Above photo: Screenshot from ABC News. Minneapolis MN – Teachers and education support professionals at Minneapolis Public Schools began a strike on March 8, shutting down the Minneapolis school system. Today, March 14, the strike continues as the schools remain closed for a second week. Over the weekend a series of events were held by the striking educators; there we also several actions called by community and labor supporters in the area. On Saturday, March 12, a car caravan called by the Minnesota Immigrants’ Rights Committee (MIRAC) wound its way through Minneapolis streets to end at the Davis Center where the […]
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March 1 to 7: International Week of Action to Stop the War with Russia The conflict in Ukraine has escalated to a dangerous level between two nuclear armed states. The United States and its allies continue to portray the current situation as one of Russian aggression without acknowledging that US-backed Ukrainian forces are attacking the Eastern region of the country and killing citizens of Russian ethnicity. This current escalation is a serious threat to world peace and requires a unified and rapid response by anti-war organizations from around the globe to stop a major war. To that end, we, the undersigned […]
After Years Of Delays And Alarmingly Flimsy Evidence. Update: On October 19, 2021, Ola Bini’s trial was suspended by request of the Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT) whose representative was unable to attend the hearing. Later that year, a new date was set. The trial is set to take place from January 19 to 21, 2022. For over two years EFF has been following the case of Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini, who was arrested in April, 2019, in Ecuador, following Julian Assange’s ejection from that country’s London Embassy. Bini’s pre-trial hearing, which was suspended and rescheduled at least five […]
Above Photo: Chicago Public School teachers, parents and students protest in the neighborhood of Mayor Lori Lightfoot on September 13, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. AFP photo. Talks between Chicago school leaders and the teachers’ union resume Sunday. Amid a standoff over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures that canceled three days of classes and loomed over the start of another week in the nation’s third-largest district. Disputed issues included testing and metrics to close schools. The Chicago Teachers Union wants the option to revert to districtwide remote instruction, and most members have refused to teach in-person until there’s an agreement, […]
Over 3,000 Columbia graduate student workers have been on strike since November 3. This is the latest in a series of actions by graduate students workers in universities across the US, many of which are extremely wealthy Thousands of Columbia graduate student workers are into their second week on strike demanding fair pay and healthcare benefits. The Student Workers of Columbia has been negotiating a contract with the university for more than four years now. Source link
On Wednesday, 6 October, activists marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, as part of the Boycott Tour, drawing attention to the complicity of corporations, universities and government institutions in Canada in the ongoing colonization, occupation and apartheid throughout occupied Palestine. The march took place as part of Palestine Action Week, five days of collective action in solidarity with Palestinians and their fight for liberation, and against settler-colonialism, apartheid, and imperialist violence. Palestine Action Week was organized by a coalition of Vancouver-area groups, including Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, Canada Palestine Association, UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, SFU […]
Hunger Strike Enters Third Week At California’s Largest Prison By Ryan Fatika, Perilous Chronicle. November 18, 2020 Hunger Strike Enters Third Week At California’s Largest Prison2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/caprison-e1605713423665.jpeg200px200px In the southern part of California’s Central Valley, about halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno, sits Corcoran, California—a small farming town surrounded on all sides by acres of cotton and tomato fields. Perched at the town’s southern tip are two of the state’s largest prisons. Together, their denizens make up about 33% of the population of Corcoran. One of the facilities, the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF), is the state’s single largest, housing 4,481 prisoners, […]
Large Numbers Of People Still Filing For Unemployment Each Week November 15, 2020 Large Numbers Of People Still Filing For Unemployment Each Week2020-11-152020-11-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/unemp.jpg200px200px Above photo: People wait for a distribution of food in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, April 18, 2020. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews. For the 34th straight week, over 700,000 people filed for unemployment in the US according to the Department of Labor’s latest report. The 709,000 state claims coupled with an additional 298,154 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance brings the weekly total once again to over 1 million new claims. Nearly 67 million claims have been filed […]
Week Of Action Starting November 4, 2020 By Pacific Northwest Community Action Network. October 26, 2020 Week Of Action Starting November 4, 20202020-10-262020-10-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/power.jpg200px200px Above photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images. NOTE: Other groups are also organizing for protests starting the day after the election, including the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression on November 4 and the Black is Back Coalition on November 7. This coalition has an excellent analysis that no matter who wins the election, the people lose and we must fight for our rights. – MF A broad-based community coalition asks the people of the Pacific Northwest to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/10/1080788584_0:256:3186:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_fa280c17c5a85352c226aa6215d1d0df.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202010161080789093-this-week-in-pictures-10—16-october/ While the world is fighting the pandemic, with countries introducing more and more restrictions to curb the disease, people are continuing to enjoy their everyday lives: numerous political rallies, sporting events, and festivals have been held across the globe. Despite all the restrictions and security measures, people can still gather like at any other time of the year, but they have to be very careful due to the virus. Sputnik has collected the most important and interesting photos from all around the world so you won’t miss any information amid the vast news flow. […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak next week as part of a panel on the future of cross-border payments at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting. Source link
Since Covid-19 cases in China are slowing down, 637 million Chinese went on a trip around the country for the eight-day holidays (1 October – the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival). According to the Global Times, domestic tourism revenue was 466.56 billion yuan ($68.6 billion). A professor specialising in tourism studies examines the outcome. Sputnik talked to Jiang Yiyi, professor at the School of Leisure Sports and Tourism of Beijing Sports University, to discuss the results of Golden Week. The Measures Have Worked According to Jiang Yiyi, the increase in tourism was possible thanks to the timely and effective introduced anti-coronavirus […]
