Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the White House’s recently boosted $1.8 trillion stimulus offer, saying it doesn’t provide enough in the way of coronavirus testing, worker safety and child care, the Financial Times reported, setting back hopes for an imminent breakthrough in talks. Source link
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High Court Rejects Governor’s Private School Aid Plan By Michelle Liu, AP News. October 8, 2020 High Court Rejects Governor’s Private School Aid Plan2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/vouchers-e1602192106295.jpg200px200px Above photo: Yasmin Chavez. Columbia, SC – The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday a program created by Gov. Henry McMaster to allocate $32 million in federal pandemic aid to private and religious schools is unconstitutional because the public money would directly benefit the schools. In the court’s opinion, Chief Justice Don Beatty acknowledged the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the lives of South Carolinians and the state’s education system, and the “unprecedented challenges” faced by […]
The United Kingdom has unveiled plans to deal with the problem of illegal migrants, in particular, the movement of people from France to Britain via the Channel, with a new off-shore detainment program. Priti Patel said on Sunday that she plans to introduce the biggest overhaul UK’s immigration policy in decades, pledging to “take every necessary step to fix this broken system”. While speaking at the Conservative Party’s annual conference, the home secretary said she would bring “forward legislation to deliver on that commitment next year”. “Our broken system is enabling this international criminal trade. It is disregarding the most vulnerable, […]
New York’s Black Brook town council has moved to not rename its jurisdiction of Swastika, arguing that the word’s original Sanskrit definition of well-being trumps the modern view of the word and symbol. “Swastika was named by the founders of the area who settled there,” Black Brook town supervisor Jon Douglass explained to NPR. “I think that’s probably, maybe some viewpoint that it’s associated with hate. But then I believe there are others that do not associate it with hate,” he said. “Did the Hindus and the [Buddhists] and all them, did they erase it from their religious history because of […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Russia does not accept ultimatums and threats of sanctions and regrets an artificially-fomented anti-Russian hysteria in connection with an incident around Russian political opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Russia’s Ambassador to Germany, Sergei Nechaev, said. “We absolutely cannot agree with the ultimatum statement that the Russian government has anything to do with this case. We cannot accept ultimatums and threats with sanctions. I regret the anti-Russian hysteria artificially incited in this context,” the ambassador said in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, adding that Moscow expects “actual cooperation with our German colleagues.” Commenting on Berlin’s demands to investigate […]
Venezuela Rejects US Hostilities Before UN Human Rights Council September 16, 2020 Venezuela Rejects US Hostilities Before UN Human Rights Council2020-09-162020-09-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/vzun-e1600260690111.jpg200px200px Above photo: People take to the streets to reject U.S. sanctions, Caracas, Venezuela, Feb.10, 2020. EFE. Under the Trump administration, Washington has stolen over US$30 billion from Venezuela. Venezuela’s representative before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Jorge Valero Tuesday rejected Donald Trump administration’s unilateral coercive measures which violate the human rights of his compatriots. He recalled that the United States has looted over US$ 30 billion from the Venezuelan people in the last 4 years. “This is an amount that the […]
Software giant Microsoft’s acquisition bid for the US operations of TikTok has been rejected by the social media platform’s Chinese parent, leaving prospects for the unit up in the air one week before the deadline to make a deal. China’s ByteDance informed the suitor on Sunday that it won’t be selling the business to Microsoft. The impasse may give the upper hand to Oracle, another US technology firm that has reportedly been in talks with Beijing-based ByteDance. Shortly after the news broke, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported ByteDance had picked Oracle as the winning bidder, citing sources. BREAKING: Microsoft […]
In August, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order threatening to ban TikTok in the United States if it did not sell its US operations to an American-based company before 15 September, citing fears of “national security threats”. Microsoft was considered one of the primary buyers for the popular video app. ByteDance backtracked on selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft, the latter revealed in a blog post on Sunday. “ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The disrupted clinical trials of the UK coronavirus vaccine by the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company have exposed the risks associated with the excessive reliance upon new unverified technologies, an approach that Russia finds unacceptable, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said on Saturday. “We are delighted that AstraZeneca has resumed its trials and continues to move forward. At the same time, the suspension of trials clearly showed the fallacy of the approach, when entire countries exclusively rely on novel and untested platforms when choosing a vaccine for widespread use, including the use of a […]
