Above Photo: With skyrocketing costs of education and tuition, university campuses have been investing in fancy infrastructures — increasing their operational costs and pouring money into athletic programs while lowering their instructional costs. Ayo Walker / Truthout. We are living through a moment of great decline in the United States. The U.S.’s turn toward authoritarianism is evidenced by actions of the Trump Administration And The GOP; the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol fomented by the big lie that former president Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election; and anti-Black right-wing attacks against voting rights, among many other right-wing machinations. Meanwhile, there is […]
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Above Photo: Closing panel at the III ALBA Assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ALBA Movements. The III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements held in Argentina from April 27-30 concluded with a panel highlighting proposals and initiatives of people’s movements to transform the world. After four days of debates and reflection, the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements came to an end on Saturday, April 30. 300 delegates from 23 countries had gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina to debate, discuss, and make concrete work plans for the next period. In the closing panel of the Assembly, leaders from across the region talked […]
Above Photo: Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Sukarno of Indonesia and Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia at the Bandung Conference in 1955. As countries in the Global North push to escalate the war in Ukraine, the Global South has overwhelmingly pushed for a perspective of dialogue and peace. Roger McKenzie and Vijay Prashad reflect on the need to create a fresh Non-Aligned Movement. War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous. War is most obviously the act of invasion and the brutality that goes along with its […]
Above Photo: Shipments of Javelin antitank weapons arrived outside Kyiv, Ukraine, in February. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters). The new package brings the total US military aid for Ukraine since Russia invaded to over $2.5 billion. On Wednesday, President Biden authorized a new $800 million weapons package for Ukraine that includes howitzers and helicopters. The announcement was made after Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who continues to plead for more arms. The weapons package includes 18 155mm howitzers and 40,000 artillery rounds, marking the first transfer of US artillery systems to Ukraine. The Ukrainians will receive 11 Mi-17 helicopters that were originally earmarked for […]
Above Photo: Ricky-from-left-field / Flickr. Florida – Three years ago, Jorge Palacios, David Roper and Josh Placeres came together with a shared vision to make a better world for communities of color in Miami. They wanted to create a space where Black and Brown families can access fresh produce and learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. Borne of their own social justice and community activism, the trio cultivated a food movement by transforming an empty land lot into a lush community garden in the heart of the historically Black Overtown neighborhood. Carrots, eggplant, garlic chive, kale, cranberry hibiscus, papaya, Thai […]
Above Photo: Henry Moore (Britain), Grey Tube Shelter, 1940. It is hard to fathom the depths of our time, the terrible wars, and the confounding information that whizzes by without much wisdom. Certainties that flood the airwaves and the internet are easy to come by, but are they derived from an honest assessment of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russian banks (part of a broader United States sanctions policy that now afflicts approximately thirty countries)? Do they acknowledge the horrific reality of hunger that has increased due to this war and the sanctions? It appears that much of the ‘certainties’ are caught up in […]
Every April 2, we Argentines pay tribute to the compatriots who fought valiantly for the recovery of the exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, other archipelagos of the South Atlantic and their corresponding maritime spaces. On the 40th anniversary of the heroic deed carried out by our young men and women, the memory and recognition of their dedication must go hand in hand with a firm commitment to continue fighting for the cause for which many of them gave their lives. The permanent increase of the military presence and the refusal during these four decades of the United Kingdom to […]
At Chicago’s Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) affiliate, WTTW (Window to the World), two dozen broadcast technicians have been on strike since March 16 in a battle to preserve their jobs and safeguard quality media production. The walkout marks the first work stoppage in the station’s 67-year history. The strikers — members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1220 — include camera operators, editors, graphic artists, lighting technicians and audio professionals who do the behind-the-scenes work producing local news and documentary programs for WTTW, including the nightly news broadcast Chicago Tonight. The union and management have been in contract negotiations since May of last year. “While the world got to work […]
For The First Time In 50 Years, Minneapolis Teachers Are Out On Strike By Kip Hedges , In These Times. March 16, 2022 For The First Time In 50 Years, Minneapolis Teachers Are Out On Strike2022-03-162022-03-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220316-3.jpg200px200px Above Photo: (Kerem Yucel / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images). In An Interview, One Striking Teacher Explains How Community Support Is Providing Energy And Optimism On The Picket Line. On March 8, around 3,500 Minneapolis teachers and educational support professionals went out on strike, effectively shutting down a system of 35,000 students. The action, led by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) Local 59, is the first walkout the city has seen in […]
Above Photo: Devastation from Typhoon Haiyan, which ripped through the Philippines in 2013. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images. Region by region, the analysis describes “widespread, pervasive impacts” to ecosystems, people, settlements, and infrastructure. Scientists have long warned that time is of the essence to stop emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. Rising seas, scorching wildfires, and devastating droughts already jeopardize billions of people worldwide — these, and other climate impacts, are expected to get much […]
Above Photo: Military personnel escort detainees to a U.S. interrogation center at Kandahar airport, Afghanistan. (The Guardian). UK Government Shamefully Cooperated With U.S. In Torture Of Al-Qaeda Suspects. We Americans have had a painful and difficult national debate over the past 20 years relative to torture. Torture was official U.S. government policy from 2002 until at least 2005, and that iteration was not formally outlawed until passage of the McCain-Feinstein Amendment in 2015. (The torture program was a highly-classified secret from 2002 until I revealed it in a nationally-televised interview in December 2007.) In truth, torture has been illegal in the U.S. since […]
Above Photo: President Joe Biden meets with members of his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images). On January 17, 1977, Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad, shot through the heart, at Utah State Prison. He was the first person to be executed after the death penalty had been reinstated in the United States in 1976. This year, to mark the 45th anniversary of this execution, which coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Death Penalty Action and […]