CoinDesk is partnering with DC Fintech Week, one of the world’s premier policy and regulation-focused digital currency conferences, to produce a special edition of CoinDesk Live. The virtual event, which runs Oct. 19-22, brings together marquee names from Switzerland’s FINMA, Sweden’s Riksbank, the Bank for International Settlements, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the International Monetary Fund to discuss stablecoin regulation, central bank digital currencies, the future of money and more. Watch CoinDesk Live: DC Fintech Week Edition on Oct. 19 on Twitter and YouTube. 8:45-9:30 a.m. Crypto in Asia: Different from Everywhere Speakers: Douglas Arner, University of Hong KongSunayna Tuteja […]
President Trump holds a rally in Sanford, Fla., Monday night, his first trip outside Washington since being released from the hospital. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump holds a rally in Sanford, Fla., Monday night, his first trip outside Washington since being released from the hospital. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 9:05 p.m. ET President Trump was back on the campaign trail on Monday, telling a packed outdoor rally in Florida that he feels “powerful” after his bout with the coronavirus. Trump spoke for about an hour to an […]
Beset by controversy and lagging in the polls, President Donald Trump this week was handed what his allies described as a gift: an opportunity to recede from the national spotlight while his party scored a win that would rearrange the tectonic plates of government. Trump promptly squandered the opportunity. For weeks, operatives from both political parties have picked up on a defining phenomenon of the presidential race: The more that President Trump has been the center of conversation the worse it has been for him. The pattern held true through the summer and into the fall, and it has contributed to […]
Ron Elving joins Scott Simon to discuss the concerns over the president’s recovery from COVID-19, where the U.S Senate stands on the next coronavirus relief bill and more. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Another week of volatile news, and I’m running out of adjectives. President Trump, recovering from COVID, insisted that he wasn’t so sick after all before saying he was really sick. He pulled out of a virtual debate with Joe Biden, which was canceled last night in any case, and said he wouldn’t support a new coronavirus stimulus bill before saying that he would. We’re joined now by NPR senior editor […]
Andrei Anisimov, whose LInkedIn profile still describes him as a “Senior Software Engineer” at Coinbase, tweeted Saturday that this had been his last week at the cryptocurrency exchange. At press time it wasn’t clear whether Anisimov was one of the 60 people who accepted a severance package that was offered this week. Source link
Tropical Storm Delta will likely become Hurricane Delta as it passes from the Caribbean and heads toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say. National Weather Service hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service Tropical Storm Delta will likely become Hurricane Delta as it passes from the Caribbean and heads toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say. National Weather Service Tropical Storm Delta, which formed in the Caribbean Sea Monday morning, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before reaching the northern Gulf Coast on Friday, the National Hurricane Center says. Delta continues 2020’s […]
For those already fed up with the US presidential election, fret not, for there’s another contest you may want to turn your eyes to as netizens attempt to determine the “thickest” bear in one of America’s national parks. Big is definitely beautiful as the public participates in voting for the brown bear carrying the most pounds before hibernation in Alaska’s Katmai National Park with the annual Fat Bear Week competition, which began Wednesday. The Guardian reports the event’s website lists 12 contenders – including last year’s champ, Holly, nicknamed the “Queen of Corpulence”; Otis, a two-time winner and “master of patience […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080568593_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_3a57f68ce16243e820fcbf550fb739a3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202009251080569617/ From the presidential inauguration in protest-hit Belarus to demonstrations against Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, from a bodybuilding championship in Russia to an NFL football game in the United States, from floods in India to storms in Greece – this past week can hardly be called uneventful. Embark on a virtual trip around various corners of our planet and catch up on the most memorable moments of this past week captured by professional photographers in Sputnik’s latest photo gallery put up especially for you by our team. Source link
Denver: Anti-Racist Organizers Released After A Week In Jail September 25, 2020 Denver: Anti-Racist Organizers Released After A Week In Jail2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/denver-2-e1601050609812.jpg200px200px Above photo: Lillian House, Eliza Lucero and Joel Northam were released on Thursday, September 24. PSL. A week after their arrest, the anti-racist organizers from the Party for Socialism and Liberation in Denver were finally given a bond hearing and released from jail. Three organizers from the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) – Lillian House, Eliza Lucero and Joel Northam – who were arrested on trumped up charges in connection with anti-racist protests in the US State of Colorado were […]
Dune Analytics data shows nearly 80% of the current UNI token supply has so far been snapped up by eligible Uniswap wallet addresses. Source link
While so-called “DeFi degens” are busy bidding up the price of food-themed tokens, on the other end of crypto’s DeFi spectrum two teams working on the most popular implementations of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been busy pushing out new features. This week, both Lightning Labs, which maintains the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) implementation of the Lightning Network, and Blockstream, which maintains the c-lightning implementation, updated their tech stacks. Read more: What Is Bitcoin’s Lightning Network? For Lightning Labs, the update comes to its Faraday suite with the addition of an automated accounting feature to make bookkeeping easier for node operators and Lightning […]
NEW YORK, September 19 (Sputnik) – The rout on Wall Street continued for a third straight week with the technology-laced Nasdaq Composite index leading losses again amid concerns about overvaluation for big tech companies and worries about economic recovery from the COVID-19. Nasdaq, which lists tech giants such as Facebook, Apple, Apple, Netflix and Google, closed Friday’s trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) down 117 points, or 1.1 percent. It ended a touch lower for the week, adding to the losses of 4.1 percent and 3.3 percent in two previous weeks. The S&P 500, a barometer for the top […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080500987_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_64d7fc6989721c66545ec980531268bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202009181080501552-this-week-in-pictures-12—18-september/ The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the globe and many countries are working on a vaccine; meanwhile, life still continues, despite the crisis continuing to grip some parts of the planet. Check out Sputnik’s photo gallery to have a virtual trip around the globe amid these unsteady times, as the world fights the coronavirus pandemic. Check out everything from protests in Belarus and Colombia to floods in Florida, as well as Crimean Fashion Week and people protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption and much more. Source link
