Older voters, women, abandon Trump entirely while others are simply walking away and not looking back. Daily Beast: Having returned to the White House after his three-day hospitalization with COVID-19, President Donald Trump is trying to figure out how to salvage his campaign—and it’s clear he has a lot of work to do. BREAKING: New CNN poll has Biden leading Trump by 16 points nationally pic.twitter.com/6l3mZmDi1J — […]
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by Katherine Frisk for Veterans Today (deceased/missed) If you have absolutely no idea where Nagorno-Karabakh is, do not feel alone. Neither did I. So here is a brief run down from Wikipedia: Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, lying between Lower Karabakh and Zangezur and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is mostly mountainous and forested. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally […]
UFC boss Dana White has dismissed speculation that British welterweight star Leon Edwards will be next up for rising Russian-born star Khamzat Chimaev as he aims to continue his record-breaking assault on the rankings. Chimaev picked up a third UFC victory in the space of a little over two months when he destroyed Gerald Meerschaert with a one-punch KO just 17 seconds into their contest in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080565599_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_4c07f74fb2bf20a1c50d0e4f1b8989e1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009241080565636-france-may-impose-second-quarantine-over-rising-number-of-covid-19-cases-prime-minister-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – French Prime Minister Jean Castex warned citizens of the country that the government may impose a new quarantine over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. On Thursday, Sante Publique, the French national health agency, said that the country had confirmed more than 16,000 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase […]
Hospital directors have repeatedly argued that the current lack in testing availability has led to more frequent absences among staff, which hinders the efforts of the crisis-hit NHS to recover. UK ministers are drawing up plans to restrict “frivolous demands” for coronavirus tests, conceding that they didn’t expect there would be so many people willing to take them, the Times reported, adding that despite a staggering […]
Recently, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced that it would reduce the nation’s military presence in Iraq, stating that some 2,000 troops would be withdrawn from the country by the end of September. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief, Gen. Frank McKenzie, told NBC News that attacks on US troops conducted by “militia groups” in Iraq have increased in the first half of 2020, compared to […]
Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the first black Attorney General in Kentucky’s history, spoke at the RNC 2020 on Tuesday night. Daniel was a huge hit!He claimed his place as a rising star in the Republican Party! This was too much for the American left.Racist liberals immediately attacked Daniel online after his amazing speech. Democrat journalist Oliver Willis hurled a racist slur at the Kentucky Attorney […]
Bitcoin traders are hitting the sell button. On Ethereum, DeFi is boosting fees again. Bitcoin traded as low as $11,613 Tuesday. Traders continued selling the world’s oldest cryptocurrency after it hit a 2020 high of $12,485 on Monday. For the time being, it may struggle to break much higher from that. “Too much resistance at $12,000,” said over-the-counter crypto trader Alessandro Andreotti. “So it’s just going […]
The Russian Defense Ministry has reported about the rise of U.S. military activity over Russia’s border. On Friday, the Defense Ministry press release said that Russian radars tracked 46 foreign aircraft that conducted air reconnaissance near Russia’s state border in the past week. “All the flights by foreign spy aircraft were tracked by Russian radar stations. No violations of the Russian state border were allowed, the […]
After suffering its worst monthly fall in about a decade, the US currency has started August with a bounce. However, analysts predict further weakness in the greenback. “We expect the currency to be undermined by an ebbing of safe-haven flows, a reduction in the US rate advantage, and political uncertainty ahead of the November presidential election,” UBS analysts wrote last week. The ICE US Dollar Index, which […]
On Wednesday, May 27, as day turned into night, the protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers spread across the city. The streets in front of Du Nord Craft Spirits, America’s first Black-owned distillery, in South Minneapolis were filled with marchers. The company’s founders, Chris Montana (who is Black) and his wife Shanelle (who is white; both are native Minnesotans), kept an […]
The Trump administration’s decision to close down China’s consulate in Houston is just another example of “political theater” that could bring more pain to the US economy in a time of crisis, according to Professor Richard Wolff. The host of Economic Update sat down with RT’s Boom Bust to discuss the deteriorating relations between the world’s two biggest economies. Wolff believes that profits of American corporations […]
World Methane Emissions Hit New High by Alex Fox/Smithsoniamag.com Global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane hit an all-time high in 2017, according to a pair of new studies released this week by researchers with the Global Carbon Project. Agriculture, landfill waste and fossil fuel production are driving the sharp increase in methane emissions from human activities, reports Maria Temming of Science News. Though worldwide data is only available […]
A council member in East Fishkill, a town up the Hudson River from New York City, has advised local residents to avoid four out of five NYC boroughs “due to crime,” noting a drastic increase in shootings and homicides. “Reconsider travel” to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens “due to crime,” reads the letter by Councilman Anil Beephan, made public on Friday. Violent crime is “widespread” […]
In Nairobi’s Kibera slum in April, Nancy Andeka, 45, teaches her and her neighbor’s children at home as schools are closed due to the coronavirus. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP In Nairobi’s Kibera slum in April, Nancy Andeka, 45, teaches her and her neighbor’s children at home as schools are closed due to the coronavirus. Brian Inganga/AP As Zuleika Yusuf Daffala walks across […]
Democrats never take responsibility for their failures. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday blamed the Coronavirus for her city’s rising murder rate. Last week it was reported 65 people were shot across Chicago as Mayor Lightfoot pushed for police reform and lectured the city on Coronavirus safety measures. Four children were among the 65 people shot. TRENDING: “F**k You Cracker A$$!” – Peaceful Protest: BLM Thug […]
President Donald Trump, had little to say about the coronavirus, during remarks Friday at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, S.D. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump, had little to say about the coronavirus, during remarks Friday at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, S.D. Alex Brandon/AP President Trump, in a speech Friday at Mount Rushmore that lasted more than 40 […]
People wait for COVID-19 tests at a hospital in Baghdad on June 4. Khalil Dawood /Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Khalil Dawood /Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images People wait for COVID-19 tests at a hospital in Baghdad on June 4. Khalil Dawood /Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Coronavirus cases are spiking sharply in Iraq amid a shortage of supplies that has resulted in protesters storming […]
American Express has become the first foreign company to be allowed to process yuan transactions in China as it received final approval to start operating a bank card clearing network in the country. China’s central bank announced on Saturday that it had granted a clearing licence to American Express’s joint venture with LianLian DigiTech, Express (Hangzhou) Technology Services. The company, which won initial approval two years […]
Despite a post-halving rise in bitcoin’s price Wednesday, the current value may not be enough to keep less-efficient miners operating, and that could shift market dynamics. At press time, bitcoin (BTC) was trading up 2.3% over 24 hours at $9,106. The world’s first cryptocurrency is trading above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, which is a bullish technical indicator, and has been on a steady uptrend […]
Bitcoin’s price is starting to make gains after what turned out to be a rather dull halving event. With daily active bitcoin addresses at the highest level since 2018, interest in bitcoin could be heading even higher. The world’s first cryptocurrency is now trading above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bullish technical indicator. This reversal comes after a huge 10% drop in price on […]