Above Photo: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack listens to a researcher on Sept. 10, 2015. He was at the UI Energy Farm just south of Urbana, Illinois. (Darrell Hoemann). Shuttered Offices, Potentially High Fertilizer Costs “We Import 80% Of The Fertilizer We Use From Outside The U.S. So The Situation In Eastern Europe Will Affect Those Supply Chain Issues Around The World,” One Farm Bureau Representative Said. As Ukraine continues to fight against Russian forces, experts warned of potential fallout for the U.S. agriculture industry. On Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine, and […]
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Above Photo: Pressenza International Press Agency. African people are already battling against U.S. rightist forces – from the Trump/Republican supporters to the warmongering neoliberal democrats. It would be an affront to our history and people to enter this struggle on the side of empire and NATO. Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many elements of the Black left, there is widespread confusion related to the Ukraine “crisis.” Years of anti-Russia propaganda from the US and its NATO allies, and the tendency to abstract the current Ukrainian situation from its historical and geo-strategic context, have created a climate of confusion. […]
Above Photo: Adapted from NYC Student Walkout for Covid Safety Facebook Group. An anonymous student spoke out on Reddit on January 6 to raise awareness of the impact of Omicron on students’ and teachers’ health, safety, and the state of education in schools in New York City. As the Omicron variant continues to surge, despite 90,132 new positive cases reported in New York on Saturday and one in three Covid-19 tests coming back positive in New York City, schools have been forced to stay open with insufficient safety measures as many students, and staff continue to test positive. Eleven members of the United Federation of […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Belarus in a phone call, Moscow reiterated its position on the inadmissibility of attempts to interfere in the country’s internal affairs, the Kremlin said in a statement. The sides also agreed on further contacts. “The situation after the presidential elections in Belarus was also touched upon. The Russian side reaffirmed its principled position on the inadmissibility of any attempts to meddle in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and put external pressure on the legitimate authorities”, the statement said. Presidential elections were held in […]
A hostage situation inside a Salem, Oregon home took a deadly turn Monday afternoon after a 34-year-old killed two people—including an 11-year-old boy—and wounded a third before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Oregon State Police said Tuesday Jesus Lopez-Tinoco held multiple people hostage in the home before killing 24-year-old Diari Bustos-Bustos and the 11-year-old, whose name has not been released, and injuring a third person. Authorities haven’t revealed what sparked the hostage situation in the home about an hour outside of Portland, or the relationship between Lopez-Tinoco and his victims. Marion County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of […]
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/202009291080614641-unsc-will-do-everything-it-can-to-ease-situation-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan/ The UN Security Council has called on Tuesday for immediate end to clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Council also expressed concern about clashes, and condemned use of force. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080229790_0:38:3072:1766_1200x675_80_0_0_e3ff6d44b9e66cc43760f4588146560d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009231080543626-france-received-russias-request-on-navalny-situation-foreign-ministry-says/ PARIS (Sputnik) – France has received a request from Russia regarding Russian political opposition figure Alexei Navalny and it is currently under review, the French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Russian Interior Ministry said that Germany, Sweden, and France had not responded to Russia’s request for legal assistance regarding the Navalny situation. “We have received a request from Russia. It is being reviewed,” a spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry told journalists. In addition, the French ministry emphasized that its priority is that Russia should explain the circumstances of […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Russia does not accept ultimatums and threats of sanctions and regrets an artificially-fomented anti-Russian hysteria in connection with an incident around Russian political opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Russia’s Ambassador to Germany, Sergei Nechaev, said. “We absolutely cannot agree with the ultimatum statement that the Russian government has anything to do with this case. We cannot accept ultimatums and threats with sanctions. I regret the anti-Russian hysteria artificially incited in this context,” the ambassador said in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, adding that Moscow expects “actual cooperation with our German colleagues.” Commenting on Berlin’s demands to investigate […]
