United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs By Zack Budryk, The Hill. December 4, 2020 United Nations Removes Marijuana From List Of Most Dangerous Drugs2020-12-042020-12-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mj.jpg200px200px Above photo: A factory worker processes cannabis flowers to make them ready for export on November 10 in Kasese, Uganda. CNN. A United Nations panel has voted to remove medical cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs. In the Wednesday vote, the Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted on several World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations related to cannabis. Among them was a recommendation that the drug be stricken from Schedule IV of the 1961 […]
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced on 19 November that France, Germany, Greece, Italy and the United Kingdom have signed a letter of intent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project. The details were given in a media release, to announce a significant number of medium multi-role helicopter capabilities currently operated by Allies will reach the end of their life cycle in the 2035 – 2040 period and beyond, with the subsequent need for replacements. The project is dedicated to the modernization of existing rotorcraft fleets and is one of NATO’s High Visibility Projects (HVP). […]
The Nation’s New Crime Boss By John Davis, Counterpunch. November 21, 2020 The Nation’s New Crime Boss2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rejoice-e1605998462763.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Dale Cruse. A great deal of energy was expended recently to influence who would be the next president of the criminal enterprise that is the United States of America. The nation’s criminality was established historically by its extermination of indigenous populations inconvenient to its imperial goals and its enslavement of Africans expressly imported into the country under hideous conditions for the further ease and enrichment of the already wealthy. Although these were crimes initiated long before the formal constitution of the […]
China And 14 Nations Ready To Sign World’s Largest Trade Deal By Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post. November 12, 2020 China And 14 Nations Ready To Sign World’s Largest Trade Deal2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rcep.png200px200px Above photo: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (second right) locks hands with other leaders at the RCEP summit in Bangkok in November last year. Reuters. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is expected to be signed this weekend. In the absence of the US from trading blocs, China seeks opportunities to write regional trade rules before there is a change in US leadership. NOTE: The Obama Biden administration tried to push […]
Mi’kmaq First Nations Coalition Takes Control Of Major Seafood Company By Kaniehtonkie, Indian Time. November 12, 2020 Mi’kmaq First Nations Coalition Takes Control Of Major Seafood Company2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mikmaq-e1605209745695.jpg200px200px Above photo: Mi’kmaq solidarity group rallies in front of Clearwater Market. From GlobalNews.ca. “The single largest investment in the seafood industry by any Indigenous group in Canada.” NOTE: Recall the violence recently towards Mi’kmaq fishers that led to a boycott of commercial lobster. It looks like the Mi’kmaq decided to assert control by buying half of the seafood company. It will be interesting to see how this goes and if the racism towards First […]
We Need To Build A Movement That Heals Our Nation’s Traumas By Kazu Haga, Waging Nonviolence. October 29, 2020 We Need To Build A Movement That Heals Our Nation’s Traumas2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/racism-elephant-e1603995273785.jpg200px200px Above photo: Action in Seattle, WA to discuss the “Elephant in the room, racism.” Damien Conway. If we don’t have an unwavering commitment to healing as we mobilize this election season, we will always be in crisis. As we head into what may be the most chaotic election in our lifetime, many people on all sides of the political aisle are reeling from anxiety and responding from a place of panic. […]
The “Non-Aligned” Nations Realign By Wilmer J. Leon, III, Black Agenda Report. October 17, 2020 The “Non-Aligned” Nations Realign2020-10-172020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/leon_845x400-1.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Frantz Fanon. The formerly colonized peoples of the planet say No to US bullying, sanctions and regime change. “The ‘Third World’ sees the US as a monster.” “Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions…” Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth In 1955 the US and the Soviet Union were […]
The US has signed a treaty with seven countries governing exploration and exploitation of the Moon and its resources. While many signatories never even landed there, Russia and China were – perhaps unsurprisingly – not invited. The Artemis Accords, proposed in May to set reasonable boundaries for the growing number of countries eager to stake a claim to Earth’s only satellite, have been officially unveiled on Tuesday. In addition to the US, the signatory countries are Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy, the UK, Luxembourg, the UAE, and Japan. Subtitled “Principles for cooperation in the civil exploration and use of the Moon, Mars, […]
The notorious ‘Novichok’ nerve agent described as Russia’s lethal weapon has been first presented to the world by Americans and has since been replicated by 20 of their allies, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The structure of a substance that has since been known to the world as ‘Novichok’ has been first unveiled by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology back in 1998 on the basis of the data provided by the Pentagon, the Russian Ministry said on Saturday, replying to yet another damning statement by the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Over the years, the formula was used […]
Residents of the southern Chinese city will have access to 10m yuan ($1.47m USD) of the country’s sovereign digital currency in a weekend lottery in a bid to trial and boost the emerging technology, media reported on Friday. 50,000 “red packets” of a state blockchain-based currency are set to be dispersed to lottery participants in Shenzhen’s Luohu district via the public services application iShenzhen, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday. Winners will receive their prizes on Sunday via the official Digital Renmenbi e-wallet app, a Shenzhen government official said in a statement on Thursday night. Winners can use the […]
