The Trump administration claims satellite photos prove Iran was behind the drone attack on a Saudi oil field…
September 16, 2019
U.S. officials told the New York Times that the attacks likely came from the north or northwest, which they say the images support. This thesis suggests that the attacks were launched from Iran or Iraq, rather than Yemen, which is southwest of the facilities.
Iran has denied any responsibility for the attacks, but experts say that Iran frequently carries out attacks using proxies in order to maintain plausible deniability.
A RUSSIAN billionaire is ramping up plans to save humanity by creating a floating “garden of gods” in the Solar System for 15 million lucky people…
September 16, 2019
Earlier this year, Asgardia unveiled plans to build a fleet of “cosmic Noah’s arks” orbiting the Earth, at a cost of roughly £100billion a piece for its micro-nation... Mr Opik told iweekend: “Lots people are building rockets, Asgardia is about building the society to go with them.
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Asgardia says it will be sustained by charging its first seven million “primary Asgardians” €1,000 (£900) for formal citizenship and a passport and seeking a further €1billion (£90million) each from seven unnamed “primary investors”. The resulting income, will provide a €15billion (£13.4billion) war chest for Asgardia to invest in research and the building of its institutions.
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The ultimate goal is to recruit 150 million Asgardian, of whom 15m will be residents in space and beyond...London researchers create a drone with flying & swimming capabilities…
September 16, 2019
A bio-inspired bot uses water from the environment to create a gas and launch itself from the water’s surface.
Feds finalize plan to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling…
September 16, 2019
The plan would allow oil leasing on 1.56 million acres of the 19-million-acre refuge. The proposal—which would open the entire coastal plain to the energy industry—was seen as the most extreme of three options considered by the Interior Department...
Pres. Trump to meet with India’s Modi in Texas, Australia’s Morrison in Ohio next weekend to underscore relations between the countries…
September 16, 2019
It’s Official: Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy as part of settlement in White Plains, New York…
September 16, 2019
“This settlement framework avoids wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and years on protracted litigation,” Steve Miller, chairman of Purdue’s board of directors, said in a statement, “and instead will provide billions of dollars and critical resources to communities across the country trying to cope with the opioid crisis. We will continue to work with state attorneys general and other plaintiff representatives to finalize and implement this agreement as quickly as possible.”
But legal battles still lie ahead for Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, which is spending millions on legal costs as it defends itself in lawsuits from 2,600 government and other entities.
The New York Times Anti-Kavanaugh Bombshell Is Actually a Dud…
September 16, 2019
The update included the significant detail that several friends of the alleged victim said she told them she did not recall the supposed sexual assault in question at all. The Times also stated for the first time that the alleged victim refused to be interviewed, and has made no comment about the episode. The only first-hand statement concerning the supposed attack in the original piece came from a Clinton-connected lawyer who claimed to have witnessed it.
Twenty-one inmates, including a number convicted in killings, saw their sentences commuted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom…
September 16, 2019
How ESA’s Dark Energy Telescope Will Map the ‘Dark Universe’…
September 16, 2019
The First Images Have Started Coming in of That New Interstellar Visitor…
September 16, 2019
This is the second time in as many years that an interstellar object has been observed (the last being 'Oumuamua 2.0 in 2017). Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we now have pictures of this comet, making it the first object of its kind to be successfully imaged in multiple colors!
The comet, designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was captured by the Gemini North Telescope's Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the night of September 9-10.
Kim Jong Un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August…
September 16, 2019
The letter, the second Trump received from Kim last month amid stalled denuclearization talks between the two countries, pre-dated North Korea’s latest launch of short-range projectiles a week ago. In the second letter, which was passed to Trump in the third week of August, Kim spoke of his willingness to meet Trump for another summit, one source reportedly told the Joongang Ilbo newspaper. The White House, the U.S. State Department and the North Korean mission to the United Nations all did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump authorizes release of oil from strategic petroleum reserve after Saudi attacks cut the kingdom’s crude production by half….
September 16, 2019
Trump said oil would be released if needed to keep the market well supplied. The president also said that he has informed the appropriate agencies to expedite the approval of oil pipelines still in the permitting process in Texas and other states.
United Auto Workers Go On Strike at GM’s U.S. Factories…
September 16, 2019
Factory workers at General Motors Co. GM went on a nationwide strike early Monday morning in the United Auto Workers’ largest work stoppage in more than a decade, putting it among the largest walkouts at a private-sector employer in years. The union’s leadership called the strike after talks with GM on a new four-year labor agreement stalled. UAW leaders from across the country voted overwhelmingly here Sunday to authorize the action, instructing nearly 46,000 blue-collar workers at 31 GM plants to either walk off the job or stay home. The UAW confirmed the start of the strike in a statement early Monday.