Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has shared new footage that shows the production process of South Korea’s next-generation fighter jet, known popularly as KF-X. South Korean aerospace giant has released new photos of the KF-X assembly line in Sacheon, south of Seoul. According to new photos, the first prototype of future fighter aircraft has vertical stabilizers installed, and the second prototype is being assembled with an automated […]
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Images of a possible Russian mobile, high-power laser weapon system have appeared on social media. Leaked images shared on social media this morning are currently stoking speculation about a possible new Russian high energy laser directed energy weapon system designed to destroy hostile targets with ranges of up to 5 kilometers. Multiple news outlets report that new laser gun systems based on BAZ chassis and was […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/13/1080814234_0:0:3015:1695_1200x675_80_0_0_d6b85609c9fedddf5b8445d7b93f8467.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/latam/202010191080814083-churches-set-ablaze-amid-protests-in-chiles-capital-photo-video/ The protests in Santiago come a week ahead of the impending constitutional referendum in the country, slated to take place on 25 October. The recent protests in the Chilean capital Santiago were marked by the devastation of two churches as the initially peaceful rallies that started on Sunday, 18 October, ended up being marred by violence, vandalism […]
Guardian: This month Arctic sea ice reached its second lowest extent on record, and modeling shows it will completely melt in summer by 2035. But where many see a disaster, some global powers discern an opportunity to secure geopolitical and commercial interests – and military ones. Canadian pilots and air crew seen after a week of Arctic survival training for military personal from Canada, the UK and France at […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106258/90/1062589096_0:225:2842:1823_1200x675_80_0_0_07dacd9718ec0ba939336ad46f9af329.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202010141080768568-lord-why-did-you-make-me-so-stupid-cardi-b-comments-on-leaking-topless-photo-on-instagram/ The 28-year-old, who is an avid supporter of Joe Biden, is no stranger to finding herself in controversial situations. Recently, the singer was criticised for speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Cardi B has commented on accidentally posting a topless photo of herself on Instagram. Taking to social media, the singer said she had intended […]
A glamorous photo of Finland’s 34-year-old Prime Minister Sanna Marin with a plunging neckline has sparked an uproar on social media. While many argued this conduct was unbecoming of someone in her position, others started posting similar photos in support of her. Finland’s Social Democrat Prime Minister Sanna Marin has found herself in the midst of a controversy after suggestively posing for the fashion magazine Trendi […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107958/33/1079583365_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_bc81b907036eddc2a266aa6ed8a1b40d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Maxim Minaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010121080743150-protesters-throw-red-paint-on-australian-pm-scott-morrisons-car—photo/ Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was accompanied from a University of Queensland building by police officers after his car was splashed with red paint by refugee rights campaigners. A group of pro-refugee protesters at the main campus of the University of Queensland in Brisbaine poured what appeared to be red paint on Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s […]
A stolen, 9-foot Chinese calligraphy scroll believed to have been written by former Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong has been found sliced in half by an unsuspecting, second-hand buyer. Hong Kong authorities announced Thursday that they had located the whereabouts of a Mao calligraphy scroll valued at around $645 million. “Someone thought the calligraphy was too long – 2.8 meters in length […]
Abraham Lincoln was photographed 130 times during the course of his life. But a new Discovery Channel special asks, what if there’s an additional snapshot of the 16th commander-in-chief—on his deathbed? Even setting aside the debatable importance of such a photograph—which wouldn’t prove anything, or provide insights into his final moments—the likelihood that this image could have remained unknown and hidden for 155 years seems very […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107829/68/1078296826_0:0:980:607_1200x675_80_0_0_0d00d51ad85032b2aafbd522c1197783.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010011080628685-jeremy-corbyn-and-his-wife-may-get-250-fine-each-for-breaking-rule-of-six—photo/ Coronavirus restrictions previously led to mass protests across the UK, with at least 10,000 people rallying in London’s Trafalgar Square a month ago, for which Piers Corbyn – an older brother of the ex-opposition leader – was fined 10,000 pounds (around $13,000). Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faces a 200-pound fine (over $250) for breaking the “rule of six” by […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080553773_0:0:1423:800_1200x675_80_0_0_0e883722abeffd3efec5284049e93de4.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009231080553813-photo-taiwan-has-cruise-missiles-capable-of-reaching-china-stationed-at-base-in-straits/ A recent news report from Taiwan’s Makung Air Force Base in the Taiwan Strait revealed Taiwan’s air force has stationed air-to-ground cruise missiles within striking distance of the Chinese mainland. On September 22, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing Wen paid a visit to Makung Air Force Base, a Republic of China Air Force installation on the Penghu […]
