Above Photo: Victims in Bucha. (Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov / Wikimedia Commons). The West has made a snap judgment about who is responsible for the massacre at the Ukrainian town of Bucha with calls for more stringent sanctions on Russia, but the question of guilt is far from decided. Within hours of news Sunday that there had been a massacre at Bucha, a town 63 kms north of the Ukrainian capital, the verdict was in: Russian troops had senselessly slaughtered hundreds of innocent civilians as they withdrew from the town, leaving their bodies littering the streets. Unlike their […]
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Above Photo: The congressional letter comes amid a growing movement in Congress aimed at curbing the president’s war-waging powers (AFP/File photo) A bipartisan group of more than 30 members of Congress say US president appears to be ‘acting in contravention of the Constitution’. More than 30 bipartisan US lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden questioning the administration’s reasoning for bypassing Congress and launching a military strike in Syria earlier this year. Led by Democrats Jamaal Bowman, Peter DeFazio and Republican Nancy Mace, the lawmakers said that Biden appeared to be “acting in contravention of the Constitution”. They also said that the administration has offered less […]
ABC held a 90-minute town hall with Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden without asking a single question about this week’s New York Post stories on alleged scandals involving his son’s business dealings in Ukraine and China. Host George Stephanopoulos steered clear of the Post’s scoops, including a story Wednesday that suggested Hunter Biden peddled political influence, including providing a Ukrainian business associate access to then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015. The Post followed up Thursday with an article claiming the younger Biden stood to make tens of millions of dollars working for a Chinese energy firm, including $10 million annually “based […]
President Trump’s doctor said he is “doing very well” and making progress after receiving two experimental treatments for coronavirus—but he refused to provide some details about his illness. Dr. Sean Conley said Trump, 74, did not need supplemental oxygen Thursday, Friday or Saturday but he danced around the question of whether he had been on oxygen before that. Conley also said Trump’s fever is gone, though he would not say how high his temperature had been. “This morning, the president is doing very well,” Conley said outside Walter Reed National Medical Center in the first briefing since Trump was diagnosed with […]
First Trump-Biden meeting marked by constant interrutions by Trump First published 29 September 2020, Washington Post Washington, DC: Donald Trump came to heckle. He came to interrupt and to pontificate and to flail his arms, batting away questions and facts in a chaotic fury. He was a boor and a troll, holding up his stubby mitts in an angry pantomime as he tried to halt the words coming from former vice president Joe Biden’s mouth. Trump seemed to believe that with a single rude hand gesture, one that he regularly uses to assert his dominance, he could hold back the truth […]
The information below is highly classified. Asking the questions are Ian Greenhalgh and Don Fox. The answers are by the University of California’s team that investigated 9/11 for the US Department of Energy. Those answering are physicists who work in nuclear weapons design and testing exclusively, the world’s foremost experts. The information provided was the result of the official 9/11 investigation finished by the DOE in 2003 and turned over to the White House, member of the US Supreme Court and key congressional committees. This information was also reviewed by the JCOS. At least 200 US officials saw this report. Subsequent […]
Prime Minister Designate Mustapha Adib announced that he would be stepping down on Saturday, saying Lebanon’s political factions “failed to refuse to politicize the process of forming a government.” Adib was appointed in August, after Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned in the turmoil following the Beirut explosion, which killed nearly 200 people. Prime Minister designate Adib’s surprise resignation raises questions on the future of US-mediated Lebanese-Israeli talks aimed at resolving the two Middle Eastern nations’ long-standing maritime dispute. Less than 24 hours before Adib’s announcement, a spokesman for Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz confirmed that the two countries had agreed to […]
Moments after President Donald Trump wrapped up his primetime ABC town hall which featured him getting pressed with tough questions from undecided Pennsylvania voters, Fox News host Laura Ingraham complained that the president was the victim of an “ambush.” Ingraham, a Trump loyalist who spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention, immediately took issue with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos serving as the town hall’s moderator, labeling him a “Clintonite” while grousing that the “DNC may have put the whole thing on.” After airing clips from the town hall that featured voters grilling the president on mask-wearing, his admitted downplaying of […]
CNN let Netflix CEO Reed Hastings off the hook for the second time in four days, neglecting to ask him even once about ‘Cuties,’ the film that ignited a campaign to cancel the streaming service for showing alleged “child porn.” The latest Netflix-friendly interview aired Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program, where host Brian Stelter kept the discussion focused primarily on promoting Hastings’ new book. CNN host Poppy Harlow took a similar approach on Thursday, steering clear of hard-hitting questions and talking mostly about the book in the 10 minutes she had with Hastings. Harlow interviewed the CEO the day after […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/09/1080405823_0:63:3072:1791_1200x675_80_0_0_47446959f43c7fb1800f3687141b4689.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009091080405573-uk-pm-johnson-answers-lawmakers-questions-amid-reported-plans-to-rework-withdrawal-deal—video/ On Tuesday, the eighth round of post-Brexit talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union kicked off in London as Prime Minister Johnson set a 15 October deadline to reach a free trade agreement with Brussels. Sputnik is live from London where the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is answering questions from British MPs amid reports he intends to override some parts of the withdrawal agreement with the European Union. The Financial Times newspaper reported this week, citing officials, that Johnson is seeking to override key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement with the […]
