Above photo: A view of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in March 2017 in Washington, D.C. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The EPA’s biggest union, signaling its dissatisfaction with the White House’s level of action on climate, will ask the Biden administration to declare a national climate emergency and take other ambitious steps on the environment. The declaration of a national emergency would kick-start 123 statutory powers that aren’t otherwise available to the executive branch, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Included among them is the hiring of more climate scientists, engineers, and lawyers at the EPA, a goal shared by both the American […]
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Above Photo: Gidimt’en Checkpoint. Next Court Appearance On June 1 On April 17, Gidimt’en Checkpoint tweeted: “On April 13, 2022 twenty seven land defenders arrested in the fall and into winter of 2021 on Wet’suwet’en territory appeared virtually before Justice Church. Coastal Gaslink’s lawyer, Kevin O’Callaghan, recommended that the charges be criminal contempt, and not civil contempt. …this would mean that the land defenders arrested during the Coyote Camp occupation at the drill pad site and the Likhts’amisyu Chief arrested on his own territory would face criminal charges. We need to make [British Columbia’s Attorney General] David Eby aware that CGL [Coastal GasLink], the […]
Above Photo: With the support of Amharan and Afar militias, the Ethiopian federal army, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recaptured towns from the TPLF, forcing them to surrender. (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Government Communication Service). With federal government forces cornering the TPLF back into Tigray state, the TPLF has called for peace negotiations. The government has called for the disarmament of the group and the surrender of its leadership. On December 23, Ethiopian government’s Minister of Communication Service, Legesse Tulu, announced that all parts of eastern Amhara and the entire Afar state have been liberated from the occupation of […]
Above Photo: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, political prisoner. Rashidmod.com. ‘In The Spirit Of Mandela.’ In this era of police violence, pandemic worries, and economic crisis, it is no surprise that U.S. (and local) government agencies have a poor track record of sharing information honestly and directly—especially information about their own complicity in actions and policies that are undemocratic, militaristic, racist, sexist or otherwise oppressive. Basic truths about the society we live in are actively suppressed and denied—including truths about the imprisonment of those whose political views and actions challenge the powers that be. Though the growth of the prison industry has been […]
Bolivia: Parliament’s Committee Seeks To Prosecute Jeanine Añez November 10, 2020 Bolivia: Parliament’s Committee Seeks To Prosecute Jeanine Añez2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/axez.jpg_1718483346.jpg200px200px Above photo: The coup-born regime leader Jeanine Añez, Bolivia. 2020. Twitter/ @NotivisionBO. Bolivia – The ministers of foreign affairs, defense, interior, and justice could also be subject to criminal proceedings. A special committee of the Bolivian Parliament on Monday recommended starting trials against the leader of the coup-born regime Jeanine Añez and some ministers for the massacres of Sacaba and Senkata that took place in 2019. The final report of this committee was referred to the National Congress, where it must be approved […]
The new mobile and survivable direct-fire combat vehicle that could boost the firepower of the U.S. Army light forces will begin the phase of evaluation in 2021. According to a recent service statement, the Army will begin independent operational testing and evaluation of two light tank prototypes developed by the General Dynamics and BAE Systems under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program in January 2021 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The MPF program is the first under the Army Futures Command Cross-Functional Team for Next Generation Combat Vehicle that fills a critical capability gap. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – […]
Bolivia: Amid New Crisis, Coup Government Seeks To Divide Spoils By Federico Fuentes, Green Left. October 5, 2020 Bolivia: Amid New Crisis, Coup Government Seeks To Divide Spoils2020-10-052020-10-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/bolivia-e1601925135418.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protester in La Paz holds up a sign that reads: “Anez: hunger does not wait”. Radio Kawsachun/Facebook. Just weeks out from the October 18 elections, Bolivia’s coup government is again in crisis following the departure of three key ministers over an unconstitutional attempt to privatise an electricity company. It comes as polls show Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce potentially winning in the first round, less than a year […]
