Just this week, the F-35 Joint Program Office has confirmed that it has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian Navy for the safe operation of fifth-generation F-35B fighter aircraft on the upgraded Italian Navy flagship aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). As noted by the F-35 Joint Program Office, to develop the recommendation, an embarked team from the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force […]
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On 28 December, the Royal Australian Air Force has announced that their F-35A Lightning II fleet was declared ‘combat ready’. “Our F-35A Lightning II fleet can now be deployed on operations, with Initial Operational Capability being officially achieved today,” the Royal Australian Air Force said in a Twitter post Monday. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said the F-35s are the most advanced, […]
China And 14 Nations Ready To Sign World’s Largest Trade Deal By Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post. November 12, 2020 China And 14 Nations Ready To Sign World’s Largest Trade Deal2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rcep.png200px200px Above photo: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (second right) locks hands with other leaders at the RCEP summit in Bangkok in November last year. Reuters. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is expected to be signed […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump will take part in the upcoming third round of presidential debates despite the fact that the Commission on Presidential Debates has decided to change the rules allowing for the muting of microphones, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said. Stepien said in a Monday statement that the president “is committed to debating Joe Biden regardless of last minute rule changes.” […]
SpaceX will continue the deployment of its Starlink constellation with the launch of another sixty satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday. Liftoff from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre is expected at 08:27 Eastern Time (12:27 UTC). Sunday’s launch is the thirteenth Falcon 9 mission to deploy operational Starlink satellites, designated Starlink v1.0 L13. This continues the first phase of Starlink deployment, which is aimed at […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080567559_0:158:3072:1886_1200x675_80_0_0_3f8e742ec66b87687ec07db2f8d879d2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202010171080801971-over-50-of-brazilians-ready-to-try-russian-vaccine-against-covid-19-reports-say/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – More than half of Brazilian citizens are ready to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus infection with a Russian-made vaccine, CNN Brasil broadcaster reported, citing a fresh survey by Real-time Big Data. The poll ordered by the broadcaster and published on Friday was conducted among 1,000 respondents from 13-14 October via phone interviews. The questions did […]
California Is Ready To Pilot A Postal Banking Solution By Thomas M. Hanna and Jeff Olson, The Hill. October 14, 2020 California Is Ready To Pilot A Postal Banking Solution2020-10-142020-10-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/usps.png200px200px Above photo: Greg Nash. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is under attack and at grave risk. But with that many Americans are awakening to both the value of the USPS and the manifest dangers of privatization. […]
Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday halted one of two trials of a major new novel coronavirus therapy after independent safety monitors observed an unspecified problem with the testing. The Data Safety Monitoring Board froze trials of the Indiana company’s monoclonal antibody drug bamlanivimab, which was being administered in combination with the antiviral drug remdesivir. The board didn’t freeze separate trials testing bamlanivimab on its own, […]
On 4 July, the musician announced he would run for president on the Birthday Party ticket. His presidential campaign has been full of challenges, with the musician facing legal action from electors and accusations of being Donald Trump’s proxy. Rapper Kanye West claims he is ahead of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in Kentucky, where polls opened today for early voting. The 43-year-old posted a video […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Council of Europe is ready to help Belarus on its way to reforms, the CoE leaders said in a joint statement. The statement was made by the Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, the President of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, Rik Daems, and the Secretary-General of the 47-nation […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/06/1080680612_0:266:3165:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_6592a9ff7d3624ac49c4d118b8c8448f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010131080755172-rdif-ready-to-share-sputnik-v-data-with-us-fauci-to-dispel-doubts-about-vaccine-safety/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia is ready to share with Anthony Fauci, Director of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases all necessary information about Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to dispel his concerns about its safety, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev said in an interview with the CNN published on Tuesday. “If he calls us, we will […]
Using foreign military hardware is nothing new for the Ukrainian Army, where US-made weaponry, including patrol vehicles, fast boats, and Javelin anti-tank missiles are currently in service. Senior Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on Friday that the UK had expressed readiness to provide the country with a hefty lethal weapons contract, in addition to a £1 billion ($1.2 billion) loan to the Ukrainian Navy. The […]
BISHKEK (Sputnik) – Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has expressed readiness to leave his post after the appointment of new heads of executive bodies and the country’s return to the legal order. “We need to return the situation to the legal order as soon as possible. After the appointment of legitimate heads of the executive bodies and the country’s return to the legal order, I am ready […]