However, it has also faced criticism and questions from some Western countries and companies, especially those developing their own vaccines—often based on technologies yet to be proven for safety and efficacy, such as mRNA or monkey adenoviral vector-based platforms. Following the publication of the results of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials of Sputnik V in The Lancet, we would like to summarize answers to these questions and ask some of our own.wn. Question 1: Did you steal your vaccine? No, we did not steal it. The vaccine uses a unique two-vector human adenovirus technology which no-one else in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080371057_0:155:3091:1893_1200x675_80_0_0_4412c8e99be3899e6a08d161897a74f1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009051080370953-trump-says-reporters-ask-biden-questions-meant-for-a-child-/ Trump’s comments followed a question from reporters concerning an article in The Atlantic which claimed, citing unnamed sources, that the president had insulted US war veterans. President Donald Trump has slammed the US media for their unfair treatment of him and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that the questions addressed to the former vice president are “meant for a child”. “I watched the interview with sleepy Joe Biden and … you didn’t ask questions like that”, Trump said at a press briefing on Friday. “They were like, meant for a child. Those questions […]
Immunity After a COVID-19 Infection May Not Be Lasting Coronavirus re-infections raise concerns about immunity https://t.co/x2EnEZRcki pic.twitter.com/9cgrcqGvZB — Reuters (@Reuters) August 25, 2020 If the virus that causes Covid-19 always circulates, will it always have the capacity to make us so sick? Experts see four scenarios. https://t.co/ErULTDwu89 — STAT (@statnews) August 25, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Two more cases of re-infection with COVID-19 have come to light in Belgium and the Netherlands. Earlier this week, we had a man in Hong Kong who demonstrated a re-infection with COVID-19. He fully tested negative and then became positive again with a slightly different […]
Joe Biden is set to officially be named the Democratic presidential nominee this week. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Joe Biden is set to officially be named the Democratic presidential nominee this week. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday night and will take place from 9 to 11 p.m. ET each evening through Thursday, when it will end with the official selection of former Vice President Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee. This convention will look and feel different from past years because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Democratic event was […]
General view of Bologna Central station and of wagons of the Ancona-Chiasso train pictured on August 02, 1980 in Bologna after a terrorist bombing which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. At 10:25 am., August 02, a timed improvised explosive device (IED) contained in an unattended suitcase detonated inside an air-conditioned waiting room, which, the month being August (and with air conditioning being uncommon in Italy at the time), was crammed full of people. The IED was made of TNT, T4 and a “Compound B”, also known as Composition B. The explosion destroyed most of the main building and […]
The Associated Press has accused White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany of worrying the media by making her briefings political rather than informational — apparently forgetting that reporters choose the questions. An article Saturday by the AP, the largest US news agency, said White House press briefings may be a “broken tradition,” as McEnany has made them “a streamlined, full-throated advertisement for a president facing re-election, a venue for attacks on the media and a forum relatively light on information” about what the government is doing. The last of those assertions is indisputable, as hardly any new information is revealed at […]
The Tianwen-1 Orbiter, Lander, and Rover are scheduled to depart for Mars within a three hour launch window extending from 00:00-03:00 EDT (04:00-07:00 UTC) on Thursday, 23 July 2020 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan, People’s Republic of China. The flight will be the first China-led mission to another planet and seeks to be the first successful Chinese Mars endeavour. Liftoff of the mission will mark the first time a flight to another planet departs from Chinese soil. The road to Tianwen-1 The mission follows the failed Fobos-Grunt flight, a joint partnership between China and Russia, which included […]
Biden on Tuesday held a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden rarely leaves his Delaware basement and when he does, he stays close to home. He’s feeble and scared. The 77-year-old creep unveiled his bold new plan to ‘build an economy of the future’ which included a $2 trillion climate agenda. The plan “would attempt to eliminate carbon emissions from the power grid by 2035, put Americans into electric vehicles and zero-emission mass transit, and rebuild roads, bridges, and other infrastructure,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The plan would devote spending to minority communities and bolster rules to support unions, which […]