Red Lines Host Anya Parampil Speaks With Francisco R. Rodríguez, The Executive Of Oil For Venezuela, About A Study He Recently Published Which Analyzed The Impact Of US Sanctions On Venezuela’s Economy. Rodríguez shares data which prove sanctions have directly contributed to a major economic contraction in Venezuela, driven mainly by a significant drop in the country’s oil production as a result of the measures. Rodríguez also addresses common arguments made by individuals who seek to obscure the impact US sanctions have had on Venezuela’s economy. Read the study: https://sanctionsandsecurity.org/publications/sanctions-economic-statecraft-and-venezuelas-crisis/ The post ‘Smoking Gun’ Analysis: US Sanctions Produce ‘War Time’ Economy appeared […]
Above Photo: Unity, firmness and victory. Bill Hackwell. On June 11, 2021, a plan carefully conceived 17 years earlier by the U.S. government was defeated in Cuban neighborhoods and streets. Born at the end of the Bush era, after more than 50 years of subversive actions had been negated, the new action plan was intended to take advantage of the generational change on the island to put an end to the Revolution. The new plan contained several lines of action: Build a new counterrevolutionary leadership by granting exchange scholarships, leadership courses and others, to Cuban teenagers and young people. Create a […]
Above Photo: Leonard Peltier. Gary Stevens. The Native American activist’s attorney tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen. Too few have heard of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement activist who has been imprisoned for 44 years based on accusations that were never proven and a trial that was appallingly mishandled. Based on his mere presence in South Dakota’s 1975 Pine Ridge Reservation shoot-out, where one Native American activist and two FBI agents were killed, Peltier has spent the better part of his life behind bars. As the website FreeLeonard.org points […]
Not A Kernel Of Truth The Wall Street Journal needs to cease its incorrect ‘Pilgrim Journal’ I am sending a gift, a box of “Indian corn,” to the Wall Street Journal editorial board as a reminder of what really happened in colonial North America and is commemorated by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. On this 400th anniversary of what we believe to be the first Thanksgiving, the Wall Street Journal is poised to print its insulting Pilgrim Journal version of early colonial history for the 60th time. Not only is the account suffused with the racist sentiment, but it is also factually incorrect to a grotesque […]
Above Photo: A group portrait shows the first male students to arrive at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from Pine Ridge and Rosebud on Oct. 6, 1879. Several of the boys in the photo later died and were buried at the school for more than 140 years before finally being sent to their relatives in South Dakota in July 2021. School founder Richard Henry Pratt is standing at left, and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at right. (Photo courtesy of the Cumberland County Historical Society) The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition calls for action during summit. National awareness about […]
Above image: Mr. Fish. If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting. Washington, DC – For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court ruling that denied the US request to extradite Assange not, unfortunately, because in the eyes of the court he is innocent of a crime, but because, as Judge Vanessa Baraitser in January concluded, Assange’s precarious psychological state would deteriorate given the “harsh […]
Above Photo: An aerial view of a nuclear weapons test in the United States in the late 1950s known as Operation Hardtrack I. Creative Commons. With the U.S., U.K. and Australia (AUKUS) submarines deal having greatly offended their NATO ally France, NATO is vulnerable to internal disarray and is seen to be fraying. Dr. Helen Caldicott, who has spent decades working for a nuclear weapons-free world, recently wrote a blunt op-ed with an unforgettable headline: “With All Its Wisdom, the Human Race Is Killing Itself.” Decrying the arms industry and the nine countries that now own nuclear weapons, Caldicott points to […]
Above image: Studies show there are many benefits to letting local residents make financial decisions for their communities. Terry Laban. “Ordinary citizens” are perfectly capable of allocating public money wisely. They should be given the power to do so. par·tic·i·pa·to·ry bud·get·ing noun 1. When local residents decide how public money gets spent “What is that, ‘for the people, by the people?’ ‘By the people’ always seems to be missing in the equation. So this is putting the people back into that equation.” —Gwendolyn Garth, a Cleveland-born artist and community activist As in, a “listening session” or something? Nope! You may have experienced government or work-related meetings where decision-makers “listen” to […]
The new French Jaguar armoured reconnaissance and combat vehicle (EBRC) has test-fired MMP medium-range missile, for the first time. On 14 April, the French defense procurement agency (DGA) carried out the firing at their Land Techniques Test Centre as part of the Jaguar qualification. Launched from the retractable pod on the Jaguar’s turret in a two-missile configuration, the MMP successfully hit its target. The integration of MMP onto JAGUAR is being carried out in stages during qualification. This firing is the first stage, successfully demonstrating hitting a fixed target. The system will offer the capability to destroy fixed or mobile hardened […]
On Friday, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer swing-wing bomber from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas landed in Poland. This marked the first time a B-1B has ever landed in Poland, demonstrating U.S. commitment to allies and partners, and stability in the Baltic Region. The flight included the first ever hot-pit refuel of a bomber aircraft in Europe. “Hot pitting,” or refueling the aircraft while the engines are on and the crew remains in the cockpit, drastically reduces refueling times so that bombers can more rapidly return to the skies. In addition to this historic first, the […]
For the first time, an artificial intelligence, or also known as AI, controlled the sensor and navigation systems of a real military aircraft during a training flight at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. On Wednesday, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing press release said that the U.S. Air Force flew AI as a working aircrew member for the first time yesterday, signaling a major leap forward for national defense in the digital age. The AI algorithm, developed by Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory, flew aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to Beale AFB, better known as Recce Town, USA. Developed by a […]
American plane-maker Boeing has reached a major milestone when its MQ-25 carrier-based tanker drone test article, also known as T1, completed the first test flight with an aerial refueling store. According to a company news release, Boeing and the U.S. Navy have for the first time flown the MQ-25 T1 test asset with an aerial refueling store (ARS), a significant milestone informing development of the unmanned aerial refueler. As noted by the company, the pod contains the hose and basket that will help refuel Navy fighter aircraft. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The successful 2.5-hour flight with the Cobham […]