VT: While in other nations, like the UK, second wave deaths are down to nothing, in the US they are climbing and these are younger and healthier victims. CHILD QUARANTINE CAMPS: CDC opens up FEMA camps to hold children who might have been exposed to COVID-19 https://t.co/beqTrCtZ0Q — The D.C. Clothesline (@DCClothesline) September 10, 2020 ABC News: There were 261,204 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States during the period of Sept. 9-15, a 0.7% decrease from the previous week. Meanwhile, 5,906 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded during that same period, a 16.6% increase compared with the seven days prior, […]
Rebecca Minkoff Rebecca Minkoff had the distinction of being one of the few designers to stage a physical show at New York Fashion Week this season. What in past seasons has been a line so knee deep an attendee would wonder if they were giving out free clothes, was now limited to a select group of editors, buyers, stylists, and influencers who lined up in their head-to-toe designer ensembles for temperature checks and official NYFW wristbands. Social distancing was marked by circles for guests to stand on to ensure attendees remained six feet apart, after which Fashion Week staff would escort […]
New York Men’s Day Online fashion week is very different to IRL fashion week. But one plus is the way in which designers are able create mini-films that push far past the bounds of traditional runway shows—as seen in the special section of the week devoted to men. Wataru Tominaga’s collection was full of cheerful floral, whimsical patterns and gingham. Ka Wa Key made a gorgeous modern dance video that juxtaposed the openness of bucolic scenes and a feeling of claustrophobia in interior scenes, with models wearing alternating looks of tie dye and elaborate knits with a sculptural quality. Fashion newcomer […]
Social Justice Demonstrations Mark First Week Of NFL By Justine Coleman, The Hill. September 14, 2020 Social Justice Demonstrations Mark First Week Of NFL2020-09-142020-09-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/lions.png200px200px Above photo: Nick Antaya/Getty Images. NFL players marked the first full weekend of professional football by participating in social justice demonstrations, with various teams opting to stay in the locker room, link arms or kneel during the national anthem. All eyes were on the NFL players after a summer of protests against racial injustice years after former NFL player Colin Kaepernick first began kneeling during the anthem to demonstrate against police brutality and racial injustice. Several NFL […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0c/1080437327_0:314:3078:2046_1200x675_80_0_0_2f9a2374dd70d60040af0e991779a454.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202009121080439016-this-week-in-pictures-5—11-september/ Sputnik’s weekly photo gallery presents a compilation of photos to show the highlights of the past week, where you can get a glimpse of what has been happening across the globe during this truly extraordinary time. The past week was marked by numerous festivals and events in various countries, including the 77th Venice Film Festival, the Moscow City Day celebrations, and the Hungry Ghost Festival in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Amid the festivities, however, there have also been some disturbing incidents, such as a large fire that burnt down the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, as well as […]
As she was putting together her portfolio collection during her last year as a fashion student at Parsons School of Design, Najla A. Burt called her mother for help. She needed to come up with a name for her clothing line. “We had a conversation around why she should not make her label her name,” Cynthia Burt, Najla’s mother, recalled in an interview with The Daily Beast. “We talked through the legal thing of not making your name the brand, because there are so many avenues for people to sue you personally. But beyond that, Najla said, ‘We’re not going to […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Political advertising will disappear from Facebook during the week prior to November 3 elections, one of several steps to ensure the integrity of the upcoming vote, the social media platform’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a press release on Thursday. “We won’t accept new political ads in the week before the election,” Zuckerberg said. The release detailed a number of additional steps that Zuckerberg said were intended “to help secure the integrity of the US elections by encouraging voting, connecting people to authoritative information, and reducing the risks of post-election confusion.” Other measures include removal of posts claiming […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107664/36/1076643615_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_782da5b9c1d138abdb639d0e11518c04.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009021080352088-screen-burn-one-week-of-screen-time-at-work-equivalent-to-25-minutes-in-sun/ Researchers at Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company, have found that sitting in front of a digital screen for six hours a day for five working days is equivalent to spending 25 minutes in the midday sun without any protection. According to the company’s findings, 2 in 3 people are unaware of the effect that blue light emitted by screens has on the skin. The findings were based on a poll of 1,318 consumers conducted in August. Although blue light can boost alertness and help memory and cognitive function, it can also penetrate deep […]
Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets. Source link
A Week Of Mass Layoffs August 29, 2020 A Week Of Mass Layoffs2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/businessesclosedillinois.jpg200px200px Above photo: In this May 21, 2020 file photo, a man looks at signs of a closed store due to COVID-19 in Niles, Ill. U.S. layoffs surged in April revealing the deep economic hole that comes with shuttered offices, restaurants, stores and schools. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press. MGM Resorts is laying off 18,000 people as an unchecked pandemic leaves economic scars across a broad swath of U.S. industries, particularly those that rely on healthy crowds of people. The layoffs at MGM, which amount to about a quarter of its U.S […]
Fed Chair Jerome Powell tried to make it seem like the end of an era, but didn’t inspire confidence in the central bank’s ability to lead in the era that comes next. On The Breakdown’s Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the shifting sands of the global economy. He says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole this week was an argument that an era that began in the 1970s is now closing. At the same time, he argues Powell did very little to provide a vision for what comes next. Instead, it is the alternative economic philosophies – Modern […]