In his first major interviews since becoming the first major celebrity to contract COVID-19 four months ago, Tom Hanks has been highly critical of anyone in America who is not taking the pandemic seriously. “Shame on you,” he told anyone who refuses to take basic precautions. “If you can’t wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I’ve got no respect for you,” he added. The two-time Oscar winner and star of the new film Greyhound took things to the next level Tuesday night during an extended conversation with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. “As somebody who’s gone […]
This week saw a 125% rise in the price of dogecoin, a cryptocurrency based on a popular 2013 internet meme, created in the same year as both a parody and a “let’s see if this sticks” experiment. Much to even the founder’s surprise, it has not only survived, it has accumulated a loyal following. Clearly. A group of teenagers on the extremely popular but recently beleaguered social platform TikTok decided to use their voice and audience to move the price of dogecoin up. It has nothing to do with fundamentals, potential or even government handouts – most participants probably don’t even […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107872/32/1078723230_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_d7d7d980109bdb7290869e163194aacb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202007121079858279-with-power-comes-irresponsibility-us-army-twitch-channel-wont-answer-questions-about-war-crimes/ Recently, Trump’s administration gave the green light to sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials over the organisation’s decision to proceed with an investigation of numerous reports of war crimes committed by the American military in Afghanistan. The US military has been actively exploring ways of recruiting new generations of soldiers by making appearances on media platforms popular among the youth such as TikTok or Twitch streaming service, featuring the army branches’ own esports teams. The stated goal was to “accurately portray […] range of opportunities” available to young Americans in terms […]
The rapes of two young, Indigenous girls by soldiers in rural Colombia have shed light on the role that the US plays in expanding and training the Colombian military, two activists told Sputnik. Nathalie Hrizi, an educator, a political activist and the editor of Breaking the Chains, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear on Tuesday that the sexual assaults of the two minors highlight a continued pattern of abuse at the hands of Colombian service members. “Essentially, these two rapes have raised attention to what is a pattern in Colombia and a pattern associated with the human rights abuses and violations […]
Fox News hosts Melissa Francis and Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery suggested on Wednesday that former Vice President Joe Biden was fed questions and read his answers off a teleprompter during a recent news conference, echoing President Donald Trump’s bogus accusations. Following the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s Tuesday afternoon press conference, which concluded with a Fox News reporter asking Biden about his supposed cognitive decline, the president took to Twitter to claim Biden “knew the questions and still couldn’t answer them.” In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump took his conspiracy theory even further, outright accusing the ex-veep of reading “the answers from a […]
One of the few remaining areas of broad bipartisan consensus on Capitol Hill has been a tough policy toward Russia— a topic that frequently creates a stark contrast to President Trump, who has maintained personally warm ties to its leader, Vladimir Putin, and has generally followed behind Congress on Russia counter-measures. But the cognitive dissonance between those things proved increasingly difficult to square on Tuesday for members of the GOP after reporting in the New York Times detailed that Trump was briefed on a Russian effort to place bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The report said that Trump was given […]
Gosh darn it!The puppet show was going so well.Why did Joe have to blow it? Joe Biden had a rally with far left media lackeys on Tuesday.The media event was held in Wilmington, Delaware. The media was polite, respectful, never interrupted, and asked their pre-planned questions.Just like they treat President Trump, right? Watching how these liberal hacks treat Senile Joe vs. Trump is just outrageous. No fighting back, no disruptions, easy pre-planned questions… NOT EVEN A FOLLOW-UP WHEN AFTER HE CANCELS ALL RALLIES!! pic.twitter.com/UjGGOylfD3 — Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 30, 2020 TRENDING: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Threatens to Take Action Against […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said that all citizens will need to wear masks in public settings to fend off the coronavirus, though many are wondering how such a thing can be enforced. “Together — we can slow the spread. Do your part. Wear a mask,” Newsom tweeted on Thursday. NEW: Californians are now REQUIRED to wear face coverings in public spaces.Together — we can slow the spread.Do your part. Wear a mask.LEARN MORE: https://t.co/xtXFwVeWc2 — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 18, 2020 According to updated policies from The California Department of Public Health, face masks are now required for most outdoor […]
Army Gen. Gustave Perna testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday on his nomination to oversee the COVID-19 vaccine project. Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Army Gen. Gustave Perna testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday on his nomination to oversee the COVID-19 vaccine project. Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A headlong race to come up with a viable vaccine for COVID-19 that is being championed by a science-averse American president seeking reelection prompted some skeptical questions Thursday on Capitol Hill. The occasion was a confirmation hearing for […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): In a dramatic turn of events, the Indian and Chinese armies clashed at a disputed territory in eastern Ladakh on Monday night. Per Indian Army sources, 20 soldiers including a commanding officer were killed and an unspecified number of troops were injured or missing. There were also reports of casualties on the Chinese side. India’s main opposition party Congress has questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the violent clashes between the armies of India and China in the Ladakh region. Former Chief of the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on Wednesday said, “Enough is […]