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/us/202009101080422142-us-senate-rejects-300-billion-republican-covid-19-aid-bill/ Republican and Democratic lawmakers are deadlocked over a proposed fifth funding package to help tackle the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The US Senate has rejected a $300 billion coronavirus aid bill proposed by the Senate Republican leadership with Democrats blocking the draft legislation during a procedural vote. To continue debates on the bill it needed to get 60 votes in favour but the Senate voted 52-47. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have been deadlocked over a fifth funding package to support individuals and businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1c/1080306907_0:306:3072:2034_1200x675_80_0_0_af8593d0dd04bfaec4f6a587b22cda3d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009091080413621-astrazeneca-rejects-claim-covid-19-trial-was-halted-over-case-of-transverse-myelitis/ British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has rejected claims that its third round of trials for a COVID-19 vaccine was halted over a case of transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder characterized by inflammation of both sides of a section of the spinal cord. According to the company, its COVID-19 vaccine trial was paused in July after a volunteer was found to have multiple sclerosis, a disease that causes damage to the central nervous system. However, the diagnosis was found to be unrelated to the vaccine. “Reports claiming to be based on comments made earlier today […]
Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, White House national security adviser-designate, stands in the elevator at the Trump Tower in New York, U.S., in December 2016. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images A federal appeals court has declined to order a criminal case against Michael Flynn dismissed. Instead, it ruled Monday that a judge can hear arguments about the Justice Department’s motivations for dropping the case against President Trump’s former national security adviser. The 8-2 decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, keeps alive a Department of Justice case that Attorney General William Barr had […]
In an interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto for a recently-published book, US President Donald Trump’s appointed trade adviser, Peter Navarro, slammed Canada’s current policies toward the US, including what he characterized as “unfair” trade policies and Ottawa’s role in US-led multilateral NATO anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan. The United States embassy in Canada stepped in on Thursday in support of Ottawa, after US President Donald Trump’s appointed trade adviser, Peter Navarro, dismissed the northern neighbour’s role in US-led multilateral NATO anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan. The US embassy chargé d’affaires, Richard Mills, responded to Navarro’s earlier remarks which had ignited disgust among Canadian […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107944/47/1079444785_6:0:1206:675_1200x675_80_0_0_f142f365911c11fcc48adc59385d86b0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008271080289515-malicious-propaganda-pakistan-rejects-indias-claim-pulwama-attack-executed-at-islamabads-behest/ New Delhi (Sputnik): On 25 August, India’s top investigative agency filed its first charge sheet in the deadly February 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing case, naming 19 people for carrying out the attack at “Pakistan’s behest”. Pakistan has rejected a charge sheet filed by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Pulwama suicide bombing case, calling it a “fabricated report” to push anti-Pakistan rhetoric. “Pakistan categorically rejects the so-called ‘charge sheet’ by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), which mischievously attempts to implicate Pakistan in the Pulwama attack … last year”, Pakistan said in a statement. […]
After meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the Oval Office, President Trump addressed the judge’s ruling, calling the case a “continuation of the witch hunt.” Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images After meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the Oval Office, President Trump addressed the judge’s ruling, calling the case a “continuation of the witch hunt.” Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images A federal judge has dismissed President Trump’s latest attempt to block a subpoena for his tax records from the district attorney of Manhattan. Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero came in response […]
Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden hasn’t encountered many far-left policies he won’t embrace – from free healthcare for illegal aliens to free college – but he found one leftist supporter he won’t abide: Linda Sarsour. Sarsour, a Muslim activist and co-founder of the Women’s March, endorsed Biden last week and spoke Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention’s “Muslim Delegates and Allies Assembly.” Biden responded by denouncing her. “Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel and a vehement opponent of anti-Semitism his entire life, and he obviously condemns (Sarsour’s) views and opposes BDS, as does the Democratic platform,” campaign spokesman […]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has said that her state is opting out of the new government-sponsored unemployment benefits boost since the economy has bounced back quickly due to the fact that it was never shut down completely. “My administration is very grateful for the additional flexibility that this effort would have provided, but South Dakota is in the fortunate position of not needing to accept it,” Noem, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday. My administration is very grateful to @realDonaldTrump for the additional flexibility that the “Lost Wages Assistance” would have provided, but South Dakota is in the […]