International online marketplace Amazon has found itself at the center of another racist merchandise debacle after allowing a third-party vendor to sell trucker hats emblazoned with “Black Lives Don’t Matter.” “THIS IS NOT OK,” Alexandra Wilson, a criminal and family barrister from Essex, England, said in a Twitter post condemning the dehumanizing trucker hat on sale via IMERIOi for £12.96 ($16.51). “Multiple people reported it, and […]
In yet another lawsuit, Facebook is now being accused of allegedly spying on Instagram users through the cameras on their mobile phones. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in a US federal court in San Francisco, California, by New Jersey-based Instagram user Brittany Conditi and accuses Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, of employing users’ mobile cameras while they are using the photo-sharing app to collect “lucrative and valuable […]
A female Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot in Saturday’s attack was able to administer first aid to her partner and call for help despite a bullet going through her jaw, a report accompanied by a shocking image reveals. The unidentified deputy, who was described as a 31-year-old woman with a six-year-old son, radioed for help and applied a tourniquet to her partner’s wounds, according to […]
A movement calling to “defund the police” seeks to reduce the amount of financing for law enforcement and for the dismantling of police departments amid nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The Michigan Republican Party said its headquarters in the city of Lansing was vandalised with “radical anti-police statements”, posting photos of graffiti on the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107824/47/1078244743_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_eb788ecd957e034ea7037c7352d2487a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009071080393967-better-salon-mitt-romney-posts-home-made-haircut-photo-mocking-pelosis-set-up-incident/ Last Tuesday, a leaked surveillance video featured US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visiting a San Francisco hair salon without a face mask, in violation of guidelines for the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, despite having urged Americans to stay home and abide by safety rules. The lawmaker claimed the incident was a “set up”. US Republican […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104933/22/1049332266_55:0:1255:675_1200x675_80_0_0_836df1024285b0535470adc2cc47aa98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202008311080331930-photo-nasa-begins-assembly-of-asteroid-exploring-lucy-spacecraft/ The US space agency NASA announced on Friday it had begun assembly of the Lucy spacecraft, which will visit the mysterious Trojan asteroids near Jupiter that are believed to harbor water. In a recent news release, NASA announced the Lucy mission had passed a key milestone, which marks the transition from development to assembly for the spaceship. “During this […]
CNN’s Chris Cillizza has become the butt of the joke online after he said that designating unrest in Kenosha and Portland as “riots” is a ploy by Trump. The photo in the article seems to be at odds with the spin, though. CNN’s political commentator Chris Cillizza has faced a torrent of mockery from conservatives, who accused him of whitewashing violence festering in Kenosha, Wisconsin and […]
Protesters have taken to the streets of Minsk for another day of protests, marching towards the residence of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. The Belarusian president’s Press Secretary Natalya Eismont, when asked about the whereabouts of Alexander Lukashenko and whether he was following the situation in Minsk, shared a photo of him with an assault rifle in front of the Palace of Independence. Media reports […]
Here in Michigan, over 100 militia with assault weapons surrounded our governor’s home in Okemos, Michigan. More than screaming went on but our 40 something female governor never said a word, never went crying to the press and pulled down Michigan’s COVID numbers allowing the state to mostly reopen in June. Michigan is enjoying the end of a massive tourist season with up to one million […]
Cohen, it seems blackmailed Falwell for a Trump endorsement while the pool boy was passed around like a party favor, not just Falwell but he went elsewhere as well. Doesn’t Trump Tower have a swimming pool? Taking a break between sessions of exhibitionist cuckold sex with the pool boy, Becki Falwell interviews with Lara Trump for “Women for Trump.” Yes, there once was a “Trump TV”. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107607/63/1076076364_0:101:1920:1181_1200x675_80_0_0_96795bef8ba20eacff868cf817e816ba.