Month: August 2020

Read More Lydia Cole reflects on her fieldwork, affective failure and misrecognition, as well as her research using conflict textiles, encouraging the use of visual art and poetry in research.Lydia Cole reflects on her fieldwork, affective failure and misrecognition, as well as her research using conflict textiles, encouraging the use of visual art and poetry…

Read More Officials seek to reassure public after world’s largest hydro-electric dam nears capacity amid heavy floods Extreme floods have hit China’s Three Gorges dam, which recorded the largest inflow of water in its history, prompting officials to assure the public it would not be breached. Inflows to the world’s largest hydro-electric dam reached 75m…

Read More The U.S. Marine Corps is replacing its legacy ground weapons locating radar with a new AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) multi-role radar system. The details were given in a 19 August 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s media release, to announce that new radar system will replace the AN/TPS-63 andreduces set up time from eight hours…

Read More Aerosonde, Textron Systems’ versatile unmanned aircraft, has undergone extensive testing at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) for most of its existence, according to Mark Schauer. “We test here whenever we have changes to the system,” said Kyle Petesch, Aerosonde site lead. “The YPG personnel are very attentive to what we ask for…

Read More Google’s cloud storage service Drive and it’s email platform Gmail are experiencing a major outage affecting users across Asia, the west coast of the US and Europe. Thousands of frustrated users reported issues on the popular crowdsourcing site Downdetector, which tracks social media and online services outages across the globe.  © Down Detector…

Read MoreThe Chinese government is waging war on the eating influencers.The Chinese government is waging war on the eating influencers.

Read More U.S. Special Operations Command awarded a $48,9 million contract modification to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for its production of Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1. The contract modification award from Special Operations Command raises the contract ceiling to $613,850,752 and extends the contract by two years for a total performance period of nine years.…

Read More Cargo from the MV Rhosus caused the explosion in Lebanon’s main port – its crew say they were stranded aboard for a year The problems began the moment Captain Boris Prokoshev set sail aboard the MV Rhosus in 2013. He discovered that the ageing Russian-owned cargo ship, bound for Mozambique, was in “terrible”…

Read More Updated guidance suggests directors take inspiration from classic films made when sex on screen was prohibited British film and TV directors are being encouraged to seek inspiration from classic romances such as Casablanca and ditch depictions of sex altogether when planning intimate scenes under new guidelines for directing during the Covid-19 crisis. Directors…

Read MoreThe California senator made history to formally accept the Democratic VP nomination. How did she do?The California senator made history to formally accept the Democratic VP nomination. How did she do?

Read MoreAlexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital in Omsk after falling ill on a flight, a spokeswoman says.Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital in Omsk after falling ill on a flight, a spokeswoman says.

Read MoreThe Cincinnati Reds baseball team suspend commentator Thom Brennaman after he broadcasted a homophobic comment that he believed was off air.The Cincinnati Reds baseball team suspend commentator Thom Brennaman after he broadcasted a homophobic comment that he believed was off air.

Read More Barack Obama delivered a powerful message calling for voters to protect American democracy during the third night of the Democratic national convention.  The former president argued that Donald Trump’s potential re-election posed an existential threat to the country’s democratic values and institutions, and he implored voters to ’embrace your own responsibility as citizens’ before…

Read More President Keïta was forced to resign after being detained by soldiers. President Keïta was forced to resign after being detained by soldiers.

Read MoreLongtime Putin foe Alexei Navalny was raced to a Siberian hospital after a plane he was in made an emergency landing.Longtime Putin foe Alexei Navalny was raced to a Siberian hospital after a plane he was in made an emergency landing.

