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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]