Sgt. Elder Fernandes was last seen by members of his unit on Aug. 17. U.S. Army via AP hide caption toggle caption U.S. Army via AP Sgt. Elder Fernandes was last seen by members of his unit on Aug. 17. U.S. Army via AP The body of missing Fort Hood soldier Elder Fernandes was found on Tuesday night, more than one week after the 23-year-old sergeant was last seen. The news was first announced by the family’s attorney Natalie Khawam on Wednesday. It was confirmed by Fort Hood, a military base in Killeen, Texas, later in the afternoon. Fort Hood said […]
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson had been warned that the A-level and GCSE grading algorithms might result in students being given lower-than-anticipated grades, The Times had earlier reported, citing a source within the Department for Education, who revealed that the minister had opted to push ahead with the controversial algorithm regardless. Fresh speculations have been unleashed regarding the future of UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson after reports claim that he skipped an important meeting with education authorities to go to a seaside resort a week before the A-level results were handed out – triggering the grading scandal, reported The Sunday Times. Instead […]
BlockFi has raised a Series A, B and C within a 12-month span, an ICO’s investors can’t find the people they’re trying to sue and stablecoin demand may become unbalanced by traders ditching a “market-neutral strategy.” You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Semper BlockFi?Crypto lender BlockFi closed a $50 million Series C led by Morgan Creek Digital and with participation from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures – the lead investor in BlockFi’s A and B rounds – Castle […]
INX Ltd. said it will launch its long-awaited landmark initial public offering (IPO) as soon as Monday, capping a nearly two-year journey for the startup cryptocurrency and security token exchange. The net proceeds would be used to: The instruments on offer are a hybrid of utility and security tokens. INX’s sale would mark a milestone for the blockchain industry. It’s been a long road for the company, whose U.S. operations are led by Executive Managing Director Alan Silbert. (His brother Barry is the CEO of Digital Currency Group, the parent company of CoinDesk.) Source link
Prices for ren, the token for the RenVM DeFi network, surged by more than 100% over the past week. That’s because the total amount of renBTC, a tokenized bitcoin that is locked in RenVM, broke 10,000 on Monday, according to data collected by DeFi Pulse. Source link
Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis attorney who waved his gun at Black Lives Matter goons who broke into his neighborhood and threatened his wife, his home and his dog, will speak at the RNC Convention next week in North Carolina. Mark and his wife Patricia were charged with a crime by corrupt St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after the story made headlines across the country. McCloskey’s attorney Albert Watkins made the announcement today. Confirmed: Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis man who pointed a gun at protesters last month, will be speaking during the RNC next week. “Mr. McCloskey will be […]
The Commie Democrat convention kicked off Monday evening and it was a total joke. The ‘virtual’ DNC was poorly produced and resembled an online awards show. Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer was joking about ‘hot mic’ — and talking about Shark Week. “It’s not just Shark Week … it’s Shark Week *mouths expletive* motherf*ckers” Whitmer said. “And I’ve learned about the hot mic.” TRENDING: BREAKING: 4Chan Identifies One of the Portland Rioters Who Attempted to Kill Driver as ‘Keese Love’ The clip has 71,000 views in just one hour. WATCH: Gov. Whitmer (D-MI) jokes before going live: “It’s not just Shark […]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is calling the House of Representatives back from summer vacation this week to vote on a bill to prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from :implementing any changes to operations or level of service it had in place on January 1, 2020.” Democrats have become panicked as the new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has made efforts to reform the cash-hemorrhaging Postal Service at the same time the Democrats are pushing for nationwide mail-in voting for the November elections. Pelosi is calling for Democrats to protest at Post Offices in their districts on Tuesday for a […]
Protesters gather near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk in Belarus on Aug. 16 to protest the results of last week’s presidential election, which are widely seen as fraudulent. Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS hide caption toggle caption Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS Protesters gather near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk in Belarus on Aug. 16 to protest the results of last week’s presidential election, which are widely seen as fraudulent. Valery Sharifulin/Valery Sharifulin/TASS Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Belarus on Sunday in what appeared to be their largest demonstration yet against the widely-disputed reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko, who […]
Pepsi is one of those American brands that turned over the reins to far left operatives who hate conservative Americans. Earlier this week Pepsi retweeted a video of Tucker Carlson “losing it” when he was corrected on his pronunciation. Advertisement – story continues below The liberal media blasted Tucker Carlson for mispronouncing “Kamala” Harris. TRENDING: MUST SEE: The Gateway Pundit’s Alicia Powe Asks President Trump a Meaningful Question at Friday’s Presser — President Responds in Classic Trump Style (Video) Of course, Joe Biden did the same thing and mispronounced her name this same week. CNN crucified Tucker Carlson for mispronuncing Kamala’s […]
Ethereum Classic developers were still licking fresh wounds late last week when yet another 51% attack was launched against their blockchain early Thursday morning. And as the bits settle, the proof-of-work blockchain’s future remains in question more than ever. The first attack occurred on Aug. 1, the network’s second ever. Five days later, a second 51% attack followed the news that the first had indeed seen a successful double-spend of $5.6 million worth of ETC. Read more: Ethereum Classic Suffers Reorganization That Resembles 51% Attack Amid Miner Complications The second attack was perhaps more important, although smaller in monetary terms ($1.68 […]
The cost of transacting on the Bitcoin blockchain fell sharply last week as the network reverted to less frantic levels of activity. Source link
