On 17 March, the U.S. Air Force has publicly released an image of a U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopter loaded with two Israeli-made Spike NLOS missiles. The details were given in a Wednesday media release, to announce that the U.S. Army’s new Spike missile completed a demonstration last month at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida thanks to the 780th Test Squadron. The 96th Test Wing squadron was responsible for planning and executing the maritime (over water) demonstration of the non-line-of-sight, multi-purpose weapon using the Army’s AH-64E Apache helicopter, according to a recent service news release. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE […]
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This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. As these last weeks have brought the first crop of scripted TV shows that directly tackle the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve come to the conclusion that I want to watch the coronavirus pandemic unfold on screen as much as I want a case of the… well, I feel like there’s a taste level here I’m about to cross. But you understand what I’m saying. There’s a certain […]
After hospitalizations for Covid-19 nearly tripled over the past month, straining Wisconsin’s healthcare system, Governor Tony Evers has announced the state will open a field hospital outside Milwaukee to handle the surge. Speaking alongside health officials on Wednesday, Evers announced the field hospital would open next week on the state fairgrounds outside Milwaukee. Built months ago, in anticipation of an expected surge in infection, the facility had sat disused until now. According to the state Department of Health Services, just 16 percent of Wisconsin’s hospital beds were available as of Tuesday afternoon. Some 853 patients infected with the coronavirus are hospitalized […]
With Covid-19 cases soaring in the Belgian capital, the premier of the Brussels region, Rudi Vervoort, has announced that bars and cafes will have to close for one month starting from Thursday. The regional government is taking additional steps to tackle the coronavirus pandemic as cases continue to rise in the Brussels-Capital Region, Minister-President Vervoort told a news conference on Wednesday. From Thursday, all bars and cafes will have to shut their doors, while restaurants will remain open. The minister-president claimed the new restrictions were not about alcohol, as even establishments that don’t serve it will have to close. “Serving alcohol […]
While more than half of Swedes have consistently polled for tighter immigration laws in recent years, the recent increase may be linked to a remarkable u-turn from Prime Minister Stefan Löfven who admitted a connection between gang crime and immigration. Nearly six out of ten Swedes want Sweden to change its laws and regulations to receive fewer refugees than today, a recent survey by the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and pollster Sifo has found. When asked “What should Sweden’s refugee reception in terms of residence permits for refugees and their relatives look like in the future?”, 58 percent of respondents supported a […]
Bankruptcies in the New York City region have spiked by 40% during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same time period last year, according to a new report by Bloomberg. The pandemic has resulted in almost 6,000 business closures across all five New York City boroughs between March 1 and September 11. Around 4,000 of those businesses have closed permanently. Between March 16 and September 27, more than 600 businesses filed for bankruptcy in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York alone. According to Bloomberg, the city’s Department of Small Business Services has also received around 35,000 calls since June […]
The development comes as the United Kingdom has recently seen a drastic increase in coronavirus cases. 3,899 new infections were reported on 20 September and 18 people died from the disease. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty previously warned that Britain is “at a critical point” in the pandemic. Piers Morgan, host of Good Morning Britain show, drew the ire of the public after he said that Christmas celebrations should be cancelled in light of spike in coronavirus cases. Morgan’s statement came in response to reports in UK media, which say that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering lifting […]
Kfar Gaza, a community located just a few kilometres from the Gaza Strip, has seen emergency situations before but the outbreak of COVID-19 is now presenting new challenges, the primary one being a full lockdown, set to be imposed on Monday. Only a month ago Kfar Gaza, a southern Israeli community located just five kilometres from the Gaza Strip, was associated with rockets emanating from the enclave and the resilience of its residents who chose to stay in the area despite the constant threat of terror. Now, however, with the coronavirus raging and the town declared a red-zone, meaning the number […]
Wednesday saw a flurry of deposits onto exchanges, indicating some investors are trying to offload their bitcoin. That could further propel prices downwards. Source link