A week after the heated debate with Biden, who raised allegations of Trump’s ties with Moscow that have long been proven false, POTUS ordered the release of all documents related to the so-called Russiagate in a bid to end the longstanding “hoax”. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has commented on recent allegations by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who accused Trump of being “Putin’s puppy” during the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080675093_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_7a12b24539758f5b14b7f8f6009011f7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010051080675130-biden-says-he-stands-ready-for-second-presidential-debate-with-trump/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Monday that he is ready to engage US President Donald Trump in a second debate despite concerns about the possibility of contracting the novel coronavirus. “If the scientists say that it is safe… I think that is fine. I will do whatever experts say is the appropriate thing to […]
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/world/202010021080639163-russias-gamaleya-institute-that-created-sputnik-v-vaccine-ready-to-help-covid-positive-trump/ Taking to Twitter, US President Donald Trump has announced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and will be self-isolating at the White House. Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute, that created the world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus, has stated it is ready to provide assistance to the US president, who has contracted the virus. “I […]
US drugmaker Moderna revealed Wednesday that it won’t seek an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine before November 25, more than three weeks after the US election. “November 25 is the time we will have enough safety data to be able to put into an EUA file that we would send to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) – assuming that the safety data […]
Northrop Grumman is preparing their next Cygnus vehicle, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla, and its Antares rocket for the NG-14 mission to the International Space Station. The flight will transport 3,551 kg (7,829 lbs) of cargo and science to the outpost, enabling a flurry of research when the four Crew-1 astronauts arrive at the Station in early November. Liftoff of NG-14 is scheduled from Pad 0A at […]
The Starlink v1.0 Launch 12 mission is preparing to take off at 9:17am EDT (13:17 UTC) on Thursday morning from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. This will be the third attempt to get the mission off the ground. The weather forecast shows a 70% chance of favorable weather at T-0 with the primary concern being the Thick Cloud Rule. If a delay is needed, there is […]
A Boeing 737 MAX jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight on Wednesday. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP A Boeing 737 MAX jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight on Wednesday. Elaine Thompson/AP The head of the […]
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is once again preparing to launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. After the first attempt ended with a scrub and the second resulted in a pad abort at T-3 seconds in August, ULA stood down for about a month to fix the issue before a swing arm retract issue moved the mission to 29 September at 00:02 EDT (04:02 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009251080575701-japanese-pm-says-ready-to-meet-kim-jong-un-without-preconditions/ A chairman of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Yoshihide Suga was confirmed last week as the country’s new Prime Minister, after his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, stepped down from the position due to health reasons. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during his video message to UN General Assembly on Friday he is ready to meet the North […]
VT/Press TV: Russian foreign minister Lavrov announced that as of October 18 any and every Russian weapon system would be available to Iran up to and including the S400/500 and the SU 57 stealth fighter. Round trip range for an SU 57 steal fighter is around 3700 miles. The two maps below show weapons launch capability that reaches Rome or almost the entire Mediterranean in the […]
One week after Election Day, the Supreme Court is set to hear the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act—and a newly confirmed conservative justice could easily usher in a decision that overturns the sweeping health-care law once and for all. Democrats might not have the power to stop President Donald Trump’s nominee to the court from being seated before it hears that case on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/15/1080531178_0:0:3039:1711_1200x675_80_0_0_b86aaa77a3f8b6fef398fb23651cf3cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009211080531208-merkel-says-unsc-needs-reform-amid-global-challenges-germany-ready-to-take-responsibility/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in view of the current global challenges. Speaking at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), at the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, Merkel said that the UN “must develop further in order […]
President Trump on Wednesday directly contradicted the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on when the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the general public. Asked at a White House press briefing about Dr. Robert Redfield’s statement earlier on Wednesday that the public most likely won’t get the vaccine until next summer or even fall, Trump said, “That’s incorrect information.” “When he said […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – French President Emmanuel Macron said the heads of the Southern Countries of the European Union bloc, also known as the Med7 were willing to conduct a responsible dialogue with Turkey in the wake of toughened Eastern Mediterranean tensions. “With Turkey, we want to resume a responsible dialogue, without naivety and in good faith,” Macron wrote on Twitter. He also said it was important […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly told officials that “a final decision has not been taken” on the future of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project following Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny’s alleged ‘poisoning’. Washington has pressured Berlin to cancel the project, with Warsaw actively supporting its US allies on the issue. Poland is ready to offer Germany access to its Baltic Pipe gas pipeline project […]
