Above Photo: Civil Rights Advocates Decry New Ohio Anti-Protest Legislation. Peg Hunter/Flickr. A record 227 activists working to protect environmental and land rights were murdered in 2020, says the latest in a series of annual reports from Global Witness. “Almost a third of the murders were reportedly linked to resource exploitation—logging, mining, large-scale agribusiness, hydroelectric dams, and other infrastructure,” writes BBC News in its coverage of the research. Global Witness calculated that, since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, an average of four activists have been murdered every week. And “shocking” as that number is, Global Witness says an accelerating […]
Sets
40 posts
Egyptian grandfather Ezzeldin Bahader is officially the world’s oldest professional footballer after the 74-year-old completed his second full match as a pro. Bahader’s achievement was officially recognized by Guinness World Records on Saturday event after he played for his team, “6th October,” in their 3-2 defeat to Al Ayat Sports in Egypt’s third division. Bahader’s achievement was a welcome diversion from his performance as he missed a penalty during the game. The former amateur player, who turns 75 on Nov. 3, netted from the spot on his debut back in March. He was all set to play in his second 90-minute […]
On Monday, WFEL Limited has announced that it received a new contract from the UK’s Ministry of Defence for the supply of 17 Sets of its MGB Medium Girder Bridges. This follows a review of the MoD’s modular gap crossing capabilities, which aimed to draw together existing in-service capabilities into a single coherent capability, according to a company news release. These 17 new MGB bridging sets can be configured in several different ways to provide flexibility to the Commander on the ground. Configurations include concurrent deployment of both a 31-metre Double-Storey and a 5-bay Single-Storey version. The bridging systems will be […]
Anti-Trump author and MSNBC terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance has labeled the anti-government extremists who plotted to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer “VanillaISIS” and claim they follow “their al-Baghdadi,” Donald Trump. “These people were radicalized by the very fact that a black man could sit in the Oval Office,” Nance said of the recently-arrested Michigan would-be kidnappers and other radical groups in the US. “Where they are now,” he continued, “is a state of readiness to support Donald Trump.” Also on rt.com Leftist journalist hounded online for suggesting Michigan kidnap plotters were radicalized by poverty “He is their al-Baghdadi,” Nance added, comparing […]
8 Oct, 2020 20:18 Follow RT on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is setting the stage for yet another attempt to remove President Donald Trump from office, preparing a bill to create a commission that could rule on whether he’s too sick to continue as president. Follow RT on Source link
Polish teenager Iga Swiatek stunned no. 1 seed Simona Halep 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open on Sunday. The 19-year-old needed little more than an hour to dismantle Halep, a three-time finalist and 2018 champion at Roland Garros. The match served as the perfect revenge for their meeting at the same stage in Paris last year, which Halep won 6-1, 6-0 in just 45 minutes. Fans on Twitter were in awe of Swiatek’s impressive showing. “Best performance of a player in 2020! I’m a super Simo fan but today nothing to do against the perfection in the […]
Argentine forward, Lionel Messi, ended a saga of controversy in September after he confirmed that he had no intention of leaving Barcelona after expressing his intentions to jump ship. Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman praised Lionel Messi on Saturday as an ideal captain and setting an example for the rest of the team describing his continued contribution to the club since his decision to remain with them this season. “From day one, Leo has trained and played well and has given the maximum for the club, for his team and for his team-mates and I have had no complaints about him on […]
Chinese bitcoin miner manufacturer MicroBT is looking to grab a bigger slice of the U.S. market by setting up its first overseas production center. The company said on Friday that it has partnered with New York-based Foundry Digital LLC and a Southeast Asian company in order to improve supply chain efficiencies for North American buyers of its flagship bitcoin mining equipment. The Southeast Asian listed company – which MicroBT declined to name – is contracted to produce and deliver MicroBT’s WhatsMiner equipment to U.S. investors, who would otherwise pay an additional 25% tax if they receive shipments directly from China due […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will likely preside over the political fight over a vacant Supreme Court seat. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will likely preside over the political fight over a vacant Supreme Court seat. Jacquelyn Martin/AP The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday at age 87 will inevitably set in motion what promises to be a nasty political battle over who will succeed her at the Supreme Court. Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent […]
Some Colorado residents woke up to something that felt crazy after sweltering through the Labor Day weekend: snow. This roller coaster forecast was “truly something that I’ve never seen,” says assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger. In Fort Collins, the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University measured .3 inches of snow this morning, “the earliest accumulating snow ever observed in over 130 years of records!” That followed a high of 99 degrees Sunday, the highest temperature ever observed so late in September. The National Weather Service says Fort Collins hit 100 degrees on Saturday. In Denver, it’s been 20 years since […]
