The U.S. Army offered new details about Infantry Squad Vehicle that being tested at the Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. The latest edition of the Outpost newspaper provides more details of ongoing tests of the Army’s new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). The new ISV based on the high-performance Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 pickup and features seating for nine. It uses 90 percent off-the-shelf parts, including the Colorado’s 186 hp 2.8-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder and six-speed automatic transmission. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Powered by a 2.8 liter turbo diesel engine with a six speed automatic transmission, the four-wheel drive vehicle carries […]
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South Korea’s Hanwha Defense just released more details about the Redback infantry fighting vehicle program. The details were given in a 16 March media release, to announce the achievement of two key milestones in the validation of systems integration for its Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Team Redback, led by Hanwha Defense Australia, has been formed to deliver best of breed Australian and global technologies to military customers, including the Australian Defence Force. The Redback is under consideration by the Commonwealth under an ongoing tender process for Project LAND 400 Phase 3. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Team Redback includes […]
Saab, a leading defense and security company in the UAE, is revealing its first UAE-developed product at IDEX 2021. Saab’s inaugural UAE-developed product is a Rugged Camera Module – Infrared, (RCAM-IR) which features an extremely rugged design for harsh and demanding environments. This is the first of many such products to be developed in the UAE and is part of Saab’s objective to support the country and regional manufacturers with advanced and reliable electronic solutions. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – RCAM-IR is available with a variety of different field of views making it optimal for both Driver Vision Enhancer […]
Global defense company BAE Systems revealed the design of a highly agile, armor-protected platform developed under the U.S. Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. BAE Systems has released an infographic of the approved version of a new combat vehicle required by the Army to provide the infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) with a protected platform capable of delivering overwhelming precisionfirepower combined with the ability to move rapidly in a variety of terrain conditions. According to a released infographic, the new light tank equipped with 105mm cannon, and an auto-loading ammunition system that allows the gun to fire at a rate of […]
On Sunday night, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight took on a truly chaotic week. President Trump sweated and bellowed through an unhinged NBC town hall where he voiced his support for the baseless QAnon conspiracy-theory crowd, who allege that Democrats and Hollywood are trafficking and murdering babies. He resumed his COVID superspreader rallies and shared a batshit-insane conspiracy theory that Barack Obama and Joe Biden did not kill Osama bin Laden in Operation Neptune Spear and instead had SEAL Team Six killed. Never mind the fact that the SEALs who took out bin Laden are still very much alive—including Robert J. […]
A haunting video filmed in Southern Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia shows thousands of dead fish decomposing on the banks of a water reservoir. The region suffered from a serious drought this summer. The footage, depicting the apparent aftermath of an environmental disaster, was published on Saturday by a local resident. It shows a water reservoir, the coast of which is covered with glistening fish bodies and seagulls feasting on them. “The stench is unreal, absolutely terrible,” the cameraman comments in Russian. The video was reportedly filmed at the Arshan-Zelmen water reservoir, which is located some 150km north from the provincial capital […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107809/35/1078093552_0:13:1201:688_1200x675_80_0_0_878d5eae79f0a23753e3cc16d13e7cf1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010171080798255-elon-musk-reveals-location-for-first-base-on-mars/ Previously, the SpaceX CEO stressed that a fully functional and self-sustaining colony on Mars can’t be established in the coming decades, as it would require a thousand flights to the planet. Elon Musk has picked an area for the first inhabited base on the surface of Mars, specifying the location during the 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention. The facility would be placed at the northernmost part of the red planet, in an area full of ice, which the future colonists would use to produce breathable air and energy, according to the SpaceX CEO. He […]
A groundbreaking new study of high resolution satellite imagery using a deep-learning algorithm has found that, contrary to popular opinion, there are at least 1.8 billion trees in the Sahel and Sahara deserts. A team of 24 scientists from across Europe, the US and Africa found that the so-called sub-humid zone is surprisingly filled with plant life, forcing a rethink of two of the world’s major deserts and even public policy on deforestation. “We were very surprised that there are quite so many trees growing in the Sahara desert,” lead author Martin Brandt, an assistant professor of geography at the University […]
Some 4.5 billion years ago, our planet was a drastically different place – an uninhabitable world with extremely hot temperatures, toxic air, and pounded with radiation coming from the Sun in the form of flares and coronal mass ejections. Scientists believe everything changed with the formation of the Moon. The Earth and the Moon once had a joint magnetic field that acted as a shield against solar wind particles, says a new study conducted by an international team of scientists led by NASA. For a long time, scientists believed that the Moon didn’t have a long-lasting magnetic field due to the […]
Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin has revealed that his life was in danger in the mid-2000s, leading President Vladimir Putin to instruct the country’s secret services to keep him protected. Speaking to Moscow news agency TASS, the current chairman of Russia’s Accounts Chamber explained that someone was planning to murder him in 2005 or 2006. “I didn’t have [bodyguards] for most of the time when I was deputy prime minister, except for one year when, according to our secret services, someone was plotting to assassinate me,” Kudrin said. “On instructions from President Vladimir Putin, bodyguards remained by my side […]
The U.S. Navy has announced that the new class of frigate will be named Constellation. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships Oct. 7 while aboard the museum ship Constellation in Baltimore Inner Harbor, according to a recent service news release. The name was selected in honor of the first U.S. Navy ships authorized by Congress in 1794 — six heavy frigates named United States, Constellation, Constitution, Chesapeake, Congress, and President. These ships established the Continental Navy as an […]
Australia’s national science agency, in new research, found that the COVID-19 coronavirus can survive on different surfaces for about a month, making the need for measures like hand-washing and sanitizing even more important. In research published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, said that the COVID-19 coronavirus is able to survive for longer on smooth surfaces and in cold temperatures, specifically pointing at paper banknotes, glass and steel, as materials that are more suitable for the virus to survive. Tested in a laboratory – which means that some factors, including UV-lighting, was not involved in […]