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008241080266132-you-now-have-covid-us-cops-hunt-for-man-who-allegedly-gave-out-coronavirus-hugs—photo/ A Massachusetts police department is searching for information it hopes will lead to the capture of a man who allegedly forced fellow grocery shoppers, including one cancer survivor, to give him a “COVID hug.” The Springfield Police Department (SPD) detailed in a Friday social media post that the Springfield Police Detective Bureau needs help identifying a man who went […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105150/35/1051503573_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_f3649e215c9e522803252701fc1639e5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008191080220760-photo-chinese-submarine-spotted-entering-hidden-cave-base/ A recent satellite photo managed to capture a Chinese submarine entering a cave base on Hainan Island, at the northern end of the South China Sea. On Tuesday, a photograph of the sea outside of Yulin Naval Base by private Earth-imaging company Planet Labs captured an unusual scene: a large submarine positioned just outside the mouth of the cavernous […]
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 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107972/17/1079721704_0:0:1920:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_56db96a1b970d7b9f51dfa0b7315e4f0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202008191080218949-two-us-mq-9-reaper-drones-reportedly-crash-after-colliding-over-idlib-photo-video/ American drones flying over Syria have become a common sight since Washington deployed troops in the Arab Republic without authorisation from its government or a UN Security Council mandate. The US lost two drones in the Syrian province of Idlib on 18 August, the Military Times online media outlet reported, citing an anonymous defence official. While the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/11/1080196114_0:63:2048:1215_1200x675_80_0_0_896aecd45d2a46b345331361726cf2ec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sofia Chegodaeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/environment/202008171080194957-rare-natural-phenomenon-resembling-red-jellyfish-captured-on-camera/ The photographer said he recorded more than four hours of footage before catching the rare sighting on camera. If you have ever seen tentacle-like spurts of red lightning during a thunderstorm, feel lucky since this is considered to be a very rare weather phenomenon. In 2011, Professor of Physics at the University of Alaska, Davis Sentman, proposed the name […]
So Hitler didn’t escape to South America to run a bar with Elvis? On Friday, the daughter of Russia’s press secretary posted a photo of his remains, in storage at the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) secret archives in Moscow On her popular Instagram account, Elizaveta Peskova shared photographs of the dental remains of Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun. Peskova, whose father Dmitry Peskov has […]
Demonstrators who took to the streets of Beirut after the Lebanese capital was rocked by a massive blast earlier this week have stormed the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings, amid violent clashes with police. Around 10,000 people gathered at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut to accuse the government of negligence, which they say allowed a massive ammonium nitrate explosion to occur at the port on […]
A young nurse became a national hero in Lebanon after rescuing three newborn babies from an ICU and carrying them to safety following the massive Beirut port explosion. Now she has returned to the hospital to tell her story. St. George Hospital University Medical Center is one of the oldest and most advanced in Beirut. But on Tuesday, it became a nightmarish scene when the blast […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080062904_0:65:3072:1793_1200x675_80_0_0_b8a6b7c0a364f9dd04c3043597d5ec89.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Pratibha Sharma. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008051080062744-india-bursts-into-celebration-to-welcome-beloved-lord-ram-in-ayodhya—photo-video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Lamps are lit and the holy city of Ayodhya is decked up for the foundation laying ceremony of the Ram Temple. The apex court of India put an end to the centuries-old dispute between Hindus and Muslims by ordering the construction of a temple at the site last November. For a religious country like […]
The president, or so we call him, came back from his most recent golfing (almost daily) outing and was photographed with a bruise cased by an infiltrated (leaking) IV. This is what he really looks like, also recent: Catch this video, right to the end, when Trump says: “God Bresch da Urnibed Schtertz” And drugs and failing dentures wouldn’t explain him repeatedly dragging his leg as […]
An old photo of a French warship was used by Egypt’s Defense Ministry to report on joint drills with France, while an Egyptian corvette was photoshopped into the image, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said. The statement on the exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, in which Egyptian corvette Tahya Misr and its French counterpart, F713 Aconit participated was posted on the Defense Ministry’s website and social media […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079969463_0:0:3297:1854_1200x675_80_0_0_b4bed2c850e02582959882e7c95fb9d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079980837-protesters-resume-violent-stand-off-with-federal-agents-in-portland—photo-video/ PORTLAND (Sputnik) – Another night of protests in the US city of Portland turned violent as federal agents deployed tear gas against hundreds of protesters to deter a violent minority of them from attacking a downtown courthouse. Scores of people, many of whom were engaged in peaceful activities on Friday night, hurriedly left the adjacent area, coughing, sneezing and […]
