The EAGLE family of vehicles, which are manufactured by General Dynamics, covered more than 230 million km (142 million miles) on its operations worldwide. The EAGLE is a modular wheeled armored vehicle that available in 4×4 and 6×6 versions and is one of the most modern protected wheeled vehicles in its class. General Dynamics European Land Systems, a Europe-based business unit of General Dynamics, says the vehicle provides a versatile and configurable operational platform at all levels. It delivers reliable and well-protected operational support mobility with the flexibility to suit specific user needs. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – EAGLE’s tried, […]
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The coronavirus has claimed more than 1 million lives around the globe, the latest dark ‘milestone’ for the worldwide pandemic first detected some 10 months ago, which continues to spread across several hotspots. Infecting more than 33 million since first emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December, the global Covid-19 death toll surpassed the 1 million mark on Monday night, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University. The news was met with a mournful statement from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which deemed the pandemic “one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes in […]
Courts Worldwide Ruling That Gig Economy Is A Road To Serfdom By Marshall Auerback, Economy for All. August 27, 2020 Courts Worldwide Ruling That Gig Economy Is A Road To Serfdom2020-08-272020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/1024px-foodora_messenger.jpg200px200px Companies have consistently sought to deny their workers traditional benefits via labour law loopholes that the courts are rapidly closing. The tech industry buzzword “gig” has distracted society from important questions about the gig economy that are surprisingly traditional: whether a business has employees or contractors, and how it can avoid payroll taxes and legal liability. Countless Silicon Valley business models have been built under the guise of gigs, Uber and Lyft two […]
California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires Worldwide By Michael Kodas, Inside Climate News. August 25, 2020 California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires Worldwide2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fire.png200px200px Wildfires from Australia to Siberia are not just larger, hotter and faster, but burning in areas and seasons where they were previously rare. The wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global warming, climate scientists say, and evidence of how a warming and drying climate is increasing the size and severity of fires from the California coast to the high Rocky Mountains. They may also be the […]
Sabre holds vast amounts of data on an incalculable number of individuals, and this trove could so easily be abused, particularly given the FBI has reportedly frequently used the controversial All Writs Act, to force private companies, such as Apple, to hand over private information. It’s been revealed the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has been using information collected and stored by Sabre, the world’s largest travel data holder, to conduct widespread and extensive surveillance the world over, with company staff instructed by Bureau agents to “actively spy” on targets, even while they’re in the midst of travelling. Forbes reports that […]
Children around the world stopped going to class as schools shuttered their doors in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. A new study anticipates that nearly 10 million of them may never go back. The report, titled “Save Our Education” and published by London-based organization Save the Children Fund (SCF), states that by early April, more than 1.6 billion students, or 91% of all students worldwide, had stopped going to school as the facilities’ doors shuttered to hinder the spread of the novel coronavirus. The 94-page report reveals that children in low-income countries, refugee camps and conflict zones, and […]
In a new online frenzy inspired by an video advert by VoteVets, netizens equate US President Donald Trump to Benedict Arnold – a controversial 18th century US general, whose name has long been associated with treason, as he defected from the Continental army to the British side during America’s War of Independence. In the wake of Independence Day, US President Donald Trump has been labeled “America’s №1 Traitor” in an video advertisement made by political action committee VoteVets.org, as twitterati merged the president’s name with that of notorious Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold, creating a hashtag #BenedictDonald, that quickly went viral. […]
As the world grapples with questions concerning police brutality, racism, and discrimination, it’s worth taking a look back at a case that sparked outrage and calls for police reform in France a year ago. The case of Steve Maia Caniço put a long record of excessive use of force by police under the microscope. But, one year later, what has changed, if anything? Not a whole lot. Anti-police protests in the US have sparked renewed anger at the French police system. Steve represents just one of many cases of police brutality which resulted in the death of an innocent person. Time […]
World 01:56 GMT 08.06.2020(updated 02:10 GMT 08.06.2020) Get short URL According to the Johns Hopkins University data, the countries that are most affected by COVID-19 are the United States with over 1,9 million cases, Brazil with more than 600,000 and Russia with around 460,000. Johns Hopkins University data shows that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases confirmed globally has passed the 7 million mark, with the death toll now exceeding 402,000. As of 4.50 Moscow time (1:50 GMT), the number of registered coronavirus cases around the world was 7,006,436. The total number of deaths was 402,120, while 3,133,664 people recovered from […]
The number of Covid-19 infection cases has now topped 5.5 million across the globe, according to a report by news agency AFP. More than one million new cases have been reported in the past 10 days. The world passed this somber milestone on Tuesday, with more than two-thirds of all confirmed cases recorded in Europe and the United States. Europe has been the continent hardest hit by the outbreak of the virus, with the UK recording the highest number of both infections and Covid-19 deaths. This latest tally comes as nations across the globe cautiously begin to ease lockdown measures. Critics […]
21 May, 2020 06:11 Follow RT on The number of people worldwide who have tested positive for coronavirus has passed 5 million, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Globally, there have been over 328,000 Covid-19 related deaths. Follow RT on Source link
More than 90,000 medics have been infected with Covid-19 around the globe, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said, warning the actual number could be two times higher and sounding alarm over protective equipment shortages. The figure “has risen from 23,000 to we think more than 90,000, but that is still an under-estimation because it is not (covering) every country in the world,” Howard Catton, the ICN’s head, told Reuters. The numbers provided by the group were based on data from national nursing associations, government releases and media reports in 30 countries. But the actual figure of infected health professionals could […]