Above Photo: It seems clear that the Western powers have overestimated the impact that the sanctions would have on Russia. Image: Wikimedia Commons. The 2022 Russo-Ukraine is also a proxy war between Russia and the Western world. We should be prepared for a decisive transfer of the balance of power from West to East…The bulk of the fighting is in the Donbas where there are few or no Western journalists. Most of the debate and coverage of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war in Australia and the Western world is decidedly banal. It is characterized by the simplification of an extremely complex situation […]
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Above photo: “We never at all threatened human life,” said climate campaigner Jessica Reznicek in 2017, but were “acting in an effort to save human life, to save our planet, to save our resources.” Peg Hunter/flickr/cc. A tale of two damages. Why would a billion-dollar corporation which intentionally and illegally destroyed private property for profit not even get a slap on the wrist while a person who commits civil disobedience to protect the earth and its people is labeled a terrorist and imprisoned for eight years? Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, ordered to pay millions in fines and […]
More than 66.6 percent must vote against Bartomeu for him to be removed. If that happens, the club will then have to hold an election to elect a new president. A vote of no confidence against Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is set to go ahead within the next few weeks after club members reached the required amount of signatures for the motion to go through. The move to replace Bartomeu comes after six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi sent a burofax in August saying he wanted to leave the club. Messi has since changed his mind amid reported threats of legal action […]
At a news conference on Sept. 23, President Trump declined to promise a peaceful transfer of power after the November election. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP At a news conference on Sept. 23, President Trump declined to promise a peaceful transfer of power after the November election. Evan Vucci/AP No votes have been counted in the election of 2020 but a battle already is raging over the integrity of the tally and the process that will follow. President Trump suggested he might not accept the election results if Democratic nominee Joe Biden is declared the winner. “We’re going […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blatantly refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power following November’s general election. “We’re going to have to see what happens, you know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster,” Trump said when pressed by a reporter to commit to ensuring a peaceful transfer of power. As the same reporter further pressed the president, Trump said, “We want to … get rid of the ballots and we’ll have a very peaceful, there won’t be a transfer, frankly, there’ll be a continuation.” “The ballots are out of control, […]
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/sport/202009231080554482-fc-barcelona-agrees-to-transfer-striker-luis-suarez-to-atletico-madrid/ Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez is leaving Barca after six seasons, having scored 198 goals and sealed 13 titles. Madrid will pay 6 million euros to FC Barcelona for the transfer. Luis Suarez will be transfered from FC Barcelona to Atletico Madrid, according to Barca’s statement released on Thursday. “FC Barcelona would like to publicly express their gratitude to Luis Suárez for his commitment and dedication and wishes him all the best for the future”, the football club said. The transfer will cost Madrid 6 million euros. Barca, where Suarez has been playing for six […]
Roman Abramovich has signaled his intentions ahead of the start of the new Premier League season by greenlighting a sensational summer spending spree at Stamford Bridge, but who might be next on boss Frank Lampard’s shopping list? It has been a remarkable summer in West London as, one by one, reinforcements have been added to bolster Lampard’s squad ahead of a planned assault on Liverpool’s Premier League title reign. First came Hakim Ziyech from Ajax, then German marksman Timo Werner came next, swiftly followed by Brazilian veteran Thiago Silva and England full-back Ben Chilwell from Leicester City. Also on rt.com OFFICIAL: Abramovich gets […]
On Tuesday, Lionel Messi notified Barcelona of his decision to leave the Spanish football club despite having a contract that doesn’t end until June 2021. The move came after his club’s surprise 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Football star Lionel Messi has told FC Barcelona that he would not show up for coronavirus testing on Sunday, according to Catalan radio station RAC1 reporter Gerard Romero. On Saturday, Romero tweeted that “Messi communicated to Barca that he wouldn’t appear for the PCR [polymerase chain reaction] test on 30 August prior to the start of the new season”. The […]
Chelsea have confirmed the arrival of Thiago Silva as the latest part of their summer spending spree, bringing in the Brazilian center-back as a free agent after he left French Champions League finalists Paris Saint-Germain. Silva, 35, called time on his PSG after the Champions League final defeat to Bayern Munich after playing more than 300 games for the French club. The Brazilian is expected to add some much-needed guile to a Chelsea backline which shipped an alarming 54 goals in the Premier League last season. Silva has signed on an initial one-year contract with the possibility of another season on […]
Earlier reports stated that Argentine football icon Lionel Messi had formally asked to leave FC Barcelona this summer, with the move coming 11 days after the Spanish club’s crushing 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals. Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has claimed on social media that FC Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard is looking to sign Argentine football legend Lionel Messi, now that the celebrated athlete is reportedly seeking to part ways with Barcelona. On Tuesday evening, the former Red Devils captain went on Twitter to suggest that Lampard has set his sights on the six-time […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080278273_0:0:2697:1519_1200x675_80_0_0_6b2fec38629f7c6dd365622f12cc0284.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/sport/202008261080278318-messi-reportedly-reaches-out-to-pep-guardiola-to-discuss-possible-transfer-to-manchester-city/ Rumours that FC Barcelona player and football icon Lionel Messi may leave the club emerged after the team was annihilated in the Champions League meeting with Bayern Munich, with reports suggesting that the footballer had already confirmed his desire to exit Barca. FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has contacted former coach Pep Guardiola over a possible transfer by the football icon to Manchester City, as allegations circulate that he is adamant in his desire to leave Barca after a humiliating defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, according to reports by […]