Brian Papin, Facebook photo Brian Papin, a Special Education teacher at Cedar Grove High School in Atlanta, Georgia who encouraged the Black Lives Matter supporter kneeling on a white baby’s neck in a viral photo to “lean into it until death” is no longer employed at the DeKalb County School District. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Brian Papin resigned. “The teacher is no longer employed with […]
NASA has shared its latest breathtaking snap of Saturn taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, which shows the so-called planetary ‘lord of the rings’ at the height of its summertime, some 839 million miles from Earth. The photo, snapped on July 4, 2020, showcases summer in Saturn’s northern hemisphere and includes the gas giant’s moons – Mimas on the right, and Enceladus at the bottom. The […]
A police car with siren blaring bears down on a Black man who wonders what he’s done wrong. Maybe he was speeding. He’s wearing blue jeans, a sweater and a baseball cap, and he stands silently as a hulking 6-foot-5-inch white cop confronts him, yelling and cursing and demanding to know why he’s there—a Black man who’s not in a suit and tie in a white […]
A new photograph captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) is the first image of a “very young version of our own sun” surrounded by two gas planets, according to the leader of the study that took the photo. Alexander Bohn of the Netherlands’ Leiden University told the Associated Press that the new study he led, published on Wednesday in the Astrophysical Journal […]
The grandmother of the two year old boy in the viral photograph of Black Lives Matter supporters kneeling on his neck tells the Gateway Pundit that zero national news outlets have reached out to the family. In the photo, a man named Isaiah Jackson is seen kneeling on the neck of his girlfriend’s two year old son as another person holds down the diaper-clad baby’s feet. The photo […]
The four horsemen of COVID-19 will ensure that tourists visiting one of Sweden’s most popular summer destinations “behave well”. In an unorthodox move, local authorities on Sweden’s Baltic island of Gotland have recruited equestrians posing as medieval knights on horseback to halt the coronavirus in its tracks amid the height of the summer tourist season. The four horsemen, or so-called “COVID Knights” from the regional medieval […]
An international team of scientists recently released the largest three-dimensional map ever created of the universe, the result of years’ worth of examinations that helped to offer a clearer understanding of the cosmos over an 11-billion-year period. The map, which was more than 20 years in the making, was the result of observations collected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and analyzed by more than […]
An eerie photo of Mark Zuckerberg sporting a thick layer of sunblock while surfboarding in Hawaii has sent Twitter into overdrive, giving boost to a petition launched to bar him from “colonizing” Native Hawaiians’ land. Facebook CEO has become the butt of jokes on Twitter on Sunday evening after photos of him holidaying in Hawaii were leaked to the media. The images show Zuckeberg braving the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106982/83/1069828323_0:313:6000:3688_1200x675_80_0_0_ea04cf4b740eb486e597222a6ae7d424.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007201079932554-why-so-serious-2020-twitter-mistook-zuckerberg-for-the-joker-in-vacation-photo/ Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder and current CEO of Facebook and one of richest people on the planet, seems to worry too much about excessive sunbathing and its possible outcomes and appears to use too much sunscreen. Did you ever think you would see Zuckerberg surfing looking like The Joker? 2020 got this for you. A photograph of Mark Zuckerberg […]
US Democratic Representative John Lewis, a prominent civil rights advocate, died of cancer on Friday at the age of 80. Flags at the White House were lowered to half-mast in memory of the lawmaker, and President Donald Trump sent his condolences, receiving a wave of criticism for the comments. Republican Senator Marco Rubio, posting a condolence tweet over the death of civil rights leader John Lewis […]
The two men who hold all the marbles in heavyweight boxing, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, had a chance encounter in the southern Spanish city of Marbella ahead of next year’s rumored blockbuster showdown between the two Brits. It is the first of what could be several meetings between the two champions in advance of what would be the biggest heavyweight unification fight in a generation […]
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Seth Meyers summed up Donald Trump’s 2020 platform on Wednesday as a movement that “rejects science and empathy in favor of dumb culture war grievances like statues and cancel culture.” “As a highly infectious deadly disease spreads like wildfire, the supposedly pro-life party has abandoned you,” the Late Night host continued. That includes Ivanka Trump, who this week launched a new unemployment ad campaign under the […]