The board of directors of bitcoin mining manufacturer Canaan approved a buyback program Monday for its lagging shares. Source link
US scientists are continuing to sound the alarm on the potential environmental and agricultural threats posed by the Asian giant hornet – or “murder hornet” – as sightings and captures of the slaughterous insect have been on the rise in Washington. However, recent efforts to trap the invasive insect have yielded just a single specimen. Whatcom County, Washington, officials announced on Friday that a beekeeper from the Evergreen State had recently delivered a successfully trapped specimen that was later confirmed to be a deceased Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia). The insect captured by the beekeeper was recorded as one of the […]
The government of Paris is setting up five new sites to conduct free screening for Covid-19 and help private labs deal with demand for their services. Last week, France surpassed the national record of 900,000 weekly tests. Starting Monday, three permanent centers are collecting samples as part of free Covid-19 testing in the French capital, the mayor’s office said. Additionally, two mobile labs will be serving various parts of the city in half-day shifts. The measure is meant to alleviate pressure on private labs, which have been overwhelmed with the demand for Covid-19 screening. Last week, people had to wait up […]
President Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday night, the last day of the Republican National Convention. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday night, the last day of the Republican National Convention. Evan Vucci/AP The 2020 Republican National Convention this week began and ended with two performances by the man who designed it all, President Donald J. Trump. Most of the attention went, of course, to the final night’s event, when a live audience saw him “profoundly accept” his renomination in […]
The greatest economic recovery in US and world history continues. The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high today after the President showcased his list of great accomplishments this past week. The stock markets have increased faster since March than any time in history. The previous record was between President Trump’s election win and February of this year. Today the S&P 500 hit another all-time high – TRENDING: BREAKING: Violent Black Lives Matter Mob Attacks Sen. Rand Paul as He Leaves RNC in DC Americans who kept their money in the markets since March are very happy today with their 401k […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080078068_0:0:1366:768_1200x675_80_0_0_7a50cc442e6b253716941a590adb61ea.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008051080078114-video-chinas-type-075-helicopter-carrier-sets-sail-for-first-sea-trials/ China’s first amphibious assault ship, the Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD), has been put to sea for the first time on Wednesday. Photos and video on social media showed the warship being escorted away from the docks by the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai by tugboats on Wednesday morning, before steaming away under its own power. Judged to be between 35,000 and 40,000 tons displacement, the Type 075 is the rough equivalent of the US Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ships. This class of warship has both a flight deck for launching helicopters or […]
Twitter hack alleged ringleader Graham Clark, the subject of a previous criminal investigation, had bail set at $725,000 at his first court appearance Saturday. Source link
Brazil Reports Almost 70,000 New Covid Infections in Record Day by Mario Sergio Lima/Bloomberg Brazil registered a record number of coronavirus cases and deaths after days of reported issues with the transfer of the data from local governments into the national system. The Latin American country added 69,074 cases on Wednesday, pushing the total number of infections to over 2.55 million, according to the Health Ministry. Deaths rose by 1,595 to 90,134. In both counts, Brazil trails only the U.S. globally. Brazil, a nation of 210 million with some states the size of France, has reported some 7,000 coronavirus deaths a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107982/84/1079828468_0:312:3086:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_5860c3ab5a153e0731d398633ad8b744.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202007211079941172-richest-gets-richer-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-adds-13-bln-to-net-worth-in-one-day-sets-record/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Jeff Bezos, the 56-year-old founder and CEO of US-headquartered e-commerce giant Amazon is the richest man on Earth. The business mogul was named the first person in modern history to gather a fortune worth over a whopping $100 billion, but that’s not all. In a single day record, Bezos on Monday lavishly reaped in $13 billion more to his previously estimated net worth of around $171 billion. The significant inflow into Bezos’ kitty is being called the largest single-day jump for a billionaire listed in the 2012 “Bloomberg Billionaire Index”, the media […]
An eerie photo of Mark Zuckerberg sporting a thick layer of sunblock while surfboarding in Hawaii has sent Twitter into overdrive, giving boost to a petition launched to bar him from “colonizing” Native Hawaiians’ land. Facebook CEO has become the butt of jokes on Twitter on Sunday evening after photos of him holidaying in Hawaii were leaked to the media. The images show Zuckeberg braving the ripples on an electronic surfboard while wearing a copious amount of sunscreen as well as his famous hoodie. Netizens pulled no punches tearing into Zuckerberg’s looks, noting his striking resemblance to otherworldly creatures, and quipping […]