The Justice Department on Friday announced 18 rioters have been arrested and face federal charges after a week of violent riots at the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Charges include assaulting federal officers, arson and damaging government property. This is what Joe Biden and the Democrat-media complex refer to as “peaceful protests.” Via The US Attorney’s Office District of Oregon: TRENDING: This Weekend: Please Send Us Photos of Leftist Mob Violence and Rioting from Your City — We Want to Expose the Democrat Destruction Next Week U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that 18 people have been arrested and are […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079971319_0:226:3071:1952_1200x675_80_0_0_b6ff894b11f40fe009276bd963b9fae6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202007241079973005-this-week-in-pictures-18—24-july/ While the world continues to fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, with nations anticipating a possible second wave of COVID-19, life goes on despite the crisis. Sputnik’s weekly photo gallery presents a compilation of photos to show the highlights of the past week, where you can get a glimpse of what has been happening across the globe during this truly extraordinary time. As summer has brought high temperatures, causing wildfires in some parts of our planet like California and the southern part of Russia, the monsoon rains have come again to south and south-east […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107733/57/1077335783_0:0:1897:1068_1200x675_80_0_0_561eb2f53f2d8eeae1dab5a8cdfca51e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007241079969094-us-to-discuss-russias-recent-space-test-during-vienna-talks-next-week-arms-control-envoy-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Special Representative for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea said in a statement that he would discuss Russia’s recent anti-satellite weapon test during the meeting with his Russian counterparts next week in Vienna. “This will be a major issue discussed next week in Vienna”, Billingslea said via Twitter on Thursday. “The United States will deter, defend, defeat space threats”. On Wednesday, the US Space Command said Russia had conducted a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test. The Space Command noted that Russia’s missile system is capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit and […]
MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has incredibly been declared fit to race at this weekend’s Andalusian Grand Prix, despite breaking his arm in a huge crash during a race last weekend. Marquez recovered from an early setback during Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez before producing a brilliant comeback, only to then spectacularly crash his Repsol Honda at Turn 3. Marquez coped well with the heavy landing, but was then hit by his bike, which left him with a broken humerus in his right arm. Earlier this week he had surgery to fix a titanium plate to the outside of Marquez’s […]
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign saw its texts to potential supporters blocked by contractors for major mobile operators, in another episode prompting concerns over communication platforms’ influence over US elections. A test run of the voter outreach program launched by the Trump campaign over the July 4 weekend was “abruptly shut down” on networks run by Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, Politico reported on Monday, potentially costing the campaign millions of dollars in donations. When the president’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner contacted Verizon and T-Mobile, they reportedly denied any partisan intent behind the move and pointed to contractors they employ to […]
The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., has been the site of three federal executions in a week, including Friday’s of Dustin Lee Honken. He killed five people, including two young girls, in 1993. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Conroy/AP The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., has been the site of three federal executions in a week, including Friday’s of Dustin Lee Honken. He killed five people, including two young girls, in 1993. Michael Conroy/AP The Justice Department has executed Dustin Lee Honken in Terre Haute, Ind., the third federal inmate put to death by the […]
At least two people were arrested after vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural near Trump Tower in New York City, prompting a heavy police response and a face-off with activists in the mural’s second defacing in a matter of days. A group of some 10 people gathered around the art installation in New York City’s Midtown on Friday – a massive street painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” – splashing blue paint across part of the mural. The incident was captured in footage shared to social media. One of those reportedly taken into custody wore a shirt with the words […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0c/1079864849_0:86:2800:1661_1200x675_80_0_0_45a40ac07537561fc8edd7c582dd1dac.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007121079864879-death-toll-after-week-of-heavy-rain-in-japan-rises-to-70-13-still-missing–reports/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – The death toll in Japan after a week of torrential downpours that caused severe floods and landslides has risen to 70, the country’s media reported on Sunday, adding that 13 people are still missing. According to the NHK broadcaster, the death toll from the rains in the region has risen to 70, with the bulk of the deaths being recorded in Kumamoto prefecture. Thirteen people are also still missing. At least 12,600 homes and buildings in 20 prefectures have been destroyed, damaged, or flooded as a result of the downpours, the […]
Russian fighter jets tracked 30 foreign planes near Russia’s borders within a week, according to the infographics published in the Defense Ministry’s newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday. “Thirty spy planes of foreign states conducted air reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation and were tracked by Russian radar systems,” the infographics says. Moreover, two drones flew close to the Russian borders, according to the infographics. Russian fighter jets from the air defense quick reaction alert forces were scrambled eight times to intercept foreign aircraft. No violations of the Russian state border were allowed, the infographics specifies. Russian Su-35S and MiG-35BM […]
The Latest ‘Russiagate’ Bombshell Took One Week To Be Exposed As Dud July 9, 2020 The Latest ‘Russiagate’ Bombshell Took One Week To Be Exposed As Dud2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/adam-schiff.jpg200px200px Above photo: Adam Schiff. By Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images. Who Was Its Source? Within just one week the recent attempt to revive ‘Russiagate’ has failed. It was an embarrassing failure for the media who pushed it. Their ‘journalists’ fell for obvious nonsense. They let their sources abuse them for political purposes. On June 27 the New York Times and the Washington Post published stories which claimed that Trump was informed about alleged Russian bounty payments to the Taliban for killing U.S. […]
The tech giants are colluding in their attacks on conservative speech. Last Tuesday YouTube banned popular conservative philosopher Stefan Molyneux after 14 years. Stefan ran the largest philosophy channel on YouTube with nearly a million subscribers, thousands of videos, hundreds of millions of views and billions of comments. Stefan wrote about his banishment on Twitter where he also had a very large audience.Earlier today Stefan Molyneux was banned from Twitter. TRENDING: Biden Says Police Have “Become the Enemy” and Calls For Defunding the Police (VIDEO) And so the censorship continues.Google-YouTube and Twitter are obviously not concerned about any government reform legislation. […]