Beating Of Reporter Raises Questions About Race And Media By Mike Elk, Payday Report. June 8, 2020 Beating Of Reporter Raises Questions About Race And Media2020-06-082020-06-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/cameraman-attack-e1591637739430.jpg200px200px Above photo: An unidentified black protestor attempts to stop an unidentified white protester from attacking KDKA cameraman Ian Smith. Pittsburgh Penguins surveillance cameraman. Late on Saturday afternoon, outside of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ hockey stadium, a crowd of left-leaning protesters brutally beat Ian Smith, a white KDKA TV cameraman, within fear of his life. Multiple activists, both black and white, asked Smith to stop filming people of color engaging in vandalizing of a police car. Drag Queen […]
The Minneapolis City Council members are currently working to defund and dismantle the city’s police department. The Democrats are all in with their new insane push to “defund the police.” They own this movement. Pelosi and House Democrats on Monday unveiled police reform legislation. TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis City Council President Says Calling the Police on Burglars “Comes from a Place of Privilege” (VIDEO) But when a reporter asked Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) is she supports the “defund the police” push, she danced around and dodged the question. Pelosi ended her tirade full of Democrat talking points by saying, “let’s not get into […]
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 has repeatedly used her popular social media accounts to express support for the movement and to raise questions about police treatment of demonstrators. The adult entertainment star has also shared a black and white image […]
In a late Sunday night tweet, President Trump said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell “was intimating that it would now be O.K. for the players to KNEEL … thereby disrespecting our Country & our Flag?” (Image credit: Patrick Semansky/AP) Source link
David McAtee is remembered as a “community pillar” and the owner of Yaya’s BBQ in Louisville. He was killed Monday when police and National Guard shot him at his business while dispersing protesters. Walt & Shae Smith hide caption toggle caption Walt & Shae Smith David McAtee is remembered as a “community pillar” and the owner of Yaya’s BBQ in Louisville. He was killed Monday when police and National Guard shot him at his business while dispersing protesters. Walt & Shae Smith David McAtee, owner of Yaya’s BBQ, was a beloved fixture in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Ky., remembered as […]
Mati Greenspan, founder of Quantum Economics, took no more than five minutes in answering the CoinDesk Confessional survey. This quixotic questionnaire is designed to reveal the cryptic crypto thoughts, feelings and insights of our industry leaders. A variation on the Proust Questionnaire, popular during the end of the 19th century for its sense-making ability, we hope this series also reflects something of our own transformative age. Get in touch if you’d like to take the hot seat. Your favorite blockchain protocol?Bitcoin. Who is the biggest crypto anti-hero? Nouriel [Roubini]. Who has done the most for crypto? Satoshi Nakamoto. What would you value bitcoin […]
CoinDesk sent out a survey meant to gauge the innermost feelings and thoughts of crypto’s leading figures. Loosely based on the “Proust Questionnaire” popular during the fin de siecle, we’re hoping honest answers will reveal insights about our own age of transition. Sunny Aggarwal, a Tendermint and Cosmos developer and founder of the UC Berkeley Pirate Party, answered our questions over email. Your favorite blockchain protocol?Cosmos, obviously. Your # 1 favorite crypto hero?Vitalik Your favorite quality in an entrepreneur?Ability to stay true to values. Your biggest fear?(Crypto specific) Crypto adoption goes nowhere and all this time and energy we’ve spent will be […]
A public college in Arizona has been forced to backtrack on plans to censor a professor’s quiz content on ‘Islamic terrorism’ which had “offended” students, after a legal warning was sent by an academic freedom organization. The uproar began when Professor Nicholas Damask, who chairs the political science department at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) and teaches a module called ‘Islamic Terrorism’, included questions on a quiz about how terrorism is justified by some in the Islamic faith – and about where in Islamic doctrine and law they take these justifications from. The quiz prompted a complaint from one student, who felt […]
As the Neil Ferguson scandal dominates headlines across the UK media, many online are questioning the rather conspicuous timing of the revelations, which coincide with grim and embarrassing news for the government. The one-time UK coronavirus tsar Ferguson resigned in disgrace from his position as advisor and strategist to 10 Downing Street on Tuesday night amid revelations of a tryst with a married woman, 38-year-old Antonia Starts, which contravened his own proposed lockdown and social distancing measures. The first reported instance of their now widely-covered lockdown love affair took place on March 30, followed by another romantic get-together on April 8. […]
India 11:45 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): Opposition parties have been targeting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s “unplanned and sudden” lockdown, which was imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the lockdown has been extended for the third time, until 17 May , and parties demand clarity in the procedure for lifting it. Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh on Wednesday questioned the Narendra Modi-led government on its strategies for the country after the lockdown is lifted. Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi holds a meeting with Congress Chief Ministers to review how States are tackling COVID19 & […]