Controversial animal rights organization PETA has sparked a social media backlash after shocking users by posting a grizzly photo of a dissected cat carcass and connecting it with the ‘realistic cake’ meme. The image posted by the US-based organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Twitter contained a close-up photograph of a cat’s head being cut open during a dissection. The graphic picture […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/06/1079790660_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_16b99f30b8bf9af6be993cec4da0959d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007041079790647-photo-of-ghislaine-maxwell-and-kevin-spacey-in-buckingham-palace-stirs-social-media/ Ghislaine Maxwell, arrested on Thursday and charged with sex trafficking, was high-profile pedophile and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s mistress. Prince Andrew, who was reportedly a close friend to the pair, is now being urged by prosecutors to come forward on the matter. A ‘controversial’ photo of Ghislaine Maxwell sitting on a throne in the Buckingham Palace, accompanied by Kevin […]
After a so-called “autonomous police-free zone” was established in Seattle in the wake of George Floyd’s death on 8 June, the city’s mayor Jenny Durkan referred to it as a “peaceful expression” of the community’s grief. But the zone has since seen a series of shootings. US Police have dispersed protesters in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupation Protest (CHOP) area also referred to as an “autonomous” and […]
The corporate office of US pizza chain Little Caesars has issued a statement saying it has “zero tolerance for racism and discrimination in any form” and fired the employees responsible for serving customers pizza with pepperoni arranged in the shape of a reversed swastika. Ohio resident Misty Laska took to social media on Sunday to express her displeasure with the “saddening and disturbing” actions of employees […]
Usually, tennis stars are chasing gold and silverware as they bid to capture tournament titles during the summer months, but with COVID-19 forcing Anastasia Potapova off the court, she’s chasing bronze, in the form of a suntan. Teenage tennis sensation Potapova has gained plenty of admirers with her performances on the court, but seems to be attracting even more during the COVID-19 lockdown. READ MORE: In the […]
Is the new picture of the Loch Ness Monster really of the Loch Ness Monster, or of a large fish? Is it not a creature at all? Is the photograph real or a fake, as experts speaking to The Daily Beast—and as Twitter—think? Is it doctored or Photoshopped? The kinds of questions about Steve Challice’s image of whatever-the-hell-it-is taken last September in the infamous Scottish body […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107969/30/1079693069_0:171:3124:1929_1200x675_80_0_0_702317a8a652c63b45766f81b9e52528.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202006241079710048-all-statues-toppled-now-its-senators-turn-wisconsin-protesters-beat-up-dem-lawmaker-over-photo/ The demonstrations against the arrest of a black man by police in Madison come in the wake of the so-called George Floyd protests, which have been rocking the US for over three weeks now. The rallies have on many occasions turned violent, with participants often vandalising businesses and statues. Democratic State Senator Tim Carpenter of Milwaukee was […]
As the author of the photo in question explained, he actually thinks that the thing he spotted was probably a catfish, or perhaps a seal. It seems that speculation about the existence of the so called Loch Ness Monster, a mythical creature that is said to inhabit the eponymous loch, have recently been fanned by the emergence of yet another photograph which may or may not […]
Governor Ralph Northam is speaking for Virginia Democrats at an upcoming convention, a decision being blasted, because the same group had previously called for his resignation over a controversial blackface photo. “We’re honored to have @GovernorVA speaking at our virtual state convention coming up in just a few days!” the Democrat Party of Virginia wrote on Thursday, in a tweet that left many scratching their heads. […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest announces that its international jury of leading photography experts has selected the best works from over 5,000 submissions received this year, the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency announced on Tuesday. Young photojournalists from 75 countries competed in the contest this year. The shortlist includes photographers from 19 countries – Russia, the US, France, India, Italy, Spain, […]
Google has claimed there is a perfectly benign reason for Winston Churchill’s photograph disappearing from its search engine – but many are unconvinced, as the iconic British PM is now in the eye of the protest storm. Eagle-eyed internet users raised hell after discovering that Churchill – who led the United Kingdom through World War II – was faceless when listed in Google’s knowledge panel, which […]
The development comes as protests against police brutality and racial discrimination continue in the United States and across the world. Thousands of mourners paid homage to George Floyd who was buried in Pearland, Texas next to his mother. The BBC made an embarrassing mistake during its live broadcast of the funeral of George Floyd, an African American man, whose death in police custody sparked the biggest […]