Democrat Jaime Harrison raised a record-breaking $57 million in the final quarter of his race against incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who sparked recent controversy over a comment about being black in his state. Harrison’s $57 million haul blows past congressional fundraising records, and is also the largest ever three-month total for a Senate candidate ever, according to his campaign. The support came through 1.5 million donations from over 990,000 donors, with an average contribution of $37. Harrison’s financial success comes only two days after Graham found himself in hot water during a public forum when discussing civil unrest over […]
On Wednesday night, after Kamala Harris swatted a fly-infested Mike Pence in the first and only vice presidential debate, Maya Rudolph appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to discuss her SNL version of the California senator and returning to Studio 8H to film the late-night sketch show for the first time since the start of the pandemic. “It was nuts. You and I were there for the first show after September 11th, and when anthrax was in the building—that was another doozy, that was crazy—and I feel like there was a reminiscent feeling,” Rudolph told Fallon. “You were in […]
An official for China’s central bank has unveiled usage statistics of state-backed digital currency trials that were conducted in three Chinese cities. Speaking virtually at the Sibos 2020 conference on Monday, Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said the bank opened 113,300 consumer digital wallets and 8,859 corporate digital wallets for residents of Shenzhen, Suzhou and Xiong’an to pilot a digital yuan. The digital wallets processed RMB 1.1 billion ($162 million) across 3.1 million digital yuan transactions between April and August when the pilots launched and ended, Fan said, making it the most widely used central bank […]
Russian UFC newcomer Tagir Ulanbekov has posted a throwback photo with Khabib Nurmagomedov and revealed the champ’s words to him as he set off for Abu Dhabi, where he has faced hitches in entering the city and became his own chef. Lightweight champion Nurmagomedov saw off Ulanbekov, one of his long-term training camp partners, as his fellow Dagestani departed for Abu Dhabi ahead of his first fight for the promotion next month. Former Gorilla Fighting Championship flyweight champion Ulanbekov then posted a picture of the pair together in one of their earliest camps, posing ahead of the Dagestan combat sambo championship in […]
The Clinton Digital Library has released a trove for transcripts documenting private conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Bill Clinton. The transcripts, spread across 225 pages of text, are almost completely unredacted, and provide invaluable insights into Russia-US relations, a range of policy matters, and the personal rapport established between the two men. Kursk Among the topics discussed was the sinking of the August 12, 2000 sinking of the Kursk, a Russian nuclear missile submarine. The Kursk was one of the first major crises of Putin’s presidency. In a transcript, dated September 6, 2000, receiving condolences from Clinton […]
“It has been a genuinely extraordinary week for the White House,” said John Oliver at the top of Sunday night’s Last Week Tonight. There’s been so much chaos this past week that the HBO host said they didn’t have time to even address the $750 Trump paid in income tax for two years (as revealed by The New York Times), Melania Trump “essentially saying ‘fuck Christmas’” (recordings dropped by former Melania aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff), and Trump refusing to condemn the Proud Boys during the first presidential debate, telling the far-right anti-masturbation hate group to “stand back, and stand by.” All […]
Russian artistic gymnast Daria Spiridonova is eyeing life after her medal-decorated sporting career at the age of 22, revealing her “dream” of running a venue in Moscow for “cool girls who want to be beautiful and successful”. 2015 World Championships gold medalist Spiridonova has been scheming while the sporting schedule has been largely halted this year, and asked her vast fanbase of more than 125,000 followers on Instagram for their thoughts on her vision of a new post-gymnastics venture. She admitted that she had been plotting her moves “besides sports” for “a long time” and had wanted to turn her attention to […]
Musk has made a number of controversial statements about the coronavirus pandemic. He downplayed the severity of the disease, which has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States alone, and falsely claimed that children are immune to COVID-19. Tech maverick Elon Musk has revealed that neither he nor his kids will take the coronavirus vaccine. Speaking with journalist Kara Swisher on her podcast Sway, the father of six said he and his family are not in the risk group, therefore there is no need for them to get an inoculation. Musk reiterated his position on lockdowns, a safety measure […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1d/1080612603_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_9ba2d9553ded7dfcb1caea296569e217.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/society/202009291080613385-musician-kid-cudi-reveals-how-he-managed-to-deal-with-mental-problems-and-find-happiness/ He used to be one of the most influential musicians in the hip-hop and rap genres. He sold millions of albums in the United States, won a Grammy award, started a movie a career but… in 2016 he disappeared. Singer, songwriter and actor Kid Cudi revealed how he managed to deal with his mental problems and regain his footing. In an interview with Esquire, Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, said he had to check himself into rehab in 2016 to treat depression and suicidal tendencies because he kept hiding problems […]
LONDON—Over three million Black voters in key states were identified by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign as people they had to persuade to stay at home on Election Day to help him reach the White House. The revelation comes from an enormous data leak obtained by the British news network Channel 4. It shows that, four years ago, the Trump campaign prepared files on almost 200 million American voters and separated some out into eight different categories. One such category, assigned to 3.5 million Black voters, was titled: “Deterrence.” The leaked database was reportedly used by Trump’s digital campaign team, which […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107124/18/1071241801_0:0:1920:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_62d03c0f0834b3e36577b2fdd32af3d9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009271080583616-senate-judiciary-committee-reveals-amy-barrett-confirmation-hearing-details/ Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced Amy Barrett as his Supreme Court nomination pick, in a move to fill the vacancy opened after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Senate Judiciary Committee announced that the confirmation hearings for the Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin 12 October and will last from three to four days. “The hearing will last three to four days, using the format the committee has followed for recent Supreme Court nominees. Opening statements by Judiciary Committee members and the nominee will […]
The UK government is well-known for being coy about revealing information on its cyber warfare powers. Therefore, the military official’s comments were rather unprecedented. The only acknowledged cyber campaign to date to have been carried out by British forces was aimed shutting down Daesh’ internet presence. The UK has developed offensive cyber warfare capabilities that have the power to destroy national power grids and other such critical infrastructure, according to a military chief. General Sir Patrick Sanders, who sits at the apex of Britain’s Strategic Command, revealed that British military personnel are working closely with their counterparts at the civilian intelligence […]
The former captain of Russia’s synchronized swimming team, Angelika Timanina, has revealed her ordeal during a ‘difficult period’ in which she ‘didn’t eat, cry or sleep’ for months, lashing out at immoral women and ‘spoiled men’. Blonde bombshell Timanina had been included in Russia’s national surfing squad for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo before they were postponed earlier this year, and the abrupt change to her sporting plans appears to have preceded a time of deep turmoil for the swimming gold medalist at the 2012 edition of the games. Posing in a small black bikini with her hair down, Timanina announced that […]
