https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/102053/05/1020530503_0:225:5364:3242_1200x675_80_0_0_e309ee1f34ae6f787e65c04bf7a3357c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010171080804386-ny-health-officials-shutdown-giant-10000-person-wedding-amid-covid-19/ Health officials in New York City announced the ban a few days before the planned wedding, which is expected to draw 10,000 guests in Brooklyn, New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Ducker signed a Section 16 order banning a wedding scheduled for Monday in Williamsburg, which violates restrictions on meetings. Although the […]
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An employee of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office examines ballot envelopes at a satellite election office at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. Local election clerks can’t start verifying mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania until Election Day and in Michigan until the day before. Laurence Kesterson/AP hide caption toggle caption Laurence Kesterson/AP An employee of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office examines ballot envelopes at a satellite election office […]
A voter wears an “I Voted” badge after placing a ballot in a drop box in Los Angeles last week. Officials say members of the Republican Party have illegally placed unauthorized drop boxes in some locations. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images A voter wears an “I Voted” badge after placing a ballot in a drop box in Los Angeles last week. […]
The UK has recorded 17,540 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The new figure is an increase of 3,300 above those reported on Wednesday, and smashes the country’s previous record for cases registered in a single day. A further 77 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were also reported by UK health officials on Thursday. The latest data means that a […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump last month in Jacksonville, Fla. Stan Badz/AP hide caption toggle caption Stan Badz/AP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump last month in Jacksonville, Fla. Stan Badz/AP The disagreement among elected officials over how to respond to the coronavirus is playing out, not […]
Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights Ali Baqeri-Kani A senior official with the Iranian Judiciary says the body is planning to prosecute 46 American natural and legal persons involved in the imposition of unjust sanctions on the Islamic Republic, which among other things, have prevented the country from importing medications necessary to treat patients with serious diseases. Speaking on the sidelines of […]
Asked in a recent interview how things were going as Election Day draws near, a state elections director paused, searching for the right words. “I feel like I’ve got democracy in a boat,” the director told The Daily Beast, “and my staff is bailing water out while people are drilling holes in it.” That official, who spoke anonymously to discuss the situation candidly, sums up how […]
President Donald Trump throws hats to supporters after speaking Wednesday at a campaign rally at Duluth International Airport in Minnesota. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump throws hats to supporters after speaking Wednesday at a campaign rally at Duluth International Airport in Minnesota. Alex Brandon/AP Updated at 7 p.m. ET Public health officials in the cities and states that President Trump […]
US President Donald Trump’s campaign did not contact Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s campaign to notify them of potential exposure to COVID-19 after the president revealed Friday that both he and his wife, Melania, have contracted the disease. “PBS NewsHour” correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and CNN’s Sarah Mucha both tweeted Friday that there was no communication from the Trump campaign to alert the Biden campaign of potential exposure. […]
Throughout the pandemic, the British Government has been criticised for its unclear advice regarding lockdown rules, with complex, confusing and ever-changing coronavirus messaging being partly to blame. Sally Dibb, Professor of Marketing and Society from Coventry University believes the British Government’s messaging around coronavirus has been very complicated. Sputnik: What messaging should the Government use to make their guidance clearer? Professor Sally Dibb: Well, I think that we’re all […]
NBC News misrepresented background facts in a Homeland Security document about a shooting during the Kenosha, Wisconsin riots as ‘talking points’ intended to ‘sympathize’ with alleged shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, DHS officials said. The network reported on Thursday that federal officials were “directed to make public comments sympathetic” to Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who was “charged with fatally shooting two protesters” in Kenosha at the end of August. […]
The statement below was issued by over 70 former senior Republican national security officials on August 20, 2020, and 60 additional senior officials have now signed on, including many who served in the Trump Administration. Since its release, Donald Trump has continued to demonstrate that he is unfit to serve as president, reportedly calling Americans who served in our armed forces “losers” and “suckers,” admitting that he deliberately […]
Officials argue that social distancing rules and the pressure brought by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may be contributing to the rise in the number of suicides among US military service members. US military suicide rates have increased by at least 20% this year, in comparison to the same period last year, with Defence Department officials considering the COVID-19 pandemic a potential primary factor, the Associated […]
Fears over the spread of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have prompted election officials in many US states to allow the use of absentee ballots by all registered voters in the upcoming presidential election. Democrats advocate the move, while Republicans oppose it, with President Donald Trump claiming absentee voting could lead to “voter fraud”. At least 1,400 registered voters who requested absentee ballots in the US state […]
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, 2157 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515 RE: “Intra -Afghan Talks” in Qatar Are “Intra-war lords/war profiteers intelligence agents and the aforementioned groups’ offspring Talks”. Dear Representative Lynch: Pursuant to the agreement executed on February 29, 2020 by the United States and the Taliban, a key requisite was an “Intra -Afghan” meeting for peace. However, […]
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, waits for a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing to begin in Washington, D.C., in 2019. In July, Ross directed bureau officials to speed up the 2020 census to end counting a month early, on Sept. 30. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees […]