NASA’s asteroid watchers have given a heads-up about five asteroids headed toward Earth in the coming days, while the agency’s automated Sentry system has identified the space rock which has the highest chance of impact. Over this weekend, two asteroids – 2020 MU1 (120ft diameter or half the wingspan of a 747 jet) and 2020 ML (73ft diameter, roughly half the height of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris) – are expected to shoot past us at a distance of 4.4 million and 2.7 million miles respectively. Lest anyone get too comfortable and breathe a sigh of relief, however, NASA warns […]
Corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson declined Roger Stone’s plea and ordered him to report to prison on July 14th. This is the same prison that has a coronavirus outbreak so bad the government just released a convicted pedophile and a convict who committed bank and wire fraud due to the danger. As we reported on Saturday, on June 26th Judge Amy Berman Jackson ignored the substance of Stone’s motion to either delay his surrender date or mandate home confinement due to the dangers of Coronavirus and ordered him to report to prison on July 14. In essence, Judge Jackson gave […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A group of 25 children from the Mediterranean countries will arrive in Finland this week in line with the Finnish government’s plans to receive a total of 175 unaccompanied minors from the region, the Yle News outlet reported. In February, the Finnish Interior Ministry announced that it would receive up to 175 vulnerable migrants living in refugee camps in the southern EU frontier states, including Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Italy, and pledged to prioritize those eligible for international protection. According to the Finnish Immigration Service, as quoted by the Yle News outlet, the exact date of arrival has […]
Fireworks exploding on the steps of the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon While most cities have either gotten back to mostly normal or have at least seen a dramatic decrease in protest and riot activity, the jobless cretins who infest Portland have been at it every night for over six weeks now. At best, these “protests” devolve into “unlawful assemblies” before police clear them. At worst, they are declared riots and police end up making several arrests. The US Flag is being burned on the former elk statue on Chapman Square. #PortlandProtests #PDXprotest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/17O1PNo1r7 — Portland Independent Documentarians (@PDocumentarians) […]
Portland police used tear gas against protesters who had erected barricades and shot fireworks at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in the city. Friday was the third riot in Portland this week. Several hundred activists marched on Friday evening into the streets around the courthouse in downtown Portland, bearing makeshift shields and diverse materials they used to erect some barricades, police said. In the early hours of Saturday, the situation became increasingly volatile, with Portland police declaring a riot at around 4am local time. Officers deployed tear gas and pushed the protesters away from the courthouse. Earlier in the night, a group […]
On 20 June, Geoffrey Berman, who had been overseeing the prosecution of criminal activity by several Trump associates, including the latter’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and current lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was dramatically ousted from his role as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York by a demand from US Attorney General Barr. The former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Geoffrey Berman, is scheduled to take part in a closed-door hearing before the House of Representatives next week, The Hill reported on Thursday, citing multiple unnamed congressional sources. Arranged by House Democrats, the hearing […]
Media have already reported that the United States, Brazil and Russia are likely to remain barred from Europe for the time being due to the high number of confirmed coronavirus cases in these countries. The European Union is set to ban most travellers from the US from entering the bloc after borders reopen on 1 July, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing EU officials. European officials spent most of Wednesday behind closed doors in heated debates about which countries to allow in, which to not, and by what metrics. The US is so far considered unsafe, given the recent […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107972/53/1079725324_0:320:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_206943669badf687597a124682c41fff.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202006261079726338-this-week-in-pictures-20-26-june/ Nations across the globe are continuing to report new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but nevertheless life goes on in the various parts of our planet despite the pandemic. Sputnik’s weekly photo gallery presents a compilation of photos to show the highlights of the past week, where you can get a glimpse of what has been happening across the globe during this truly extraordinary time. From the annual Victory Parade in Moscow and the Black Lives Matter protests, to hajj festivities and Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, much has […]
The findings come as Britain’s top military charity, which supports military personnel and veteran staff in periods of hardship and crisis, has called on the public to celebrate Armed Forces Week to commemorate active and veteran military staff battling the COVID-19 pandemic with key workers. Roughly 66 percent of UK citizens would back reintroducing the National Service in the UK due to values learned in military service, according to a new survey. Service should be imposed on adults aged 18 and older regardless of gender or background, three-fourths of respondents said in a poll from UK armed forces charity SSAFA. The […]
Tether’s volume on decentralized lender platform Compound has soared as traders try to maximize the amount of COMP they receive. Data from Compound shows the supply of the USD-backed stablecoin has quadrupled from roughly $43.7 million at the start of the week, to over $224 million on Friday. This time last week, USDT supply had just about crossed the million-dollar mark. With 2,000 suppliers (lenders) and just over 400 borrowers, USDT one of the largest and most active lending markets on the Compound protocol. For comparison, the supply for USDC, another stablecoin, is currently just under the $170 million mark – […]
A shorter work week would not only make for a better work/life balance it would also increase overall productivity and the ability of citizens to more meaningfully participate in democracy, says economics professor Richard D. Wolff. World leaders, labour representatives and even some high profile business figures, such as Google co-founder Larry Page and Virgin’s Richard Branson, have been calling for the adoption of a shorter work week. Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst agrees that, if done correctly, a shorter work week is both realistic and desirable. Professor Wolff, whose weekly show, Economic Update, is syndicated […]
It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric. Analysts say the growth of both transactions and the cost to process them is being driven by an increase in stablecoin usage and DeFi applications. The seven-day moving average of the total amount of “gas” used in transactions on Ethereum’s blockchain rose to a record high of 61.12 billion on Monday, having surpassed the previous high of 60.07 billion reached in September 2019, according to data provided by the blockchain analytics firm CoinMetrics. Gas […]