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The German government said in early September that doctors at the hospital where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is being treated had found traces of a nerve agent from the Novichok group in his system. Moscow responded by pointing to the lack of evidence in Berlin’s claims and noting that Russian doctors had found no toxic substances. The Russian Foreign Ministry has called German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ statement that Moscow should contact the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) about the situation with politician Alexei Navalny “evasion”. Earlier today, Steffen Seibert, the German government’s spokesman, stated that Germany […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/08/1080402142_0:-1:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_b282ccd0d28dc764e725ea43863f12af.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Rishikesh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009081080400480-knife-edge-situation-as-images-show-dozens-of-chinese-troops-with-spears-near-indian-post/ India and China were involved in the first outbreak of gunfire at the Line of Actual Control in 40 years on Monday. The two sides have accused each other of violating the border agreement and urged each other to exercise restraint. Images of dozens of People’s Liberation Army troops armed with spears, machetes and automatic rifles emerged on Tuesday. The move follows China’s recent accusation that Indian troops had staged a provocation by crossing the border, Government sources in New Delhi said that around 40-50 Chinese troops have moved near to an […]
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny fell ill during a domestic flight in Russia on 20 August and was later transported to the Charite hospital in Berlin for further treatment. Sputnik is live from Berlin, where Alexei Navalny is currently being treated in the Charite hospital. On Monday, doctors said his condition had improved, adding that the opposition figure had woken up from an induced coma. Navalny felt unwell during a Russian domestic flight on 20 August and was initially treated in the Siberian city of Omsk, where the plane made an emergency landing. Two days later, once the doctors established he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/13/1080220068_0:122:3068:1848_1200x675_80_0_0_72122d4664069ee1691add6837cf9902.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008301080317787-situation-in-portland-oregon-where-one-man-was-killed-amid-rival-protests—video/ The city previously witnessed violent clashes between the Black Live Matters protestors and police. President Donald Trump offered to send federal law enforcement personnel to the city, however, Mayor Ted Wheeler rejected aid from the president. Live video shows the site of the shooting in Portland, where one man was killed as BLM protests and a pro-Trump rally were held nearby. It is not confirmed, however, if the fatal incident was connected to the demonstrations. The city has suffered from 93 days of mass protests and riots since May when the death of African […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080248562_0:130:3076:1860_1200x675_80_0_0_73bfbbebead1242504288be464957663.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008291080311044-situation-outside-charite-hospital-in-berlin-where-alexei-navalny-receives-treatment—video/ The Russian opposition figure was transported to Berlin last week, following a request from his wife. According to German medics, his condition remains serious but stable. Sputnik is live from Berlin where Alexei Navalny receives medical treatment in Charite hospital. Last week, Navalny fell gravely ill during a domestic flight and went into a coma. Following an emergency landing in the city of Omsk, he was admitted to a local hospital. His spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh almost immediately claimed that Navalny could have been poisoned, alleging that a substance might have been added to his […]
A wave of chaotic unrest broke out in Malmo, Sweden after anti-Islam activists filmed a public Koran burning, sparking protests that soon descended into riots, with unruly demonstrators setting fires and clashing with police. Some 300 people gathered along a main thoroughfare in Malmo on Friday around 7:30pm local time to protest after members of a far-right political party staged a Koran burning earlier in the day, according to local press reports. As the crowd grew, fires were ignited in the street and several cars torched, prompting a heavy police response that struggled to bring the situation under control. “We have […]
As most of Europe is reopening, Ukraine is bucking the trend. With the country’s Covid-19 situation continuing to deteriorate, Kiev has decided to close the borders to most foreigners for a whole month. Like many other countries on the continent, Ukraine initially shut down in March, re-opening three months later. Speaking at a government meeting, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal described the decision as “protecting fellow citizens” and “showing responsibility to foreign partners,” citing the severity of the disease in the country. The border will be closed from midnight on August 29 to September 29, during which time non-citizens without a […]
Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was airlifted to Germany and admitted to Berlin’s Charité hospital on Saturday. Sputnik is live from the German capital on Sunday, where Russian opposition figure and a blogger Alexey Navalny was transported in a coma to receive treatment in Charite hospital. He was transported to Berlin on Saturday from the Siberian city of Omsk, where he has been treated in hospital since falling into a coma on Thursday. Navalny fell ill during a flight from another Siberian city, Tomsk, en route to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk to obtain medical care for […]
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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 […]