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/202009251080568035-iran-intends-to-cooperate-with-russia-on-covid-19-vaccine-production-envoy-reveals/ Russia registered Sputnik V, the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, on 11 August following two successful phases of clinical trials that proved that it was capable of building immunity against the virus in all of the volunteers involved in the tests. Iran and Russia are discussing joint production of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali has revealed. Jalali said that he held talks with Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which funded the development of the world’s first vaccine against coronavirus, and announced that they will work […]
The FBI was aware of a counterintelligence investigation into the man Christopher Steele relied on for his Trump-Russia dossier, but kept renewing the FISA warrant to spy on the president anyway, according to a damning new letter. The dossier compiled by British spy Christopher Steele, paid through the firm Fusion GPS by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, was used by the FBI to obtain a warrant to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page in October 2016, prior to the presidential election. The warrant was renewed after Donald Trump got elected president and finally expired sometime in late 2017. In a redacted, […]
After taking the summer off and hosting the virtual Emmy Awards on Sunday, Jimmy Kimmel is back in his Hollywood theater this week. And the late-night host has a theory about why the Republican Party is so eager to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the 2020 election. Kimmel began his monologue on Tuesday by recognizing National Voter Registration Day. “If you don’t register, you can’t vote,” he told viewers. “And if you don’t vote, you won’t get a sticker. And also, there’s a psychotic individual in the White House who could use some removing right now.” “It’s hard […]
A researcher has suggested that there is something which could have altered the Titanic’s navigational readings, bringing about a collision with an iceberg that killed almost 1,500 passengers. The Titanic could have hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic after being pushed off course by intense space weather, Mila Zinkova, an independent US researcher and a retired computer scientist, has suggested in a new study, which claimed that a huge solar flare in the northern hemisphere may have actually caused the disastrous crash. The researcher cited evidence of strong solar activity on the night the Titanic sank – 15 April 1912 […]
Trump’s remarks come as the White House moves to ban WeChat and TikTok from US app stores. Having told reporters that he has conversed with top executives at Oracle, Walmart and Microsoft regarding the possible purchase of video-sharing app TikTok, US President Donald Trump also explained what has to be done in order for that social media app to operate in the United States, The Hill reports. According to the media outlet, Trump explained that in order to achieve that, the security concerns about TikTok’s alleged ties with China need to be addressed first. “We have some great options and maybe […]
VT: While in other nations, like the UK, second wave deaths are down to nothing, in the US they are climbing and these are younger and healthier victims. CHILD QUARANTINE CAMPS: CDC opens up FEMA camps to hold children who might have been exposed to COVID-19 https://t.co/beqTrCtZ0Q — The D.C. Clothesline (@DCClothesline) September 10, 2020 ABC News: There were 261,204 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States during the period of Sept. 9-15, a 0.7% decrease from the previous week. Meanwhile, 5,906 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded during that same period, a 16.6% increase compared with the seven days prior, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079887049_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_1949e0995d192e6cdee268a40829b406.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009161080474991-kanye-west-says-slavery-is-a-choice-reveals-yeezy-christian-academys-pillars-in-a-twitter-rant/ The rapper’s mention of slavery appeared to echo a similar remark he delivered during an interview two years ago. Famous American rapper Kanye West has recently dazzled his social media audience with a fresh Twitter tirade, delivering it amid what the Daily Mail describes as a “feud with music labels Universal and Sony”. Musing about the “master ownership” being “everything” in the “streaming world”, as “that is the bulk of the income”, Ye then proceeded to drop a peculiar remark in a subsequent tweet. “Remember they cut our tongues when we were on the […]
After two months of digging for evidence that Russia’s government paid bounties to Taliban forces to kill American forces in Afghanistan, as reported by the New York Times, the US military has found no corroboration. “It just has not been proved to a level of certainty that satisfies me,” General Frank McKenzie, the commander who oversees US troops in Afghanistan, reportedly told NBC News on Monday. Investigators continue to look into the matter, he said. The investigation already has reviewed intelligence concerning every attack on US troops in Afghanistan in the past several years, and none has been tied to Russian […]
The hits keep coming from Rage author Bob Woodward, who premiered a new exclusive audio recording of President Donald Trump admitting behind closed doors how dangerous he knew the coronavirus to be long before he started taking it remotely seriously in public. “Bob, it’s so easily transmissible, you wouldn’t even believe it,” Trump can be heard saying on the tape, which Woodward recorded on April 13th, 2020, and shared with Stephen Colbert for Monday night’s episode of The Late Show. The president goes on to tell what he apparently thought was a hilarious story about being in the Oval Office with […]
People wait in line to vote in Georgia’s primary election on June 9 at Park Tavern in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP People wait in line to vote in Georgia’s primary election on June 9 at Park Tavern in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP Updated at 5:29 p.m. ET Georgia’s top election official sounded the alarm Tuesday because he said 1,000 people voted twice in the state’s elections so far this year — although when pressed, he acknowledged he didn’t know whether any of them did so intentionally. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, made the announcement in […]
Austrian financier Jan Marsalek disappeared on June 18, the same day the 40-year old was fired from his position as chief operating officer of Wirecard, a German financial services provider. A €1.9 billion hole had been discovered in Wirecard’s accounts by an independent auditor and Marsalek had been fingered as the one responsible for it. Investigative journalists affiliated with Bellingcat, a digital forensic website, suggested that Marsalek fled from Germany to Belarus via Estonia, and then had been taken to Russia by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service. Further reporting by the Financial Times revealed that Marsalek appeared to have close […]
In recent months, US-based search engine giant Google has been sharing details of top searches observed around the world. Between June and August, Google searches have shown topics like Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and Coronavirus prevention methods trending in India. On Monday Google revealed that topics like the Russia-based first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and the Pakistan versus England T20 cricket match emerged as top trends in India. Google searches for “Sputnik” and “Sputnik vaccine” spiked by over 3,300 percent and over 2,750 percent respectively, suggested media reports citing the Google list. The world’s first vaccine against the COVID-19 oronavirus, jointly […]