Photo Of Police Officer With Armed Men Prompts Outrage And Investigation By Sara Gentzler, The Olympian. June 8, 2020 Photo Of Police Officer With Armed Men Prompts Outrage And Investigation2020-06-082020-06-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/olympian-police-officer-photographed-with-armed-med-from-the-olympian-e1591637002392.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Olympian police officer photographed with armed med, from The Olympian posted on Facebook by Braden Pauli. A photo circulating on social media Friday showing an Olympia Police officer posing with a group of armed […]
One of the world’s most famous porn stars, Riley Reid, has thrown her weight behind the Black Lives Matter protests, revealing that her great grandfather was honored by Martin Luther King Jr. for his civil rights work. Reid has been vocal about her support for the protests that have sprang up in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. The 28-year-old […]
Anti-racist protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement were held simultaneously in two Nordic capitals yielded dramatically different outcomes. While the demonstration in Helsinki wrapped up peacefully, Stockholm police had to use teargas. Thousands of protestors gathered at Helsinki’s Senate Square on Wednesday evening to demonstrate against racism and police brutality against blacks, inspired by the protests over the death of African-American George Floyd […]
US President Donald Trump has denied ordering protesters to be removed from Lafayette Square in Washington, claiming he “didn’t know who was there.” He also said police didn’t use tear gas during the violent altercation. Speaking to Fox News Radio on Wednesday, Trump dismissed allegations that he had personally ordered the dispersal of protesters along his route to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, where he […]
Monday was a tough day for Washington DC, like dozens of other cities across the country, as the demonstrations and protests over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer marched on. In order to restore order President Donald Trump has decided to deploy “additional federal assets” in the nation’s capital. Following Sunday’s outbreak of violent riots that included looting, arson, and vandalism over the […]
The Sunday Night with Matty Johns show on Fox Sports has apologized after they aired a skit depicting Adolf Hitler as a virtual fan at an Australian NRL match, admitting the joke was “poor taste and completely unacceptable”. READ MORE: ‘Definitely WHITE PEOPLE’: Rioters ransack Chicago Blackhawks store, social media bizarrely affixes blame (VIDEO) As part of the ‘virtual fan’ craze currently implemented by many sports […]
After being repeatedly broadsided by Washington’s incendiary regime-change rhetoric, Tehran is now returning the favor. Iran’s Foreign Ministry seems to be urging Americans to “rise up” against their government. The ministry tweeted out a photograph of a black demonstrator, fist in the air, standing defiantly in front of a group of riot police. The image is accompanied by a quote from civil rights leader Martin Luther […]
Society 22:14 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL The calendar was offered by Naše Vojsko, a publisher founded in 1945 which specializes in materials related to military history, and was being sold for around $20. However, a search for the calendar on the publisher’s website yields no results, suggesting that the item may have been removed due to the controversy. Many officials have publicly condemned the calendar. Michal […]
U.S. Africa Command on Tuesday, May 26 released a series of photos showing that Russia deployed military fighter aircraft to Libya. Russian military aircraft, including Mig-29 Fulcrum fighter jets and Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer combat aircraft, were recently deployed to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors (PMCs) operating on the ground there. At least “six Mig-29 and two Su-24 aircraft escorted by two […]
A female nurse at a hospital in Tula, central Russia, has become an online sensation overnight after she turned up to work wearing nothing but underwear beneath a see-through protective suit, gloves and goggles. The photo of the nurse, clad in a sheer plastic protective suit and carrying a tray full of medication she was about to administer to her ailing patients, has gone viral after […]
World 17:50 GMT 09.05.2020Get short URL 9 May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, which, of course, prompts many social media users to share pictures related to the memorable event. However, Facebook algorithms seem to be strikingly intolerant of one picture in particular. Facebook users have been complaining about experiencing trouble with uploading a picture of the victory flag being raised […]
Social media feeds are filled with historic shots marking Victory Day, but Facebook seems to have taken issue with one that symbolizes the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, and it keeps deleting a recently-colorized version of it. Taken during the Battle of Berlin on May 2, 1945, Yevgeny Khaldei’s ‘Raising a Flag over the Reichstag’ commonly springs to mind when it comes to the subject of […]
Defying clouds in the sky and Covid-19 on the ground, Russia’s deadliest bombers, nimblest fighter jets and strongest transport aircraft flew over the capital in celebration of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany 75 years ago. V-Day is one of the most important national holidays in Russia, and this year was supposed to have seen massive celebrations throughout the country. But Covid-19 and its lockdowns threw a […]