Two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko says he’s worked hard on the emotional aspect of Alexandra Trusova’s programs which were previously criticized for a lack of artistry and a dominance of jumps. The 16-year-old, who has the most difficult technical content in women’s skating, has consistently been under fire for putting a clear emphasis on her jumps instead of interpreting her programs. READ MORE: ‘You cannot skate till 30 and win’: Russian figure skating prodigy Alena Kostornaia says she might RETIRE after 2022 Olympics Plushenko, who has been working with Trusova for almost two months, claimed to have improved the skater’s choreographic skills – […]
In a letter to the U.N., the president said the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization effective July 6, 2021. He was met with a barrage of criticism. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
Palestinian Community Sets Conditions On Support For Presidential Candidate July 6, 2020 Palestinian Community Sets Conditions On Support For Presidential Candidate2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palestinians-and-anti-zionist-orthodox-jews-protest-against-israeli-annexation-plan-on-3-july-2020-in-north-bergen-township-new-jersey-united-states.-by-tayfun-cokun-for-anadolu-agency-e1594059532202.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians and anti-zionist Orthodox Jews protest against Israeli annexation plan, on 3 July 2020 in North Bergen Township, New Jersey, United States. By Tayfun Coşkun for Anadolu Agency. Members of the Palestinian community in the United States have issued a declaration of principles that included a set of preconditions to support federal candidates in the presidential elections later this year. The document, signed by Palestinian cultural, political, social and academic figures, included 13 preconditions namely recognizing the Palestinian people’s […]
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council on Wednesday set December 6 as the date for parliamentary elections. The opposition coalition, led by Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president, does not recognize the government-aligned Supreme Court’s rulings and has said that it will boycott the vote. The Supreme Court in June appointed a new National Electoral Council (CNE) ahead of the vote to elect lawmakers to the National Assembly, US News reported. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in January suggested that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres designate a commission of observers for parliamentary elections to take place in December, noting that he wants the international community to […]
FOX News cable television set a new record this past quarter. The Tucker Carlson Show set the record for the largest cable news show audience during a single quarter in cable news history. He did this by calling for equal justice under the law and for free speech. These are two issues the Democrats cannot claim and Republicans appear oblivious to. Mike Cernovich tweeted last night the Tucker Carlson had the greatest quarter in cable news history this past quarter. Fox News Q2 2020 Ratings: Tucker Carlson Averaged 4.33 Million Viewers at 8 p.m., the Largest Audience in Cable News History […]
A 95-year-old thrill-seeker has admitted to doubts about making it down some of the world’s greatest mountains, but said he is looking forward to descending from a summit at 100 after becoming the world’s oldest heli-skier. Gordon Precious celebrated his 95th birthday by taking a helicopter to the top of the Cariboo Mountains, the northernmost subrange of the Columbia Mountain in British Columbia, before breaking the record he set in 2019 down the vertiginous slopes. The slaloming veteran was accompanied by an experienced guide and spent three days skiing with family members once he had reached the bottom. “You feel like you’re in a different world […]
Lachlan Morton, pictured in 2014, is the latest person to set a record “Everesting” on a bicycle. Mark Gunter/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Gunter/AFP via Getty Images Lachlan Morton, pictured in 2014, is the latest person to set a record “Everesting” on a bicycle. Mark Gunter/AFP via Getty Images A challenge has been growing more popular in the past few months for the truly masochistic bicyclists out there: Everesting. It’s riding an elevation of the height of Mount Everest on a bicycle. Pick one hill, and go up and down, over and over again, until you’ve climbed […]
United Nations Sets Up Inquiry Into Racism After George Floyd Death By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters. June 21, 2020 United Nations Sets Up Inquiry Into Racism After George Floyd Death2020-06-212020-06-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/download-1-e1592758432858.jpg200px200px Above photo: Delegates stand in front of a TV screen during the vote of a resolution on racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland June 19, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via Reuters. Geneva – The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and ordered […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): During a pandemic-infested and shaken world economy, Indian mogul Mukesh Ambani has managed to rope in over $15 billion from foreign players as investments in his telecom company Jio. The drive behind Ambani’s rapid sales of Jio stakes to American and Middle Eastern firms was to make Reliance Industries “net debt-free”. The 63-year-old Indian business tycoon released an official statement on Friday confirming that he has “fulfilled his promise” of relieving his company Reliance of its net debts in recent months. Ambani also revealed his goal for the next five years, which is for Reliance to have “one […]
