Above Photo: Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese president Xi Jinping. China Daily. The security cooperation deal signed between the two governments came in the backdrop of anti-Chinese violence and riots precipitating in a political crisis on the island nation in November last year. The United States and its Pacific allies have sounded alarm bells over a security cooperation deal signed between Solomon Islands and China, with threats directed at China. On Sunday, April 24, the Chinese embassy in Solomon Islands hit back at the comments made by the US delegation that visited the Pacific nation last week, calling […]
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Moral Panic Over Palestinian Content In Ontario schools By Michelle Weinroth, Canadian Dimension. November 25, 2020 Moral Panic Over Palestinian Content In Ontario schools2020-11-252020-11-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/palestine_flag_mtl_800_489.png200px200px Above photo: Protesters carry a Palestinian flag in Montréal, July 30, 2014. Flickr. Digital technology has been a fixture in the Ontario classroom setting for some years now, but with COVID it has become a particularly dominant instrument of secondary school pedagogy. Online teaching and e-learning have increased exponentially with the pandemic. And while such educative options have been a necessary shield against aerosol contamination, they have not been without significant shortcomings. The electronic medium has brought with […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown on 24 March “to protect the country, and each of its citizens…” in his “decisive fight against the Corona pandemic”. All activities, except certain essential services, were halted to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Exactly six months after India’s national lockdown started, and despite the gradual elimination of the measures, life has still not returned to what it was during the pre-lockdown period amid many curbs and new precautionary rules which are still in place. The latest guidelines issued by the federal Home Ministry on 29 August mandate that schools and colleges remain closed […]
26 September is commemorated as international day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, reminding the global community that 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, atomic bombs still pose a threat to global stability. Over the years, the realisation of how risky nuclear energy can be has prompted some governments to shut down their reactors. Such was the case in Germany, which decided to phase out all its reactors following the Fukushima disaster of 2011; and such was the case in Italy, which has rejected any plans to resume the construction of nuclear plants on its soil. But there were also […]
The subpoena has been submitted by the attorney general of the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein had a mansion and arranged parties with minors the ex-financier trafficked for sex with his high-profile friends, according to the victims. Virgin Islands Prosecutor General Denise George has demanded the passenger lists for every flight convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein made using his private aircraft, from 1998 to his death in 2019, The Mirror reported on Sunday. The subpoena demands the names and contact details of anyone who worked for the pilots or who “interacted with or observed” Epstein, or any passengers associated with him, and […]
He doesn’t want to cause a panic. pic.twitter.com/rjFQ1xv1dI — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 10, 2020 Trump knew the whole time. pic.twitter.com/Xjq25nmpmc — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 11, 2020 Where Donald Trump blames Bob Woodward for America’s coronavirus response. pic.twitter.com/IC18GvkPcw — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 10, 2020 Truly remarkable. https://t.co/jQh9sByHGW — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 11, 2020 McConnell knew in January. But a month later he told the American people we were not facing an immediate crisis. 190K dead. Millions of jobs lost. Children left behind. No plan in sight.@senatemajldr: What did you know and when? And why […]
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 […]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 8. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 8. Bloomberg via Getty Images No reader should skip the prologue to Bob Woodward’s new book on President Trump, because the author puts his best scene on its first page. Woodward’s Rage opens on the Oval Office, where the two top officials from the president’s national security team are telling him that COVID-19 is a major threat to the U.S. […]
For weeks I have attempted to enlist friends to come to the beach with me. Many have declined this invitation, not in the name of social distancing but for fear of another deadly threat lurking in the water: sharks. Visions of pointed grey fins cutting through waves have long been the stuff of summer nightmares, thanks to that forever-terrifying 1975 blockbuster, Jaws. This year in particular, though, the panic has peaked. Reports of sightings in the Northeast are on the rise, maybe because frightened beach-goers are paying more attention to the water after a 63-year-old New Yorker named Julie Dimperio Holowach […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/04/1080057640_0:234:3057:1953_1200x675_80_0_0_e033f5c6ba016881816554a9ac68d7b1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008041080058613-ten-minutes-of-destruction-and-panic-eyewitness-shares-harrowing-account-of-massive-beirut-blast/ The cause of the explosion, which claimed at least 70 lives according to estimates of the local Red Cross, remains a mystery. Several foreign governments have already extended offers to provide all the aid that Lebanon might need due to the tragic incident. While authorities in Beirut are rushing to help those affected by the deadly explosion that rocked the city and to determine what caused it, the first eyewitnesses have started sharing their accounts of the terrifying event. One recalled that everything started with a strong wind blowing outside that grew […]
Claiming that the novel coronavirus that’s killed roughly 157,000 Americans isn’t “that much worse” than the flu, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) blasted the media on Monday for supposedly peddling COVID-19 “panic porn” and downplaying the so-called effectiveness of unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Johnson, who last month insisted that the nation “overreacted” to the coronavirus pandemic,” appeared on far-right podcast War Room: Pandemic to push back against the overwhelming scientific evidence that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective coronavirus treatment or preventative. Host Steve Bannon, who previously served as President Donald Trump’s chief strategist and has now become one of the controversial drug’s […]
Today President Trump notified Congress about the US breaking ties with the now corrupt World Health Organization. Based on our prior reporting, it is easy to see why the President is taking this action. We first reported on March 17, 2020, on the controversial Ethiopian politician and Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and his irresponsible and criminal fear mongering. Tedros claimed in a press conference in early March that the fatality rate for the coronavirus was 3.4% — many multiples that of the fatality rate of the common flu which is estimated to be around […]