Officials believe church gatherings in the greater Seoul region are largely responsible for a sudden increase in COVID-19 infections. South Korea had been praised for its control of the virus. (Image credit: Lee Jin-man/AP) Source link
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has announced that she’s delaying the general election by a month citing a surge in coronavirus cases. The move has attracted attention in the US where Donald Trump floated a similar idea earlier. Ardern has announced the postponement of the election, from September 19 to October 17 on Monday after the country’s biggest city, Auckland, was forced into lockdown due to a growing number of coronavirus cases. Also on rt.com Trump moots delaying 2020 election over mail-in poll concerns ‘until people can properly, securely & safely vote’ New Zealand’s Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield […]
Israel has been dealing with a renewed COVID-19 outbreak, with the Health Ministry urging to avoid the northern Arab Israeli town of Yarka where cases almost quadrupled over the past week, registering one of the highest rates of infection in the country, according to Haaretz. Israel’s National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Ronni Gamzu sparked outrage on Sunday after remarking that the country’s Arab community had almost carried out a “terror attack” with its behavior resulting in a surge in COVID-19 cases, reported The Times of Israel. “The Arab community has committed in the past fortnight, since Eid al-Adha, almost a terror attack […]
The Polish government intends to fully reopen schools on September 1, Education Minister Dariusz Piontkowski said on Wednesday, despite a recent renewed spike in coronavirus infections. Cases started rising after restrictions on public gatherings were eased. On Tuesday, authorities reported the fourth record daily increase in a week, with 680 new infections. Poland, a nation of 38 million people, had recorded a total of 48,789 cases and 1,756 deaths as of Wednesday, Reuters reports. “We want students to come back to normal education in schools from September,” Piontkowski said. The ministry will impose strict hygiene and safety rules for schools, as […]
The Seattle police said that they have recovered a large haul of pyrotechnic explosives, stun guns, bear spray and sets of spike strips in a van abandoned by protesters after they wrought havoc in the city over the weekend. In a press conference on Wednesday, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best revealed that officers decided to search a vehicle used by protesters and subsequently left near the East Precinct on Saturday, explaining they feared it could have been rigged with explosives. Because of the manner in which the vehicle was parked and abandoned, there was a real fear that it would contain […]
Hurricane Hanna is expected to make landfall along the Texas coast sometime Saturday. Hanna is the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA/NRL hide caption toggle caption NASA/NRL Hurricane Hanna is expected to make landfall along the Texas coast sometime Saturday. Hanna is the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. NASA/NRL Hurricane Hanna is expected to make landfall along the southern coast of Texas on Saturday. The storm strengthened overnight into a Category 1 hurricane, making it the first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is expected to bring heavy rainfall to the region with […]
People walk along the Ramblas last week in Barcelona, Spain. The country has seen cases of the coronavirus spike in recent weeks. Emilio Morenatti/AP hide caption toggle caption Emilio Morenatti/AP People walk along the Ramblas last week in Barcelona, Spain. The country has seen cases of the coronavirus spike in recent weeks. Emilio Morenatti/AP A month after lifting its lockdown, Spain announced 922 new cases of the coronavirus. The country has now seen 272,421 total cases and 28,432 deaths. “It could already be a second wave, but that’s not the most important thing,” María José Sierra, Spain’s deputy chief of health […]
US President Donald Trump confirmed that the upcoming Republican convention event in Jacksonville, Florida has been canceled, saying “it’s just not right” during the coronavirus pandemic. “I told my team it’s time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida component of the GOP convention,” the president announced during a press conference Thursday evening. #BREAKING: President Trump says he has canceled the Florida component of the Republican National Convention“I told my team it’s time to cancel the Jacksonville, Florida component of the GOP convention.”“To have a big convention, it’s just not right.” pic.twitter.com/P4zAHmrabV — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 23, 2020 The plan was to have […]