It’s Time For Trade Policies That Benefit Us All By Hillary Haden, The Stand. December 6, 2020 It’s Time For Trade Policies That Benefit Us All2020-12-062020-12-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/trade2.png200px200px Decades of failed ‘free trade’ deals must end. Instead, let’s manage globalization to raise wages, create jobs, and protect the environment. Everyone we know is “for” trade. We can’t remember ever meeting anyone who is “against” trade. This simplistic view of globalization — that everyone is either for or against trade — brought grief to millions of workers and families in America. Thomas Friedman wrote several popular books on globalization. He once said that he […]
The U.S. Army has demonstrated the first prototype of a new laser weapon system based on the Stryker combat vehicle. Video released by Army Professional Forum (APF) shows the finished, combat-capable prototype of the Directed Energy Maneuver Short Range Air Defense, or DE-MSHORAD, with a 50 kW-class laser integrated onto a Stryker platform. Mounted on the newest Stryker A1 chassis, the DE-MSHORAD system, along with Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system, will be deployed to protect divisions and brigade combat teams from unmanned aerial systems (UAS), rotary-wing aircraft, and rocket, artillery and mortar threats. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – […]
The commission that runs debates has changed the rules, following a cacophonous first debate that was packed with interruptions. Justin Sullivan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The commission that runs debates has changed the rules, following a cacophonous first debate that was packed with interruptions. Justin Sullivan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The Commission on Presidential Debates announced changes to the debate rules ahead of Thursday’s final presidential debate. Under the new rules, each candidate will have two minutes of uninterrupted time to speak at the beginning of each 15 minutes segment of the debate. “The […]
Passengers enter a checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus crisis began. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Passengers enter a checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport on Monday. The TSA reports it screened over 1 million passengers on Sunday, the highest number since the coronavirus crisis began. Scott Olson/Getty Images How’s this for an October surprise? Despite a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in many parts of the country, it appears that more people are flying on commercial jetliners than […]
Tucked away on a quiet street in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, Room 77 had the look of your typical dive bar – until you paid attention to the details. If you did, you’d notice the grungy scene was punctuated with cypherpunk paraphernalia. One brick wall overlooking a row of booths was populated by the portraits of Ross Ulrbicht, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. Adjacent to these crypto-anarchy icons, a currency burner (which does exactly what you think it does) sat where an arcade game might have in any other bar. Above the register, at a bar with five or so seats, was […]
…by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor A war is coming. Boogaloo is Police. Other militias turn to them for protection. Dozens of Michigan police, members of Boogaloo, are under investigation for planning to murder lawmakers. A war is coming. The death of the flag, and it is certainly dead now, is a call for an armed revolution to overthrow the tyranny that has been imposed and the new tyranny that is threatened, or so Thomas Jefferson told us all when he turned in his first draft of the Declaration of Independence. The American people are trying to have an election to […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation is a done deal. Democrats don’t have the votes, and not enough Republicans have the principles. Democrats’ only recourse, many have argued, is to increase the size of the court—“court-packing” is the derogatory term—to offset the illegitimate appointments of Justice Gorsuch (after the stonewalling of Should’ve-Been-Justice Garland) and Justice Barrett. Presuming they win the presidency and flip the Senate, of course. Joe Biden has notably refused to take “court-packing” off the table, but the idea doesn’t poll well, and there are real reasons to fear it—not least the likelihood that Republicans would retaliate as soon […]
Twitter has one-upped Facebook’s censorship regarding a story based on alleged emails from Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter about his Ukraine dealings, blocking all users from sharing it via tweet or direct message. Twitter users were blocked on Wednesday from sharing the New York Post story critical of the Bidens published just that morning. The decision was based on a never-before-invoked “hacked materials policy” that Twitter announced hours after Facebook had stomped on the same story. The Post cited emails that appeared to show Joe Biden – then vice president to Barack Obama – had met with Ukrainian Burisma exec Vadim Pozharskyi […]
Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday halted one of two trials of a major new novel coronavirus therapy after independent safety monitors observed an unspecified problem with the testing. The Data Safety Monitoring Board froze trials of the Indiana company’s monoclonal antibody drug bamlanivimab, which was being administered in combination with the antiviral drug remdesivir. The board didn’t freeze separate trials testing bamlanivimab on its own, and the move doesn’t mean the company’s drug is unsound. But it does raise a slew of new questions about an antibody treatment that has been aggressively flogged by Donald Trump, who took a similar […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0e/1080763361_0:-1:1321:742_1200x675_80_0_0_3105bfd1120d49da07ec0b5f9895a4ca.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evan Craighead . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010141080763408-pro-trump-ad-once-again-features-footage-of-non-americans-this-time-from-russia-belarus/ Like several other recent pro-Trump advertisements, a new, 30-second TV spot relies on foreign stock footage while taking shots at Democratic presidential nominee and former US Vice President Joe Biden. America First Action, a group that has reportedly raised $82 million toward the reelection of US President Donald Trump, debuted a major ad last week in Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that is dubbed “Pandemic Tax,” Politico reported. The footage warns of “HIGHER TAXES ON EVERY INCOME GROUP” while showing stock footage that is currently available for $65 via user Kmikhidov on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0d/1080756280_197:0:1397:675_1200x675_80_0_0_d1176142e897eb393ae2c469946b49e9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202010131080755742-blessed-by-freddie-mercury-dog-plays-piano-sings-when-home-alone/ Funny animal videos, whether it’s a cat chase a string on the floor, or a parrot eat fruits. have helped many people to go through months-long lockdowns amid the pandemic. An adorable video of a little doggie playing a piano and singing its heart out is making the rounds on social media. The video shows the dog hit high notes like a pro, while playing the piano. Some people commented on the video, saying the dog seems to be blessed by late singer Freddie Mercury, the front-man for the iconic rock band “Queen”. The […]
