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On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran […]
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has argued that the EU should focus on strengthening its external borders and fighting human smugglers, rather than reviving a scheme that would force member states to settle refugees. The EU is set to roll out a new asylum policy proposal on Wednesday. However, the return […]
This week Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to receive a banking charter under Wyoming’s Special Purpose Depository Institution statute. Join CEO David Kinitsky for a look at what it all means and how it’ll work with hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Stephanie Murphy. In the […]
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 his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings attributes Netflix’s success to the unorthodox office culture at the company. Hastings is pictured at Summit LA17 in Los Angeles in 2017. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Amy Harris/Invision/AP In his new book No Rules Rules, Reed Hastings attributes Netflix’s […]
Under development by the LNP/BP Standards Association, the RGB protocol entered beta in June. The second layer network promises to bring smart contracts and tokenized assets to Bitcoin with a Lightning Network-esque technical design. RGB could be used to issue tokenize securities and nonfungible tokens (NFT), and to offer a […]
In January, Stephanie Trunzo’s vacation home on Daufuskie Island in South Carolina was completed. They planned to go down during their 13-year-old daughter’s spring break but went in March as the world started shutting down. Stephanie, an Oracle executive, could work remotely, her husband is retired. The family have since […]
High Speed 2 will create tens of thousands of jobs across the country, but faces opposition from residents and environmentalists who say it will destroy natural habitats in addition to the hundreds of homes and business premises that will be demolished. Diggers have moved in to start work on the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/03/1080360670_0:0:1201:676_1200x675_80_0_0_408e5812b5a8a4f38e9d7146ee3c6cdb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009031080360701-teamwork-makes-the-dream-work-smart-ape-helps-human-friend/ We all need a little bit of help from our friends sometimes. Luckily, our animal pals are there to lend a helping hand on occasion. Footage shared on Twitter captures a chimpanzee and his human friend out on a stroll, walking hand-in-hand as […]
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 […]
Marc P. Bernegger started his first internet company in 1999 and had two successful exits. He began working with Bitcoin in 2012, is on the board of Crypto Finance Group, Swiss Blockchain Federation and CfC St. Moritz and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Expert Network for […]
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, continues to evolve in order to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the […]
The daytime hit TV show starring Ellen DeGeneres is not seen in the best light right now, after allegations from several current and former employees emerged suggesting a “toxic work environment” and “harassment” on the set. A Warner Media investigation is said to be underway to look into details of […]
The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work By Andrea Ringer, LAWCHA.org. August 15, 2020 The Pandemic Revealed That Child Care Is Vital Work2020-08-152020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/img_0830-e1597507009536.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Revolutionary Mothering panel hosted by MARCH, Memphis TN, 2018. A Conversation with Memphis Advocates for Radical Childcare (M.A.R.CH.) co-founder Phuong Nguyen. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
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/us/202008141080172997-trump-expresses-hope-that-russian-covid-19-vaccine-will-work/ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of the world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus infection after having successfully undergone trials. The production of the drug has already kicked off, with the country expecting to make around 500 million doses in the first […]
Study: Return To Work Not Affected By $600 Unemployment Boost By James Myall, Maine Center for Economic Policy. August 9, 2020 Study: Return To Work Not Affected By $600 Unemployment Boost2020-08-092020-08-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/businessopeining_gradient2-e1596983310777.jpg200px200px There’s no relationship between expanded Unemployment Compensation payments and individuals’ likelihood of returning to work, according to two recent studies. One, by researchers […]
Work In The Time Of COVID-19 By Rebecca Gordon, Tom Dispatch. August 5, 2020 Work In The Time Of COVID-192020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/farm-zuchinni-harvest-florida-e1596652973562.jpg200px200px Above photo: Farmworkers harvest zucchini on April 1, 2020, in Florida City. For many of these workers, social distancing is not a viable option. Joe Raedle/Getty Images. NOTE: We want to reiterate […]
DOHA (Sputnik) – A meeting of the Lebanese Supreme Defence Council said that a massive blast in the port of Beirut on Tuesday evening might have been the result of maintenance work at the site, as a door to the port hangar, where explosive materials were being stored, did not […]
“Though now evolved in many ways,” Gavin Wood wrote in Ethereum’s 2015 yellow paper, “the key functionality of a blockchain with a Turing-complete language and an effectively unlimited inter-transaction storage capability remains unchanged.” Five years and thousands of bits later, Ethereum is still chugging along as a decentralized platform for […]
Where is the decorum? Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) showed up to work on Tuesday sporting a blue wig. Advertisement – story continues below Senator Sinema clarifies to @GarrettHaake her new wig color is “Mint Green,” not blue pic.twitter.com/GegeHvqlwt — Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) July 21, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: President Trump Signs […]
Russia has a deal to produce the British vaccine against Covid-19 and is eager to work with any party in power in the country, Andrey Kelin, Russian Ambassador to the UK, told the BBC, rebuffing fresh accusations by London. “I don’t believe in this story at all. There’s no sense […]
Earlier in the week, Twitter was swept with a massive hacker attack that posted bitcoin scam texts, affecting tens of thousands of accounts, among which were Elon Musk, Kanye West, Joe Biden and many others. For those who suspected that Twitter was hijacked on Thursday by a sophisticated group of […]
Stop us if you’ve heard this before. During Thursday’s broadcast of The View, things once again devolved into a war of words between frequent sparring partners Meghan McCain and Joy Behar, culminating with McCain accusing her liberal co-host of being “snippy” with her. The popular ABC talk show kicked off […]