The Indian government said last year that it would turn the state-backed telecom giant BSNL into a profit-making entity by selling off its properties, which are valued at approximately $67 billion. Senior officials from the telecom department say that revenue rules are being flouted in the process, causing a loss of $2.71 billion to the states. The Indian government’s plan to financially revive the loss-making telecom […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives to testify during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in August. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives to testify during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in August. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images In a call that included a number […]
…from SouthFront.org Late on September 15 and early on September 16, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a large-scale strike on weapon depots and training camps of Turkish-backed terrorists in the Syrian province of Idlib. According to pro-government sources, over 30 Russian strikes hit the areas of Sheikh Bahr, Shaykh Dawud and Ma’arat Misreen. This operation became the most recent in a series of […]
Protesters in Minsk attempted to make their way to the elite district where top Belarusian government officials reside, but were met by a large police force on the way. At least 400 people were arrested during Sunday’s protests. Thousands of people took part in Sunday’s protest against President Alexander Lukashenko, which the pro-opposition social media dubbed “the march of heroes.” Instead of starting in the center […]
The Saudi government must make 24 current and former officials available to testify on their knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, a US judge has ruled, in a victory for victims’ families despite opposition from the Attorney General. Riyadh was ordered to make the officials – including a prince and his chief of staff – available for deposition in a judgment made public on Thursday, just a […]
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/202009091080414573-pompeo-substantial-chance-alleged-navalny-poisoning-ordered-by-senior-russian-officials/ Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny felt ill on 20 August when flying from Tomsk to Moscow. After receiving initial treatment in the Russian city of Omsk, he was transfered to the Charite hospital in Berlin. Later, Germany announced that Navalny was “poisoned” with a Novichok group nerve agent – however, without providing any medical data. US State Secretary Mike […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009081080400781-china-will-reportedly-sanction-senior-us-officials-who-visit-taiwan/ Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to China’s objections to the planned visit by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan by saying it was not inconsistent with previous policy. China will sanction senior US officials who visit Taiwan, as well as the American companies that they work with, the Global Times’ editor-in-chief, Hu […]
In the past week, multiple Japanese organizers and International Olympic Committee officials have stressed that the Tokyo Games will be held next year regardless of the state of the global pandemic. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption toggle caption Eugene Hoshiko/AP In the past week, multiple Japanese organizers and International Olympic Committee officials have stressed that the Tokyo Games will be held next year regardless of the state […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080371007_0:159:3083:1893_1200x675_80_0_0_ab8f26c12e5578fb2510ce01a3f53af3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202009051080371037-brazil-declares-officials-of-maduros-government-personae-non-grata/ RIO DE JANEIRO (Sputnik) – The Brazilian authorities declared officials of the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro personae non grata, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said on late Friday. According to the ministry, the Brazilian government “told diplomatic, consular and administrative officials of the illegal Venezuelan regime that they had been declared personae non grata”. The move gives Caracas […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079843685_0:6:3072:1734_1200x675_80_0_0_6b22f0957d1045c071127670a894d1ba.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008311080332353-us-house-democrats-demand-trump-officials-testify-on-continuing-war-in-afghanistan/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US House National Security Subcommittee is demanding testimony from Trump administration officials on the United States’ strategy in Afghanistan and is threatening to subpoena the departments of State and Defence to end what it calls ongoing obstruction on the issue, committee members said in a letter. “Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Monday. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Monday. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Postmaster General Louis DeJoy promised some of the nation’s top election […]
As hundreds of thousands of residents fled their homes along the Gulf Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Laura, officials warned the “catastrophic” Category 4 storm could bring with it an “unsurvivable” storm surge. Hurricane Laura, which has strengthened to a Category 3 storm with winds upwards of 125 mph, is set to intensify further before making landfall Wednesday evening or early Thursday along the Texas and […]
Global markets remained steady on Tuesday after Washington and Beijing reaffirmed their commitment to their historic trade agreement even as the two economic giants have disagreements on multiple fronts. Top US and Chinese officials in charge of the implementation of the trade deal – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin – continued telephone discussions on Tuesday. The […]
Washington has announced sanctions on senior Syrian government officials and the leaders of several military units, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing top National Defense Forces members of subverting a ceasefire. In a statement on Thursday, the US State Department said it was imposing sanctions on the leadership of a number of Syrian military units, including National Defense Forces commander Fadi Saqr. The US […]
A male Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) – known popularly as the “murder hornet” – has been trapped and collected by Washington state officials, signaling that the invasive species may devastate the region’s bee colonies and agricultural system sooner than anticipated. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) announced in a Monday news release that it achieved the first capture of a male Asian giant hornet […]
Videos posted online show the chilling moment a young protester falls to the ground during clashes with police in Belarus. His death has sparked outrage across the country grappling with post-election protests. A clip first released by AP shows police officers in full riot gear lined up on the street. A man in a bloodied white T-shirt, who was believed to be Taraikovsky, collapses on the […]
Accounts of aides of both the former president and his VP suggest that Biden was not endorsed by Obama as a presidential candidate in 2016, not because of the tragic death of his son, but because he did not see him as one. Over at least the past two years the former two-term Democratic president and his right hand man have been said to have meticulously […]