The US Greek Orthodox Church said it will go to the UN to ensure Turkey protects the church’s cultural heritage, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan converted the landmark Hagia Sophia site from a museum into a mosque. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America told AP on Tuesday that it would contact UN rapporteurs and attempt to hold Ankara accountable “for its deliberate policies to erase the cultural heritage of Orthodox Christians.” The Turkish president issued a decree in July converting the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. Once a Byzantine cathedral, it was repurposed as a mosque under Ottoman rule, […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US administration is considering sanctioning Iran’s entire financial system to cut it off from the outside world, Bloomberg news agency reported. The sanctions will specifically target around 14 Iranian banks that have so far escaped US restrictions, the report said on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The initiative, if approved, will designate the financial sector, including money-changers and informal payment transfer processors, on par with mining, construction and other sanctioned industries, according to the report. The move, which would effectively leave Iran isolated from the global financial system, has not yet been submitted to […]
The upcoming U.S. presidential election has become one of the most contentious in history, fraught with searing divisions over everything from the economy to race to the continued health of democracy itself. So it’s not surprising that Wall Street options traders are now pricing in expectations of elevated market volatility around the November election. Analysts for the investment banking giant Goldman Sachs noted earlier this month that price swings of nearly 3% are implied around election day in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index of U.S. stocks. What’s surprising is that options trading on notoriously volatile bitcoin prices, which often trade in sync with stocks, […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a probe into those investigating him for corruption, insisting authorities were “distorting justice” to force him out of office following reports of major police misconduct. The PM demanded a new “independent inquiry” during a Likud Party meeting on Wednesday night, addressing a report from Israel’s Channel 12 earlier this week alleging that police covered up a glaring conflict of interest for a top investigator in Netanyahu’s corruption case. “Obviously there are political decisions being made here by senior law enforcement officials who are distorting justice and the law in order to overthrow a right-wing […]
…from SouthFront.org Iran has identified the perpetrators of an act of sabotage at Natanz nuclear facility in the central part of the country in July, according to a spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Behrouz Kamalvandi said that while the details of the act of sabotage are still being investigated, the security forces “have detected the agents [who committed the act of sabotage] as well as the motive, methods and manner of the sabotage.” According to the Iranian side, the saboteurs sought to disrupt the uranium enrichment process at the Natanz facility, but they were not successful in this […]
Extreme Right In Venezuela Seeks To Sabotage The Election By Katu Arkonada, La Jornada. August 31, 2020 Extreme Right In Venezuela Seeks To Sabotage The Election2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/12/venezuela_hands_off-e1597763660828.jpg200px200px In a little more than three months, on December 6, parliamentary elections will be held in Venezuela. The previous elections were on December 6, 2015 and the opposition gained a majority thanks to the abstention of 2 million Chavista voters who decided to stay home and not vote. But the circumstances today are different, and supporters of the policies of Hugo Chavez are more united after having had to deal with an infinite number of political, economic […]
Anti-government protests have continued in Belarus for more than two weeks now, with demonstrators taking to the streets to express their anger over the results of the August 9 presidential election in the republic which they believe was rigged in favour of Lukashenko. The West has been seeking to remake Belarus in its own design, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday. Moscow will welcome any kind of dialogue President Lukashenko offers the opposition, Lavrov added. The people of Belarus will find a way out of the crisis on their own, they don’t need any mediators, the minister said. According […]
The GOP—including a Black Republican organization—plans to hold “a First Amendment demonstration” during convention week in the same park where law enforcement rousted Black Lives Matter protesters to clear the way for a President Donald Trump photo-op in June. The Daily Beast obtained a permit application that the Maryland GOP submitted Thursday afternoon for three gatherings of 10,000 people on National Parks Service property, which the state Republican Party said it would run in conjunction with the Maryland Black Republican Council. The trio of events, described in the paperwork as sign-waving celebrations of the First Amendment, would occur on Tuesday morning […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107975/66/1079756613_0:0:2991:1682_1200x675_80_0_0_d7857eb9c0612e8d4087bb9cfa20e572.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008211080232603-moscow-seeks-to-hold-intra-palestinian-meeting-after-covid-19-situation-improves-russian-fm-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow expects to convene another meeting of representatives of Palestinian parties as soon as the epidemiological situation improves, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russia’s Trud newspaper. According to the diplomat, the restoration of Palestine’s unity on the platform of the Palestinian Liberation Organization is an essential prerequisite for the resumption of direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. “For our part, we will continue to work with the Palestinians in order to consolidate and develop the emerging encouraging trend. We intend to hold a regular meeting of representatives of the […]
