Above Photo: The world’s first battery-electric freight train was unveiled in Pittsburgh. Office of the Allegheny County Executive / Facebook. The world’s first ever battery-electric freight train was unveiled in Pittsburgh on Friday. The train, known as the FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive, was built by rail-freight company Wabtec and showcased at Carnegie Mellon University as part of a bid by the two organizations to decarbonize rail freight transport in the U.S., The Guardian reported. “A bolder, cleaner, more efficient transportation system is in our grasp,” Wabtec chief executive Raphael Santana said, as The Guardian reported. “This is just the beginning.” In addition to partnering […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/13/1080813239_111:0:1311:675_1200x675_80_0_0_107b54f55734fb87c919dde7baabc0d2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010191080812925-monday-motivation-watch-this-indian-granny-train-with-weights-at-82-whats-your-excuse/ The seasons are changing and winters are nearly here – bringing snowy nights, fuzzy blankets, woollen overalls and lots of laziness. Monday mornings hit a little harder during the winter, but look around, your inspiration to beat the blues could be just a glance away. Aged 82, a saree-clad Indian grandmother is winning over the internet after videos of her training with significantly heavy weights went viral on social media. Indian business tycoon Harsh Mariwala, the founder of consumer goods brand Marico – a Fortune India 500 company– shared a video of […]
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was pictured observing his Portugal teammates training from a balcony as he isolates from the squad after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. The Portuguese Football Federation announced the forward was asymptomatic and in isolation at their team base after contracting the virus. READ MORE: Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for Covid-19 Despite the positive test, the 35-year-old appeared to be in good spirits as he watched the rest of the squad in training from the balcony of his room at Portugal’s Oeiras training complex, as they prepare to take on Sweden in the UEFA Nations League on Wednesday. […]
Train A Woman To Farm, And The Community Will Eat By Rita Otu, Organic Without Boundaries. September 26, 2020 Train A Woman To Farm, And The Community Will Eat2020-09-262020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/farm-e1601088603611.jpg200px200px Above photo: When women come together something powerful happens, the Earth turns Green. Rita Otu. I love showing women farmers in Nigeria the benefits of growing food organically and motivating school girls to pursue organic farming as a worthy career. There is no shame in farming, there is only shame in biting the hand that feeds you. Farmers for a long time have been looked down upon and yet they are an essential […]
A screen grab from a security camera video released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff’s deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Sept. 12. AP hide caption toggle caption AP A screen grab from a security camera video released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff’s deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Sept. 12. AP Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were shot Saturday near a train station. Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the incident […]
33rd Anniversary Of Brian Willson Surviving The US Train Assault By S. Brian Willson, Popular Resistance. August 30, 2020 33rd Anniversary Of Brian Willson Surviving The US Train Assault 2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/07/nicaraguans-celebrate-1979-revolution-july-2018.-by-alfred-zniga-ap-e1598802655343.jpg200px200px Above photo: Nicaraguans celebrate the 1979 revolution, July 2018. Alfred Zinga, AP. Brian Willson Denounces Ongoing US Intervention in Nicaragua. On September 1, 2020, 8:45 am, Brian Willson will speak in front of the US embassy, Managua, Nicaragua. Buenos dias. I am here today in front of the US Embassy in Managua to protest US […]
A highly contagious virus spreading rapidly through a crowded indoor space populated by individuals who sometimes put their own interests ahead of those of their fellow man, and a quarantine zone-enforcing government that offers false assurances that everything’s okay and everyone is safe—2016’s Train to Busan is a modern zombie classic that becomes more horrifyingly timely by the minute. Thus, it’s an ideally disquieting moment for the debut of writer/director Yeon Sang-ho’s sequel, Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, a follow-up that amplifies everything about its predecessor—for better and worse—while staying true to its core values. Debuting on VOD on Friday, Aug. […]
All the way back in the middle of April, former Vice President Joe Biden issued a warning to his supporters. “Mark my words,” he said at a virtual fundraiser. “I think he is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held.” Fox News hosts collectively lost their minds, openly mocking the claim as alarmist and unfounded. Among them was Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney, who smirked at the time as he reported, “Joe Biden making a 2020 prediction. He thinks President Trump is going to push back the election. What’s […]
The Israeli Air Force has released new details of its training programs to train fighter pilots. In the 420th (“Fighter Simulator”) Squadron at Hatzor AFB, at the F-16 Instruction Center, pilots drill various emergency scenarios that can occur during any flight. The center’s goal is to train aircrew members to fly on the platform. Immediately after graduating from the Flight Course and arriving at their operational squadrons, F-16 aircrew members first meet the fighter jet and go through three weeks of training at the Instruction Center. The training includes ground lessons, teamwork lessons, as well as lessons about the aircraft’s weapons […]
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s insistence that his campaign recommence holding massive rallies will bring him to the heart of the state with one of the highest increases in new COVID-19 infections in the country. But in addition to the well-documented health risks of a crowded indoor event in a state where more than 2,500 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus were announced as recently as Thursday, the president’s appearance at a “Students for Trump” event on June 23 threatens the health not just of Arizona voters, but of the reelection chances of one of his staunchest […]
This was painful to watch. 77-year-old Joe Biden on Thursday emerged from his basement bunker and held a roundtable discussion in Philadelphia to address the reopening of the economy. At one point Biden completely lost his train of thought — while he was reading from his notes! “You know, the rapidly rising, uh, um, uh, in with uh, with uh, I don’t know, uh” said Biden. TRENDING: “I Should Never Have Been There” – Gen Mark Milley Stands with the Mob – Apologizes for Walking to Torched St. John’s Church with President Trump (VIDEO) WATCH: This is painful to watch. pic.twitter.com/CbGotrkFGQ […]
Footage of Parisians crowded onto a Paris Metro train with no ability to implement social distancing rules left many French netizens fuming as the country began its ‘gradual’ reopening and easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Passengers were packed like sardines onto a train running on Paris’ busy Line 13 on Monday morning, video from news channel BFM showed, as many people finally returned to work and the government urged public caution to avoid a second spike in virus cases after eight weeks of confinement. Social distancing seemed a thing of the past, however, as the metro was far too cramped to […]
Coronavirus testing is ramping up across the country but not nearly fast enough. The consensus among experts is that “Phase One” testing must at least triple before the economy can fully re-open. After that, we’ll need tens of millions more COVID-19 tests, not to mention contact tracing and—when they become more accurate—widespread antibody testing. Can we recruit, train and—most important—supply a new “Testing Army”? The answer is yes because we’ve done it before. It’s time to think of a mobilization model so old, it’s new. In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps went from zero to 275,000 in four months—the fastest mobilization […]
India 03:21 GMT 08.05.2020(updated 03:29 GMT 08.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107923/71/1079237188_0:74:1200:749_1200x675_80_0_0_73d92b25d08a4148fe93b846d97393e5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005081079236988-at-least-17-killed-several-injured-as-train-runs-over-workers-sleeping-on-track-in-india/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Initial information suggests that the incident involving a freight train occurred due to a group of workers in the southern Indian state of Maharashtra sleeping on railroad tracks. As many as 17 people were killed and many injured after a train ran over them in the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra on Friday morning. According to police, the incident took place at around 6:30 a.m. local time. An Indian railway (South Central Zone) spokesperson said that the accident happened near Karmad, […]