Read More Alassane Ouattara has outstayed his welcome. His attempt to cling on for a third term could make parts of the country ungovernable This month the president of Ivory Coast caused outrage which spilled into bloodshed on the streets of the capital, Abidjan, when he announced he would seek a third term in office…

Read More In the winter of 1964, Makhluf Abu Kassem was born in this agricultural community newly created at the far end of Egypt’s Fayoum oasis. Now 55, Abu Kassem looks out what’s left of his shriveling farm, surrounded by barren wasteland that was once his neighbors’ farmland — victims of dwindling irrigation in recent…

Read More Politician may have been poisoned by toxic substance in his tea, says press secretary The Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital after allegedly being poisoned with a toxic substance in his tea, according to his press secretary. A doctor at the hospital told the Russian state news agency Tass that…

Read More Met Office issues yellow weather warning and says potential power cuts and travel delays possible Britons on camping holidays have been warned of the possible danger of falling trees as parts of the UK brace for winds of more than 70mph to hit. The arrival of Storm Ellen in Ireland and western parts…

Read MoreThe California senator accepts the vice-presidential nomination with an attack on the US president.The California senator accepts the vice-presidential nomination with an attack on the US president.

Read MoreThe president said he did not know much about the online group, except that its adherents like him.The president said he did not know much about the online group, except that its adherents like him.

Read More DOHA, Aug 19 (IPS) – The author is one of the 93 migrant workers Human Rights Watch interviewed for a recent report on salary abuses ahead of Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup, he has requested anonymity for his safety; work visas and residence permits for migrant workers in Qatar are directly tied to…

Read MoreOn a night that crowned the vice-presidential nominee, the party had choice words for the commander-in-chief.On a night that crowned the vice-presidential nominee, the party had choice words for the commander-in-chief.

Read More Aug 19 (IPS) – President Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s government is teetering after he declared victory in a rigged 9 August vote. Protests have exploded. Moscow, Brussels and other stakeholders should avoid transforming the Belarus crisis into a European one, cooperate to warn against repression and insist on new, fair elections. Read the full story,…

Read More The Trump administration is set to demand the restoration of all international sanctions on Iran in a move that will further isolate the U.S. at the United Nations, test the credibility of the U.N. Security Council and possibly deal a fatal blow to one of former President Barack Obama’s signature foreign policy achievements.…

Read More Analysis: Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity claim vice-presidential nominee is a ‘far-left opportunist’ Kamala Harris’s speech at the Democratic national convention on Wednesday night was officially preceded by a somber address from Barack Obama. Over at Fox News, however, Harris was introduced by the rightwing network’s two biggest stars, who brought a combination…

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Read More In some of the most explosive accusations in recent Mexican political history, the former head of the state-owned oil company directly accused former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his treasury secretary of directing a scheme of kickbacks and embezzlement directly from the president’s office. Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Petroleos Mexicanos who…

Read More Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian anti-corruption activist and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was reportedly “poisoned with a toxin” and rushed in an unconscious state to the hospital on Wednesday night, according to his press secretary. “This morning Navalny was returning to Moscow from Tomsk. On the flight he started feeling ill. The…

Read More Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech touting Joe Biden is bittersweet for the former secretary of State who won the popular vote against Donald Trump in 2016. Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech touting Joe Biden is bittersweet for the former secretary of State who won the popular vote against Donald Trump in 2016.

Read More President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump told reporters at a White House news conference that the Emiratis had expressed interest in buying “quite a few” of the stealth fighter jets.…

Read More There has been one persistent theme in the Democratic National Convention so far: to portray President Donald Trump in highly personal ways as one unsuited for the White House both in skills and temperament. Here are some key takeaways from the third night of the convention. Former President Barack Obama came to power…

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Read More Statement unveiling new order from Polish airline calls it a 737-8 aircraft first, before noting it is a Max jet Boeing appears to have started quietly dropping the “Max” from its 737 Max aircraft in the wake of recent air disasters, instead referring to a 737-8. The new name has hitherto been used…

Read More Harris to accept Democratic vice-presidential nomination Senator to condemn Donald Trump’s coronavirus response Obama to warn that democracy is on the line in November Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.24am BST The three young climate activists speaking tonight are Alexandria Villaseñor, in California, Andrew Adamski, in Wisconsin, and Katherine Lorenzo, based…