Monster Hurricane Dorian
Currently at Category 4 strength, defined as having sustained winds of from 130 - 156 mph, gusts up to 30% stronger, Dorian is expected hit Florida's Atlantic coast on Tuesday, precisely where unclear so far.
On August 31, the National Hurricane Center said the following:
"Life-threatening storm surge and devastating...
Bolsonaro doesn't need NGOs to burn Brazil's image around the world
2019/08/30
Caption (in Portuguese): Bolsonaro lies. NGOs reject accusation by the President on the fires
(Bolsonaro accused the NGOs of starting them)
Bolsonaro doesn't need NGOs to burn Brazil's image around the world
Fire outbreaks throughout Brazil have increased by 82% since the beginning of this year, to a total record of 71,497, according to...
Nuclear accident mystery: Burevestnik missile could explode under the water
2019/08/30
Five Rosatom specialists and two Russian military men, who were killed during the mysterious rocket test at a range ground of the Russian Navy in the area of the village of Nenoksa, could have died when trying to retrieve a Burevestnik missile from the bottom of the Gulf of Dvina. Supposedly, it goes about the nuclear-powered Burevestnik...
Disaster risk resilience: Key to protecting vulnerable communities
2019/08/30
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The past five years have been the hottest on record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heatwaves have swept across our region, cascading into slow onset disasters such as drought. Yet...
Kashmir on the World’s Conscience
2019/08/30
By Imran Malik
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY 2.0
Is Nazism revisiting the planet? Is its revival taking shape in a Hindu avatar in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) now? Can the world not read the writing on the Kashmiri wall or is it callously blinded by its obtuse, self-serving geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic interests in a manipulative...
Iranian militias leave the border between Syria and Iraq
2019/08/29
In Syria, the retreat of Iran's allied militias from the border area with Iraq has now begun; but the places to which they are heading are still unknown [1]. They flee preventively, for fear of suffering new losses due to the frequent attacks that, in recent weeks, have hit Iraqi territory.
by Laura Cianciarelli
Set up in the Syrian district...
Russian soldier who served in Syria blows up military unit
2019/08/29
In Irkutsk, a military court sentenced former contract soldier Alexander Novikov to five years for hooliganism and illegal arms trafficking. Novikov was awarded a medal for his participation in battles in Syria. Upon his return to Russia, he blew up his regiment's headquarters.
The man was undergoing contractual service in a separate mixed...
Russian girl dies after being sucked into pool pipe in Turkish hotel
2019/08/29
A girl from St. Petersburg, who was sucked into a pipe at the bottom of a pool in a hotel in Turkey, died at hospital.
The girl's father and officials at the Russian Embassy in Turkey confirmed the girl's death. The 12-year-old girl died in Turkey as it was decided not to take her to Russia due to a high risk of complications.
The incident...
What Russia and Turkey intend to do in Syria now
2019/08/29
The relations between Russia and Turkey have had their ups and downs during the recent years. Tensions were extremely high between Moscow and Ankara when Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 warplane in Syria on November 24, 2015. Most recently, the leaders of the two countries have been discussing their moves on the regulation of the crisis...
Russian Northern Fleet discovers five islands in the Arctic
2019/08/28
The hydrographic group, operating as part of the expedition of the Northern Fleet on the Franz Josef Land archipelago, confirmed the discovery of five islands in the region.
Source: mil.ru
"The islands are located in Vise Bay on the western sea coast of the island of Northern Novaya Zemlya in the area of the Vylki (Nansen) glacier. The...
Putin is not going to Beslan
2019/08/28
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to visit Beslan on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on School No. 1, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
On September 3, Russia marks the Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism. "This is a memorial day, and it is on this day that we remember all victims...
Thank Goodness For Russian-speaking Women!
2019/08/28
By Romer Cherubim
One of the most saddening developments in recent times is the depressing amount of unjustified sexual harassment claims that have been made by women against men. Such allegations have been given succour by the Harvey Weinstein scandal in the US. The situation was already pretty bad before Weinstein. However, since this...
Boycott Brazil: The only way to save the Amazon
2019/08/27
Boycott Brazil: The only way to save the Amazon
The Brazilian beef you see on your table very probably comes directly from a farm carved out of the Amazon rainforest at the expense of this unique ecosystem and its inhabitants.
The international media has not picked up on this story which I have been pushing for months. And here it is. Gangs...
New Russian MC-21 passenger aircraft debuts at MAKS-2019 air show
2019/08/27
Russia's state-of-the-art narrow-body passenger aircraft MC-21 took part in the flight program of the MAKS-2019 air show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow. The flight lasted for about five minutes, with presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan watching. Putin and Erdogan took part in the opening ceremony...
USA wants more socialism while Russia wants cruel capitalism
2019/08/27
How does the Hispanic population change the USA? Why don't people call Donald Trump's direct line to complain about the condition of roads and public utility services? How does the USA solve these problems and what Russia can learn from the USA at this point?
Also read: Americans have racism under their skin
Rustem Safronov, an international...
Top secret memo revealed: Many Russian meddlers active in America
2019/08/27
By Guy Somerset
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING TOP SECRET MEMO WAS RECENTLY INTERCEPTED FROM THE KREMLIN IN MOSCOW. IT IS SHOCKING IN THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL REGARDING RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN AMERICA.
TOP SECRET - FOR RUSSIAN SPY CONSUMPTION ONLY - DO NO DISTRIBUTE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
Comrades!
Given recent setbacks and revelations of our Meddling in American...
Brazil's Regime Destroying the Amazon Rainforest for Profit?
2019/08/26
Brazil's Regime Destroying the Amazon Rainforest for Profit?
In October 2018, hardline Social Liberal Party (PSL) candidate Jair Bolsonaro defeated Workers Party (PT) aspirant Fernando Haddad.
Fascism triumphed over equity and justice. Bolsonaro and retired general Hamilton Mourao running mate praised Brazil's 1964 - 1985 military dictatorship,...
Russia ready to build another super bridge
2019/08/26
A bridge across the Volga River in the Samara region bypassing the city of Togliatti, will cost Russia 120.8 billion rubles, an updated version of the construction agreement says.
The bridge will be the first project of the international transport corridor Europe - Western China. In total, 95.98 kilometers of motorway and 3.75 kilometers...
Cloud of radioactive gases found above northern Russia
2019/08/26
The Russian Meteorological Service (Roshydromet) found a cloud of radioactive gases above the territory of the Arkhangelsk region of Russia. The cloud contains traces of the decay of radionuclides of strontium, barium and lanthanum, representatives of the agency said. Currently, there are no radioactive isotopes in air samples in Severodvinsk...
The Deal - a PRAVDA exclusive
2019/08/25
The Deal - a PRAVDA exclusive
People all over the world are scratching their heads wondering what exactly happened with the big Mueller report and his subsequent sketchy testimony before Congress.
Two years ago this writer was told about "a deal" between Mueller and Trump by an inside source close to the president. The...
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