The US State Department has gone after all sorts of entities over the years – sovereign nations, democratically elected governments, you name it. But its latest target has come from way out of left field. The department responsible for US foreign policy announced in a tweet that the International Cricket Council was in its bad books. In a message quoting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the department blasted the cricket governing body as “a rogue court with lawyers that are, frankly, corrupt and political.” Hmm… that doesn’t quite add up. It turns out the hot-shots over at the State Department couldn’t […]
The ancient Indus Valley Civilisation was located in present-day Pakistan and northwestern India on the plains of the Indus River. Evidence obtained during archaeological excavations show a flourishing civilisation existed in this area around 5500 BCE. A study by an Indian-born American scientist has revealed that the Indus Valley Civilisation possibly declined due to shifting monsoon patterns linked to climate change. In an article published in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, Nishant Malik, Assistant Professor at the School of Mathematical Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology revealed a new technique he developed to show how shifting monsoon patterns […]
The Chicago resident died in Rochester, New York a week after losing consciousness while police officers were taking him into custody during a “psychotic episode”. His family accuses the cops of using excessive force. A Black man died in March after police restrained him on the ground and covered his head with a hood, according to a body-worn-camera video released by his family on Wednesday. The incident happened on 23 March, when Daniel Prude, 41, was visiting his brother in Rochester, New York. According to his family’s lawyers, Prude was going through an “acute, manic, psychotic episode” and received a mental […]
A 41-year-old Black man suffocated to death in March after police in Rochester, New York, pinned him to the ground. Though Daniel Prude’s death occurred nearly six months ago, details became public at a press conference organized by his family Wednesday, according to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Body camera footage of the altercation also became available Wednesday, which Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren called “disturbing.” She said, “I can sympathize and empathize with the family.” Joe Prude, the victim’s brother, called the police’s actions “cold-blooded murder” and said officers treated him “like a damned animal.” “I placed a phone call to […]
The Indian military has accused China of violating the status quo with “provocative military movements” along the disputed border in Eastern Ladakh. There were intense clashes between the two nations in the area earlier this year. Indian troops have pre-empted the Sunday night maneuvers of the Chinese military on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake and strengthened their positions to “thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground,” the Indian side said in a statement on Monday. China did not immediately comment on the allegations. India would not provide details of what exactly had happened overnight, but expressed […]
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) claimed on Wednesday that Hezbollah had attacked the country from between two UN positions in southern Lebanon, a move described as a violation of UN resolution 1701 that calls for a ceasefire between the two countries. The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen broadcaster released a video of what it described as an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldier dummy placed on the country’s border with southern Lebanon. The broadcaster described the move as an Israeli plot to “lure the resistance to strike an imaginary target” and provoke a response. The video, that Al-Mayadeen claimed to have obtained from military media, shows […]
The official page of the US taxpayer-funded government outlet Voice of America on a Russian social media site was not just neglected for years, but allowed to be taken over by hostile hackers, a former executive has claimed. The last official post on the LiveJournal page belonging to Voice of America Russian Service was in April 2012. Ever since, “anti-US propaganda, violence, and pornography” have appeared on the page under the VOA banner and logo, without editors or managers at the US Agency for Global Media “noticing anything wrong for eight years,” Ted Lipien revealed on Wednesday on the pages of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107856/19/1078561980_0:0:3062:1723_1200x675_80_0_0_d8e6c66d0300a0c68cd3e2f5f275eaaf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/society/202008251080274954-i-was-so-jealous-bill-gates-reveals-what-steve-jobs-qualities-he-envied/ Mentioning Jobs’ accomplishments, Gates also noted how the former managed to help revive Apple back in 1997 and roll out a line of products that included the iPod, iPhone and iTunes. American entrepreneur and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has praised his late rival, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, over certain qualities that the latter possessed in life. During his recent appearance on the “Armchair Expert” podcast, Gates described Jobs as a “genius” who really had a way with people. “He was such a wizard at over-motivating people — I was a minor […]
Democrats have labored to make the case that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy knowingly acted as a henchman for President Donald Trump’s designs on the U.S. Postal Service. But during a high-profile congressional hearing on Monday, they might have made a different point more successfully: that he doesn’t know what he’s doing. When he took over the Postal Service’s top job in June, DeJoy, a former logistics executive and Trump mega-donor, presided over an overhaul of mail delivery practices supposedly designed to make the agency more effective and efficient. Instead, they led to significant nationwide delays, sparking concerns over the Postal Service’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0f/1080177551_0:0:3092:1740_1200x675_80_0_0_903bc1075ea7f359a45dfb98184dc20f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008221080249701-lukashenko-reveals-what-putin-told-him-before-belarusian-president-addressed-supporters/ The president showed up at a rally of his supporters in Grodno following two weeks of opposition-organised protests and strikes in the country. Lukashenko accused foreign countries of funding the riots with the aim of ousting him under the made-up pretext of rigging the election. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed why he hesitated so long to address his supporters, saying that he had foreseen the possibility of clashes between them and demonstrators backing the opposition. Answering a question from an RT correspondent after a rally in the western Belarusian city of […]
On Monday, the UK Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) announced that A-level and GCSE students in Britain would be given the exam grades predicted by their teachers instead of those awarded by a controversial algorithm that had triggered a grading fiasco. At least 79 percent of respondents believe that the UK government “badly” handled advanced (A)-level and General Certificate of Secondary Education (GSCE) results this year, a Daily Mail poll has revealed. The survey also indicated that getting pupils back into class full time in September should be the top priority for ministers. Most respondents said that they are […]
The two sets of footprints “are among the oldest tracks on Earth of shelled-egg-laying animals, such as reptiles, and the earliest evidence of vertebrate animals walking in sand dunes,” paleontologist Stephen Rowland said. U.S. National Park Service/U.S. National Park Service hide caption toggle caption U.S. National Park Service/U.S. National Park Service The two sets of footprints “are among the oldest tracks on Earth of shelled-egg-laying animals, such as reptiles, and the earliest evidence of vertebrate animals walking in sand dunes,” paleontologist Stephen Rowland said. U.S. National Park Service/U.S. National Park Service A geologist has discovered a pair of fossil footprints that […]
