Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in an interview with Fox News that his country is updating plans for military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. The defense minister has stated that Israel has drawn up plans to strike Iranian targets if Tehran shows signs of nuclear escalation. Benny Gantz told Fox News that Israel is still working on its plans, but “we have them in our hands of course”. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – He showed a map of Lebanon that he said includes ground forces, missiles and launching sites set up by Iranian proxy forces along the border. […]
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…from SouthFront.org On October 14, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced that its forces had conducted strikes on Armenian operational-tactical ballistic missile systems in the Armenian border area, near the Kalbajar District of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Azerbaijani military claimed that the destroyed missiles “were targeted at Ganja, Mingachevir and other cities of Azerbaijan to inflict casualties among the peaceful population and to destroy civilian infrastructure.” The Armenian Defense Ministry confirmed the strikes denying any casualties and threatening Azerbaijan with retaliatory strikes on military targets inside the country. “From now on, the Armed Forces of Armenia reserve the right to attack […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080658595_0:47:3106:1795_1200x675_80_0_0_eca76e73f8f60bd0e4287a75074276a4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202010041080658569-elon-musk-to-visit-two-spacex-launch-sites-in-florida-following-tech-scrubs/ After the second recent cancellation of a Falcon 9 rocket launch, Musk apparently wants to see for himself what is going wrong, as his goal is to increase the total number of launch missions to 48 in 2021. Elon Musk will visit two SpaceX launch sites soon – one at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the other at Kennedy Space Center – according to tweets he posted recently. Replying to a user who asked what the stumbling block was for SpaceX and enumerated a number of possible issues, Musk said that all of the […]
Many Superfund Sites Are Dangerously Threatened By Climate Change By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen, Inside Climate News. September 29, 2020 Many Superfund Sites Are Dangerously Threatened By Climate Change2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/superfund.jpg200px200px Barrett, Texas – Fred Barrett thought he’d wait out Hurricane Harvey at his home in this town outside Houston, founded by his great-grandfather in 1889. He prepared for heavy rain, wind and flooding. But when the murky brown San Jacinto River jumped its banks, flooding Barrett’s neighbors and an ominous cluster of four hazardous waste Superfund sites nearby, Barrett worried the catastrophic 2017 storm could fill his community with deadly toxins. […]
A new report by an Australian research group has identified and mapped more than 380 suspected detention facilities in China’s western Xinjiang region. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says in its report that these centers have been built and expanded even as Chinese officials claimed most of the people sent to the facilities had “returned to society.” The researchers say they believe their database and map covers most such facilities that exist. ASPI scoured satellite photos for evidence of such facilities, including nighttime imagery that showed evidence of new construction in places where there hadn’t been illumination in the past. Their […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080372091_0:17:3082:1751_1200x675_80_0_0_0d4ff9861a180ac4779869ade8eeb303.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evgeny Mikhaylov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009051080372066-extinction-rebellion-protesters-block-newspaper-printing-sites-in-uk—photos-video/ Earlier this week, members of the group glued themselves to the ground outside the entrance to Westminster in order to “peacefully disrupt the UK Parliament in London”. Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked roads leading to printworks used by News Corp UK, publisher of The Times and The Sun, and by other newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. Dozens of protesters formed blockades cutting off the printing sites in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, Merseyside to stop the distribution of the press, as well as a site in Holytown near Motherwell […]
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/middleeast/202008261080283437-iran-agrees-to-grant-iaea-inspectors-access-to-two-suspected-former-atomic-sites/ On Tuesday, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi traveled to Iran for talks with senior officials on improving cooperation amid a months long spat on agency inspectors’ access to fwo former nuclear facilities. Source link
twitter.com Thousands Allowed to Bypass Environmental Rules An AP investigation has found that thousands of oil and gas operations and other sites in the U.S. have won permission to bypass environmental rules because of the pandemic. https://t.co/kA1vrJ7OTx — The Associated Press (@AP) August 24, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: As if ignoring the coronavirus which has long since reached pandemic proportions was not enough of an assault on the American people, the Trump administration has gone a long way toward taking the U.S. back into the dark ages of pollution. After being pressured by gas and oil industries, who lied and said […]
As President Donald Trump’s campaign sponges up grassroots donations for his reelection bid, it’s leaning on a largely unnoticed pool of support: a network of pro-Trump media organizations that lure in readers with splashy, ideologically driven content, harvest their email addresses, and then sell them back to the Trump campaign. News outlets such as Trump Train News, American Action News, UnitedVoice, and RightWing.org appear on their face to be standard—if occasionally unpolished—conservative media operations. They largely aggregate reporting from other news organizations, put a pro-Trump spin on the stories, and top them with clicky headlines geared to catch the eyes of […]