After months of panic porn and fraudulent projections and statistics about the China coronavirus and horrible unconstitutional mandates from corrupt politicians, it’s long past time to look at the data and manage according to the facts. This is what successful business people and leaders do in the real world. Since the world was first introduced to the China coronavirus the situation became political. However, some people could see right through it. We first reported on March 17, 2020, on the controversial Ethiopian politician and Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and his irresponsible and criminal fear […]
The sighting was spotted two months after huge wildfires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone destroyed over 27,000 acres of forest and resulted in a spike of radiation levels in the area, though Ukrainian authorities later assured that radiation was below the permissible level. A huge mushroom-shaped cloud spotted 96 kilometres from Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has sparked hysteria among residents of nearby areas. After photos of the cloud were posted online, concerned residents of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, which is located less than 100 kilometres from the nuclear power plant, claimed that there was another nuclear […]
That’s the perspective of Dr. Samar Fakhar, a surgeon at the government-run Khyber Teaching Hospital, as cases surge and tensions rise. (Image credit: Arif Ali /AFP via Getty Images) Source link
Officers in Seattle, Washington used stun grenades to disperse a crowd of protesters after repeatedly warning them to stop moving a barricade towards the police line. There were unconfirmed reports of tear gas use as well. Videos from a rally on Pike Avenue and 11th Street show explosions and smoke scattering the protesters around 8 pm local time, along with what some claimed was tear gas. Police had previously put on gas masks, according to Simone Del Rosario, a reporter with the local TV station KCPQ. She described “what feels like a little tear gas” but later said was pepper spray. “They […]
CNN and MSNBC have done everything they can over the last few months to politicize the Coronavirus crisis. They have blamed Trump, and his supporters, accused them of being stupid and selfish. They have stoked fear over Republican governors opening their states and have tried to make the shutdowns go on longer. Tucker Carlson did an excellent monologue about it this week. TRENDING: Looters Raid Target Store Near Minneapolis in Midst of ‘George Floyd Protests’ – Steal TVs, Clothes, Groceries – No Police Around! (VIDEO) Here’s a partial transcript via FOX News: Tucker Carlson: CNN, MSNBC are peddling panic, moral judgment, […]
At least two people were wounded in Arizona late Wednesday evening after gunfire erupted in a popular shopping and entertainment complex. A state lawmaker said he’d witnessed the incident at the Westgate Entertainment District, and there were “lots of shaken up people.” “I just witnessed an armed terrorist with an AR-15 shoot up Westgate. There are multiple victims,” state Sen. Martin Quezada tweeted. “I saw 2 victims with my own eyes. Not sure how many others I saw the shooter. Being told not to say anything else about details ’til I speak to police,” he wrote. Glendale police confirmed on Twitter that […]
Democrats are PANICKED after a Senate panel announced plans to issue subpoenas related to Hunter Biden and corruption at Burisma Holdings. Senate Republicans approved subpoenas in their investigation of Hunter Biden and Burisma on Wednesday. This comes the day after Ukrainian officials released the recordings of Joe Biden and former Ukrainian President discussing their quid pro quo agreement on firing the prosecutor who was investigating Hunter Biden in exchange for IMF funding. Chairman of the Senate Homeland Committee Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) joined FOX News on Wednesday to discuss the investigation. TRENDING: Illinois Governor Pritzker Threatens Business Owners with a Year […]
The people behind Advanced Placement (AP) tests would like to make one thing very clear: they are not secretly posing as a teenage Redditor named “Dinosauce313” in a plot to catch kids cheating on their exams. The high-pressure tests, which help decide who gets into America’s elite colleges, are not being used for entrapment-style stings. But as the APs—like every other aspect of schooling—move online amid COVID-19 lockdown, all hell is breaking loose. The COVID-era exams have seen conspiracy theories running rampant, forums filling with porn, tests glitching, and students demanding their fees back. The chaos is turning some students to […]
Media outlets rushed to denounce hydroxychloroquine after President Donald Trump revealed he was taking it as a prophylactic against the coronavirus. Pundits called the drug dangerous and ineffective based on selected studies. “I’ve been taking it for about a week and a half now and I’m still here,” Trump said Monday during an event at the White House, adding he had heard good things about the drug from medical professionals. Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto immediately reacted by bringing up one long-documented side effect of the drug, used for decades to treat malaria and lupus. ‘I cannot stress this enough, this […]
US 01:15 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL On 2 May, the large killer hornets, some over 5 centimetres long and known to live in the forests of East Asia, were spotted for the first time in the United States. Panic over reports about seeing the so-called ‘murder hornets’ in the United States can put essential native bee populations at high risk, warns Dr. Doug Yanega, a professor of entomology at the University of California, Riverside, according to The Los Angeles Times. As was reported last weekend, two specimens of the Asian wasp were spotted for the first time in the US state […]
The hoarders are in Margaretville, my little village in upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains, 140 miles north of the viral epicenter. Suddenly shelves were bare in the supermarket (yes, there’s just one). The place had a raided look to it, as if locusts had fed, and the manager, Leo, shook his head at what was happening. “I just don’t get it,” he said. Leo, whose job involves working with supply chains, knew well there was no shortage of food or cleaning supplies but the mere perception of one as the supply chain failed to keep up with the surge in demand. […]
A gas leak at a chemical plant in India has killed several people and put nearly 200 in hospital with breathing difficulties. Chilling images have emerged showing victims lying motionless on the ground in the wake of the tragedy. Two elderly residents and a seven-year-old girl have reportedly perished in the gas leak, which emitted from the LG Polymers plant near Visakhapatnam in the eastern state of Andhra Pradesh early on Thursday morning, according to local reports. The gas, believed to be Styrene, is highly toxic when inhaled in high enough concentrations. There have been conflicting reports as to the number of victims, […]