Four veteran Space Shuttle Main Engines will benchmark the performance of the rookie Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage in the final two critical tests of NASA’s Green Run campaign. After loading the stage with propellant for the first time and demonstrating in a countdown that it can satisfy engine start criteria, the final test will be a full-duration firing of the Core Stage that is […]
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As SpaceX continued to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company was slated to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission was set to launch on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic LC-39A on Thursday morning. Starlink V1.0 L11 was also set to be the 100th mission launched by SpaceX, thereby marking […]
Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 outbreak was first detected in China, is reopening schools and kindergartens next week. However, contingency plans are in place to switch back to online education should the coronavirus reemerge. When the autumn semester starts on Thursday, as many as 2,842 educational institutions across the Chinese city of 11 million people will open their doors to some 1.4 million students, local […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1c/1080298407_0:57:2078:1225_1200x675_80_0_0_13879a5b64cd3b95e432beb78d9bacdc.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/sport/202008281080298321-man-city-ready-to-offer-895m-plus-silva-jesus-garcia-in-exchange-for-lionel-messi—report/ Argentinian football superstar Lionel Messi is reportedly mulling an end to his 20-year career at Camp Nou this summer. The reports come following a recent 2-8 loss Barcelona suffered at the hands of Bayern Munich in a quarter-final match at the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. The sports legend reportedly intends to move to Manchester City. English Premier […]
Vladimir Putin says he has formed a reserve of law enforcement officers to send to Belarus to help president Alexander Lukashenko if necessary, Russian media reported on Thursday. Putin said he will not deploy these forces unless “extremist elements in Belarus cross a line and start plundering.” Speaking to the state-run Rossia 1 broadcaster, he said the law enforcement agents would be on standby in case […]
Last week, Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) met for the 18th time to discuss disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control. The status quo ante needs to be restored to that of before May 2020. The troops have been in a border stand-off for almost five months. India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has clearly signalled […]
Russian light heavyweight contender Vadim Nemkov plans to dethrone Ryan Bader at Bellator 244 on Friday night and in the process avenge the knockout loss the American handed his mentor, Fedor Emelianenko. Bader has made history since swapping the UFC octagon for the Bellator cage, first by capturing the Bellator light-heavyweight title, then by winning the Bellator heavyweight grand prix to capture the promotion’s heavyweight title […]
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has reached a significant milestone. An important capacity limit meant to protect users of the nascent protocol is being tweaked, toppling a barrier to entry for companies looking to adopt the novel payment system. LND, a leading Lightning Network implementation from startup Lightning Labs, has announced it has adopted support for wumbo channels. Going forward, users can deposit more money into Lightning Network […]
Betty Gilpin has been folding paper cranes. It’s a hobby the GLOW actress taught herself by watching YouTube tutorials around 10 years ago when she quit smoking. And now, in coronavirus quarantine times, it’s something to do. Her medium of choice? Cardboard New Yorker subscription tear-outs. “It has a very Etsy feel to it,” Gilpin quipped during an interview last week—although she also made clear she […]
Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said she is ready and willing to be the interim leader of Belarus if the country holds new elections, amid growing political turmoil in the country. Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania last week, said in a video message that she was prepared to take the reins in Minsk should the nation void President Alexander Lukashenko’s election victory and return to the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080130221_0:94:3072:1822_1200x675_80_0_0_349dfd7370da9fcb41dd0c5d8f143e2c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008111080130118-philippine-president-duterte-ready-to-be-first-to-test-russian-covid-19-vaccine/ The Asian island nation previously confirmed at least 136,000 COVID-19 cases and a death toll of 2,294. The daily coronavirus increase in the Philippines has reached nearly 7,000, making it the 6th-highest spike in the world and the highest in the region. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has praised a COVID-19 vaccine under development by the Russian Direct Investment Fund […]
