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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Alexander Lukashenko is the legitimate president of Belarus, and all Belarusians are seen as brotherly people in Russia, regardless of whether they agree with the latest election results or not, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “Alexander Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] is the legitimate president of the Republic […]
Within a week of going online, DeFi project SushiSwap’s total value locked (TVL) surpassed $1.5 billion. At its peak, it made up almost 70% of liquidity on the decentralized exchange Uniswap. SushiSwap only took seven days to launch. This article was originally published by CoinDesk China on Tuesday. SushiSwap co-founder 0xMaki […]
The new live-action remake of the popular Disney film ‘Mulan’ saw its original release date delayed due to theatre shutdowns across the US throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Despite calls from Hong Kong opposition groups and others to boycott the movie, early viewership appears to have surged. Downloads of the Disney+ […]
Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, has figured out that the doom and gloom over rampant violence and lawlessness in the largest US city is unfounded hysteria over a “nonexistent crisis.” All he needed to find the truth of the matter and prove the alarmists […]
In a piercing appraisal of the growing strife unraveling under President Donald Trump’s first term, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused him of stoking, and even starting, civil unrest that is proliferating across the country. Trump has been a “toxic presence in our nation for four years” who is “poisoning […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107935/49/1079354904_0:281:1600:1181_1200x675_80_0_0_542319d05c3f6c10daa6fdb5a7024eb7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008311080330388-us-sees-increasing-russian-activity-around-alaska-secretary-of-state-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States is seeing increasing Russian activity near Alaska as well as in other parts of the world, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Monday. “I’ll leave it to the Department of Defense to […]
KIEV (Sputnik) – Kiev does not see any reasons to fully break off diplomatic relations with Minsk despite a recent suspension of contacts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Friday. “There are no grounds for a diplomatic rupture at the moment, so we are definitely not planning to do this”, […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has implored the current Donald Trump challenger, Joe Biden, to not concede defeat in the election, sparking accusations from the GOP that the party would “steal” the vote. In a clip, released just as the Republican National Convention was about to kick off on […]
Brazil continues to struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely struck the country, with more than 3.5 million confirmed cases and over 112,000 COVID-related deaths. Brazilian academic Fabio Sobral has shed light on the internal fight between the federal and local governments as well as the unfolding “vaccine race” […]
Exiled US whistleblower Edward Snowden is sensing a shift in the political winds in his favor, as news that President Donald Trump will consider pardoning him elicited opposition from “only the worst people in the country.” “Imagine my surprise to find only the worst people in the country willing to […]
Protesters gather near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk in Belarus on Aug. 16 to protest the results of last week’s presidential election, which are widely seen as fraudulent. Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS hide caption toggle caption Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS Protesters gather near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk in Belarus on Aug. […]
Conner Curran, 9 (right), and his brother Will, 7, at their home in Ridgefield, Conn., this week. The gene therapy treatment that stopped the muscle wasting of Conner’s muscular dystrophy two years ago took more than 30 years of research to develop. Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption toggle caption […]
The idea of a U.S. digital dollar is no longer a fringe novelty. Now, it may be a means to an end. The U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy conducted a hearing on “Winning the Economic Competition” between China and the U.S. on Wednesday. Once […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107897/61/1078976192_0:34:1770:1029_1200x675_80_0_0_8f99c422b7858e6f3b055fb27980d957.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007171079909934-minister-sees-foreign-interest-in-russia-covid-19-response-experience-due-to-low-mortality/ YEKATERINBURG (Sputnik) – Many foreign nations are interested in Russia’s coronavirus response experience due to the low mortality rate in the country and the Russian Health Ministry gets in touch with health authorities of two or three countries weekly to share this experience, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/10/1079897749_0:250:2491:1652_1200x675_80_0_0_668eb96cb51d9a88e98db4fc116eddd8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007161079897778-ex-nyt-editor-sees-backlash-for-critique-of-bari-weiss-claim-that-times-columnists-are-centrists/ Bari Weiss, a former opinion editor at The New York Times, announced her resignation from the position in an open letter, slamming the paper for what she described as a “hostile work environment” and “bullying” over her conservative and centrist views. Former NYT […]
Cinderella’s Castle rises above Bay Lake at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World on Saturday. Disney reopened two of its Florida parks after nearly four months of being closed due to the pandemic. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Image hide caption toggle caption Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Image Cinderella’s Castle […]
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (right) consults with attorney Roy Cohn, circa 1954. In the 1970s, Cohn would become a mentor and lawyer to Donald Trump. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Sen. Joseph McCarthy (right) consults with attorney Roy Cohn, circa 1954. In the 1970s, Cohn would […]
Bitcoiners, already rocked by this year’s coronavirus-inflicted turbulence, face a fresh source of volatility as the market heads into the second half of 2020: the U.S. presidential elections. According to Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, a reelection victory by President Donald Trump could threaten the U.S. dollar’s century-long reign as the world’s de […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 15 June, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in violent clashes in Ladakh region, leading to the death of 20 Indian soldiers. The two sides have since held several rounds of talks to de-escalate tensions. Amid the persisting standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control […]
Bitcoin is reporting moderate gains on Monday as gold, a safe haven asset, rallies amid renewed coronavirus concerns. At press time, the cryptocurrency is priced around $9,430 – up 1.5% on the day – having put in lows near $9,260 during the Asian hours, according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index. […]
Gunfire has reportedly erupted for the second night running in the controversial ‘autonomous zone’ created by Seattle protesters, leaving at least one person hospitalized. Police are investigating reports of multiple shootings. One person was transported to the city’s Harborview Medical Center following an alleged shooting inside the Capitol Hill Autonomous […]
HONG KONG—Reaction to that part of John Bolton’s upcoming memoir where he says Donald Trump asked Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping for help in the next presidential election has been muted in China itself. The underlying sentiment is that nothing was done, and nothing needed to be done, in […]
Donald Trump has been bleeding supporters among a variety of demographic groups since his election. Suburbanites have left him, evangelicals are showing signs of disillusionment, and working class whites are starting to jump ship. But even in times of distress, there is one group of Trump fans whose commitment seems […]