Russian figure skating star Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has talked about fashion and her clothing preferences, stressing that Monica Bellucci’s character Malena is her style icon. The 23-year-old often sets trends in figure skating with her eye-catching and sometimes provocative outfits, said that her sexiest dress style would comprise a skirt and a cleavage blouse which fully echoes Bellucci’s look from the romantic tragedy drama “Malena.” Also on rt.com ‘I want to see feminine, mature skating’: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva supports raising age limit in ladies events “I want to find a silk cut-out skirt below the knee and a cleavage blouse in tender colors. […]
Following their 2019 election defeat, the Labour Party has found themselves with a large mountain to climb if they hope to defeat the ruling Conservative Party at the next general election, with even their own members losing confidence in their ability to remove the government from power. A majority of Labour activists who responded to an online poll said that they believe that the Conservatives will win the next UK general election. LabourList asked readers to pick what the outcome of the next election would be, with 55% saying that they believe it will be some form of Tory victory either […]
On Friday, the United Nations Security Council rejected a US draft resolution to indefinitely extend the UN arms embargo against Iran, which is set to expire in October. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision “scandalous,” while senior US Senator Lindsey Graham claimed it makes “a major conflict” with Iran “much more likely.” The United States and Israel are already preparing for a scenario in which Russia sells its S-400 air defence system to Iran, including by conducting drills involving the destruction of advanced surface-to-air missile threats, Breaking Defense has intimated. The outlet points out that Iran has “already invested […]
Amid rumors that Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, whose contract with FC Barcelona expires in 2021, was not planning on re-signing, the illustrious striker has been linked with various possible transfer options. Massimiliano Mirabelli, former sporting director of Inter Milan, has opened up on the football club’s long cherished transfer target – football icon Lionel Messi. The Argentinian superstar and forward with Spanish club Barcelona is becoming a serious possibility, claims Mirabelli in an interview for Radio Sportiva in Italy. Currently, Messi is reported to be increasingly unhappy in the Barcelona team, and speculation has been rife regarding his future, as his […]
Following John Bolton’s ouster last year, Donald Trump explained he had made the decision due to spiralling misunderstandings with the aide on top foreign policy issues. In an exclusive interview with Business Insider on Monday, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton addressed a number of incidents that he claimed showed his ex-boss’s unpreparedness for the presidency, hot on the heels of his explosive memoir about his short stint in the White House. One of them, according to the ousted 71-year-old official, is the 2018 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, during which Trump refused to accuse Russia of […]
Anti-racism protests, often turning into violent riots, have been non-stop in the United States since Floyd’s death in late May, after an officer pinned him to the ground for several minutes as the man repeatedly told him he could not breathe. Two new videos showing new details in George Floyd’s fatal arrest have been leaked and published by the Daily Mail, despite it being barred from public distribution. The footage was shot on former police officers Thomas Lane and Alexander Kueng’s body-cameras, as they were first to arrive at the Cup Foods convenience store after a complaint that Floyd allegedly tried […]
US President Donald Trump was candid in a recent interview with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and revealed that it is not uncommon for him to have a little tweeter’s remorse. “Do you ever tweet out and … wake up and be like ‘oh, man I wish I didn’t send that one out’?” asked Portnoy in part two of an interview posted to Twitter on Friday. “Often, too often,” Trump responded in the interview, “In the old days before this you’d write a letter … you put it on your desk and then you go back tomorrow and then you say […]
47-year-old actress Gwyneth Paltrow recently hit the headlines for her controversial sex-related products, such as “Vagina-scented” candles, as well as some rather dubious health claims regarding her Goop wellbeing range. Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about a peculiar detail in relation to her sex education during a recent appearance on the “Literally With Rob Lowe” podcast. Speaking to the “A New Kind of Family” actor and her old friend Rob Lowe, Paltrow revealed that it was actually his wife Sheryl Berkoff, who once coached the actress, 15 or 16 at that time, on how to perform oral sex. According to the […]
Journalist and conservative icon Michelle Malkin has revealed that the Denver Police were under a retreat order when the Back the Blue rally she was speaking at was attacked by Antifa. Sunday’s rally was attacked by violent leftists leaving several people injured, as police did almost nothing to prevent violence or protect the crowd. On Wednesday, Malkin tweeted that Nick Rogers, the head of Denver’s police union, revealed that the incident commander handling the event ordered officers to retreat. Rogers revealed the order during an interview with the Peter Boyles radio show. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters […]
Democracy Dies in Darkness It is clear today that Google, Facebook and Twitter are using their own political blacklists to censor and diminish traffic to prominent conservative publishers and their supporters. If you search Google for prominent conservative voices including: Mike Cernovich, Joe diGenova, Jack Posobiec or Gateway Pundit you will see hit pieces and biased attacks. Despite Being a More Accurate News Source than Mainstream Media for 3 Years and Counting – New Study Finds Gateway Pundit Blacklisted by Google TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby The Gateway […]
On July 6, the Trump administration released federal data revealing which “small” businesses were awarded Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans because of the COVID-19 shutdown. In addition to the Kushner family, Trump’s fundraising pal Joe Farrell, and Kanye West, one name stood out among the recipients: the Church of Scientology. The celebrity-obsessed church—which professes that an intergalactic overlord named Xenu brought billions of aliens to Earth 75 million years ago, arranged them at the base of volcanoes, blew them up with hydrogen bombs, and their surviving souls haunt the human race—received three loans of up to $350,000 each for its sites […]
Health Editor’s Note: While this is a pre-print, non-peer reviewed paper, I tend to believe this will prove to be very useful in treating future COVID-19 patients, especially since planet earth are not near the end of this pandemic….Carol Six distinct ‘types’ of COVID-19 identified Kings College London News Centre Analysis of data from the COVID Symptom Study app, led by researchers from King’s College London, reveals that there are six distinct ‘types’ of COVID-19, each distinguished by a particular cluster of symptoms. Moreover, the team found that these types differed in the severity of the disease and the need for […]
(Note: As more people spend time online, we appreciate you supporting American businesses through sponsored posts like the below by Ed at Truthfinder and publishers like Gateway Pundit. Thank you – we appreciate your support!) I just ran this TruthFinder background report on myself and other people I know. I didn’t realize public records could uncover so much dirt. The information I found in just a few minutes of searching has changed how I’ll view my family, friends, and neighbors — forever. Here’s what I found: Someone living on my block has a criminal record for theft and vandalism. I really […]