President Trump said at a news conference on Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates is seeking to buy an unknown number of F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jets. According to Trump, the UAE was interested in buying advanced F-35 Lightning II fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp. “They’d like to buy F-35’s, we’ll see what happens, it’s under review,” said Trump. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The announcement comes just days after the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship. U.S. defense journalist and commentator Steve Trimble […]
Mass anti-government protests in Belarus are actually a “color revolution” in action, and Russia may be the next target if the country fails to halt its progress, President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed. Lukashenko, whose reelection for a sixth term last Sunday sparked mass protests over an alleged rigging of the vote, believes his detractors are unwitting agents of foreign puppeteers and need to be stopped. “Don’t you lull us with [talk about] peaceful action and demonstrations. We can see what is happening deep down,” the Belarus leader said on Saturday at a government meeting, as cited by local media. We have […]
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 Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008151080177627-lukashenko-says-seeking-to-discuss-current-situation-in-belarus-with-putin/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday that he was seeking to discuss the current situation in Belarus with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The aggression against Belarus is going in line with a scenario. I need to contact Putin urgently, because this threat is relevant not only for Belarus”, Lukashenko said as quoted by Belta. According to the Belarus leader, those who encourage people to take to the streets are “sometimes working professionally,” using fake news and fake footage of the events. On Sunday, Belarus held the presidential election. According to […]
Health Editor’s Note: It was no sooner announced, months ago, that children, when they contract COVID-19 do not get as ill as adults. This was drastically disproved when children started to develop Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) which is a very severe complication of COVID-19. Children with MIS-C develop inflammation of the lungs, kidneys, brain, heart, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Symptoms of MIC-C are fever with other symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, rash, neck pain, conjunctivitis (blood shot eyes), abdominal pain and feeling very tired. The cause is not known other than children who developed MIC-C also had the […]
Venezuela Moves Toward Elections: US Seeks To Undermine Them July 28, 2020 Venezuela Moves Toward Elections: US Seeks To Undermine Them2020-07-282020-07-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/campvenezuela-e1550673625794.jpg200px200px NOTE: Venezuela will be holding its legislative elections on December 6, 2020. The US government and their puppet, Juan Guaido, are doing all they can to undermine the election. The opposition parties are getting on board and agreeing to participate, but there is constant pressure by the US to prevent people from participating. Below are two articles from Venezuelanalysis that describe preparations for the election and the potential for making progress in resolving disputes between the US and oligarchs and […]
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/science/202007251079983549-space-power-us-seeks-to-build-nuclear-reactors-for-moon–mars/ The prospective reactor must be able to generate an uninterrupted electricity output of at least 10 kilowatts. The US Department of Energy has recently put out a request to the private sector to construct nuclear power plants capable of operating beyond the boundaries of our planet. According to a news release by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the request for information is aimed at securing “partnership on technologies and approaches to test and validate” the fission surface power systems that could be deployed on the moon and during the missions to Mars. “Idaho National […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/17/1079967276_0:78:3000:1766_1200x675_80_0_0_25c626083840ce12e2f955a8e235cc74.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007231079967314-us-arrests-3-chinese-researchers-seeks-fugitive-at-san-francisco-consulate-justice-department-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US federal authorities have arrested three Chinese researchers for failing to disclose their links to China’s military, and a fourth individual is a fugitive harboured at the consulate in San Francisco, the Justice Department said in a press release on Thursday. “Four individuals have recently been charged with visa fraud in connection with a scheme to lie about their status as members of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), while in the United States conducting research”, the release said. “Three of these individuals have […]
In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Ripple, YouTube argues it isn’t liable for crypto scammers using its platform. The motion filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, argues that under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, “interactive computer services,” like YouTube, cannot be treated as publishers of third-party content and hence aren’t liable for it. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital […]
