Bombshell emails obtained by the New York Post made headlines on 14 October, as they suggested that Joe Biden was involved in his son’s overseas business affairs after all. The rapid spread of the story was, however, impeded by Facebook and Twitter, both of which limited users from sharing it under various pretexts. Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010141080766135-chocolate-soldiers-indian-netizens-suggest-chinese-troops-should-join-circus/ Border tensions between India and China erupted in April this year after the two sides accused each other of crossing the Line of Actual Control (LAC). While troops from both nations are on guard along the LAC in Ladakh, ordinary Indians and Chinese have continuously engaged in a war of words on Twitter. In recent months, China’s […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States is planning to impose new sanctions on Iran’s financial sector aimed at diminishing Tehran’s ability to import humanitarian goods, such as food and medicines, media reported, citing informed sources. According to The Washington Post, the new sanctions will affect several banks that are not currently subject to secondary sanctions. EU officials have warned that this move could result in devastating […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080675351_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_e3fbb76548e7d7b75c2dc9d4c24f49a6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202010051080675387-growing-us-oil-sales-to-china-make-mideast-suppliers-find-new-markets-reports-suggest/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The increasing US oil exports to China have forced Middle Eastern suppliers to search for other markets, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The US crude sales to China have grown from 0.4% in January to 7% through mid-September, the report said citing London-based market intelligence firm Vortexa Ltd. The newspaper also said market share […]
Leaked recordings of a private conversation suggest crypto lender Babel Finance leveraged some user funds to long bitcoin and faced potential default risks during this year’s Black Thursday market crash in March. Seven audio files first emerged online on Sept. 25 that appear to be parts of a longer in-person conversation between Del Wang, co-founder of Beijing-based Babel, and an unknown person. The recordings offer a […]
Dr. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician now running for Congress as a Trump-boosting Republican, showed up on Fox News on Monday night for the sole purpose of backing President Donald Trump’s baseless accusation that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is taking secret memory-enhancing drugs to assist his debate performance. Over the past year, Fox News host Sean Hannity—an informal adviser and close confidant of […]
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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/military/202009081080397822-poland-reaches-deal-with-us-to-purchase-fgm-148f-javelin-anti-tank-missiles-reports-suggest/ WARSAW (Sputnik) – Poland inked a deal with the United States to acquire FGM-148F Javelin anti-tank missile systems, the Polish defence24 agency, which specializes in military news, reported on Tuesday, citing the Armed Forces Inspectorate. The US is supplying Ukraine with similar anti-tank missiles. The $100 million sale to Poland was approved by the US State Department back in […]
Bitcoin’s options market retains long-term bullish bias despite the recent price pullback, data shows. Source link
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New research from RSK/IOV’s Sergio Demian Lerner reveals that Patoshi, an early Bitcoin miner assumed by many to be Satoshi Nakamoto, mined using an algorithm that was not included in Bitcoin’s first client release. This finding finally explicates why Patoshi’s hashing patterns are so much different than other, early Bitcoin miners, but raises the question: Why did Patoshi give themselves a leg up? If we take […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106759/27/1067592722_0:128:3000:1815_1200x675_80_0_0_53602a5ffb625cbd2acda47df0c22e0c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008291080313531-five-people-killed-as-hotel-collapses-in-chinas-shanxi-province-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least five people have been killed and one more was wounded, as a hotel collapsed in China’s northern Shanxi province, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday, adding that over 700 people are participating in search and rescue operations. The two-story building located in the province’s Linfen urban district collapsed at about 9:40 a. m. […]
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/asia/202008241080260380-nine-killed-17-injured-by-twin-blast-in-philippines-south-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least nine people were killed and 17 others injured as a result of two consecutive explosions in the Philippines’ south province of Sulu, media reported on Monday, citing the Philippine authorities. According to China’s Xinhua news agency, citing the Philippine military and police, the first blast occurred near a grocery store along a busy street […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, while visiting Capitol Hill earlier this month. DeJoy is set to testify before Senate and House panels in the coming days over his controversial plans to cut costs at the sprawling postal service, which many Democrats fear could slow the delivery of mail ballots this fall. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, while visiting […]
Accounts of aides of both the former president and his VP suggest that Biden was not endorsed by Obama as a presidential candidate in 2016, not because of the tragic death of his son, but because he did not see him as one. Over at least the past two years the former two-term Democratic president and his right hand man have been said to have meticulously […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107976/89/1079768987_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_c9784b7804aac6e3bafa4d9ee468a5a2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007261079985566-district-in-western-mongolia-on-quarantine-over-suspected-bubonic-plague-case-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Mongolia has indefinitely put a district in western Zavkhan province on quarantine over a suspected bubonic plague case, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, citing local authorities. The patient in question is a 39-year-old resident of the Uliastai district. He experienced high fever, headache and muscle aches after eating marmot meat with his family a […]