The organization has received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to feeding the world and acting as a driving force in “efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.” The Nobel Committee noted that there has been an upsurge in the number of victims of hunger due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was also remarked that the Nobel Committee recognized the link between hunger and conflict and commended the World Food Programme for its ongoing commitment to “bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas”. The World Food Programme – awarded the 2020 #NobelPeacePrize […]
United Nations: Trump Attacks China By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. September 27, 2020 United Nations: Trump Attacks China2020-09-272020-09-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/trumpxi-e1601218308346.jpg200px200px Above photo: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping address the United Nations General Assembly. Sinophobia, lies and hybrid war. Contrary to US rhetoric and disinformation China is not an existential threat to the ‘free world’. It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual 75th UN General Assembly, blasting “the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world.” And then it all went downhill. Even as Trump was essentially delivering a campaign speech and could not care less about the multilateral […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080569744_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_d3d04d2a685f1842bb210dd6207f801a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080569794-day-4-of-75th-united-nations-general-assembly—video/ The jubilee session is largely being held in a remote format because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, several world leaders arrived in New York in person to deliver their speech. Sputnik is live from New York City as the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly begins its fourth day. This year the global leaders mainly chose to address the Assembly via a videolink to avoid travelling during the coronavirus pandemic. Speakers from 33 nations are expected to deliver their remarks at Friday’s session. Follow our live feed to find out more Source […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused neighboring Russia of trying to divide the world into “spheres of influence” in a speech, delivered remotely from Kiev, to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. According to Zelensky, the United Nations (UN) was built on the fact that “humankind should have learned the tragic lessons of World War II,” but Russia’s “occupation of Crimea” and “aggression in the Donbass” are proof that the world has not learned from the past. “I would like to remind you that it is not only, and not just, war in Ukraine. It’s war in Europe,” Zelensky […]
Toronto: Rally For Six Nations Members Arrested In Land Dispute By Muriel Draaisma, CBC.ca. September 14, 2020 Toronto: Rally For Six Nations Members Arrested In Land Dispute2020-09-142020-09-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/landback.png200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators gathered outside of the office of the Ontario ministry of Indigenous affairs near Bloor Street East and Church Street. Nicolas Haddad/CBC. Parcel of land in dispute is McKenzie Meadows housing development in Caledonia, Ont. Hundreds of people demonstrated outside of the office of the Ontario ministry of Indigenous affairs in Toronto on Saturday to show support for members of Six Nations of the Grand River arrested in a land dispute. Demonstrators carried placards and a […]
Farmers check coffee beans handpicked at their farm located in Forquilha do Rio, municipality of Dores do Rio Preto, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images Farmers check coffee beans handpicked at their farm located in Forquilha do Rio, municipality of Dores do Rio Preto, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images Coffee lovers, here’s something to be grateful about. Unlike paper towels, disinfectant or yeast, coffee has never been hard to find during the pandemic. It has remained widely available on supermarket shelves even though COVID-19 has been particularly […]
A scene from the original March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream Speech” in 1963. Demonstrators will again gather in Washington on Friday to call for racial justice and police reform. Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress A scene from the original March on Washington, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream Speech” in 1963. Demonstrators will again gather in Washington on Friday to call for racial justice and police reform. Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress Thousands of […]
The Israeli firm NSO Group, whose Pegasus spyware, once installed, can read text messages and other data on a phone, and access the microphone and camera, is in a legal battle with Facebook, which claims its software compromised hundreds of phones – including those of journalists and human rights activists – via WhatsApp. The Israeli government reportedly mediated the sale of spyware produced by Israel-based NSO Group Technologies to the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf nations, reports Haaretz.The Israel-based technology firm whose spyware, called Pegasus, facilitates remote surveillance of smartphones, is believed to have sold hundreds of millions of dollars-worth of […]
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 Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago Now this…Back […]
They’re up-and-coming countries. They’re at the top of the list of places with the most cases. And they’re especially vulnerable to the impact of the pandemic. (Image credit: NPR) Source link
First Nations Leaders Speak Out Against Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval July 27, 2020 First Nations Leaders Speak Out Against Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/reuben_george_credit_cnw_grouptsleil-waututh_nation.png200px200px Above photo: Rueben George pic by Vancouver Sun. Kinder-Morgan’s application for approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) has been bouncing around in Canada’s federal courts like a pinball since 2013. First Nations tribes and environmental groups have valiantly worked the flippers of the judicial pinball machine for years, filing lawsuits and appeals, to keep that shiny ball from rolling down the drain of approval. But on July 2, down it went when the Supreme Court […]