US President Donald Trump has long promoted the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the ongoing coronavirus. Testing the drug for use in treating COVID-19 has, however, been blocked by international health bodies which have noted the compound’s adverse effects on patients. An official in the US government pandemic response team on Sunday affirmed that there is zero evidence that hydroxychloroquine is a workable treatment for the COVID-19 coronavirus, despite President Donald Trump’s lauding of the anti-malaria drug as a solution. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” a Trump administration testing figure, Brett Giroir, said he is […]
Congress has voted to kill an amendment that would have blocked the military from recruiting through streaming platforms like Twitch, with nearly half of Democrats in the House joining the effort to strike down the measure. A House vote of 196-292 easily quashed the appropriations bill amendment on Thursday, a measure introduced by New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to bar military funding for outreach to young gamers. While Republicans opposed the amendment unanimously, Democrats were split down the middle, with 103 joining the GOP and only a narrow majority of 126 voting in favor. “War is not a game,” Ocasio-Cortez said […]
Judge Rejects Oregon’s Motion For A Restraining Order Against Federal Police By Aaron Mesh, Willamette Weekly. July 25, 2020 Judge Rejects Oregon’s Motion For A Restraining Order Against Federal Police2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/gas.png200px200px Above photo: Police repair a fence surrounding the federal courthouse. Wesley Lapointe. He said Ellen Rosenblum had failed to provide sufficient evidence that such arrests were occurring widely in the streets of Portland or were part of a federal policy. A federal judge on Friday afternoon denied a request by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to issue a temporary restraining order against federal officers making arrests of Portland protesters without probable cause. […]
Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod ignored the outstretched hand of his American counterpart Mike Pompeo and instead chose to pat his guest on the back as a safety measure amid threats of COVID-19. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Denmark has been marred by an inconvenient moment, when Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, rejected his outstretched hand, stirring the attention of social media. Pompeo had visited Denmark to discuss cooperation in the Arctic and issues involving China. A smiling Pompeo reached out to shake hands with Kofod, only to face rejection from the Danish minister. Instead, Kofod, wary of […]
The British government sees no need to look again at the Brexit referendum because it has no evidence that Russia affected its outcome in any way. The comments came after the release of a parliamentary report on the issue. A statement released by the Boris Johnson government said “a retrospective assessment of the EU referendum is not necessary” after a long-awaited Parliament report on Russia and its alleged influence on British politics finally became public. We have seen no evidence of successful interference in the EU referendum. Johnson was among the most vocal advocates of Britain leaving the European Union. Last […]
A federal New York judge has thrown out a proposed $18.9 million settlement between convicted rapist and former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, and several women. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said the offer failed to adequately compensate many of the victims who allege they were sexually assaulted or raped by Weinstein. He also faulted the money included in the settlement that would help pay Weinstein’s legal bills. In a telephone hearing, Hellerstein said it was unfair to include women who’d merely met Weinstein with those making more grievous charges, Reuters reported. “Not every woman was captured in the same way,” Hellerstein […]
China has accused the US of trying to inflame tensions among powers that have stakes in the South China Sea. The rebuke comes after Washington formally rejected China’s territorial claims in the region on behalf of US allies. In a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday, the Chinese embassy in the US demanded that Washington keep its distance from the disputes between Beijing and other nations claiming sovereignty over contested territorial waters and islets in the South China Sea. “We advise the US side to earnestly honor its commitment of not taking sides on the issue of territorial sovereignty, respect regional countries’ efforts […]
Earlier, the US Secretary of State labeled Beijing’s territorial claims to the waters and an exclusive economic zone beyond the 12-nautical mile (22 kilometres) around the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea as “unlawful”, outlining that the United States does not accept the terms. The former US national security adviser, John Bolton, praised in a tweet Washington’s move to decline Beijing’s maritime claims in the South China Sea, urging to “move beyond freedom of navigation exercises to oppose China’s coercive behavior in the region”. The former Trump appointee stressed that “this is not a Chinese provence and will not […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107976/13/1079761315_0:0:1200:676_1200x675_80_0_0_9eef442485df6ee77067eaa964502b14.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007131079875316-new-york-judge-rejects-trump-family-efforts-to-prevent-publication-of-nieces-memoir/ A New York judge has rejected an attempt by the First Family to block the publication of “Too Much and Never Enough, How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” an upcoming book by Mary Trump, the president’s niece. Judge Hal Greenwald of the New York State Supreme Court ruled on Monday that publication of Mary Trump’s book about US President Donald Trump can go forward. The judge rejected the Trump family’s arguments in attempting to block publication of the book, ordering that a temporary restraining order against Mary Trump be lifted, and […]