Blackfeet Federation Seeks Permanent Protection For Badger Two Medicine By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News. July 22, 2020 Blackfeet Federation Seeks Permanent Protection For Badger Two Medicine2020-07-222020-07-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/150515_pi_b2m.jpg200px200px Above photo: Badger Creek in the Badger-Two Medicine. Tony Bynum/tonybynum.com. Recently, the Blackfeet Tribal Council, MT announced its goal of securing permanent Federal government for the Badger Two Medicine area, sacred site to them. Specifically, they are seeking a new type of federal legislation that would authorize and establish a Cultural Heritage Area, the Badger Two Medicine, 130,000 acres within the Lewis-Clark National Forest area, to be co-managed by the Tribe and USFS. “Badger Two Medicine is […]
Not all central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are created equal, a Georgetown Law Professor said during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) tech advisory meeting last Thursday. A digital currency backed by the Federal Reserve was one of the main topics discussed during the four hour-long remote meeting, organized by the commission’s technology advisory committee (TAC). Chris Brummer, Georgetown Law Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law, presented an overview of CBDCs, explaining how one might be designed and issued, on behalf of TAC’s Virtual Currencies Subcommittee. CBDCs have graduated from a niche idea to a topic […]
The Tianwen-1 Orbiter, Lander, and Rover are scheduled to depart for Mars within a three hour launch window extending from 00:00-03:00 EDT (04:00-07:00 UTC) on Thursday, 23 July 2020 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan, People’s Republic of China. The flight will be the first China-led mission to another planet and seeks to be the first successful Chinese Mars endeavour. Liftoff of the mission will mark the first time a flight to another planet departs from Chinese soil. The road to Tianwen-1 The mission follows the failed Fobos-Grunt flight, a joint partnership between China and Russia, which included […]
President Donald J. Trump invoked the Stafford act in March, authorizing federal agency funding. Source link
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues for the fourth day over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. However, the fight is also of geopolitical importance for Turkey, which shares a border with Armenia while strongly backing Azerbaijan, Mark Sleboda, a foreign affairs and security analyst, told Sputnik. Nagorno-Karabakh is “technically [part of] Azerbaijan, and it is generally recognized as part of Azerbaijan by the international community as a whole,” Sleboba told Loud & Clear host Brian Becker Wednesday. However, the region has an ethnically Armenian majority. For decades the exclave was of little concern, since both countries were republics of the Soviet […]
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 […]
by Nebojsa Malic, senior writer at RT If the picture of Chinese ‘malign influence’ in the US is as dire as FBI Director Chris Wray painted it, the two nations ought to be at war. Yet Wray doesn’t advise that, suggesting it’s all just Russiagate-like fear-mongering. “China is engaged in a whole-of-state effort to become the world’s only superpower by any means necessary,” Wray argued on Tuesday, speaking at an event hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. In addition to being able to execute its malign influence projects with “authoritarian efficiency,” China is “calculating, they’re persistent, they’re patient and […]
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, said it would prioritize strengthening its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts through digital transformation as new leadership gets under way. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
The world’s largest payment network is looking for an Ethereum developer to help work on a new blockchain-based application. Source link
New Delhi (Sputnik): According to car industry representatives, the sector witnessed a revival in month-on-month sales in June due to pent-up demand caused by the COVID-19-induced lockdown. As the economy opens up, dealerships are experiencing increased demand. In a decision that is hoped will rev up auto sales in India after a lull due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the country’s major private sector lender HDFC Bank on Thursday announced its plans to offer ZipDrive instant auto loans to customers across 1,000 cities. “ZipDrive is arguably India’s fastest online auto loan offering. With this state-of-the-art technology-enabled solution, from the market leader […]
The cover art of Aron Flam’s much-talked-about book features a poignant remake of a cult WWII-era poster, which according to copyright holders constitutes disfigurement. In Flam’s version, the Swedish tiger, a wartime symbol of secrecy, wears an Nazi armband and makes a Nazi salute. The Swedish authorities have pivoted on a book by Jewish comedian, journalist, and writer Aron Flam about Sweden’s problematic relations with Nazi Germany during World War II. All the remaining copies have been confiscated at the warehouse of the publisher, and now Swedish prosecutors are seeking permission to destroy the books, including copies already sold, the news […]
US President Donald Trump’s plan to draw down the US contingent in Germany has been set in motion, with the Pentagon saying that 9,500 troops out of 34,500 stationed there will be removed pending consultations with allies. “The Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed the President yesterday on plans to redeploy 9,500 troops from Germany,” Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that the proposal had already been approved. The plan to scale back the US military presence in Germany was made public by Trump earlier this month. He did not […]
