The explosion that ripped through Beirut on 4 August aggravated Lebanon’s economic crisis and fuelled anti-government sentiment, which led to an early departure of the prime minister and his cabinet. The Beirut explosion caused between $3.8 billion and $4.6 billion in physical damage to the Lebanese capital, according to the World Bank’s preliminary assessment. The bank estimates that the additional decline in economic activity following the devastating blast was between $2.9 billion and $3.5 billion. Housing, transport and cultural assets are thought to be among the worst-hit sectors. Lebanon is estimated to need from $1.8 billion to $2.2 billion for public […]
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Eight schoolteachers from Meadowlawn Elementary School in Indiana have sued the local sheriff’s department after a traumatizing course of “active shooter” training allegedly left them physically and psychologically scarred. Active shooter training with the White County Sheriff’s Department was “one of the most terrifying experiences of [their lives],” the educators alleged in a lawsuit filed last week, claiming they were shot at point-blank range with airsoft guns and otherwise terrorized above and beyond the normal active-shooter drill procedure. They have demanded a jury trial, with some saying the experience forced them into early retirement. Also on rt.com This is America: Teacher’s ‘bullet […]
Mr. Trump is set to travel to South Dakota on Friday evening for a massive fireworks display at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a made-for-TV patriotic display that he has spent years lobbying to revive. Source link
Excavaton of trench at the site of the battlefield of Waterloo by veterans and archaeologists from Waterloo Uncovered. Photo Credit Waterloo Uncovered. Battlefield Archaeology Helps Veterans With Physical and Mental Recovery University of Glasgow A new report by the charity Waterloo Uncovered reveals how archaeological work on the battlefield of Waterloo is helping Veterans and Serving Military Personnel with recovery from some of the mental and physical impacts of their service. Published to mark the 5th anniversary of the charity, and coinciding this week with the 205th anniversary of the battle (June 18, 1815), the report – Peace from War – […]
At This Point in Time, Before Access to a Vaccine, Humans Must Take Control of Stopping the Spread of COVID-19 by Carol Duff MSN, BA, RN SitRep: States are opening up businesses which have been shuttered for weeks, allowing restaurants to serve food instead of just providing carry out orders, opening up more opportunities for people to be in close physical contact with those they do not live with. This is not a sign that COVID-19 is under control. Far from it, as thousands more are infected daily and hundreds are still dying from the ravages of this virus. The practice […]
pinterest.com As death toll nears 100,000, some Americans break from social distancing during holiday weekend by Christina Maxouris/CNN (CNN)The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus neared 100,000 on Monday, as Americans — some who decided to forgo social distancing — wrapped up their Memorial Day weekends. As of Monday evening, the number of coronavirus-related deaths had reached 98,218, more than the number of US troops killed in the Korean and Vietnam wars combined. President Donald Trump commemorated Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery and at an event in Baltimore, where he added a tribute to the victims of the virus. “As one nation, we […]
After Micree Ketuan Zhan, the exiled co-founder of Bitmain, moved to reinstate his position after another partial legal victory over his former employer, tensions reportedly escalated into a physical brawl. According to a source close to Zhan, who was ousted by his rival co-founder Wu Jihan last October, the former executive was recently granted the right to recover his status as the legal representative of Beijing Bitmain Technology by the Beijing Haidian District Justice Bureau. On Friday morning local time, as Zhan attended the bureau to collect his new registration license as part of the recovery process, he was surrounded by […]