Supreme Court Rejects Effort To Greenlight Keystone XL Construction By Jake Johnson, Commondreams. July 9, 2020 Supreme Court Rejects Effort To Greenlight Keystone XL Construction2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/keystone_xl.jpg200px200px Above photo: Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines protest President Donald Trump’s executive orders advancing their construction at Lafayette Park next to the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24, 2017. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. “The movement to put people before profits, and Indigenous rights before oil companies, is winning.” The Supreme Court late Monday upheld a federal judge’s rejection of a crucial permit for Keystone XL and blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to […]
…from SouthFront Clashes between government forces and ISIS terrorists have continued in central Syria since July 2, when ISIS cells stormed army positions in eastern Homs. In response, the Syrians supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a security operation in the desert. Sporadic clashes and airstrikes were reported in the area over the next few days. On July 4, ISIS terrorists even ambushed a unit of the Syrian Army in eastern Homs. The military reportedly lost contact with 25 soldiers in eastern Homs. As of July 6, their fate remains unclear. It’s likely that, members of the dispersed unit are […]
Supporters of President Trump camp near the BOK Center on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ahead of his rally, the first held since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images Supporters of President Trump camp near the BOK Center on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma ahead of his rally, the first held since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images With anxieties over the coronavirus and tensions over race looming large, President Trump remains on track to hit the campaign trail Saturday in Tulsa, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107960/61/1079606181_0:177:2048:1329_1200x675_80_0_0_903a41fe39223d2c141a745fa040983a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202006141079606210-guaido-says-rejects-supreme-courts-appointees-to-electoral-council/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has refused to recognize the new composition of the country’s National Electoral Council appointed by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice without the participation of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, he said in a statement on Sunday. “Our position has been clear since 2018, we do not participate in farce and we do not recognize an illegitimate electoral council”, the statement read. #VIDEO | El Presidente (E) de Venezuela, @jguaido: “Nuestra posición es muy clara desde el 2018, no nos prestamos para ninguna farsa y desconocemos cualquier falso […]
The former CEO of Mt. Gox – the bitcoin exchange at the center of one of the most notorious hacks in crypto – has had his conviction upheld by Japan’s high court. On Thursday, Tokyo’s the court threw out an appeal from Mark Karpeles, who had been found guilty last year for manipulating electronic data, upholding the original conviction and sentence of two and a half years in prison, suspended for four years. Karpeles was originally arrested in August 2015, roughly 18 months after an unknown hacker made off with more than 850,000 bitcoins from Mt. Gox. At the time the […]
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said on Tuesday he would not take part in talks on normalizing ties with Serbia led by an European Union special mediator. In March, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell appointed Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak as special mediator for the breakaway Serbia’s province. Slovakia is one of five EU member countries – along with Cyprus, Greece, Romania and Spain – that decline to recognize Kosovo’s independence. “In front of us we will have two negotiators from the countries that do not recognize Kosovo’s independence,” Thaci said in Pristina, referring to Lajcak and Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister. Thaci […]
US 02:54 GMT 14.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107929/78/1079297844_0:15:1999:1140_1200x675_80_0_0_ea4eeaaa9623a19773addc4594e5513f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005141079297874-us-energy-agency-rejects-request-to-halt-new-infrastructure-projects-amid-pandemic/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Neil Chatterjee in a letter to Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring rejected the state’s request to halt new energy infrastructure projects amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “I view requests for a moratorium on energy projects to be short-sighted and impractical. Any step to slow the energy economy is a step in the wrong direction”, Chatterjee said in the letter on Tuesday. Chatterjee said hindering the approval of new energy infrastructure projects could have long-term and lasting negative […]