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has approved a measure that would require the government, including the Pentagon and intel agencies, to compile all data on unidentified aerial phenomena into a declassified report. Though the provision is part of a broader annual intelligence bill and must still be approved by the full Senate, the intelligence committee recently voted to add the measure into the legislation, calling on the government to “standardize collection and reporting on unidentified aerial phenomenon,” or UAP – more commonly known as UFOs. “The Committee remains concerned that there is no unified, comprehensive process within the federal government for […]
[Editor’s note: Turkey’s Army was decimated and humiliated by the Russians during the Caucasian campaign and especially at the Battle of Sarikamish. War Minister Enver Pasha then publicly blamed the Armenians for his own failings and humiliation. Thus began the Armenian Genocide of 1915 which killed at least 1.5 million Armenians. The men were simply shot or bayoneted on the spot, then the women and children were driven south on a brutal and murderous forced march into the wastes of the Syrian desert. Many died along the way, denied water and brutally driven on by the boots of the Turkish soldiers. […]
Israel is already the US’s closest ally in the Middle East, with Washington committing to provide Tel Aviv with $38 billion in military aid over ten years in 2016. Israel became a major US non-NATO ally in 1987, making it eligible to receive the latest US military hardware as it became available. Bipartisan groups of lawmakers in both the House and Senate are working on legislation which would further expand US-Israeli defence cooperation to include a ‘US-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group’. A bill on a ‘United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020’, introduced last month by Senate Armed Services Committee members Gary […]
Reddit is anticipating big demand for its Ethereum-based “Community Points” system only one month after rolling out the product. Now the social media site is looking for a scaling solution. Posted in the r/Ethereum subreddit Thursday, Reddit announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation to find a Layer 2 (L2) scaling technique for the site’s 430 million users. Community Points are earned by garnering “upvotes” on posts and can be used to purchase specialized GIFs or emojis. Following CoinDesk’s request for comment, Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Ayako Miyaguchi tweeted: A blockchain for decentralized applications, Ethereum has been eyeing various scaling techniques […]
In late May, a number of US media outlets reported that US President Donald Trump was taken by Secret Service agents to an underground bunker as potentially violent demonstrations protesting the killing of African-American George Floyd took place near the White House. US President Donald Trump has reportedly directed officials within his administration to find and prosecute those responsible for leaking information about his retreat to the heavily-fortified underground White House bunker during an anti-police-brutality protest near the White House on Friday 29 May, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report claimed that Trump complained to advisors that he […]
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., pictured on May 7, led the effort to draft a Republican police reform proposal. Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., pictured on May 7, led the effort to draft a Republican police reform proposal. Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Senate Republicans are unveiling legislation on Wednesday to address a national outcry for reform of the country’s law enforcement departments, with hopes of addressing police misconduct, dangerous practices and concerns of systemic racism. Led by Sen. Tim Scott, the chamber’s lone black GOP member, has led […]
An Israeli unity government was formed in May between two rivals, the Likud party’s Benjamin Netanyahu and the Blue and White party’s Benny Gantz, after months of political struggles and three elections. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for a reason to put his political partnership with Benny Gantz on hold and dissolve the unity government, calling for another election, The Times of Israel reported. “The marriage between us and Blue and White will end at the Rabbinate [with a divorce] much faster than everyone thinks. Netanyahu is trying to find the right timing and pretext to call elections”, a senior […]
They could replace your morning coffee, so the saying goes on morning show broadcasts. Nootropics, sometimes called smart drugs, are a class of performance-enhancing supplements that are seeing widespread use in the tech and crypto sectors, and prompting much skepticism everywhere else. The thousands of chemicals that could conceivably fall under the category are bought and sold online and in stores – coming in a pharmacopoeia of varicolored powders, pills and drinks – and are marketed by their ability to improve memory, mental acuity, boost energy and help users enter flow states. Though the term nootropics literally means “mind-bending,” the point […]