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/asia/202008041080052188-beijing-ready-to-retaliate-if-all-chinese-journalists-forced-to-leave-us—global-times/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – China has prepared for a worst-case scenario, in which all Chinese journalists will have to leave the United States amid the ongoing row, and is ready to take retaliatory measures concerning US journalists based in Hong Kong, Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Chinese official Global Times newspaper, said on Tuesday. “From what I know, given […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/03/1080050820_0:24:3072:1752_1200x675_80_0_0_0989526028cf422673284722258db6d6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202008031080050849-venezuelan-fm-says-ready-to-resume-talks-with-guyana-to-resolve-essequibo-dispute/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Venezuela says it hopes to resume dialogue on the disputed Essequibo region with Guyana’s new government as soon as possible, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said in a statement. On Sunday, opposition candidate Irfaan Ali was sworn in as Guyana’s new president. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza congratulated Guyana on the election of the new leader, saying […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has consulted with President Trump about acquiring TikTok’s U.S. assets. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has consulted with President Trump about acquiring TikTok’s U.S. assets. Elaine Thompson/AP Microsoft said Sunday it has discussed with President Trump its plan to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, just as the White House threatens to blacklist the hugely popular Chinese-owned […]
After another successful launch of consumables and experiments to the International Space Station just days prior, Roscosmos – the Russian Space Agency – is set to launch a Proton-M rocket with two Russian Ekspress communications satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. The launch, which will take place from Site No. 200/39, is currently scheduled to occur at 00:25:19 Moscow time on Friday, 31 July […]
With all major pre-launch preparations complete, United Launch Alliance stands ready to launch NASA’s latest mission to Mars: the Perseverance rover and accompanying Ingenuity helicopter. Liftoff of the third of our world’s three missions to Mars during the current interplanetary transfer window is targeted for Thursday, 30 July 2020 in a two hour launch window that opens at 07:50 EDT and closes at 09:50 EDT (11:50–13:50 […]
The interstage connector for the first NASA Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle was delivered to NASA in mid-July and is in transit to its launch site. The Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) was completed by Teledyne Brown Engineering at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Alabama and officially turned over to the agency for use on the Artemis 1 launch, tentatively scheduled for late 2021. […]
The Taliban has said it is ready for talks with Afghanistan’s political leadership after the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Adha at the end of July. The movement also offered to hand over the last of the government prisoners in a week’s time, providing the government frees the last of its Taliban prisoners, AP reports. The offer was made by the Taliban’s political spokesman Suhail Shaheen in […]
The gun Patricia McCloskey aimed at BLM protesters on a private street was inoperable when seized by police, but a St. Louis prosecutor reportedly had it fixed, deeming it ready for “lethal use,” before charging the couple. Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark were charged on felony firearms offenses earlier this week after appearing in a controversial video in June pointing weapons at Black Lives Matter […]
Fired up, ready to go!…Not really. The DNC Milwaukee Convention continues to shrink. The latest prediction suggests possibly only 350 participants will attend their presidential convention in Milwaukee this year. Advertisement – story continues below The Biz Journals reported: In planning an anti-Donald Trump, public-health-centric convention anchored in Milwaukee, the Democratic National Party’s plans for the city seemingly sink a bit more every day. One Wisconsin […]
Russia has a deal to produce the British vaccine against Covid-19 and is eager to work with any party in power in the country, Andrey Kelin, Russian Ambassador to the UK, told the BBC, rebuffing fresh accusations by London. “I don’t believe in this story at all. There’s no sense in it,” Kelin said, in an interview with The Andrew Marr show on BBC television, when […]
In a moment that will go down in history, the United Arab Emirates and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre are ready for their first interplanetary voyage: the Emirates Mars Mission. The probe, called Al Amal (which translates to “Hope” from Arabic), is set to launch on a Japanese H-IIA rocket at 17:58:14 EDT (21:58:14 UTC) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to begin […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079842829_0:235:3182:2025_1200x675_80_0_0_6152d65d5addc1f632f207d4fb98518e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007171079917393-russian-covid-19-vaccine-developers-say-ready-to-share-data-with-foreign-colleagues/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology has produced a coronavirus vaccine that is patented and more advanced than Western competitors and will be happy to share the technology with foreign colleagues, should they require, the institute’s head, Alexander Gintsburg, said on Friday. The statement comes on the heels of allegations voiced on Thursday by the […]
Trevor Noah returned from a two-week July 4th break with a very big guest: Hillary Clinton. The Daily Show host began his remote interview by asking the former Secretary of State what she’s been up to during quarantine. “Because I know if I was in your position, I would spend most of my time tweeting ‘I told you so’ and I would walk around the street […]
Russian’s Petr Yan says he plans on accepting any and all challenges during his reign as the UFC bantamweight titleholder, and even opened the door to a potential showdown with former two-division ruler ‘Triple C’ Henry Cejudo. Yan, who defeated Jose Aldo by fifth-round stoppage to claim his first UFC title on ‘Fight Island’ on Saturday night, now finds himself in the position that every new […]