On February 11th all four DOJ prosecutors in the Roger Stone case abruptly resigned after the Department of Justice backed down from their outrageous and excessive sentencing recommendations for Roger Stone after he was caught lying to Congress in a process crime. Roger Stone, a Republican and Trump confidante, is 67 and has NO criminal record. Democrats and Amy Berman Jackson want him to die in prison. So who exactly are these so-called “career line prosecutors” as the fake news media keeps calling them in the Roger Stone case? Everyone of them has a direct tie to Hillary Clinton or Barack […]
Despite sliding in sympathy with stocks this week, bitcoin’s performance remains healthy this year, up 30% so far. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $9,412 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET), gaining 2% over the previous 24 hours. At 00:00 UTC on Friday (8:00 p.m. Thursday ET), bitcoin was changing hands around $9,474 on spot exchanges such as Coinbase. The price began to decline, dipping to as low as $9,301, before picking up a bit. The price is well below the 50-day and 10-day moving averages, a bearish technical indicator. Bitcoin trading on Coinbase since June 10Source: TradingView “The fight for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107731/00/1077310086_0:16:2001:1141_1200x675_80_0_0_8ebc08bcd8bc04066c72ae80459e0950.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202006101079572010-russia-spotted-32-foreign-spy-jets-close-to-national-airspace-over-past-week/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A total of 32 foreign aircraft conducted reconnaissance activities along Russia’s borders in the past week, the military’s official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported on Wednesday. A weekly infographic published by the outlet showed that Russian fighter jets had been scrambled four times to intercept foreign jets. Within this period of time, Russia has also spotted four unmanned aerial vehicles, which were carrying out reconnaissance missions near the Russian borders. No violations of Russia’s airspace have been reported. The United States and NATO countries often send aircraft and drones to perform reconnaissance activities along Russia’s […]
Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory released a statement last Tuesday lashing out at President Donald Trump for visiting the John Paul II National Shrine. The DC Archbishop Gregory lectured President Trump on “defending the rights of all people even those with whom we might disagree” while at the same time attacking him for visiting a Catholic Shrine. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited the Catholic Shrine before signing an executive order promoting religious freedom.First Lady Melania Trump is a practicing Catholic. The media failed to report this important detail in their hit pieces on President Trump. TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis […]
For the past week the left has been protesting, rioting, looting, shooting officers, beating innocents, torching national landmarks across the United States. This is the fruit of the American left: pain, chaos, suffering, violence, fear and arson. Their mob violence has spread across the country. Tonight we want to highlight what liberal Democrat leadership has done to three great American cities. 1.) Minneapolis – War zone of the left Minneapolis is looking like the aftermath of a war after the Democrat party organized peaceful protests… pic.twitter.com/pHAr9pNkUK — Eddie Donovan (@EddieDonovan) June 6, 2020 TRENDING: CNN Guest Proposes Abusing White Children in Wake […]
FOX and Friends Weekend co-host Pete Hegseth served in the the nation’s capital this week as a Major in the DC National Guard. Hegseth posted photos on his Twitter page from his stint defending the nation’s capital. Just got back from mobilizing with the DC Army National Guard for 3 days to support the civil disturbance mission in our nation’s Capitol. For those that don’t know, I’m still a Major in the National Guard… pic.twitter.com/H3O8Vfu909 — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) June 4, 2020 TRENDING: CNN Guest Proposes Abusing White Children in Wake of George Floyd’s Death, “White Kids Don’t Deserve Innocence” (VIDEO) […]
The German cabinet will on Wednesday discuss a resolution on downgrading the travel warnings currently in force for EU countries and several other associated states into softer guidelines, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. “We are preparing a resolution for the cabinet tomorrow, which is still being agreed within the government,” Maas told reporters on Tuesday. “This week, we want to start by turning the travel warning we have for the European Union and the associated countries into travel guidelines,” Reuters quoted him as saying. Source link
Protesters lie on the ground with their hands behind their backs in New York City’s Times Square Monday evening. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Protesters lie on the ground with their hands behind their backs in New York City’s Times Square Monday evening. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images One week after the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis, Minn., police, demonstrations against police brutality and systemic racism continued across the United States. Many cities imposed curfews and President Trump again warned he would order active duty […]
Ever since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on 25th May, righteously enraged Americans have taken to the streets of almost every major US city in protest, leading to at-times incendiary clashes with law enforcement. Photos and videos of police employing force against both violent rioters and peaceful demonstrators have circulated widely on social media, National Guard troops are deployed across the country to enforce curfews, and President Donald Trump has made numerous statements that have attracted significant controversy, such as promising “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”. In such times, people the world over almost reflexively […]
Rod Rosenstein Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will appear as a first witness in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe next week. Rosenstein will appear before the committee chaired by Senator Lindsey Graham June 3 at 10 AM, Fox News reported. Rosenstein appointed Robert #Mueller as special counsel in May 2017, and penned the “scope memo” to outline Mueller’s authority and scope of his investigation. #rodrosenstein@senjudiciary — Brooke Singman (@BrookeSingman) May 27, 2020 Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate so-called ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ on May 17, 2017. TRENDING: “F*CK TRUMP” – […]
At least four people have been killed after a Russian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter crash-landed and caught fire near the town of Anadyr in Russia’s far eastern Chukotka region. The entire crew was killed in the incident, which occurred during a training flight, the military has confirmed. Local emergency services earlier reported at least four casualties. Вертолет Ми-8 совершил жёсткую посадку на Чукотке.Машина министерства обороны села в районе аэропорта “Угольные копи” в Анадыре. Предварительно, на борту было четыре человека, все они погибли. pic.twitter.com/Nktdz4msGG — Mash (@mash_breaking) May 26, 2020 While the exact cause of the crash remains unknown, initial data suggests […]