It was the summer of terror—an altogether different terror than the pandemic kind we’re living through now. But it was just as global and, at the time, just as harrowing. This is what happened in the span of just two weeks in June 1985: a bomb went off in the international terminal of Frankfurt’s airport, killing three and injuring 74; a guerrilla group attacked a restaurant in San Salvador’s Zona Rosa, killing 12, among them three Americans; the next day, bombs went off across Nepal, killing at least eight people; three days later, an Air India 747 was bombed out of […]
When Kimberly Guilfoyle tested positive for COVID-19 before Donald Trump’s July Mount Rushmore speech, it seemed like the result came back just in the nick of time. She and her boyfriend, who happens to be the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., skipped the rally and were said to have avoided contact with the president. But the duo had already made a lasting impression in the northern plains, where earlier that week they had headlined a two-day Trump campaign event in Big Sky, Montana, potentially exposing locals and political donors to COVID-19—and leaving some to find out about it through the news. […]
More than 100,000 new Covid cases have been reported across Europe in one 24-hour period for the first time, as the continent struggles with the second wave of the virus and many nations record their highest-ever infection rates. The second wave of the novel coronavirus appears to be hitting Europe harder than the first, at least when it comes to the spread of the virus. Statistics presented by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control on Friday suggest that the infection rates throughout the continent have been higher than at the spring peak in late March and April, since at […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105550/74/1055507458_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_f1dbc088755abcab656ac7fb6cd661b1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Oleg Burunov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010091080715748-us-federal-debt-will-soon-be-larger-than-any-time-in-history-american-budget-watchdog-claims/ Last month, a US Congressional Budget Office report revealed that the country’s federal debt is expected to stand at 98% of America’s GDP by the end of this year. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a survey indicating that the 2020 fiscal year saw the US deficit hit $3.13 trillion, or 15.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The 2020 fiscal year expired on 30 September. “If the CBO’s estimates are on the mark, the country’s total debt owed to investors […] will have outpaced the size of the economy, […]
The Indian economy nose-dived between April and June this year, with gross domestic product growth contracting 23.9 percent in the quarter that saw a strict lockdown due to the pandemic. In January – March this year, the country witnessed GDP growth of 3.1 percent. Maintaining that the South Asian economic situation is worse than ever, the World Bank on Thursday said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to contract by 9.6% in the current financial year (April 2020 – March 2021) due to the national lockdown and pandemic shock. In its latest report – South Asia Economic Focus – released […]
Asked in a recent interview how things were going as Election Day draws near, a state elections director paused, searching for the right words. “I feel like I’ve got democracy in a boat,” the director told The Daily Beast, “and my staff is bailing water out while people are drilling holes in it.” That official, who spoke anonymously to discuss the situation candidly, sums up how many election officials around the country are feeling right now. In normal times, they’re a group of professionals used to getting the job done with what meager funds they typically get—proud of it, even. Few, […]
George Takei remembers his lowest point vividly. It came on November 11, 2017. The Star Trek actor was in Tokyo, Japan, for a gala screening of Allegiance, his Broadway passion project about Japanese internment, when his phone began buzzing like crazy. “It was right after our screening and we were celebrating, and then… we heard,” he recalls to The Daily Beast. “It was horrible.” The Hollywood Reporter had just published an eye-opening exposé wherein a former model accused the Star Trek actor and activist of drugging and sexually assaulting him in 1981. Unlike other #MeToo stories, however, the piece didn’t contain […]
Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. October 2, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rabbi-scaled-e1601663371500.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. Rabbi Michael Lerner Prophesies a Caring Society. The lifelong progressive talks about his new book and what he found lacking in Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. There’s no denying there’s been a renewed wave of interest in socialism in the United States, thanks in large part to Bernie Sanders. While the Vermont senator gained support across the country for his rallying cry against inequality and for promoting equitable policies like Medicare for All, Rabbi Michael […]
Guardian: Well, it’s definitely a plot twist. Like a lot of people who sat through Tuesday’s presidential debate, I’m amazed the week has ended with Donald Trump ingesting bleach, and not me. Unmasked Trump supporters called upon to ‘protect America from excess voting’ As you may vaguely have heard, the US president and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus – which feels untimely given that, mere hours earlier, Trump had been declaring: “The end of the pandemic is in sight.” Perhaps this is a one-last-job movie. Alternatively, picture a Wuhan bat staring pensively into the fireplace as its butler suggests not thinking too […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia will be represented by three football clubs in the 2020-2021 UEFA Champions League’d group stage for the first time, as FC Krasnodar has defeated Greece’d PAOK in the qualifying play-off round. On 22 September, the first match between FC Krasnodar and FC PAOK ended with the victory of the Russian team with the score 2:1. The second match was held on Wednesday in the Greek city of Thessaloniki and also ended with FC Krasnodar’s victory 2:1. In the 73rd minute of the match, PAOK’s defender Giannis Michailidis scored an own goal; four minutes later, Greek midfielder Omar […]
On a recent Monday, New York City inspectors were out in full force in Harlem. A Department of Buildings officer lurked around a recently constructed makeshift restaurant patio on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. He took photos, jotted down notes and was soon joined by a colleague. They conferred, pointing here, there and over there, too. Karl Franz Williams watched all this from his perch on a stool at a high table on his own makeshift patio. It extends from the sidewalk in front of his cocktail bar, 67 Orange Street, into what would normally be a parking spot. The area is delineated […]
The Covid-19 per-capita death rate in Israel is higher than that of the United States for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, that country’s military intelligence reported on Tuesday. Israel’s daily Covid-19-related death rate was 3.5 per million people compared to the US rate of 2.2 per million, according to task force, which is a part of the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence Directorate. The daily deaths per capita are calculated by the task force as an average of the previous week. Israel also has a higher infection and mortality rate per million people than the US, France, […]