Russia is developing a special Covid-19 vaccine just for children, who require a different level of protection, according to the country’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor. In an interview with TV channel Russia 1, Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova said that “there has to be a special vaccine for children, for which special safety requirements must be met.” Popova noted that the immunization should not be expected in 2020. […]
In May a new book claimed that Bill Clinton had an affair with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam. The New York Post reported: Bill Clinton had an affair with British-born socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of helping recruit underage victims for notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a blockbuster new book. The ex-president — who denies cheating on wife Hillary Clinton with Maxwell — […]
Earlier in the week, a video conference including Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), Abdullah Abdullah, and US International Development Finance Corporation CEO Adam Boehler took place with a goal to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. In a statement following a Friday meeting with Qatar Fund For Development and the Qatar Investment Authority that also involved Taliban representatives, […]
The readiness for negotiations on “minor” territorial concessions comes on condition that the plans announced by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the sovereignty over the West Bank territories are not implemented. According to a letter sent by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the international peacemaking quartet of Russia, the United Nations, the United States and the European Union, cited by AFP, containing a counter-proposal to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107973/71/1079737182_0:0:3016:1697_1200x675_80_0_0_2549aaa7e8e6e94189c3bb8e64da01a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006271079737211-mississippi-governor-says-ready-to-sign-bill-removing-confederate-emblem-from-state-flag/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The governor of the US state of Mississippi Tate Reeves on Saturday expressed his readiness to sign any bill that passes the legislature proposing to remove the Confederate emblem from the state’s flag. “The legislature has been deadlocked for days as it considers a new state flag. The argument over the 1894 flag has become as […]
On Tuesday, the US Southern Command said that the American Navy missile destroyer USS Nitze had carried out a “freedom of navigation” mission in the vicinity of Venezuela’s coast. Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino has warned the US Navy against conducting operations close to the South American country’s territorial waters. “A US Navy destroyer approached within 30 miles [48 kilometres] of the coast, in a clear […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/33/1079543340_0:79:1280:799_1200x675_80_0_0_c634acd9e94ed1e55cedc642e2ccfbbd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006251079713740-national-guard-in-us-capital-ready-to-help-police-protect-monuments-pentagon-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – About 400 US National Guardsmen in the nation’s capital are prepared to help support the police in their mission to protect federal monuments from being destroyed by protesters, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Chris Mitchell said. “On 23 June, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, and with the approval of the Secretary of Defence, […]
Devil love is propelling the deep state to stomp on the U.S. Constitution and deprive us of our God-given oxygen along with our inalienable rights by making us wear face masks on orders from those who are poised to defund the police. And those officials who follow the devil’s law and mandate masks the way the Nazis once mandated yellow stars for Jews will be subject […]
On Monday night the Seattle Police Department announced on Twitter that they will retake control of the police precinct overrun by Antifa domestic terrorists and their allies in the violent BLM mob. This was after the shootings this weekend in the lawless CHOP zone. Tonight The Gateway Pundit learned that a host ofconservative groups and possible hundreds of activists were planning to descend on the hellhole […]
Chelsey Drapeau, a hair stylist in Brooklyn, bought an avocado-printed dress for her first appointment since the New York shutdown began. “I was like, ‘What to wear?’” Drapeau told The Daily Beast. “The season has changed since I last worked [in March]. I went through my closet and got rid of stuff during COVID. So I got something new!” Hairstylists know much about the restorative power […]
The Italian Banking Association (ABI) announced Thursday that its banks are willing to pilot a digital euro. The group shared 10 considerations for a digital euro in Thursday’s announcement, starting with, “Monetary stability and full compliance with the European regulatory framework must be preserved as a matter of priority.” The group prioritized the need for a digital currency framework to be fully compliant with EU regulations […]
It is a great idea to play with doggo outdoors during the summer break or while on holiday – but happy dog owners will need a lot of water for their canines during these hot summer days. Luckily, there is always the option of a trip to the beach – there is enough water for all the canines on the globe, and the sand will surely […]
Five years ago today, a white neo-Confederate shot dead nine black parishioners at Mother Emanuel Baptist Church, located just up the street from where a statue honoring John C. Calhoun—who in an 1837 speech famously deemed the enslavement of black human beings “instead of an evil, a good—a positive good”—has stood for more than 130 years in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina. On Wednesday afternoon, […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has confirmed his readiness to discuss maritime zones delimitation with Ankara, and in case of the latter’s disagreements, the issue would be taken to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. “We are always open for dialogue with Turkey, among the problems on the negotiation table are the delimitation of our maritime zones. We can discuss openly, […]