Emirati men clap as they watch the launch of the “Amal” or “Hope” space probe at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The probe, the country’s first interplanetary spacecraft, was launched from Japan. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Gambrell/AP Emirati men clap as they watch the launch of the “Amal” or “Hope” space probe at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The probe, the country’s first interplanetary spacecraft, was launched from Japan. Jon Gambrell/AP It seems everyone is interested in Mars these days. For decades, […]
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German MPs have followed their UK and French colleagues, backing legislation that carries a fine or even a prison term for taking unsolicited photos under somebody’s clothing. The Bundestag voted in favor of a law on “improving privacy protection” this Friday, thus outlawing the practice. From now on, anyone trying to film under somebody’s clothing in order to see their underwear or private parts will face a fine or a maximum prison term of up to two years. Under existing laws, upskirting was deemed a minor offence punishable only by a small fine. Minister Christine Lambrecht, who championed the legislation, welcomed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107964/52/1079645241_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_c3af36d0d74368e3c8fb2d5748ff1303.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006261079730872-united-nations-shocked-after-video-of-people-having-sex-in-one-of-organisations-cars-goes-online/ The global body said that it has launched an investigation into the incident and is close to identifying the people who were in the car. According to media reports, those involved are members of the peacekeeping organisation in Israel. The United Nations says it is shocked by a video that shows a man in a car with the organisation’s markings apparently having sex in the back seat. The footage caused anger after it was recently uploaded on social media (warning: the footage may be disturbing for some viewers). “We are shocked and concerned and […]
The arrest of chief Allan Adam has caused an uproar after dash-cam footage released earlier this month showed an officer tackling the man to the ground, punching him and putting him in a chokehold. Before the video was released, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police denied that the officer had used excessive force and deemed his actions “reasonable”. A police officer involved in the violent arrest of the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations, a group of indigenous people in Canada, was charged with mischief, assaulting a man and a woman, and unlawfully entering a house in 2019, CBC News reported, […]
United Nations Sets Up Inquiry Into Racism After George Floyd Death By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters. June 21, 2020 United Nations Sets Up Inquiry Into Racism After George Floyd Death2020-06-212020-06-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/download-1-e1592758432858.jpg200px200px Above photo: Delegates stand in front of a TV screen during the vote of a resolution on racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland June 19, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via Reuters. Geneva – The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and ordered […]
The George Floyd family reportedly wrote the United Nations this week(?) to complain about policing in the United States. The George Floyd family want the UN to help leftists disarm police officers in the United States. This is just the latest insane development in the ongoing war on police today. Via Breitbart: TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis City Council President Says Calling the Police on Burglars “Comes from a Place of Privilege” (VIDEO) The family of George Floyd, the black man killed while in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, has sent a letter to the globalist United Nations to ask for […]
Regular readers of this column will know about the recent surge in African peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions, now at more than $12 million a week, according to Useful Tulips. I think this, and similar patterns across other emerging market regions during the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect the most important cryptocurrency trend of the moment. We are a long way from mass adoption, but the circumstances driving this nascent demand in the developing world, not only for bitcoin but also for stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies, bring the human benefits of this new form of money into stark relief. You’re reading Money Reimagined, a weekly look […]
BAP Calls On United Nations To Address U.S. Human Rights Crisis By the Black Alliance for Peace. May 30, 2020 BAP Calls On United Nations To Address U.S. Human Rights Crisis2020-05-302020-05-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/georgefloydprotest-e1590856411595.jpg200px200px The extrajudicial murders of African/Black people, such as Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, by agents of the U.S. government and armed civilians have sparked urban rebellions in cities across the United States. Yet these murders cannot be understood outside of the context of the U.S. state’s ongoing assault on the human rights of African/Black people. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet demanding lethal violence—“…when the looting starts, the shooting […]
Asia & Pacific 07:33 GMT 29.05.2020(updated 07:41 GMT 29.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005291079450608-beijing-urges-foreign-nations-to-cease-attempts-at-meddling-in-hong-kong-affairs/ The day before, China’s parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution to draft a law on national security in Hong Kong that would outlaw secessionism in the territory and hefty fines or jail terms for those ridiculing China’s anthem among other things. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called on foreign nations on Friday to cease attempts at meddling in Hong Kong affairs. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link