US 03:41 GMT 21.05.2020Get short URL The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the only agreement limiting the number of nuclear weapons in Russia and the US to remain in effect, is set to expire in 2021, as the Trump administration keeps avoiding the extension, insisting instead that China must also take part. The White House is planning to prolong the New START treaty by several months, pursuing the combined goals of keeping the agreement in force, limiting the nuclear arms extension for both countries and encouraging China to join the agreement, Politico reported, citing unnamed administration officials. Under US President […]
US 17:11 GMT 20.05.2020(updated 17:43 GMT 20.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107936/75/1079367501_0:179:3072:1907_1200x675_80_0_0_280e1835bcfcf495b50ef035bfb8660d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005201079367411-michigan-flooding-is-500-year-event-state-seeks-help-from-federal-govt—governor/ The peak flooding is expected at about 8 pm EST tonight, residents should evacuate, the governor said, as quoted by Reuters. The flooding in Michigan is a ‘500-year event’, and the state is seeking help from the federal government, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said, according to Reuters. The governor added that the peak flooding is expected at around 8 pm EST on Wednesday, urging residents to evacuate. On Tuesday, Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Midland County, including the city of Midland, with a […]
Europe 06:55 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL LONDON (Sputnik) – By threatening to proceed with legal action against London over an alleged violation of the EU’s freedom of movement rules, Brussels is trying to penalise it for Brexit, Freddy Vachha, the general secretary of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), told Sputnik. “I am sure they have got lots of things to argue with and the European Court of Justice will be involved and they will try to impose financial penalties on us. The main political point though is that they have got used to us giving in and crumbling. We have had […]
The US Department of Defense is requesting congressional authorization to strike a potential $17.7 billion deal with General Dynamics for two nuclear-powered, Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. Amid lawmakers’ drafting of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has requested Congress grant the department permission to secure two of the US Navy’s new Columbia-class subs via an estimated $17.7 billion deal with General Dynamics. The proposal would “permit the Navy to enter into one block buy contract for up to two Columbia-class submarines (SSBN 826 and SSBN 827), providing industrial base stability, production efficiencies, and cost savings when compared to an […]
The Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), an industry advocacy group, is publishing a series of recommended standards for companies participating in a proof-of-stake consensus protocol in an effort to reduce regulatory clampdowns on different networks. The group met with members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year to discuss their proposals and discuss staking more broadly, as well as submit a white paper detailing the industry recommendations. The alliance includes Bison Trails, Coinbase, Polychain, Tezos and the Cardano Foundation, among others. “We’re coming out with some industry-driven solutions around staking as a service which we believe will […]
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The judge handling the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn is asking for opinions about what he should do now that the Justice Departments wants to drop its prosecution of Flynn. Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order on Tuesday soliciting “friend of the court” […]
William Perry Pendley’s temporary appointment at the Burea of Land Management was recently extended for the fifth time since taking over the agency last summer. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR William Perry Pendley’s temporary appointment at the Burea of Land Management was recently extended for the fifth time since taking over the agency last summer. Kirk Siegler/NPR In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, conservation groups allege the Trump administration’s continued use of temporary appointees to lead large federal lands agencies is a violation of federal law and the Constitution’s “advice and consent” clause. The suit, filed by the […]
Zoom, the popular-by-necessity video conferencing service, has acquired crypto key directory Keybase in a bid to bring end-to-end encryption to its paying customers. “We are working on a detailed cryptographic design to be published by May 22 for public review,” tweeted, Alex Stamos, a former chief information security officer of Facebook who joined Zoom as a consultant. “This will be an open and transparent design process as Zoom builds something both unique and impactful to the privacy of millions.” Keybase, the secure messaging and file sharing platform, is taking on a challenging task because multiparty video conferencing is incredibly difficult to […]
India 12:31 GMT 07.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): As many as 10 people have died and thousands directly exposed to styrene gas due to their close proximity to a major gas leak at an LG Polymers Pvt Ltd plant in Visakhapatnam. The leader of the opposition and former state chief of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, has written to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry seeking action against the South Korean firm LG Polymers, from where a gas leak was reported on Thursday. In a letter addressed to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Naidu wrote: “It is also essential to immediately close […]