Crypto retirement savings firm Bitcoin IRA is ready to take on smaller accounts with the launch of its new IRA product, Saver IRA. Around four years ago, Bitcoin IRA launched its first self-directed individual retirement account that required balance minimums of $20,000. Now the firm has dropped that minimum to $3,000 for a standard account. With the addition of Saver IRA, the company has a no-balance-minimum […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107956/94/1079569495_0:-1:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_bc257061115bff50737cd434adf14c83.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006091079569559-photos-irans-fake-aircraft-carrier-repaired-ready-for-target-practice-as-us-tensions-simmer/ New satellite photos suggest an ersatz aircraft carrier built for Iranian forces to use for target practice is once again ready to take a pummeling. Repairs of damage from 2015 began in January, but the mockup now looks completely restored. Taken by space tech company Maxar Technologies, the satellite photos were given to the Associated Press on Tuesday and […]
Millions Of Tenants Are Ready For A Rent Strike Revolution June 4, 2020 Millions Of Tenants Are Ready For A Rent Strike Revolution2020-06-042020-06-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/slumlord-protest-sign-from-getty-images-e1591291396430.jpg200px200px Above photo: Activists break into the house of Kaotar Dee, to get her and her possessions back into her home of 21 years and for her to make a barricaded stand after being locked out by landlords during the coronavirus pandemic on May 29, […]
Pentagon Ready To Send Troops To Minneapolis If State Asks By James LaPorta and Robert Burns, Associated Press. June 3, 2020 Pentagon Ready To Send Troops To Minneapolis If State Asks2020-06-032020-06-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/george-floyd-protest-in-minneapolis-from-ap-e1591207459635.jpeg200px200px Abovephoto: People watch a fire Friday, May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. AP Photo/Julio Cortez. Note: In […]
Sport 03:52 GMT 20.05.2020Get short URL Along with many other public events, the 2020 European football championship competition was rescheduled to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic that has seen all countries impose lockdowns and prohibit large gatherings of people. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said that he would bet a million dollars that Euro 2020 will be played in 2021, when asked by the Guardian, saying that he […]
Beleaguered Americans long to return to their favorite restaurants and other non-essential neighborhood spots as soon as it is safe to do so. We are ready for late weekend mornings spent over a cup of diner coffee, or calendars booked again with familiar rituals like haircuts or color appointments. Something we might not be prepared for: the lines outside those businesses, which will undoubtedly have new […]
A shadowy online hacker collective claims to have obtained damning information on US President Donald Trump, threatening to publish the purloined documents unless someone puts up a $42 million ransom in a week’s time. The cybertheft outfit announced that it had infiltrated the computer systems of a major entertainment law firm – Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks – in a post to the dark web on […]
Acting DNI Richard Grenell declassified the list of Obama officials involved in the unmasking of General Mike Flynn in his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. CBS reporter Catherine Herridge obtained the list of Obama operatives who unmasked General Flynn. Names include former CIA Director John Brennan, Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and former DNI chief James Clapper. Via Catherine Herridge: TRENDING: BREAKING: List of […]
Engineers work on a potential vaccine for the coronavirus at a Beijing lab. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images Engineers work on a potential vaccine for the coronavirus at a Beijing lab. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images Most health experts agree the need for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 is clear. “To return to a semblance of previous […]
Bitcoin has undergone its latest ‘halving’ event, which occurs every four years and reduces the reward miners receive for mining new coins to help control inflation. It’s the third halving in the cryptocurrency’s 11-year history. Keiser Report spoke to Dan Held of Kraken.com about the event, and what it means for this hardening to happen in an age of infinite fiat. Bitcoin was purpose-built to be […]
Conventional chest x-ray Image: Franz Pfeiffer / TUM New x-ray method for Corona diagnosis ready for patient testing Technical University of Munich/research news Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an innovative x-ray method for lung diagnostics, which they now plan to test in one of its first applications for diagnosis of the respiratory ailment Covid-19 caused by Coronavirus. The method could clearly […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been keeping Hamas militants busy, a report released by a leading Israeli institute projects a war by the end of the year, and a former IDF general says the Jewish state has no other option but to always be ready. After more than a month of relative calm, a rocket emanating from Gaza hit an open space in southern Israel in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107910/26/1079102605_0:6:3061:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_ba1e8ec3a040e6c2a07cfc776ed2f594.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202005061079219412-pompeo-says-he-affirmed-to-russian-fm-that-us-ready-to-engage-in-arms-control-to-advance-security/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement on Wednesday said that he affirmed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the United States is ready to engage in arms control negotiations in order to advance the security of the United States and its partners. “In my discussion with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, I affirmed […]