Early on June 14, the Russian Aerospace Forces reportedly carried out airstrikes on positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham near the villages of al-Bara and Deir Sunbul in southern Idlib. Since the signing of the new de-escalation agreement with Turkey on March 5, the Russian military has halted active operations in Greater Idlib. Nonetheless, it continued isolated precise strikes on high value terrorist targets. The June 14 airstrikes followed the creation of a new coalition by several al-Qaeda-linked groups operating in the region: Horas al-Din, Ansar al-Din, Ansar al-Islam, Liwa al-Muqatlin al-Ansar and Tansiqiyat al-Jihad. The coalition, dubbed “Fa Ithbatu”, is in […]
Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos was a young, intelligent and beautiful Italian woman when she met George Papadopoulos in 2016. Her life was soon turned upside down. The man she loved was targeted by the Deep State and then the FBI had the audacity to ask young Ms. Mangiante to spy on her husband. When the young Italian started discussing her former boss Joseph Mifsud and his ties to the Clinton Foundation, things really got bad. Today she wanted to get the record straight. TRENDING: ‘Biggest Rally Signup of All Time by 10X’ – More Than ONE MILLION People Sign Up For Trump’s […]
Avenues, the expensive private school based in Manhattan that was famously attended by Suri Cruise and counts the children of tycoons, rock stars, and Oscar-winners among its students, is setting up a 3,500-square-foot campus in the Hamptons to cater to children whose parents have fled the city for the salubrious comfort of their beachside homes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The for-profit school, established in 2012 by a group of private investors, and which charges around $56,000 per annum, is reportedly seeking a space of some 3,500 square feet in East Hampton, New York, to operate as a new […]
Russian tennis star Karen Khachanov has revealed he is a huge fan of mixed martial arts (MMA) and wants to get into the cage to test his fighting skills when he retires from tennis. In an Instagram Live chat with Barbara Schett-Eagle, the world number 15 said he follows many sports, including MMA. READ MORE: ‘We need to overcome these challenges’: Nick Kyrgios HITS OUT at ‘selfish’ ATP as plans to stage US Open move forward “I really like basketball, that was my sport obviously because of my height. You know, when I was at school I was playing basketball at a […]
US Attorney General William Barr on Sunday spoke to CBS’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan about the ongoing George Floyd riots. As per usual, CBS’s Margaret Brennan did her best to spread fake news and propaganda by claiming the protests have been “largely peaceful,” however, Bill Barr destroyed all of her talking points. “A senior administration official told our CBS’s David Martin that in a meeting at the White House on Monday morning, the President demanded that 10,000 active-duty troops be ordered into American streets — Is that accurate?” Brennan asked Barr. “No, that’s completely false. That’s completely false,” Barr […]
Trail partners Ethereum and Ethereum Classic are soon to split ways, highlighted by the latter’s successful “Phoenix” hard fork Sunday night. Executed at block 10,500,839 on May 31, the backwards-incompatible network upgrade makes Ethereum Classic fully compatible with Ethereum. That is, until the larger blockchain swaps its consensus algorithm in a network overhaul known as Eth 2.0 – tentatively scheduled for Q3 2020. The hard fork represents a major departure for Ethereum Classic, which is sticking with Proof-of-Work (PoW) while its sister chain moves to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and sharding. Read more: Vitalik Buterin Clarifies Remarks on Expected Launch Date of Eth […]
I love coffee, but tea is a close second. Coffee always feels more like a go-go-go type drink. I’m literally drinking coffee to stay awake. But tea is more of a ritual, a ceremony. Whenever I drink it, I get to sit back, relax, and enjoy the presence of others, as well as a delicious beverage. One obvious benefit of tea over coffee is a tea set. Having a matching set is a pretty great way to make tea drinking more of a ceremony and more enjoyable, and I highly recommend getting one if you don’t have one already. To help, […]
BMA LLC, the Puerto Rican company that two weeks ago filed a lawsuit again Ripple, has accused the BitMEX derivatives exchange of orchestrating the largest financial crime in American history. The little-known firm, formerly known as Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement and controlled by Pavel Pogodin, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Saturday, alleging that HDR Global Trading, the parent company of BitMEX, perpetrated a vast racketeering conspiracy designed to reap billions in illegal profit. This plot featured wire fraud, money laundering, unlicensed money transmission, interstate transport of stolen property and violations of the Racketeer […]
There’s something so satisfying about a matching pajama set. It’s like wearing a suit, except you won’t look silly lounging in bed wearing it. A matching set makes me think of early ‘90s rom-coms and sleepovers, where girls gossiped and put on face masks. My typical pajama choice is an old, baggy t-shirt and some comfy underwear, but seeing all of these matching sets has me thinking I’m missing out on something. This matching set is made from a cotton-jersey blend and features tiny polka dots and contrast piping. It’s as classic as you can get. Women’s Beautifully Soft Notch Collar […]
Lake County Illinois is the latest locale set up on online snitch page to report on your neighbors when they are caught without wearing a mask or violating social distancing policies. Advertisement – story continues below Via Wartime Citizen. Lake County Illinois sets up a #ChinaVirus snitch page!https://t.co/Ku9u8mojkh — WARTIME CITIZEN (@CapitolTrump) May 10, 2020 You can get to the snitch report page easily at the county webpage. TRENDING: Brennan Lashes Out As President Trump Warns More Documents Exposing Spygate Cabal Will Be Coming Out Soon Source link