Two Thousand Toxic Superfund Sites At Risk From Coastal Flooding By The Union of Concerned Scientists. July 29, 2020 Two Thousand Toxic Superfund Sites At Risk From Coastal Flooding2020-07-292020-07-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2016/08/portvincent_flood_2016227NOAA-150×100.jpg200px200px Above photo: Flooding devastated area in Port Vincent, Louisiana along the Amite River southeast of Baton Rouge. NOAA Remote Sensing Division. About 2,000 official and potential Superfund sites—sites contaminated by extremely hazardous chemicals—are located within 25 miles of the East or Gulf Coast. As sea levels rise, many of these toxic sites are at risk of flooding. Millions of people live near these sites, and flooding could bring them into contact with hazardous […]
Mobile devices used by personnel at Russian military sites, government premises and foreign embassies in Moscow were reportedly shadowed by researchers who used commercially available software as part of a Pentagon-funded study. According to the Wall Street Journal, a research team based in Starkville, Mississippi deployed a little-known spying tool called Locate X to snoop on as many as 48 mobile phones that were going online back on August 9, 2019 – a day after a powerful blast rocked the Russian Navy’s secretive testing ground near the northern city of Severodvinsk. The tracking experiment, carried out for the Mississippi State University, […]
A major outage has reportedly struck Cloudflare, a website-security company that caters to an array of websites, shutting down a large chunk of the Internet, including popular chat service Discord. Users of Discord, Riot Games, Patreon, Gitlab and various others websites have reported problems with accessing the platforms after Cloudflare, the US-based company, that offers DDos [denial-of-service attacks] protection to its customers, reportedly came under a major cyber attack itself. In a statement released shortly after disgruntled users started flocking to Twitter, which itself is still reeling from a major security breach, Cloudflare has confirmed that it has been having an […]
A Catholic church in Connecticut was vandalized sometime between Wednesday night and early Thursday, possibly becoming the latest casualty in a US culture war that has increasingly targeted Christian figures in recent days. Masses and other activities were canceled at least through Thursday at St. Joseph’s Church in New Haven as parish leaders assessed the damage, including what appear to be satanic and anarchist symbols painted on the building’s doors, the Rev. John Paul Walker said in a Facebook post. Once services resume, the church doors will only be unlocked for masses and confession. The New Haven incident marks the latest […]
Israel’s Attacks On Iran’s Nuclear Sites Signal A New Phase Of Conflict By Richard Silverstein, Middle East Eye. July 9, 2020 Israel’s Attacks On Iran’s Nuclear Sites Signal A New Phase Of Conflict2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/israel-e1594317384950.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 5 July. Reuters. An ongoing, medium-intensity conflict between Israel and Iran strengthens Netanyahu’s argument that he is best-positioned to protect his country’s interests. Over the past week, mysterious explosions and fires have wracked key infrastructure connected to Iran’s nuclear programme at Natanz and Parchin, key facilities engaged in uranium enrichment and the production of rocket fuel for ballistic missiles. The US and Israel […]
Amid a pending review of the UK’s armed forces, the Ministry of Defence has been warned that the chief advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson – Dominic Cummings – is looking to recondition the organisation. Dominic Cummings is poised to visit SAS and four other sensitive military sites, a leaked Ministry of Defence (MoD) email revealed on Wednesday, as the Prime Ministers’ top advisor seeks to overhaul the government body. Boris Johnson’s aide will be given a personal tour which will include visits to the Special Boat Service in Dorset, SAS headquarters in Herefordspecialist, and military research laboratories at Porton Down, Wiltshire, according to […]
Health Editor’s Note: The U.S. is experiencing rapid increases in coronavirus cases in some cities and states. Now would be a time to ramp up efforts in testing and contact tracing, not eliminate support for fighting COVID-19…..Carol Trump administration ending support for 7 Texas testing sites as coronavirus cases spike by Justine Coleman/The Hill President Trump’s administration is ending its support for 13 coronavirus testing sites across the country at the end of the month, including seven in Texas, as COVID-19 cases continue to spike in a number of areas nationwide. Several Texas officials are calling on the administration to extend […]
The Iranian-backed militant group last clashed with Israeli forces in September 2019 following a retaliatory strike in northern Israel. Hezbollah has repeatedly warned that it is ready for a war with Israel but does not seek one. Hezbollah has threatened to bomb Israel with pinpoint accuracy using precision-guided missiles. A video released by the Lebanese militant group appears to show the coordinates of sensitive sites in Israel and the Palestinian territories that could be targeted in the event of an attack. It features a voice-over provided by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, saying that the group is able to bomb “very specific […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Last week, police officials in India’s Uttar Pradesh state arrested a man from West Bengal for allegedly uploading several inappropriate videos and photos of a woman on various social media platforms and porn sites. Police in India’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh state have started searching and analysing the data of over 1,000 pornographic sites after arresting a man who had allegedly shared inappropriate videos and photos of his ex-girlfriend from West Bengal state. On 3 May, a woman approached the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police after coming across pictures and videos of herself through a friend. […]
World 21:31 GMT 08.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107955/97/1079559786_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_bcad18cb9ddb7955a2760792793a59c8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006081079559687-google-says-will-roll-out-covid-19-alerts-on-affected-public-transit-available-test-sites/ NEW YORK (Sputnik) – Google announced that it will soon roll out novel coronavirus alerts that will help users avoid affected public transit systems and also know in advance if they are eligible to go to a particular testing site. “Transit alerts are rolling out in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, France, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the US where we have information from local transit agencies, with more coming soon”, Google said on Monday. “Starting this week, alerts for medical facilities will be available […]