A new report by the World Bank reveals that Covid-19 delivered a “triple shock” to the developing East Asia and Pacific region, with as many as 38 million people expected to remain in, or be pushed back into, poverty as a result. It is the first increase in poverty in the region in two decades, according to the findings. The bank defined the poverty line as income of $5.50 a day. The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region includes China, Southeast Asian countries and the Pacific Islands, such as Fiji and Samoa. India and other South Asian countries don’t feature in the […]
The team previously won their maiden Stanley Cup in 2004. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup on Monday claiming victory over the Dallas Stars with a 2-0 score. Brayden Point’s goal and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy’s performance earning the shutout brought the team their second Stanley Cup in franchise history. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay’s defenceman Victor Hedman has won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in NHL’s Stanley Cup finals. The Stanley Cup final was played with no spectators in amid COVID-19. Source link
It’s news that may unsettle fans of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds,’ but scientists have proven that crows possess a form of consciousness and are smarter than they’ve been given credit for. Corvids, or the crow and raven family of birds, are consciously aware of their environments and the short-term passage of time, which in turn, generates subjective experiences, the researchers found. The team at the University of Tubingen in Germany conducted a series of experiments on two carrion crows (Corvus corone), in which they were each shown some 20,000 light signals over the course of dozens of sessions while electrodes monitored […]
A dog dressed as Marty McFly from Back to the Future attends the 25th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in 2015. New research says time travel might be possible without the problems McFly encountered. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images A dog dressed as Marty McFly from Back to the Future attends the 25th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in 2015. New research says time travel might be possible without the problems McFly encountered. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images “The past is obdurate,” Stephen King wrote in his […]
We’re teetering on the brink of an unthinkable future. Our democracy hangs by a thread. “How are you doing?” feels like a useless greeting; everything is bad now. Americans are simultaneously fed up and burned out. We feel a fiery rage and debilitating grief. But hey: at least Katie Holmes is having a good time. The 41-year-old actress is, as the New York Post put it this month, “The queen of public make outs.” Like your friend who can’t read the room and won’t shut up about her new boyfriend after you tell her your grandmother just died, Holmes has spent […]
In August a YouGov poll put the UK’s Labour Party neck and neck with the Tories on competence, as Jeremy Corbyn’s successor Keir Starmer has been successfully strategizing towards rebuilding a voter coalition for future success. The UK Labour Party has edged ahead of the Conservatives in an opinion poll for the first time since Boris Johnson became prime minister in July 2019. According to a survey by Opinium, published on 26 September, 42 per cent of those polled voiced their intention to vote for the party led by Sir Keir Starmer compared to 39 per cent ready to cast their […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown on 24 March “to protect the country, and each of its citizens…” in his “decisive fight against the Corona pandemic”. All activities, except certain essential services, were halted to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Exactly six months after India’s national lockdown started, and despite the gradual elimination of the measures, life has still not returned to what it was during the pre-lockdown period amid many curbs and new precautionary rules which are still in place. The latest guidelines issued by the federal Home Ministry on 29 August mandate that schools and colleges remain closed […]
POTUS has been included in the list for a fifth year in a row, but the blurb about his fresh accomplishments sounded overly stinging when compared to the one about his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, who is running for the presidency on the Democratic ticket in November. Immunologist Dr Anthony Fauci, President Donald Trump, and the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement – Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tomet – have been named among TIME Magazine’s 2020 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. They were also joined by Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080490475_49:0:1319:714_1200x675_80_0_0_3882b53aad4fbe9ca60079f9c4d8b61f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009181080490061-its-bed-time-mum-labrador-keeps-a-woman-from-returning-to-work/ Labrador Retrievers are commonly known for their intelligence and their lovability, making them an excellent family companion. An adorable video of a labrador trying to persuade its owner to stop working at night and have a rest is going viral on social media. In the video, a woman is working on her laptop and the labrador is seen tugging her clothes, its way of pleading with her to call it a day. The woman understands the labrador’s hints and shuts her laptop. As she starts winding up, the labrador keeps pulling her sleeves. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104735/01/1047350170_0:180:1920:1260_1200x675_80_0_0_ebbcc5cd4f76634f36939670811a44a7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Evgenia Filimianova. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009161080473880-uk-ending-ridiculous-state-of-affairs-by-increasing-jail-time-for-most-dangerous-criminals/ There is no point in catching the criminals if they are simply going to be let out early, said the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson when addressing his Cabinet this week, as he set out his plans for sentencing reform. The new measures include changing the sentencing for sexual and violent offenders from serving half term to at least two-thirds of jail terms. Boris Johnson has also shared a message on his Twitter page, stressing the importance of public safety “in our criminal justice policy.” We’re introducing tougher sentencing for the most […]
Sens. Dan Sullivan (left) and Lisa Murkowski, both Republicans from Alaska, have joined Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, in introducing a bipartisan bill that would extend reporting deadlines for 2020 census results. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Sens. Dan Sullivan (left) and Lisa Murkowski, both Republicans from Alaska, have joined Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, in introducing a bipartisan bill that would extend reporting deadlines for 2020 census results. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Updated at 5:09 p.m. ET A bipartisan group of senators is […]
Time For Unions To Give The Democratic Party An Ultimatum By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. September 15, 2020 Time For Unions To Give The Democratic Party An Ultimatum2020-09-152020-09-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bidenunion-e1600173351445.jpg200px200px Above photo: Frederic J. Brown/ AFP via Getty Images. Money spent on organizing is always well spent. You can’t say the same about political donations. NOTE: For a long time, labor unions have supported the Democratic Party with money and organizers and they have little to show in return. The Democratic Party knows the unions believe they have no other political voice. In reality, the unions would have more power if they […]