Earlier in the week, Twitter was swept with a massive hacker attack that posted bitcoin scam texts, affecting tens of thousands of accounts, among which were Elon Musk, Kanye West, Joe Biden and many others. For those who suspected that Twitter was hijacked on Thursday by a sophisticated group of hackers or some state-run entity, The New York Times may have ruined expectations, revealing a surprising insight into who, the paper claims, actually stood behind the attack. According to The Times, the unprecedented steal of multiple blue-ticked accounts, from that of Bill Gates to Joe Biden, was conducted by a group […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have released the first pictures and preliminary findings captured by the Solar Orbiter, including intriguing glimpses of “campfires” near the solar surface that could shed new light on one of the biggest solar mysteries scientists are eager to learn more about. Numerous other scientific areas of intrigue were also revealed to heliophysicists thanks to the images themselves — which are the closest ever taken of the Sun. These areas include the Zodiacal light and the Sun’s magnetic field lines. While NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is currently much closer to the Sun at 6.11 million […]
The Reds previously enjoyed great success, having won the Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, etc. but nothing in their recent past compares to this season’s much-coveted English Premier League title, masterminded by Jurgen Klopp, the club’s manager since 2015. Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp has revealed to the German publication SWR Sport, that he will spend another four years with the newly-minted Premier League champions, until his recently extended contract expires, and will then return home, to Germany. Addressing his longer-term plans, the former Borussia Dortmund boss asserted: “Definitely to live, after my career. Most likely even [go] to Mainz”. Klopp said […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107966/02/1079660276_0:122:2806:1699_1200x675_80_0_0_603ada5863df331fe6f6f3bd5b67a4e6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Oleg Burunov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007121079863178-vladimir-putin-reveals-in-what-cases-he-may-turn-a-blind-eye-to-criticism/ Russian President Vladimir Putin underscored that he takes little interest in “criticism for the sake of criticism”, but that he is always open to “constructive proposals”. In an interview with the Russian TV channel Rossiya 1 on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin focused, in particular, on how he reacts to critical, sometimes harsh remarks, toward him. “There are always people who think differently, and it seems to them that they have better solutions than those proposed by the current authorities, including the head of state”, Putin said. The Russian president stressed that as […]
It is the second planet from the Sun and is similar in size and structure to our planet. It even appeared at the same time as the Earth, however for reasons scientists can’t explain Venus went took a different direction and is a completely different world, where humans will be burnt and flattened like a pancake. NASA has spoken about the details of its VERITAS mission to Venus that the space agency said would reveal the mysteries of Earth’s twin. The VERITAS project, which NASA plans to launch in 2026 together with its partners – the French Space agency, the Germany […]
Unlike J.K. Rowling or Donald Trump, Reza Aslan knows what it’s like to be “canceled.” On the evening of June 3, 2017, a van barreled into a crowd of pedestrians on London Bridge before its passengers emerged, stabbing onlookers in nearby Borough Market. Before their blood was even dry, or the culprits’ identities revealed, President Donald Trump tweeted, “We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!” That Trump was using an in-progress terrorist attack as justification for his so-called “Muslim […]
In late June, a US appeals court ordered a district judge to comply with a previous decision by the Department of Justice and drop the review of the criminal case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The FBI knew that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was not a Russian agent, and they believed that he did not deliberately lie to them during his 2017 interview, according to newly released documents provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to Flynn’s legal team. His lawyers wrote in a court filing on Friday that the documents had revealed FBI agents and DOJ […]
Earlier this week the Justice Department produced more evidence to General Mike Flynn’s legal team. The newly released documents were handwritten notes of Peter Strzok just one day after his January 24, 2017 ambush interview of Flynn. There was also a DOJ (?) memo dated January 30, 2017 which we speculated cleared Flynn. On Friday, the Justice Department unsealed the January 30, 2017 memo and it revealed the Obama coup cabal KNEW Flynn wasn’t lying and wasn’t an “agent of Russia.” TRENDING: Mayor De Blasio Tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer That He Is Banning All Large Gatherings in NYC Except For Black […]
In cryptocurrency markets, newfangled “decentralized exchanges” like Kyber are piddling compared with more-established and centralized venues like Binance. But in the eyes of traders, it’s the upstarts who are winning lately – at least based on the year-to-date performance of digital tokens affiliated with the various exchanges. Take Kyber Network Crystal (KNC), which is used to pay trading fees on the decentralized exchange Kyber. The token’s price has surged eight-fold in 2020. That compares with a 21% gain for Binance Coin (BNB), which customers of the exchange can use to pay trading fees, at a discounted rate. You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/37/1079833777_0:0:3012:1695_1200x675_80_0_0_89b00d54c304b246bb3681c1a564089b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007081079833700-auditor-generals-report-reveals-canadian-authorities-lost-track-of-tens-of-thousands-of-deportees/ TORONTO (Sputnik) – A report from Canada’s Auditor General on immigration removals revealed that the country’s authorities do not know the whereabouts of thousands of individuals set for deportation. “In April 2019, we determined that there were about 50,000 individuals with enforceable removal orders. Two-thirds of these – 34,700 cases in the wanted inventory – involved individuals whose whereabouts were unknown”, the report said on Wednesday. The Auditor General said in the report that the majority of the orders have been enforceable for years and a share of them involve criminal cases. In addition, […]
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has urged “everyone” to “keep an open mind” about deceased billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s long-term partner and alleged procurer of underage girls Ghislaine Maxwell, after she was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2nd July. Writing in The Spectator, Dershowitz – who represented Epstein, and played a decisive role in negotiating and securing the sex abuser’s extremely soft and highly controversial “sweetheart” plea deal in June 2008 – recalls how he and his wife were introduced to Maxwell by Sir Evelyn and Lady Lynne de Rothschild. They subsequently met her on several occasions– “generally in the presence […]
Fort Hood Pfc. Vanessa Guillen has disappeared in April. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with attorney Natalie Khawam and Vanessa’s sister Lupe Guillen about new details in this case. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In April of this year, Vanessa Guillen, a soldier at Fort Hood in Texas, disappeared. Since then, her family has been desperate for answers. This week, they started to get some. On Tuesday, human remains were found near the Leon River, although they have not yet been identified. Wednesday, the Army announced one suspect in the case had been arrested, and another specialist, Aaron David Robinson, had killed […]