Lionel Messi’s two-decade association at Barcelona appears to have met an inauspicious end after the six-time Ballon d’Or winning forward told club officials that he intends to leave the club, according to reports. Speculation as to Messi’s future has been rampant amid a disastrous 2020 for the Catalan giants, which saw them surrender their Spanish title to arch-rivals Real Madrid and endure a humiliating 8-2 Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich. Also on rt.com Manchester City looking at financial aspects of potential Messi swoop – reports The club appears braced for more internal strife, however, after strong reports […]
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says she has been blocked from seeing her husband or moving him to a clinic in Berlin. She is seen her talking to the media Friday outside Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1, where the opposition leader was admitted after he fell ill in what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning. Dimitar Dilkoff /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dimitar Dilkoff /AFP via Getty Images Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says she has been blocked from seeing her husband or moving him to a clinic in […]
The new bitcoin transaction automatically complies with the FATF Travel Rule and will save intermediaries from doing it all manually. Source link
Nearly 11 years after the launch of the first Japanese Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) to the International Space Station, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) HTV-9 spacecraft departed the orbiting outpost on Tuesday afternoon. The golden cargo resupply vessel will now spend its remaining days free-flying in low Earth orbit before performing a final burn to end its mission with a fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. The H-II Transfer Vehicle was developed by JAXA as part of the agency’s contribution to the International Space Station program. Like many Japanese spacecraft, it has two name — with its alternative name being […]
SpaceChain said the test advances its dreams of building a decentralized blockchain infrastructure in space. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107914/61/1079146143_0:62:1920:1142_1200x675_80_0_0_8abb6fe5b77454eb6f5a9be045060718.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Nair N.B.. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008181080202700-indias-apex-court-turns-down-plea-to-transfer-modis-controversial-pm-cares-fund-to-disaster-fund/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set up a fund to deal with “any kind of emergency or distress situation,” like the COVID-19 pandemic. The charitable trust has been under the scanner from the beginning, as it was not subject to public audit, but donations to it are eligible for tax rebate. India’s apex court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking the transfer of funds from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial PM CARES Fund, an acronym for Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, to the official […]
According to preliminary results of presidential elections in Belarus that were held on Sunday, incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko received 80.23 percent of the votes. However, many citizens were not satisfied with these results, with unsanctioned protests erupting across the country. The office of Belarus opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya demanded the “peaceful” transition of power from Alexander Lukashenko amid ongoing protests in the country, following the presidential election on Sunday. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya sees herself as the winner of presidential election, the office said, suggesting that additional protests in the country were still possible. According to preliminary results from the Belarusian Central Election Commission, Tikhanovskaya has received 9.9 […]
Banks across Italy are using R3’s Corda blockchain to vastly speed up the process of double-checking transaction logs. Silvia Attanasio, head of innovation at the Italian Banking Association (Associazione Bancaria Italiana or ABI), said both the process of interbank reconciliation and the technology underlying the exchange of data had to change. In the old system, reconciliation took a long time and was unpredictable. The average time for reconciliation was between 30 and 50 days, Attanasio said. On Corda, reconciliation is completed within a day. The Interbank Agreement, a part of Italian law that governs interbank transfers, was passed in 1978 and […]
Former World Cup winner Mesut Ozil reportedly nixed a move to the Turkish side Fenerbahce despite his wife, former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, campaigning for a move to the country in which she is a well-known public figure. Ozil has yet to play a minute of football since the Premier League’s resumption from its coronavirus hiatus, leading to speculation that the former German international’s time in North London could be coming to an end. Also on rt.com After Erdogan scandals & racism rows, Mesut Ozil is facing yet another crossroads. Can the £350K-a-week star ever recapture form? The midfield playmaker, who […]
Thousands of members of Air Force space and space systems operations have been selected to begin transfer to the Space Force Sept. 1. The 2,410 airmen selected were part of a larger pool of more than 8,500 volunteers for transfer, many of whom are not in a space operations career field. Volunteers serving in career fields shared by the Air Force and Space Force will undergo their own selection process, scheduled in late July for officers and sometime in the fall for enlisted airmen. Those selected in these boards are expected to begin transfer on Feb. 1, 2021. Career fields shared […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UEFA has confirmed transfer of the Champions League final in St. Petersburg from 2021 to 2022 after the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon. The finals, semi-finals and quarter-finals of the current season’s Champions League will be held in the ‘Final 8’ format in Lisbon from August 12-23, UEFA said. “The #UCL quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight knockout tournament in Lisbon between 12 and 23 August 2020. All these ties will be single-leg fixtures,” the tournament said on Twitter. 🏆 🇵🇹 NEWS: #UCL quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight […]
BET Founder Bob Johnson called today for a $14.7 Trillion reparations package for 42 million African Americans. Johnson’s plan will offer a $350,767 one time cash payment to every African American in the US today who are descendants of of slaves. Johnson says now is the time to go big with his $14 trillion plan. TRENDING: Barack Obama to Address Nation on George Floyd Riots (5 p.m. EDT) Johnson says the big leap will solve the problems today in the black community. Johnson says the $14 trillion will come from redistribution, “Wealth transfer is exactly what’s needed.” Source link
Even idle speculation that mysterious bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto might be moving around a small batch of the cryptocurrency appeared sufficient to spook the market on Wednesday. Bitcoin slid 2.3% on the day, retreating after a four-day rally and pushing the price down to about $9,500. You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment around crypto markets, which of course never close, putting in context every wild swing in bitcoin and more. We follow the money so you don’t have to. You can subscribe here. But earlier in the […]