CNN let Netflix CEO Reed Hastings off the hook for the second time in four days, neglecting to ask him even once about ‘Cuties,’ the film that ignited a campaign to cancel the streaming service for showing alleged “child porn.” The latest Netflix-friendly interview aired Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” program, where host Brian Stelter kept the discussion focused primarily on promoting Hastings’ new book. CNN host Poppy Harlow took a similar approach on Thursday, steering clear of hard-hitting questions and talking mostly about the book in the 10 minutes she had with Hastings. Harlow interviewed the CEO the day after […]
It’s Time For The West To Sit Down, Shut Up And Listen To ‘The Others’ By Andre Vltchek, Popular Resistance. September 12, 2020 It’s Time For The West To Sit Down, Shut Up And Listen To ‘The Others’2020-09-122020-09-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/e13857648431713f02b73cb0f87549fa-e1599932100173.jpg200px200px Above photo: Markus Schreiber | AP. We were always told what to think; what is correct and what is wrong. By the white dudes living in or coming from Europe and North America. They knew everything. They were the most qualified. When I write “white,” I don’t mean just their race or color of their skin. To me, “white” is their culture, where they belong. […]
How’s the first registered offering of security tokens in the U.S. going? See for yourself. In the two weeks since INX Ltd. commenced its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO), more than 350 investors’ Ethereum addresses have been added to the “white list” of approved buyers. You don’t need to take the company’s word for it, it’s all on the blockchain, viewable through block explorer sites like Etherscan. The public data doesn’t show who these registered investors are or how many of the tokens, priced at $0.90 each, any of them has agreed to buy. (INX is seeking to raise $117 million […]
Chelsea coach Frank Lampard has spoken with glee about his first five days with new $100 million midfielder Kai Havertz, praising the 21-year-old and fellow German newcomer Timo Werner ahead of the return of the Premier League. Chelsea ended their long pursuit of one of the stars of the Bundesliga last season by signing Havertz last week after drawn-out negotiations between transfer chief Marina Granovskaia and bosses at Bayer Leverkusen. Havertz has had to hit the ground running under the watch of Lampard at Chelsea’s Cobham training complex, where he has been preparing for a Premier League season that starts with a […]
Jazz bassist Gary Peacock. Eliott Peacock/Courtesy of the Peacock Family hide caption toggle caption Eliott Peacock/Courtesy of the Peacock Family Jazz bassist Gary Peacock. Eliott Peacock/Courtesy of the Peacock Family Gary Peacock, a versatile bassist who collaborated with some of the 20th century’s most notable jazz musicians, has died. He was 85. His family confirmed in a statement to NPR that Peacock died peacefully Friday, Sept. 4, at his home in upstate New York. No cause of death was provided. Over a career that spanned seven decades, he played on recordings alongside Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, […]
However, it has also faced criticism and questions from some Western countries and companies, especially those developing their own vaccines—often based on technologies yet to be proven for safety and efficacy, such as mRNA or monkey adenoviral vector-based platforms. Following the publication of the results of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials of Sputnik V in The Lancet, we would like to summarize answers to these questions and ask some of our own.wn. Question 1: Did you steal your vaccine? No, we did not steal it. The vaccine uses a unique two-vector human adenovirus technology which no-one else in […]
“We were there four months—or George and I were. We lost thirteen pounds and (barely) looked a day older,” John Lennon told a BBC reporter while promoting the Beatles’ new business venture, Apple Records, of The Fab Four’s 1968 visit to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. “I don’t know what level he’s on, but we had a nice holiday in India and came back rested-to-play businessmen.” “He’s on the level,” Paul McCartney, ever the diplomat, chimed in. Fifty-two years ago, in the spring of 1968, the Beatles traveled to Rishikesh, India, to study with Maharishi, after meeting the ambassador […]
Her remarks come as protests against racial discrimination and police brutality are continuing in the United States. The demonstrations were reignited after an officer shot a black man in the back seven times in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris has blasted President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr over their comments about systemic racism in the United States. “I think that Donald Trump and Bill Barr are spending time in a different reality. The reality of America today is what we have seen over generations, and frankly since our inception, which is, we do […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters on March 3 in Washington, D.C. In an interview Friday with NPR, Powell says it may take years before the economy has fully recovered. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters on March 3 in Washington, D.C. In an interview Friday with NPR, Powell says it may take years before the economy has fully recovered. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the pace of jobs growth is rising faster than many people expected, […]
China’s first reusable spacecraft was blasted into space on Friday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. According to a government aerospace agency, the mission will prepare the Chinese space program for a new generation of manned space missions. The reusable spacecraft blasted off early Friday morning atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. The outlet noted, “After a period of in-orbit operation, the spacecraft will return to the scheduled landing site in China. It will test reusable technologies during its flight, providing technological support for the peaceful use of space.” Very little […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107858/08/1078580809_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_67f4758f6aa1705c9731136a3936f1de.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009041080366094-melania-trump-comments-for-the-first-time-on-tell-all-book-about-flotus-/ The book “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady”, released on 1 September, addresses the most controversial issues involving Melania Trump, including a reported rivalry with Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka and the president’s alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. Melania Trump has commented on a tell-all book about FLOTUS penned by her former senior adviser and friend, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. In a statement posted on Twitter, the 50-year-old called on the media to report on the US drug crisis and not on “delusional […]
BitMEX is adding chainlink and tezos futures, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange said. Source link
Bitcoin prices tumbled 6.2% Thursday, falling below $11,000 for the first time in a month. The price drop trimmed the largest cryptocurrency’s 2020 rally to 50% and sent digital-asset market traders and analysts scrambling to explain the sell-off. Here are three reasons cited by analysts: 1. Bitcoin slid in sync with traditional markets The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index of large U.S. stocks retreated Thursday after climbing to a new record high earlier in the week. A report showing new U.S. jobless claims at 881,000 in the final week of August was better than feared – and the lowest since the […]