President Trump and GOP Congressional leaders are calling for a $1 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill targeted at “kids and jobs.” Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump and GOP Congressional leaders are calling for a $1 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill targeted at “kids and jobs.” Evan Vucci/AP President Trump met with Republican congressional leaders Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Monday to discuss the next round of coronavirus relief funding, saying he hoped the next package would help small businesses. Trump also said he would revive his daily 5 p.m. coronavirus briefings, likely starting […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken a dig at the White House press secretary after being labeled “derelict” in governing the city, but critics were quick to point out her failure to address a rash of crime and violence there. Also on rt.com Labelling all white women Karens is racist and typical of the sneering woke warriors who think they’re better than you “Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth,” Lightfoot tweeted on Thursday night, meant as a rejoinder to White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany, who during a press briefing hours earlier slammed the mayor as negligent and unresponsive to the city’s problems […]
This week saw a 125% rise in the price of dogecoin, a cryptocurrency based on a popular 2013 internet meme, created in the same year as both a parody and a “let’s see if this sticks” experiment. Much to even the founder’s surprise, it has not only survived, it has accumulated a loyal following. Clearly. A group of teenagers on the extremely popular but recently beleaguered social platform TikTok decided to use their voice and audience to move the price of dogecoin up. It has nothing to do with fundamentals, potential or even government handouts – most participants probably don’t even […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): At least eleven Indian states have imposed fresh restrictions and lockdowns since the central government relaxed a total lockdown to gradually reopen the economy. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi remain the worst-hit Indian states, with total cases reaching six digits. India has a total of 849,553 coronavirus cases in the country, recording it largest single-day spike of 28,637 and 551 deaths since Saturday. The fatality rate is 2.72 percent and 63% of patients are recovering in positive news for the country. People recovering from the disease currently outnumber active cases, which stand at 292,258. The country’s death toll has […]
Take a gander at any of the public social media groups for enthusiasts of Orlando, Florida’s Walt Disney World and you’ll find a common refrain: the theme park, which re-opened on Friday amid a COVID-19 catastrophe, has super-short lines for all its top roller coasters right now. Disney World closed in mid-March, when COVID-19 cases began sweeping the country. Then on Friday, the same day Florida reported its largest single-day increase in the virus and the first day the U.S. reported more than 70,000 cases, Disney World re-opened its gates. The re-opening also comes one day after unionized Disney staff lobbied, […]
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves removes his face mask during a COVID-19 news briefing in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption toggle caption Rogelio V. Solis/AP Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves removes his face mask during a COVID-19 news briefing in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday. Rogelio V. Solis/AP Mississippi’s governor has imposed mandatory use of face masks and limited nonessential gatherings in 13 counties, including those that cover the state’s most populous cities, as COVID-19 cases have surged in recent days, causing record hospitalizations. The state’s Department of Health reported 1,031 new coronavirus cases and 11 new deaths from the […]
Home Demolitions Spike Ahead Of Annexation July 10, 2020 Home Demolitions Spike Ahead Of Annexation2020-07-102020-07-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/030620_msh_00_4-e1594399895134.jpg200px200px Above photo: Israeli occupation forces demolish Palestinian-owned structures in the South Hebron Hills on 3 June. Mosab Shawer/APA images. Israel’s formal annexation of occupied land may be put on hold, but the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank marches on. Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in the territory spiked last month, according to the human rights group B’Tselem. Nearly 45 homes were destroyed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem – which Israel has already annexed in contravention of international law. Eight of the Jerusalem homes destroyed “were torn down by their owners, […]
Social media has thrown dogecoin traders a treat. Trading volumes for the Shiba Inu meme-based cryptocurrency spiked nearly 2,000% in the last two days, according to data from Messari, as videos on TikTok encouraged users to invest. The whimsical asset’s price climbed 35% to $0.035 over the same period. Dogecoin is a “joke cryptocurrency,” according to one of its founders, Jackson Palmer. As such, impromptu social media-based frenzies may be a fitting use case. Daily volume for the cryptocurrency stayed well below $5 million for the past two months. “The recent rise of dogecoin, a meme coin, should serve as a […]
