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 […]
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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 […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expressed the belief on Monday that it was not surprising that the United States had not coordinated with Berlin the decision to withdraw troops, qualifying the bilateral relations as “difficult”. “I would say it [US-German relations] is difficult … As we see […]
On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon & Lee Stranahan spoke with guests about America’s support of violence in Ukraine and how we’re seeing the echoes of that violence in communities and police at home. Guests: Jareth Corpus – Author of ‘Ukraine: Forever A Pawn’ | The Ukrainian Diaspora & The […]
The Rest Of The World Sees Uprisings, Not Riots By Reese Erlich, The Progressive. June 9, 2020 The Rest Of The World Sees Uprisings, Not Riots2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/george-floyd-protests-in-lafayette-square-washington-d.c.-from-the-progressive-e1591672099294.jpg200px200px Above photo: George Floyd protests in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C. from the Progressive. The United States is paying the price for denying people what Malcolm X […]
US 19:24 GMT 07.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107954/77/1079547723_0:120:3118:1874_1200x675_80_0_0_5817e4d4d6d152149dc5b26e27aca0a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006071079547257-washington-dc-sees-another-round-of-protests-against-police-brutality—video/ Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard to start withdrawing from Washington DC where it had been deployed earlier amid violent protests against police aggression. Watch a live broadcast from Dupont Circle […]
A student accused of attacking a policeman during a protest in Philadelphia has been cleared of wrongdoing, with footage of the incident belying the assault allegations and showing officers unleashing batons on demonstrators. All charges were dropped against the 21-year-old student, Evan Gorski, on Wednesday after prosecutors viewed online videos […]
Beijing Sees Trump’s Hand And Won’t Fold By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. May 31, 2020 Beijing Sees Trump’s Hand And Won’t Fold2020-05-312020-05-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/china-us-xi-trump–e1590958151920.jpg200px200px Above photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in a file image. Image: Youtube. With Sinophobic hysteria reaching new heights in US, China’s counter play is […]
US 16:59 GMT 30.05.2020Get short URL The first lady expressed her condolences to the family of George Floyd, and urged the people of the United States to focus on “peace, prayers & healing”. As the United States witnessed the eruption of a wave of protests this week, sparked by the […]
US 00:16 GMT 22.05.2020(updated 00:35 GMT 22.05.2020) Get short URL Following several weeks of layoffs, business closures and other economic fallout related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, the nation observed surging mortgage delinquencies and a significant uptick in “financial hardship” statuses for certain credit products in April, according […]
Bitcoin was spooked by a ghost Wednesday, tumbling 7% in the span of an hour on reports a previously inactive address dating to the blockchain network’s earliest days had transferred more than $300,000 of the cryptocurrency. The scare brought a quick end to bitcoin’s four-day rally. Prices for the largest […]
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. “The drama has left” The royals are keen to move on from the “soap opera” surrounding Harry and Meghan, […]
Health Editor’s Note: As states in the U.S. begin to relax the “stay in place orders” and open up more businesses, there is not reason why we will not see a surge of new COVID-19 cases and subsequent deaths. We have seen upticks in numbers since the Easter and Mother’s […]
With the Justice Department announcing Thursday that it would drop the case against Michael Flynn, officials close to President Donald Trump are already gaming out ways to bring the former national security adviser back onto the national political stage. Of the nine senior Trump administration officials, campaign staff, outside advisers, […]
With a title like Trial by Media, you’d naturally expect Netflix’s true crime series—executive produced by CNN and The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin, alongside George Clooney and Grant Heslov—to focus on the multifaceted ways print and TV reporting affected, for better or worse, high-profile legal cases. Like a student term […]