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By Sophia Illiadi for VT Archbishop Elpidophoros was said to have cut short his trip to Istanbul on August 22 and returned to the USA due to protests in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) against the proposed pension reform that may be adopted at the upcoming Clergy-Laity Congress (September 9-10). However, he did show up anyhow in the Phanar on August 31 to baptize a Ukrainian PM’s child and was present at the Feast of Indiction as expected. The Archbishop departed to Istanbul on August 16. According to recent comments from the Archdiocese, His Eminence’s visit will last […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/01/1080339076_0:60:1920:1140_1200x675_80_0_0_3916f490f5490700c645a0ae9eba129d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009011080338669-road-to-yalta-crimea-hosts-international-music-festival-of-soviet-war-time-songs/ The festival has seen 157 applicants from 37 countries and the jury has selected 15 performers who will take part in the event. The ‘Road to Yalta’ international music festival begins in Crimea on 1 September. According to the organisers, the festival received 157 applications from 37 countries and has chosen 15 performers to take part. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary since the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany, and the festival offers a chance to musicians from all over the globe to perform Soviet songs about the Great Patriotic War […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080327210_49:0:1319:714_1200x675_80_0_0_350b9026d6ef93b9ec1610de2ea9db94.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009011080327141-no-more-tv-for-you-goofy-golden-retriever-steals-television-remote-from-owner/ Dubbed as good boys and social media sensations, Golden Retrievers are known for goofing around with their owners as well as being famous for their level of intelligence. With wind in their fluffy golden hair and eyes stuck on its target, the golden retriever came running to steal the television remote from its owner. The doggo quickly retrieved the remote hidden under the blanket, grabbed it in its mouth only to drop it after a while. Source link
Chris Hedges: ‘We Are In A Dangerous Time’ By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. August 31, 2020 Chris Hedges: ‘We Are In A Dangerous Time’2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/portland.jpg200px200px When we last interviewed Chris Hedges in December, we spoke about the coming uprising and whether the left was ready for it. Now we are in the midst of a nationwide rebellion against police violence and lack of protection for workers, right wing violence is on the rise and an election is nearing. We speak to Hedges about the ways the liberal class protects the status quo, his experiences studying the Christian Right […]
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian speaks at a press conference on August 27. President Trump plans to visit the city in response to the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian speaks at a press conference on August 27. President Trump plans to visit the city in response to the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images President Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday to survey the damage from last week’s protests […]
North Korea has for the first time used a YouTube channel to send coded messages to its spies across the border, South Korean media has reported, apparently falling for a hoax that had nothing to do with Pyongyang. On Saturday, North Korea had broadcast a coded message to its agents, notably using YouTube instead of radio waves, the Yonhap News Agency and other Southern and international outlets have reported. The message was read by a female announcer and contained phrases such as “No. 23 on Page 564, No. 19 on Page 479” addressed to “No. 719 expedition agents.” It’s an example […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1d/1080313059_83:0:1375:727_1200x675_80_0_0_eb18a70c6212b08690594729d9184bc7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202008291080313505-chilling-in-the-summer-time-squirrel-cools-off-on-air-conditioner-fan/ Squirrels are quick-witted, bushy-tailed creatures that can be found all over the world. These animals are famous for their cute appearance and their habit of hiding everything in their burrow. A squirrel has been captured on video in Wake Forest, North Carolina in the US trying to cool off a little bit on a sunny day. The funny part is that the animal decided to lie down on an air conditioner so that the cool air could save it from the hot weather. The squirrel’s tail flew up in the air while the critter held […]
Follow NPR’s coverage of the RNC all week at NPR.org/conventions. Vice President Pence made a case on Wednesday that President Trump “sees America for what it is” and has the track record to bring America back from what he repeatedly called “a time of testing” — referring to the twin challenges of recovering from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and grappling with protests against racism. In his keynote address on the third night of the Republican National Convention, Pence argued that Trump — known for painting a dystopian picture of “American carnage” in his inaugural address — has a more optimistic view […]
The medical examiner who examined George Floyd’s death believed that Floyd had a lethal amount of fentanyl in his system when he died. We reported on August 4th in a post by Larry Johnson that we had a video and a transcript of the the altercation with police surrounding George Floyd’s death. Both pieces of evidence show that Floyd was as high as a kite when he was arrested on the day of his death. Johnson said: “…the Minnesota Attorney General tried to keep the public from seeing the video…” Here is the video of the event: TRENDING: BREAKING: Shots Fired […]
What street violence? There is no stinking street violence! CNN and Don Lemon had a collective meltdown on Tuesday after Day 2 of the RNC 2020. Advertisement – story continues below Don Lemon and his guests last night ensured Americans that there is no violence in the cities today.Every thing is fine.That’s just fake news by the Trump campaign. Meanwhile, in the background the Kenosha riots are playing out in real time. TRENDING: Media Blackout: North Carolina Man Arrested For Shooting at Crowd of Trump Supporters, Which Included Children This is comedy gold. How batsh*t crazy is @cnn? This batsh*t crazy… […]
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro ignited a frenzied backlash online after comparing Melania Trump to Jackie Kennedy ahead of the first lady’s speech at the Republican convention. The likeness was apparently lost on critics. “I find her to be the Jackie Kennedy of her time – the beauty, the elegance, the soft-spokenness. I think she’ll deliver a powerful message to the American people,” Navarro told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday, referring to the first lady, who is set to speak at the RNC later in the evening. The comparison sent heads exploding on Twitter, where critics of the president vehemently […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107832/70/1078327070_0:106:1280:826_1200x675_80_0_0_a9190a8930dd27a9c90c773f04c68fd9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202008251080276652-right-on-time-mysterious-repeating-stellar-radio-burst-returns-according-to-predictions/ A mysterious fast radio burst (FRB) recently found to repeat itself on a 161-day cycle has begun emitting its radio flares again, right at the time scientists predicted it would once again surface. In June, scientists at the University of Manchester confirmed a fast radio burst called FRB 121102 was repeating on a 161-day cycle, predicting it would “wake up” and begin emitting again before the end of August. Last week, the scientists reported that the FRB had again become active, just as they predicted. In their paper submitted to the arXiv.org pre-print distribution […]