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, seen here during a White House briefing in March, will participate in a panel discussion Tuesday on how to reopen America’s schools safely. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, seen here during a White House briefing in March, will participate in a panel discussion Tuesday on how to reopen America’s schools safely. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration kicked off a day of programming Tuesday aimed at pushing for the reopening of schools this fall despite a spike in COVID-19 cases around large […]
Israel is currently in a “state of emergency,” in the wake of the alarmingly high number of new coronavirus cases, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The country has smashed past the 10,000 active cases mark and the growth continues. Speaking during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu called on the country’s legislators to work faster on a new package of anti-coronavirus measures. “We’re in a state of emergency. We cannot delay the legislation – we must move forward with it to stop the spread,” the PM stated, referring to the ongoing spike. We’re in the midst of a renewed coronavirus […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/38/1079793813_0:0:2978:1676_1200x675_80_0_0_e739484dca41f3d3d7709eca595254ae.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202007041079793914-death-lag-us-surgeon-general-warns-of-possible-spike-in-covid-19-fatalities-in-two-weeks/ Yesterday the US hit a new high in daily COVID-19 cases, with 52,789 confirmed infections amid a month of George Floyd protests and continuing reopening of some states. The record number also comes ahead of a big date for all Americans – the fourth of July, which often sees massive celebrations. US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has cautioned Americans that a new spike in coronavirus-related deaths is possible over the next two weeks due to the peculiarities of the disease. “We know deaths lag at least two weeks and can lag even […]
US President Donald Trump has argued that the recent surge in coronavirus cases is explained by “massive” and ramped up screenings for the illness, while celebrating the fall in daily fatalities as “great news.” The president took to Twitter late on Thursday night to repurpose what has been widely deemed gloomy news about the course of the pandemic, saying the case spike is, in fact, a function of expanded testing around the country. “There is a rise in coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country. This is great news, […]
On 1 July the United States, already the global leader in infections and deaths from the disease, saw a record 51,000 new cases in a single day, prompting officials in some parts of the country to make a quick U-turn on lifting security measures. The United States may see 100,000 daily new coronavirus cases if authorities do not act quickly to curb the spread of the disease, warned the country’s top disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. The spike in cases follows the reopening of the country, which saw authorities lifting restrictions introduced to slow coronavirus infections. However, unlike other countries such […]
Arizona bars, nightclubs and gyms face mandatory shutdowns amid coronavirus spike Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services/Tucson.com Conceding he made a mistake in allowing them to reopen, Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday shuttered all bars in the state for at least the next 30 days. Ditto gyms, water parks, movie theaters and tubing along Arizona rivers. And schools won’t open until at least Aug. 17, two weeks later than the planned start date for most districts on traditional calendars. UPDATES: Tucson area coronavirus developments, June 30: Here’s what we know The moves come as Ducey acknowledged the explosion of cases of COVID-19 […]
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 (LAC), India has witnessed a 300 percent jump in hack attacks allegedly carried out by China-backed hackers, Cyfirma, a Singapore-based cyber research firm, claimed in its latest report. According to Cyfirma, after 18 June, the intensity of China’s “cyber warfare” increased, prompting the researchers to alert India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN). Controlled […]
YouTube intellectual Stefan Molyneux has seen his channel of 14 years and thousands of videos deleted, with the platform citing “hate speech” as a number of online venues take aim at conservative and right-wing personalities. Molyneux – the host of Freedomain Radio, billed as “the world’s number one philosophy show” – was booted off YouTube on Monday over its policies regulating “hate speech,” according to a company statement. His termination came amid a broader social media purge throughout the day, which saw prominent Trump-related accounts banned on Reddit and Twitch, as well as other right-wingers scrubbed from YouTube for good. READ […]
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 […]
HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida—John Pica leaned against the open driver’s side door of his blue Jeep Wrangler, parked in a handicapped spot close to the entrance of the Big Easy Casino. It was early afternoon on Tuesday, and the 71-year-old with a full white beard was fiddling with a broken strap on his surgical face mask. It was Pica’s second trip to the 70,000 square-foot gambling den since the Big Easy and other Broward County casinos reopened five days ago. “I was already inside but I had to leave because mine broke,” he groused to The Daily Beast. That morning, Florida health […]