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 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107975/24/1079752411_0:105:3072:1833_1200x675_80_0_0_dc30b68fef7c787a6fe9f570114914f5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006291079752442-sputnik-rts-covid-19-coverage-gets-more-online-engagement-than-european-media-study-reveals/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sputnik and RT’s French-, German-, and Spanish-language coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, along with reports in these languages produced by Chinese, Iranian, and Turkish state media outlets, can receive as much online engagement as prominent European news sources, researchers at the University of Oxford said in a Monday report. “State-backed outlets producing coronavirus-related content in French, German and Spanish can achieve higher average engagement per article than prominent news sources such as Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El Pais,” the researchers said in the report. The study, which was conducted over […]
The T-55, a veteran main battle tank design created in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, and introduced into the Soviet Army in 1947, continues to be operated by a host of nations across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, with over 100,000 T-55s of various modifications built between the late 1940s and the early 1980s. A deadly incident involving the testing of a Soviet T-55 tank at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, in May 2009 led to the deaths of two personnel, and the severe maiming of a third, a newly declassified report by the […]
Government Attacks Media As People’s Media Reveals The Truth By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. June 28, 2020 Government Attacks Media As People’s Media Reveals The Truth2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/feeney_arrest0601_floyd.width-2880-e1593372238737.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Omaha police officer escorts freelancer Megan Feeney, a camera dangling from her zip-tied hands, on June 1, 2020. Aaron Sanderford/Omaha World Herald. NOTE: We are taking next weekend off to take care of personal needs. The newsletter will be back in two weeks. – KZ and MF Government attacks on the media are escalating as the battle for the narrative grows in importance. For the last decade, stories produced and […]
Dr. William Strudwick stands outside Howard University Hospital, where he works as an attending physician in the emergency department. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU Dr. William Strudwick stands outside Howard University Hospital, where he works as an attending physician in the emergency department. Tyrone Turner/WAMU Dr. William Strudwick was finishing a shift at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University Hospital when his wife, Maria, texted. Their 19-year old son, Cole, wanted to join a protest five days after the killing of George Floyd. It was 9 p.m. After dark, Strudwick weighed, he couldn’t predict how protesters would act — or […]
Last week, Facebook’s Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson reportedly sent a memo to advertisers saying that the company sets “policies based on principles rather than business interests”. In a statement on Thursday, the US telecom giant Verizon said that it is withdrawing advertising on Facebook and that the pause also pertains to Instagram. Verizon’s chief media officer John Nitti underscored that the company has “strict content policies in place and have zero tolerance when they are breached, we take action”. “We’re pausing our advertising until Facebook can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable and is consistent […]
Last week, Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono announced Tokyo’s readiness to suspend deployment of the US land-based missile system Aegis Ashore, citing the project’s high cost. Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Thursday reported that the country’s National Security Council may consider a replacement for the US missile defence system Aegis Ashore by October. Reuters, in turn, cited Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono as saying that the country is considering acquiring a first-strike weapon as an alternative to Aegis Ashore, something that was earlier suggested by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Aegis Ashore Weapon System The developments come after Kono confirmed Japan’s decision […]
Judicial Watch obtained records that show the FDC paid for “fresh and never frozen” human fetal parts from abortions for use in “humanized mice” creation. God help us. BREAKING: Judicial Watch received 165 pages of records from the FDA showing FDA between 2012 & 2018 entered into 8 contracts worth $96,370 to acquire “fresh & never frozen” tissue from aborted fetuses for use in creating “humanized mice” for research (1/3).https://t.co/eU5mgpZLCr — Judicial Watch 🔎 (@JudicialWatch) June 23, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: GENERAL FLYNN CASE DISMISSED! — DC Appeals Court Upholds Justice Department’s Request! “These documents are a horror show,” said Judicial Watch […]
Japanese optics company Olympus has signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the 100-year-old business transfer all shares in its camera operation to the investment fund Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). The legacy optics maker said it intends to exit the camera business completely, with the company now focused on providing medical equipment such as endoscopes. The memorandum notes how Olympus first entered the camera market in 1936, when it created the photographic Zuiko lens. But the missive also highlights the difficulties facing the firm today, stating that the “severe digital camera market” is too much to bear, and citing the […]
Peter Strzok The Justice Department on Tuesday revealed in a court filing a single page of notes from former FBI counter-intel chief Peter Strzok that are exculpatory to General Mike Flynn. The content of the notes was not revealed because it is under protective order. Via John Solomon of Just the News: (emphasis our own) Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin informed U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of the discovery in a midday court filing, revealing the single page of notes were believed to have been taken by Strzok during the critical juncture of early January 2017 when FBI agents recommended shutting […]
The recent “Blue Leaks” file dump has provided netizens with over 250 gigabytes of video, audio and other data from more than 200 law enforcement agencies across the US. The damning records are proving to be key explanations for the current social unrest in the country, according to technology and security analyst Patricia Gorky. “This is showing what the police are doing. This is showing what these cops are doing with the $116 billion, collectively, that police have in this country,” Gorky told Loud and Clear hosts Brian Becker and John Kiriakou on Monday. RELEASE: #BlueLeaks (269 GB) Ten years of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107968/46/1079684643_0:0:1763:991_1200x675_80_0_0_f9441c6c62cb110131541f56e8119d5c.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006221079684630-bolton-reveals-why-he-was-worried-to-leave-trump-alone-with-putin-during-2018-helsinki-meeting/ In his interview with ABC News, former national security adviser John Bolton talked about his upcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened”, teasing on what readers will be able to learn and pondering over US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy choices. In the light of his forthcoming book, former Trump appointee John Bolton revealed in an interview with ABC News why he was afraid to leave US President Donald Trump alone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during a 2018 summit in Helsinki. Bolton said this was because “at any given moment, we didn’t […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/36/1079653632_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_e4b6ffc2c5d7e1c9443e299f2dd88181.