President Trump announced on Wednesday that the US intends to impose ‘sanctions’ on ‘snapback’ on Iran, days after the UN Security Council failed to extend a comprehensive armed embargo on Iran. “Today, I urge Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to report to the UN Security Council that the United States …
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Uniformed soldiers in DNC speech may have broken US Army rules
The U.S. military is investigating the presence of two uniformed solidarity members at the Virtual Democratic National Convention as a potential policy violation. The two army soldiers appeared during the vote by role-playing parties by party representatives from American Samoa. Participation in political events violates Protocol of Defense Department of …
Read More »West Nile fever is back, and coronavirus sufferers have been told to take ‘extra care’
Mosquitoes carrying West Nile fever have been identified for the first time in Israel this summer. The Department of the Environment on Wednesday outlined the steps the public needs to take to prevent them from being bitten, and warned in particular coronavirus sufferers to take care. There is no vaccine …
Read More »Rapid acceptance of foreign feather tradition in Bronze Age Europe
Common millet Panicum miliaceum in the open-air museum Archäologisch-Ökologisches Zentrum Albersdorf (AÖZA), northern Germany. Credit: Wiebke Kirleis, UFG Kiel Not only metals, hierarchical societies and fortified settlements: a new food also influenced economic transformation during the Bronze Age about 3,500 years ago. This is evidenced by frequent archaeological discoveries of …
Read More »Tracee Ellis Ross stood up against sexist black-ish plot apparatus
Tracee Ellis Ross in Black-ishPhoto: ABC Tracee Ellis Ross is not a boss-ish, she’s a boss. In a recent episode of the LA Times TV podcastCan’t stop watching, Ross spoke with LA Times staff writer and showhost Yvonne Villarreal and recalled the time she spoke on behalf of her character …
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