Da 5 Bloods is, like BlacKkKlansman, another attempt by the prolifically astute Spike Lee to blend fact and fiction so to better tell the truth of our times. But with this film, streaming on Netflix now, the subject is the complex and differing experiences of four black Vietnam War vets—the eponymous Bloods—who return to the country to uncover a lost treasure as well as the remains of their fallen commander (Chadwick Boseman, in flashbacks). It’s a weighty project, nimbly navigated by actors Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock, and Norm Lewis—titan character actors who evaded star status mostly because of the […]
Several US states have seen an increase in COVID-19 hospitalization rates since lockdown measures have been relaxed, health care officials recently revealed. “We’re now starting to see, for example, in our Texas Medical Center, an increase in hospitalizations, particularly in ICU [intensive care unit] admissions,” Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health in Texas, told the Washington Examiner for a Tuesday article. According to Shah, hospitalization rates are a good metric to determine how well states are combating the novel coronavirus. The Texas Department of State Health Services on Monday reported that there are more than 1,900 COVID-19 […]
Nuggets, a digital identity and payments platform, has developed a way to accept deliveries without needing a physical signature to combat a spike in fraud and chargebacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using biometrically verified contactless delivery technology secured with blockchain technology, the London-based firm wants to equip consumers with the means to provide verified proof of identification while still maintaining the social distancing required under coronavirus measures. Nuggests says the contact-free signing system would help counter a rise in delivery fraud and chargebacks amid the pandemic. Since customers no longer have to sign for deliveries in order to maintain distancing, fraudulent […]
Brazil’s coronavirus count has grown rapidly in recent weeks, making it the third-largest in the world, overtaking the UK, Italy and Spain. The Trump administration had earlier restricted travel from dozens of countries including China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is considering a travel ban on Brazilians coming to the United States as the Latin American country has turned into a fresh coronavirus hotspot. “We are considering it. We hope that we’re not going to have a problem,” Trump said of travel restrictions during a Cabinet meeting, adding that he is […]
SEOUL—The message, accompanied by loud buzzing, flashes on the screens of millions of mobile phones, the headline in red letters in English—“Emergency Alert”—the rest in Korean: “Anyone who has been in Itaewon from April 21 to May 6 should be tested.” For thousands, it’s the next sentence that really counts: “We can test anonymously.” “Coronavirus strikes regardless of people or places.” — Lee Jung-geol, leader of the Rainbow Coalition Against Social Discrimination The reason for the guarantee of anonymity is clear to the hundreds in South Korea’s LGBT community who had flocked to clubs in Itaewon, an historic district of nightlife, […]
Countries should be able to swiftly identify and quarantine coronavirus hotspots instead of putting their whole societies on lockdown, but people must accept this ‘new reality’ for it to work, said WHO’s envoy to Russia. “I do believe that there might be a surge [in Covid-19 cases], but we’ll be able to respond to it much quicker, having all the experience that we’ve got, unfortunately, over the last four months,” Dr Melita Vujnovic, who represents the World Health Organization in Russia, told RT when asked about the impact of the gradual lifting of lockdowns – that has begun in many countries […]
Checking CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index, you’d be forgiven for not seeing evidence that one of the largest events in the cryptocurrency industry’s history had taken place fewer than 48 hours ago. Wizened crypto greybeards (a status that really only takes about four years of experience in fast-moving digital-asset markets) were less surprised by the lack of price action in response to bitcoin’s third halving: The prior two halvings were similarly dull. You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment around crypto markets, which of course never close, putting in context every wild swing in […]
This is what you get when you lockdown the greatest economy in history for two months – via Zero Hedge. Advertisement – story continues below The US labor market continues to be rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic . The US Department of Labor announced on Friday that the US unemployment rate rose to 14.7% from just 4.4% in March. 20.5 million jobs were lost in April — devastation not seen since the Great Depression. BREAKING: Unemployment hits 14.7%, highest rate since the Depression, as U.S. shed 20 million jobs in April from viral outbreak. https://t.co/ZXGyHmNyv5 — The Associated Press (@AP) May […]