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202006181079653991-kremlin-comments-on-boltons-controversial-white-house-memoir/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Kremlin has not yet read the book by ex-US National Security Advisor John Bolton, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, when asked about the Kremlin’s stand on the published fragments, particularly those on talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We have not yet had an opportunity to read Bolton’s book”, Peskov said. US media released on Wednesday the first extracts from the forthcoming book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” Trump, described in the book as a person easily manipulated by foreign […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107964/77/1079647718_0:195:1921:1275_1200x675_80_0_0_6dad3c7dc98c6a2c754367c4356343b5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Oleg Burunov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202006181079647968-nasa-reveals-what-could-be-source-of-elevated-benzene-level-on-iss/ The International Space Station is currently manned by Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, as well as American astronauts Christopher Cassidy, Douglas Hurley, and Robert Behnken. An increased level of toxic benzene inside the International Space Station (ISS) could be caused by the air filters installed in one of the American modules on board the space outpost, according to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Benzene is a natural part of crude oil, gasoline, and cigarette smoke; it is used to make other chemicals for producing plastics, resins, nylon, […]
After years of research, the Bank of Canada is preparing to design its own central bank digital currency (CDBC). Revealing its plans in a June 11 job posting, the central bank said it was “reinventing central banking” and radically rethinking the nature of Canada’s cash. “The Bank of Canada is embarking on a program of major social significance to design a contingent system for a CBDC, which can be thought of as a banknote, but in digital form,” the bank wrote. CoinDesk’s request for comment was not returned by press time. Still, the job posting said as much about the new […]
Serena Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has hinted that the six-time champion could overcome not having her daughter at a heavily restricted US Open in order to target glory after an “extremely difficult” break from tennis. Women’s number one Ashleigh Barty, men’s number one Novak Djokovic and reigning champion Rafael Nadal have been among a succession of stars voicing doubts about whether they would play at the tournament under proposed new rules for players, while Mouratoglou has warned that veteran Williams would struggle to go a day without seeing her daughter. The Greek-Frenchman would be the obvious candidate as the sole allocated member […]
Body camera footage from Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosan were released by the Atlanta Police Department on Saturday.The footage clearly shows Atlanta police officers behaving respectfully and doing everything they were supposed to do. According to reports Rayshard Brooks fell asleep in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday night. When the police arrived Rayshard failed a breathalyzer test. Then when police attempted to arrest Brooks he became violent. TRENDING: BREAKING: CNN Crew Attacked by Rioters in Atlanta – Beaten at Wendy’s (VIDEO) Brooks was caught on camera wrestling with police and resisting arrest.He was shot dead after he took […]
The UK Labour Party has spent a decade in opposition since the defeat of Gordon Brown in 2010 and the subsequent Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. Despite almost reaching power in 2017, former leader Jeremy Corbyn stepped down with historically low approval ratings and was replaced by Keir Starmer. Sir Keir Starmer has become the most popular opposition leader since Tony Blair, according to a new poll on Friday. Just two months into the role, the new Labour leader’s currently approval rating stands at 51 percent among UK voters with 20 percent dissatisfied. In total, 77 percent of Labour voters say they are satisfied […]
In 2017, former senior royal Prince Harry became the president of African Parks, an organisation which manages and protects resorts across the African continent; but the Duke of Sussex has been a devoted environmentalist long before then, something many believe he has taken from his father, Prince Charles. Prince Harry said that there was some evidence suggesting the coronavirus’ origin “may be linked to our exploitation of nature”, according to his written foreword to African Parks annual report. The Duke of Sussex, who has been the president of this non-governmental organisation since 2017, also underscored that the humanity had only ten […]
At some point in 2018/19, just over £515,200 was paid for a year’s rent of 184 MoD houses which had in fact been demolished – the payment is categorised as “fruitless” for the obvious reason the department had “no beneficial use of the properties”, as they didn’t exist at that time. The UK Ministry of Defence has released a comprehensive list of “fruitless payments” – money in excess of £30,000 spent unnecessarily, and/or which provided no benefit to the MoD whatsoever – 2016 – 2019, totalling £8.93 million. The 64 payments, released in response to a Freedom of Information request, are […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid the corona pandemic, economies around the world are struggling to stay afloat, with massive amounts of jobs lost and a recession hitting even the most well-off countries. The situation is similar in India, where many people, who have been laid off during the lockdown, are surfing the web in search of opportunities. The cyber crime police branch of Maharashtra, an Indian state with over 50,000 COVID-19 cases, has confirmed that the personal data of around 29 million Indians seeking jobs via online portals has been leaked and is on sale on the dark web. The dark web […]
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 […]
Sport 09:59 GMT 01.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107948/46/1079484681_0:198:2726:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_5243b23c135e2fa41305e95fcfa8d6c3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202006011079484826-khabib-reveals-his-choice-for-mmas-two-biggest-powers/ In late May, Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagamedov sarcastically named the greatest UFC fighter in the history of Twitter – his nemesis, Irishman Conor McGregor. The UFC lightweight champion of Dagestani origin has turned to Twitter to name MMA’s two biggest powers. To no surprise, they are UFC President Dana White, who signed the Russian fighter in late 2011, and his manager, Ali Abdelaziz. Among other UFC stars, Abdelaziz is also the manager of Justin Gaethje, who will meet with Khabib in the octagon for the undisputed UFC lightweight title following […]
US President Donald Trump shocked reporters by revealing that he has been taking the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against the coronavirus, following the advice of the White House physician. “I’ve been taking it for about a week and a half now and I’m still here,” he said on Monday, following a meeting with governors at the White House. “I was just waiting to see your eyes light up when I said this,” he told the reporter asking the question. Asked what evidence he had that the drug was helpful, Trump said “I get a lot of positive calls about […]
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has been taking the unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment for the coronavirus. Recent studies have shown that the drug has little to no effectiveness in treating the coronavirus, and the FDA has issued a warning regarding its potentially deadly side-effects. Speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon, the president took aim at ousted vaccine chief Dr. Rick Bright, who recently came forward with a whistleblower complaint about the Trump administration’s push of the controversial drug. “A lot of doctors take it. I take it,” the president said at the White House […]