While Russia is still home to the fourth highest number of active coronavirus cases in the world, the country is winning the battle with the pandemic. That’s according to PM Mikhail Mishustin, himself a survivor of the disease. Mishustin told the government’s anti-coronavirus coordination council on Monday that a large-scale coronavirus testing programme continues across Russia. He says it remains one of the most effective measures to prevent the infection from spreading. Also on rt.com Russia has created world’s 1st Covid-19 vaccine, registration expected next week – Health Ministry “Although the coronavirus situation in the country is gradually improving, we continue […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079977088_0:183:3072:1911_1200x675_80_0_0_0e6b1378823ded2b4e405716bda478f4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007241079977121-russian-upper-house-accuses-uk-of-using-fake-news-in-situation-with-rt-license/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A request to the UK broadcasting regulatory body Ofcom to review RT broadcaster’s license in the country, which was filed by Shadow Culture Secretary Jo Stevens, is an attempt to manipulate events and use fake news, a member of the Russian upper house of parliament, Olga Kovitidi, said on Friday. “Event manipulation and using fake news with taking out a skeleton of Russia’s threat from the UK political closet have become a political reality in the United Kingdom,” Kovitidi told Sputnik. The lawmaker noted that the interim committee of the upper […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107416/84/1074168409_0:979:2256:2248_1200x675_80_0_0_d77b03ba04714fbb675d1d3acc218138.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007221079957174-joaquin-phoenix-documentary-mightve-helped-resolve-hostage-situation-in-ukraine-media-says/ The Ukrainian president reportedly said that the hostage taker agreed to release three hostages before Zelenskiy would record the message in question. The resolution of a recent hostage crisis in Ukrainian city of Lutsk might’ve been facilitated by a “bizarre message” involving a certain film narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, posted online by the Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Sky News reports. On 21 July, a 44-year-old man Maksim Krivosh hijacked a bus in the center of the city, eventually releasing all the passengers after about 12 hours of hostage crisis, and later being detained by […]
The St. Louis prosecutors on Monday filed charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey for unlawful use of a weapon and flourishing. Last month Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia defended their home from hundreds of Black Lives Matter militants. Soros-funded Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed the charges on Monday. On Tuesday night Mark McCloskey joined Sean Hannity to discuss Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s persecution of him and his wife. TRENDING: Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby McCloskey believes Democrats want to create another Kent State shooting and blame it on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079850296_0:208:3071:1935_1200x675_80_0_0_19b63357ab986c1a3d1e5b6440e6d0c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007101079850343-german-foreign-office-summons-chinese-ambassador-to-discuss-hong-kong-situation/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – The German Foreign Office summoned the Chinese ambassador earlier on Friday to discuss the situation around Hong Kong. “The Chinese ambassador was invited today to the Federal Foreign Office for a conversation. State Secretary [Miguel] Berger presented the stand of the federal government again. The federal government has expressed concerns, jointly with its partners from the European Union, that the law will significantly undermine Hong Kong’s vast autonomy and will affect the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law,” the German Foreign Office said. The new law on Hong […]
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__________Col. Cassad 1. Negotiations between the Russian Federation and Turkey did not take place today and were postponed until later. Lavrov spoke with Cavusoglu and the parties agreed to continue consultations on Sirt and Idlib. Apparently, so far, no agreement has been reached and the situation has hung in the air. Which makes the likelihood of escalation in the Sirte and Idlib region more likely. 2. West of Sirte, the LNA continues to launch air strikes. Today, the MiG-29 and Su-24 flew over the city. Such a demonstration. Also, the Libyan PNS complains that the Wagner PMC is mining the western […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107932/77/1079327718_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_76b10f64ad360464789f5a3aac367c02.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006091079560408-situation-in-syrias-idlib-stabilizing-turkeys-erdogan-says/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – The situation in Syria’s Idlib is stabilizing, despite isolated incidents in the area of the M4 highway, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “Sometimes problems arise in Idlib on the M4 highway, but in general, things are going well, 200,000 refugees have already returned home”, Erdogan said on TRT television. The situation in Idlib escalated in late February when terrorists of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* group launched a large-scale attack on the positions of the Syrian government forces. The Syrian army returned fire. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the Turkish […]
Deploying Federal Troops In A War At Home Would Make A Bad Situation Worse By Zoltan Grossman, Counterpunch. June 2, 2020 Deploying Federal Troops In A War At Home Would Make A Bad Situation Worse2020-06-022020-06-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/img_1816-scaled-e1591145450374.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Nathaniel St. Clair. As the George Floyd Uprising intensified in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday, President Trump asked Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper for options to deploy federal troops to the city. He signaled to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, “We have our military ready, willing and able if they ever want to call our military, and we can have troops on the ground every quickly.” […]