President Trump holds a mask as he speaks during a tour of the Ford Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Thursday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump holds a mask as he speaks during a tour of the Ford Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Thursday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images On this Memorial Day weekend, beaches have reopened and people are venturing outside. And images and videos have circulated of some crowded beaches, pools and boardwalks in Maryland, Florida, Missouri, Texas and California. And many people didn’t heed warnings and […]
Pete Hegseth’s American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free topped the charts its first week out as the #1 Best Seller in Political Conservatism and Liberalism on Amazon.com. In Pete’s latest book he aims to teach his fellow countrymen on how to protect this great nation from the deceitful and destructive leftist agenda. FOX News reported on the book launch: Hegseth said he goes on in the book to describe what he calls the “Trump spine,” arguing that Trump has demonstrated that Americans don’t need to back down in the face of criticism of their beliefs. “I bet you’ve had a […]
Children in Australia’s most populated state will return to school full-time next week, a major step towards normalizing life amid the coronavirus pandemic. The directive from New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian to reopen schools full-time lifts childcare responsibilities for the parents and carers of around 800,000 children in public schools as Australia seeks to stem a surge in unemployment and restart the economy. Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said the decision “caused a lot of concern, frustration and anger among teachers and principals.” According to Berejiklian, individual, temporary closures are likely to contain future outbreaks. In neighboring Victoria, the […]
Then-President Obama and then-President-elect Donald Trump shake hands during a transition planning meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in November of 2016. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Then-President Obama and then-President-elect Donald Trump shake hands during a transition planning meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in November of 2016. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images With Joe Biden on the ballot, so is the legacy of Barack Obama, and it appears we’re about to see a throwdown between the last president and the current one — and […]
Bitcoin’s steady price gains over the past few days ended Friday. With the halving in the rearview mirror, cryptocurrency traders could consider the impact of a continued global economic slowdown after new data showed retail sales dropped to record lows and unemployment numbers continue to worsen. The world’s first cryptocurrency is trading below its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bearish technical indicator. At press time, BTC was trading down 3.4% over 24 hours at $9,340 00:00 UTC Friday (4 p.m. ET). Bitcoin had experienced steady gains since May 13, yet stumbled in early trading at 02:00 UTC Friday, quickly dropping […]
Investor interest in bitcoin options listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) peaked to record highs in the days after the recent halving event. Bitcoin underwent its much-anticipated reward halving on Monday, at which point the reward per block mined was reduced from 12.5 to 6.25 bitcoin (BTC). On the same day, daily options trading volume on the CME jumped to $17 million, surpassing the lifetime high of $9.9 million set on May 6, according to data provided by crypto derivatives research firm Skew. Notably, volume has continued to grow ever since. On Tuesday, the CME set a new record of […]
Hungary’s government could end emergency powers obtained to fight the coronavirus pandemic in late June, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday. The move will depend on the evolution of the pandemic, Gergely Gulyas added. The government is considering an easing of restrictions in Budapest from next week due to a decline in infections, the official told an online press briefing. The easing measures, which Gulyas did not specify, would take effect from Monday after discussions with the mayor of Budapest. Hotels outside the capital would be allowed to reopen from next week, Reuters quoted him as saying. […]
CoinDesk isn’t just hosting its Consensus: Distributed virtual conference this week – it’s also raising money for COVID-19 relief, and doing so in an innovative way. The donation project makes use of quadratic funding, the fundraising model developed by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and Harvard researcher Zoë Hitzig. The method uses a simple mathematical formula that rewards matching grants to causes that attract the broadest spread of contributions across the largest number of participants — essentially enabling small donations to count just as much as large ones. CoinDesk is partnering with Ethereal Summit, Gitcoin and The Giving Block to match donations, aiming […]
President Trump, seen here in the Oval Office on May 6, holds up a chart showing that the United States has done more total tests than a number of peer nations. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump, seen here in the Oval Office on May 6, holds up a chart showing that the United States has done more total tests than a number of peer nations. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The coronavirus has in recent days edged closer to President Trump. At least two White House aides who’ve been in […]
United Launch Alliance is proceeding smoothly through the final round of preflight elements of the Atlas V rocket tasked with launching the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane on its sixth mission next week. The Atlas V 501 rocket is slated to lift off from SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Saturday, 16 May. The precise launch time this day has not yet been released by United Launch Alliance or the U.S. Space Force. Overall, everything is going quite smoothly with the Atlas V’s flow toward its launch next weekend. Stacking of the Atlas V booster and the […]
On Thursday–** The Justice Department announced it was dropping its case against former Trump administration National Security Advisor Mike Flynn. ** DNI Richard Grenell and Intel Chair Adam Schiff both released the 53 hidden transcripts from the Mueller hoax investigation. ** Then Ed Henry broke the news tonight that DNI Richard Grenell walked a “satchel of documents” over to the Department of Justice on Thursday. Henry says the satchel contained more transcripts that may be released on Friday. Now tonight Shannon Bream informed her audience that there is MUCH MORE coming next week including a “bombshell” from the intelligence community. TRENDING: […]
www.pinterest Appreciating Nurses’ Vital Role in Health Care and Research May 2020/National Institute of Nursing Research Every May, we celebrate National Nurses Week to express our gratitude for the incredible work nurses, including nurse scientists, do every day as the largest component of the health care workforce. However, this year is a little different for us all. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, National Nurses Week brings to light just how vital nurses are to keeping us healthy and safe. In fact, the American Nurses Association has designated the entire month of May as National Nurses Month to recognize nurses’ extraordinary efforts […]