Millions have been displaced in China due to recent flooding in the country. The Asian Review reports: Despite reassurances by the government, residents along China’s rivers are increasingly worried that the mitigation capabilities of the Three Gorges Dam might fail after heavy rains lashed parts of the country. Some 141 […]
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Social media apps became prominent “speak-up” platforms for so-called social justice warriors in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that swept the world following the death of George Floyd this May. A “Mute White People” sticker appeared on Instagram, the Hill contributor Katie Pavlich noted on Monday. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0d/1079866458_154:0:1368:683_1200x675_80_0_0_f21d418ee7f9537cb66c920a432ab575.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007131079866440-what-are-you-mysterious-yoda-like-creature-puzzles-people-in-minnesota—video/ Sometimes people see weird stuff, but they aren’t close enough to get good photos, so the best they can do is some blurry images. Certainly this isn’t definitive evidence of strange happenings, but it definitely creates a mysterious atmosphere! A video, shot by […]
Donald Trump’s ex-adviser Steve Bannon has doubled down on the man-made nature of the coronavirus, claiming that Chinese “virus experts” have defected to the West and are now cooperating with intelligence agencies. The explosive allegations were made by Bannon in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail. Describing the Wuhan […]
Comments from Alexandria Ocasi-Cortez on her theory about crime spiking in New York City have gone viral and been slammed relentlessly, as the congresswoman believes it all boils down to people being broke and hungry. Asked about the increase in crime in her city during a recent virtual town hall, […]
COVID19 Corruption: Wealthy And Well Connected Get Rich While People Suffer By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. July 12, 2020 COVID19 Corruption: Wealthy And Well Connected Get Rich While People Suffer2020-07-122020-07-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/covid-dollars-from-fiscal-times.jpg200px200px Above photo: COVID dollars from Fiscal Times. While corrupt elected officials and elites feed at the public trough, […]
Try having a debate about religion. Go ahead. I’ll wait. How did it go? Poorly, I bet. For whatever reason, religion is often “off the table” when it comes to the serious examination of its impact on society. If one does attempt to debate religion’s place in the world with […]
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) says that countries such as the UK and US don’t need to worry about taxes and can essentially print as much money as they require, an argument which has taken increasing significance amid the COVID-19 crisis because of the level of spending governments are engaged in […]
The Trump administration has taken a victory lap after the US Department of Labor released new data this month showing the unemployment rate has fallen to 11.1% in June from 13.3% in May. Pete Dolack, an activist and writer with Trade Justice New York Metro, told Sputnik Thursday that high […]
A Republican member of the Alabama state Senate serving as a member of the state’s coronavirus task force says he’s not fazed by a recent surge in confirmed cases. In fact, he would “like to see more people” contract the virus in order to build herd immunity. Sen. Del Marsh […]
A Spike in People Dying at Home Suggests Coronavirus Deaths in Houston May Be Higher Than Reported by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News HOUSTON — When Karen Salazar stopped by to check on her mother on the evening of June 22, she found her in worse shape than she expected. […]
Former UK PM Theresa May has sparked anger after lamenting the rise in discrimination against black people in Britain, with some saying she is complicit for having overseen the government’s ‘hostile environment’ policy. During an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Thursday, May contended that the increasing number of black […]
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/europe/202007071079820021-two-trains-collide-in-czech-republic-three-people-reported-dead-dozens-injured/ According to media reports, the accident happened on the line from Pernink to Karlovy Vary. At least three people were killed and dozens more injured after two trains collided head-on in the Czech Republic, local television reported. MORE TO FOLLOW Source link
Democrats never take responsibility for their failures. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday blamed the Coronavirus for her city’s rising murder rate. Last week it was reported 65 people were shot across Chicago as Mayor Lightfoot pushed for police reform and lectured the city on Coronavirus safety measures. Four children […]
Old social media posts written by Black Lives Matter co-founder Toronto Yusra Khogali are making the rounds this week. Yusra Khogali in 2016 wrote “white people are a genetic defect of blackness” in a since-deleted Facebook post. “Whiteness is not humxness,” Khogali wrote in a Facebook post. “in fact, white […]
If Turkey decides to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, now a museum and originally a Byzantine Christian church, into an active mosque, this could sow discord between Christians and Muslims, the Russian Orthodox Church has warned. “A threat to Hagia Sophia is a threat to the entire Christian civilization,” Patriarch Kirill, […]
Lauren Van Netta in her apartment in New Orleans. “We don’t have a whole lot of options that don’t involve risking our lives,” she says. “We need help. We really do.” Lauren Van Netta hide caption toggle caption Lauren Van Netta Lauren Van Netta in her apartment in New Orleans. […]
Joanne Rowling, the legendary author of the Harry Potter series, is currently facing a new backlash over her views on transgender issues which started in the beginning of June after she pointed out, in response to a Devex article, that “people who menstruate” can be simply called ‘women’. She was […]
“There’s so much pain and hatred in the world right now,” Paul Weller, the U.K. musical icon tells me as we sit down to discuss On Sunset, his album due out July 3rd. “I wanted to create something joyful and upbeat, that could give people hope in this moment.” And […]
A New York Times report claiming American intelligence agencies had information about Russia paying the Taliban for attacks on US forces has been denied by both countries’ governments, as well as by the American intelligence community itself. Despite this, the NYT has continued to publish articles based on the report, […]
Two women have been hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after a vehicle barreled past a police barrier and into protesters on a freeway overnight in Seattle. Washington State Patrol said Saturday that the driver of the white Jaguar sedan, a 27-year-old man, is in custody. At this point, officers have […]
Youth from across Philadelphia gathered in front of City Hall June 9 to protest police brutality and voice their concerns and vision for the future. According to recent research cited by the CDC, nearly half of all Americans between 18 and 29 report symptoms of anxiety or depression. Cory Clark/NurPhoto […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/37/1079793730_0:45:3068:1771_1200x675_80_0_0_5c26dd6e5dd7406e1747501db65acdee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007041079793759-floods-in-china-leave-more-than-120-people-killed-missing-since-january-reports-reveal/ BEIJING (Sputnik) – More than 120 people died or have gone missing in China since the beginning of the year due to floods, while another 875,000 had to evacuate from dangerous areas for the same reason, Chinese People’s Daily reported on Saturday, citing […]
In the past month, during which two U.S. jobs reports have shown signs of an economic rebound from the depths of coronavirus-related ruin, President Donald Trump has focused largely on what often matters most to him: not getting public credit. According to three people who’ve independently spoken to the president, […]