Rapper Kanye West, as we all know, qualified for the presidential ballot in Oklahoma and submitted his entry just four minutes before the deadline earlier this week. The father of Yeezy shoes has set his sights on the upcoming presidency. Fans are concerned the pressure could flip Kanye out. Kanye recently took to Twitter to say his famous wife Kim Kardashian was “out of the line” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/13/1079927209_0:113:3068:1838_1200x675_80_0_0_81a224eefdd59280c3d270ef02e2b8f7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007191079927136-french-police-detain-man-over-nantes-cathedral-fire-reports-suggest/ The authorities launched an investigation on Saturday after a major fire devastated Nantes’ Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, destroying a centuries-old organ inside the church. A man has been taken into custody over the blaze in the Nantes Cathedral, AFP reported on Sunday, citing a prosecutor. According to preliminary reports, the detained individual is a 39-year-old refugee […]
Leaked screenshots of Twitter’s internal systems indicate that the company keeps “blacklists” for users it deems undesirable, according to multiple reports. The leaks followed the largest hack in the platform’s history. The images, said to be screencaps of an internal control panel on the site’s back end, appear to show that Twitter marks user accounts with tags such as “Trends Blacklist,”“Search Blacklist” and “Compromised.” The visuals […]
Following weeks of nationwide protests over a spate of police killings of Black people, President Donald Trump has claimed that “more white people” actually die at the hands of law enforcement. The president made the comment after appearing to briefly lose it when asked about the hot button topic in a CBS News interview. “Why are African-Americans still dying at the hands of law enforcement in […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s funeral will be held online to comply with South Korea’s coronavirus-related restrictive measures, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday, citing the ceremony’s preparation committee. The Seoul government has previously said that the mayoral funeral ceremony was scheduled to start on Monday and was planned to be held for five days, instead of traditional three. “It [the funeral] […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079844809_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_498cdc2b91fc262fa3abf0afc88edb02.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007101079844851-first-launch-of-chinese-kuaizhou-11-rocket-fails-reports-suggest/ BEIJING (Sputnik) – The first launch of a solid-fueled carrier rocket Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-1A), launched from northwestern China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, was unsuccessful, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. According to the media outlet, the rocket suffered a failure at 12.17 p.m. local time (04:17 GMT) as a result of a malfunction during the flight. An investigation into the […]
In late February, the British government announced that it would give Huawei a limited role in building the UK’s 5G infrastructure, despite previous US warnings that the move could potentially compromise US-British intelligence sharing. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to start excluding the use of Huawei technology in the country’s 5G network this year “in a major about-turn”, The Telegraph reports. The newspaper referred […]
‘Borat’ star Sacha Baron Cohen “infiltrated” a right-wing event and posed as a racist singer, but details surrounding the stunt suggest it was staged to make the crowd look more like willing participants than they actually were. At a ‘March for Our Rights 3’ rally in Olympia, Washington, Baron Cohen dressed in overalls and donned a fake beard before making his way to a stage at […]
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A civilian pilot with a penchant for snapping photos of the Pentagon’s most secretive locations has dropped another slew of images, this time of Beale Air Force Base in California, home to the US’ most infamous spy planes. Recent changes at the base hint that it might be preparing to host the elusive new RQ-180 spy drone. Aerial photographer and pilot Gabriel Zeifman has released new […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107951/66/1079516678_0:29:3000:1716_1200x675_80_0_0_79194fc18c785bd685b295d8d5bac19e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006231079694219-men-produce-higher-levels-of-antibodies-to-covid-19-reports-suggest/ The global death toll from COVID-19 is almost 470,000, with over 9 million cases detected globally; almost 4.51 million of those patients have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. NHS figures say that men seem to produce much higher levels of antibodies to coronavirus when infected, according to Sky News. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) figures indicate that 43 […]
Preliminary research has suggested that men, particularly those who are bald, are at a higher risk of suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms. Dr. Carlos Wambier, an assistant professor of dermatology and clinician educator at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, has proposed that male hormones that cause baldness are also linked to severe COVID-19 symptoms. If his theory is correct, that could also explain why COVID-19 […]
The coronavirus seems to be affecting babies less than other populations and Russian scientists suggest this may be due to proteins in breast milk that protects their immune system. Now they are trying a new drug based on it. “We have seen very few isolated cases of babies contracting the coronavirus among millions infected with it,” Igor Goldman, a senior research fellow at Institute of Gene Biology […]
Newly released documents show that top Democrat impeachment witness ex-ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch apparently lied under oath when she claimed that she did not know much about the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, which Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, served on the board of. Congressman Lee Zeldin slammed Yovanovitch for her failed attempt to conceal her knowledge of Hunter Biden and Burisma by claiming that […]
France and Germany have agreed on establishing a joint European recovery fund amounting to €500 billion (US$543 billion) that will be given out as grants to the economic sectors and regions most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have announced a joint initiative aimed at helping the European Union recover from the devastation the novel coronavirus pandemic has […]
World 05:49 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105545/18/1055451898_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_617a3daef83f9ecdb37fa3cad94fecbe.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005161079322433-air-canada-to-lay-off-half-of-its-staff-amid-pandemic-reports-suggest/ The North American company previously reduced flights by 95 percent amid national and global lockdowns, taking a severe hit due to the heath crisis. It reported a net loss of $740 million in the first quarter, also expecting the situation to remain tense for the rest of the year. “Today we took the […]