The U.S. Navy intends to issue a solicitation for the design, development, and production of the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV), also known as unmanned mine hunter. The new mine countermeasures and data collection autonomous vehicles are to be launched by surface vessels and submarines. According to an updated request […]
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Top rated Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson announced a “long planned” trout fishing vacation Monday night after a senior writer on his show Blake Neff resigned in disgrace after racist and sexist comments he posted anonymously online were exposed by CNN late last week. Carlson said Brian Kilmeade would […]
BAFTA has obliged all entrants to its 2021 best British PC and video games contest to ensure the right proportion of ethnic minority, LGBT, and deaf and disabled people in the game plays, prompting some eye rolling. Following its long-standing pattern of safeguarding tolerance and diversity, the British Academy of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079846850_48:0:1320:716_1200x675_80_0_0_df0896152e37323f27e8cf800197e9bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/video/202007101079846933-like-a-boss-shubby-cat-heroically-takes-shower/ It’s a well-known fact that unlike dogs, their four-pawed contestants for human love – cats can’t stand water and making them take a bath can become a real headache for owners. A funny video has appeared on Twitter, showing a chubby cat taking […]
An Antifa mob toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus in the Little Italy neighborhood of Baltimore Saturday night. No police were seen in sight according to video of the mob attack by several hundred anti-American guerrillas. The mob dragged the toppled statue over to the Inner Harbor and tossed it […]
The NEOWISE comet has just passed so close to the Earth, it has been seen with a naked eye. Yet, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner saw right from space – and shared his photos of the rare event. The celestial object, also known as C/2020 F3, raced past our planet at […]
The Minister of Defence of Ukraine has taken delivery of another batch of BTR-4E armoured personnel carriers, Ukraine’s state-owned defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm announced on 2 July. UkrOboronProm released a statement on Thursday saying that “SE Kharkiv Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau, a part of UkrOboronProm, handed over to the Ministry of […]
Actor Dean Cain, who portrayed Superman for a 1990s TV show, has set Twitter ablaze after arguing that modern ‘cancel culture’ would have outlawed the superhero’s catchphrase – “Truth, justice and the American way.” Speaking with Fox’s Ainsley Earhard on Thursday, the conservative actor took aim at ‘cancel culture,’ dubbing […]
Coinbase Custody has replaced Kingdom Trust as the principal custodian for its Bitcoin ETP, just as it begins trading on Deutsche Boerse. Source link
The future of the U.S. federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. Last week, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to the post of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, […]
Elijah McClain was walking home from the convenience store on an unusually cool Saturday night in August when three Aurora police officers approached him. According to the official police report, a resident called 911 because the 23-year-old massage therapist was wearing a ski mask and “acting weird” by “waving his […]
The Liverpool Football Club has clinched the Premier League championship after Manchester City lost out 2-1 to Chelsea, handing the Reds their nineteenth title following a 30-year drought. WE’RE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/qX7Duxoslm — Liverpool FC (at 🏠) (@LFC) June 25, 2020 DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
A pro-LGBTQ banner is flipped over on a wall outside the U.S. Embassy in downtown Jerusalem. Daniel Estrin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Daniel Estrin/NPR A pro-LGBTQ banner is flipped over on a wall outside the U.S. Embassy in downtown Jerusalem. Daniel Estrin/NPR A banner promoting LGBTQ pride was temporarily taken […]
A quiet rebellion against copyright is being waged on a single website by a freelance coder, using cryptocurrency where PayPal won’t do. Bitcoin as a censorship-free money has been used by outlaws of all sorts, but this time the outlaw is a young scientist from Kazakhstan breaking through the paywalls […]
Previously, a leaked document obtained by Reuters suggested that Germany was warning the EU to prepare contingency plans for Brexit “no-deal 2.0”, and urging member states against acceding to British plans for trade and security deals “at any price”. Junior European Affairs Minister Amelie de Montchalin took a shot at […]
The statue toppled by a mob in Washington, D.C. Friday night was federal property owned by the National Park Service just blocks from the Capitol, yet for hours as protesters gathered around the statue trying to pull it down Park Police were apparently not on scene. Park Police Officer Webster […]
Dan Cathy, CEO of the Chick-Fil-A fast-food restaurant chain, publicly polished the sneakers of the black rapper Lecrae. The son of the Chick-Fil-A founder said he did it to recognize white people’s “oblivion” to racial injustice. “Most of us white people, we’re out-of-sight, out-of-mind oblivious to it,” Dan Cathy said. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/58/1079655803_0:0:1920:1081_1200x675_80_0_0_c31924e291060d59ad99c3c8355040c1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006181079655788-oh-internet-claim-that-ludwig-van-beethoven-was-black-takes-twitter-by-storm/ The Flemish origins of the composer’s family coupled with online rumours that he had the nickname “Spaniard” and “Moor” because of his dark complexion and hair has prompted debate over whether the musician, widely considered one of the greatest classical composers in the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105100/58/1051005878_0:133:3166:1914_1200x675_80_0_0_b94cdec332459669ee9515e2a23c72ec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006181079655374-russia-to-respond-if-germany-takes-measures-on-khangoshvili-case—diplomat/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – Berlin’s claims of complicity of Russian state agencies in the killing of a Georgian citizen in Germany are groundless, Russia will respond if Germany takes measures on this, Ambassador Sergey Nechayev said Thursday. “The charges include a statement that the […]
Community-Focused Gardening Takes Root In Alaska By Meghan Sullivan, Indian Country Today. June 18, 2020 Community-Focused Gardening Takes Root In Alaska2020-06-182020-06-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/alaska-e1592493941909.jpg200px200px Above photo: Garden Supervisor Gwen Chickalusion with produce from the Tyonek community garden. Christy Cincotta. It’s about celebrating the action around growing our gardens, and going out on to the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107964/46/1079644620_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_b33003b316015972b08bba9ae826f49f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006171079644605-anti-racism-protest-against-police-brutality-takes-place-in-atlanta—video/ Amid the Black Lives Matter movement, protests against police brutality and racial injustice have spread across all 50 of the Unites States. In Atlanta, they have been reignited with the killing of Rayshard Brooks, shot dead by a police officer in a drive-thru […]
Nightly Rally To Seattle’s West Precinct Takes Detour, Shuts Down I-5 By Chase Burns, The Stranger. June 16, 2020 Nightly Rally To Seattle’s West Precinct Takes Detour, Shuts Down I-52020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/a-woman-got-out-of-her-car-and-joined-demonstrators-as-they-blocked-traffic-on-i-5-for-five-minutes-on-monday-evening.-by-chase-burn-the-stranger-e1592325178573.jpg200px200px Above photo: Seattle activists shut down highway I-5. A woman got out of her car and joined demonstrators as they blocked traffic […]
Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006171079636010-north-korea-will-pay-if-it-takes-real-military-action—south-korean-military/ The statement comes after the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) destroyed an Inter-Korean Liaison office, unexpectedly raising tensions between North and South Korea. South Korean military warned that if People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) takes real military action against South Korea, “it […]
As Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) proclaims her exoneration from allegations of insider trading, she’s simultaneously building a campaign fundraising system that imagines her campaign as a Wall Street-style investment opportunity. The Georgia Republican is offering donors and fundraisers benefit packages to support her re-election bid. Those packages come in three […]