Hong Kong reports Reinfection of COVID-19 for 33 year old In Hong Kong, researchers reported what appears to be the first confirmed case of Covid-19 reinfection in a 33-year-old man. The virus sequenced from his two infections didn’t match, indicating the second one was not tied to the first. https://t.co/4GHd1lMRZ0 — STAT (@statnews) August 24, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Hong Kong has announced that they have a confirmed case of a 33 year-old who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second time. Clinicians have been wary that a coronavirus infection will give someone immunity to fight of subsequent coronavirus infections. […]
The 43-year-old Takuma Sato was the first driver from Japan to win the famous Indy 500 race back in 2017. Japanese racecar driver Takuma Sato has won the Indianapolis 500 for the second time in four years, with the race ending under the yellow caution flag. Sato, who was locked in a battle with the 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon and managed to hold him off over the final ten green-flag laps, ultimately crossing the finish line unchallenged after Spencer Pigot’s crash into the wall brought out the yellow flag, and the race ended at a steady pace under caution. […]
On Sunday night, Bayern Munich defeated French League 1 winner PSG with a total score of 1-0 in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League Final. The only goal in the final match of the competition was scored in the 59th minute by winger Kingsley Coman, who hit the target after a pass from defender Joshua Kimmich, with the game played at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. On its way to the final, the German club claimed the victory over English Chelsea 7-1 on aggregate during their last-16 tie, crashed Barcelona 8-2 in a one-legged quarter-final game on 14 August, and defeated French club […]
A perfect season has ended in Bayern Munich becoming the first team ever to win a treble of domestic and European cups twice, seeing off a spirited and dangerous Paris Saint-Germain side to claim a sixth Champions League title. Eleven wins, a 500th goal in the competition and the trophy. Bayern Munich have deservedly won the Champions League, beating a Paris team that provided the sternest test yet of their all-conquering campaign. They even did it without a goal from Robert Lewandowski, the striker with nine consecutive Champions League goals to his name entering the final. Instead, surprise starter Kingsley Coman […]
Earlier Sunday, the Israeli cabinet scrapped its weekly meeting amid a months-long dispute over the budget, sparking fears that elections would be called automatically on Monday night in the absence of a last-minute deal in the Knesset to push back the deadline. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted an offer to extend negotiations on the nation’s budget. In a televised address to the nation Sunday evening, the prime minister said that the present “is a time for unity, not elections.” Netanyahu noted that Likud would accept Blue and White parliamentary group lawmaker Zvi Hauser’s proposal to […]
Belarus’ Armed Forces have been put on full combat alert by the decision of President Alexander Lukashenko, the press service of Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported on Saturday. For the fir time, the country puts its military on high alert since the Cold War era. President Lukashenko had earlier instructed his defense minister, Viktor Khrenin, to place Belarus’s military in a state of high alert. Lukashenko, facing mass protests, deployed the military to the country’s borders with the European Union and ordered major military exercises as concerns about “unspecified” security threats. He also has called on the defense ministry’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/15/1080241076_0:0:3074:1730_1200x675_80_0_0_107e43316555341145b23f4eebfc81bd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008211080241021-sevilla-fc-wins-uefa-europe-league-final-for-record-6th-time/ Sevilla FC remains the only team to claim victory in the UEFA Europa League competition a record six times, with previous tournaments won in 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Sevilla FC overcame its final rival, Italian club Inter, with a total score of 3-2, with the game played at the RheinEnergie stadium in the German city of Cologne on Friday night. The first goal in the match was scored in the 5th minute by striker Romelu Lukaku, who hit the target from the penalty spot. Luuk de Jong, a Dutch striker, scored two Sevilla goals in the 12th […]
While soaring open interest can be a sign of a continuing trend, the offloading of calls suggests bitcoin could correct further. Source link
An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge’s order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge’s order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Uber and Lyft spent the past week threatening to shut down their ride-hailing services in California at the stroke of midnight on Thursday. But the companies got a […]
Lockheed Martin, the largest recipient of U.S. government contracts, will take part in Ukrainian aviation and defense exhibitions, to be held from 13 to 16 October at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv. For the first time, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier will participate in the upcoming XVI International specialized exhibition “Arms and Security – 2020” and ХII International Aviation and Space Salon “Aviasvit ‐ XXI”, according to International Exhibition Centre. Lockheed Martin is one of the largest companies in the aerospace, military support, security, and technologies industry. Familiar Lockheed products include the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-35 Lightning II and the C-130 Hercules, however, a greater […]
Former President Bill Clinton trashed President Trump in his pre-recorded DNC speech that aired Tuesday evening. Tuesday night marked day two of the virtual Commie Convention and it was a dumpster fire. Former president Bill Clinton lectured Trump on the sanctity of the Oval Office. “At a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command center, instead it’s a storm center,” said the former president who defiled the Oval Office. TRENDING: “This is a Warning For What’s Coming!” – Veteran and California Business Owner Fed Up with Covid Lockdown Orders Puts County Board of Supervisors on Notice (VIDEO) Clinton […]
As if it weren’t awkward enough for the party that bills itself as defender of women to feature Bill Clinton at its convention, photos of the ex-president with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims surfaced on the day of his speech. The UK’s Daily Mail published exclusive pictures Tuesday showing Clinton receiving a massage in 2002 from 22-year-old Chauntae Davies, who allegedly was raped by billionaire Epstein repeatedly over a period of four years. The massage occurred while Clinton, along with actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, flew with Epstein on the pedophile’s infamous private jet, nicknamed the Lolita Express, on a […]