week with law enforcement officials. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Trump makes remarks at a roundtable this week with law enforcement officials. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Trump will formally accept the nomination as the Republican Party’s choice for president in Jacksonville, Fla., instead of Charlotte, N.C., in late August following a dispute between Trump and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper regarding safety precautions of the large-scale gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican National Committee made the decision official Thursday after weeks of speculation […]
Washington has earlier mulled moving its troops, which are reportedly equipped with nuclear weapons, from Germany, where they are currently stationed, to Poland, closer to Russia’s borders. The suggestion was triggered by opposition from German parties to continuing the deployment of American forces in the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned that the already complicated relations between Moscow and NATO might become even worse if the US moves its troops from Germany to Poland, in line with the recent suggestions. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
An Iranian ambassador has condemned recent moves by the US intended to prevent international nuclear cooperation in a letter addressed to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday. Kazem Gharib-Abadi, Tehran’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna, accused the US in his letter of irresponsible violations of international nuclear commitments. He also raised concerns regarding Washington’s moves against the promotion of peaceful atomic activity. The ambassador urged members of the IAEA to react appropriately to the “unlawful conduct of the United States that is endangering international cooperation in the field of nuclear energy and technology.” “I would like to bring […]
New York Sate Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson, D-Brooklyn, speaks in favor of new legislation for Police Reform during a Assembly session at the state Capitol Monday, June 8, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. Hans Pennink/AP hide caption toggle caption Hans Pennink/AP New York Sate Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson, D-Brooklyn, speaks in favor of new legislation for Police Reform during a Assembly session at the state Capitol Monday, June 8, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. Hans Pennink/AP New York’s legislature moved swiftly Monday to pass a first wave of police reform legislation, including a ban on chokeholds, a prohibition on race-based profiling, and a […]
Raisha Doumbia, 20, left and Kai Harris, 17, have turned to TikTok to discuss racial injustice. It comes after TikTok apologized for a “technical glitch” that hid videos related to Black Lives Matter. TikTok screenshots by NPR hide caption toggle caption TikTok screenshots by NPR Raisha Doumbia, 20, left and Kai Harris, 17, have turned to TikTok to discuss racial injustice. It comes after TikTok apologized for a “technical glitch” that hid videos related to Black Lives Matter. TikTok screenshots by NPR When Raisha Doumbia, a 20-year-old swimming instructor in Roswell, Ga., first downloaded the video-sharing app TikTok, she made lighthearted […]
Heath Editors Note: And this would be done for political, economic, or health reasons? One never knows but more than likely, knowing how Trump works, this is not for fear of the spread of coronavirus from China. …..Carol Trump administration moves to block Chinese airlines from US by David Koenig/AP News The Trump administration moved Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S. in an escalation of trade and diplomatic tensions between the two countries. The Transportation Department said it would suspend passenger flights of four Chinese airlines to and from the United States starting June 16. The decision […]
The Iranian government just made conduits to cryptocurrency markets riskier, and more confusing, than ever before. According to Iranian news outlet ArzDigital, the parliament published a proposal this week to include cryptocurrency in existing “currency smuggling” and foreign currency exchange regulations. The result of this prospective regulation is Iranian entrepreneurs face a heightened risk of being jailed by local authorities or sanctioned by Americans. The law would mean Iranian crypto exchanges must be licensed by the Central Bank of Iran and follow legacy foreign currency exchange guidelines, although it’s not apparent how existing exchanges should apply for licensing or adapt those […]
Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named system of the season, developed off the Florida coast on Saturday and is continuing up the East Coast toward the North Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for parts of North Carolina on Sunday, including the Outer Banks. Heavy rains and storm force winds are predicted for the region Monday, with forecasters expecting 1 to 3 inches of rain Sunday night and Monday. The system isn’t predicted to make landfall there, forecasters say. “On the forecast track, Arthur will remain well offshore the east coast of Florida, Georgia, and South […]
FBI no longer trusted? Spy agencies to take over US election security briefings …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The battle for the Trump administration to cut off any attempts of US intelligence keeping an eye on Trump operatives’ questionable activities despite what many consider more than a whiff of corruption in their ranks, is now fully joined. An election loss would not only expose Trump to unfettered investigations that are already in progress, but could open the door to possibly many others that have been thrown in with the concept of total immunity, which Trump seems to be so fond […]
Days after the Justice Department controversially dropped charges against Mike Flynn, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is set to expand a highly political Justice Department’s surveillance authorities during a vote this week to renew the 2001 PATRIOT Act. Under cover of redressing what President Trump and his allies call the FBI’s “witch hunt” over collusion with the Kremlin, McConnell, via an amendment to the PATRIOT Act, will expressly permit the FBI to warrantlessly collect records on Americans’ web browsing and search histories. In a different amendment, McConnell also proposes giving the attorney general visibility into the “accuracy and completeness” of […]
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 shuttering of most shops to curb the spread of Covid-19. On Thursday, the front pages of the UK’s newspapers gleefully revealed that the government planned to ease restrictions after the WWII Victory in Europe commemorative […]
Tether growth is hitting new all-time highs across multiple blockchains, but the first protocol to support Tether is being left behind. Omni Layer, built on Bitcoin, has suffered negative growth in Tether transactions for the last 12 consecutive months. Tether supply on Omni Layer has also fallen more than 50% over the same period, according to Coin Metrics. Omni Layer’s Tether supply peaked in mid-2018 at just over $3 billion. Tether tokens first launched on Omni Layer in October 2014. While fluctuations in stablecoin supply and transaction counts happen regularly, it’s unusual for there to be a contraction in supply for months at […]