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Police clashes with protesters at anti-lockdown demo in Dresden
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- Police clashes with protesters at anti-lockdown demo in Dresden
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Scuffles broke out between protesters and police in Dresden on Saturday after several courts upheld the city's decision to ban the demonstration marking one year since first COVID-related measures were imposed in Germany.
Thousands of people gathered in the city centre and close to the Saxony parliament in Dresden despite the ban.
Footage shows protesters being detained and led away in orderly fashion for identification while first responders came to the scene after some demonstrators experienced health issues.
Credit: Ruptly
#demo #dresden #lockdown
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- US and French military testing new artillery rounds in Canjuers
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The French and US military tested an artillery round at Camp Canjuers, on Sunday. This is the first time the US officers test fired the Bonus Mk 2 artillery round, produced by France and Sweden. The all weather artillery shell is designed to target and destroy stationary and mobile armoured vehicles. This was the US Army's first ever live fire of the French Army's Bonus Mk 2 artillery round, conducted by US Army's 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment - part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade - and the help of he French 93rd Regiment d'Artillerie de Montagne.
Credit: US Army / Staff Sgt. Jacob Sawyer
#military #artillery #army
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- Protesters set fire outside Portland courthouse in clash with feds
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Protesters rallying against a pipeline extension project gathered outside Portland's Mark O Hatfield US Courthouse on Thursday night. The protest could be seen unravelling into unrest, with some protesters smashing in a glass door and setting fire to numerous items, including a US flag. Graffiti painted on the boarded up courthouse by protesters, who are said to be standing up in support of indigenous groups, included messages such as "new president same imperialism," "genocide" and "colonisers work here." Federal police from the Department of Homeland Security drew protesters away from the courthouse and deployed tear gas. The proposed 'Line 3' oil pipeline threatens the Anishinaabe Indigenous peoples, who say they have rice growing in areas the extension would cross. The pipeline will potentially bring almost a million barrels of tar sands Superior, Wisconsin from Alberta, Canada, per day.
Credit: Ruptly
#portland #protest #antifa
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- Mount Etna eruption in slow motion
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Mount Etna continued spewing lava and volcanic ash in the latest episode of its increasing activity on Tuesday night. It was the eleventh eruption of Europe's largest volcano since February 16. The latest explosion happened after an interval similar to those between the 10 previous ones suggesting a regular cycle.
Credit: Ruptly
#etna #eruption #slowmoton
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- ‘Mandalorian’ spaceship lands in Siberia
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Star Wars fan Ayaal Fedorov created a full size model of a spaceship from The Mandalorian series, as seen in his hometown Yakutsk on Thursday.
The Razor Crest spaceship replica is 14 meters long, 4 meters high and 10 meters wide. Fedorov built it in three months in a rented hangar in Yakutsk.
“I like doing more while talking less. When I started, I just put a team of cosplayers together and we just started. Then when the carcass was ready, we showed it on the Instagram. Some people came up with support, some just didn’t support, some others gave advices, some advices were really strange. We read and considered everything,” Fedorov described.
The cosplayer and blogger said that the most difficult part was perhaps to deliver the spaceship from the hangar to an exhibition venue in Urdel park. As the ship doesn't fly, human power had to be used - several dozen men carried the model out of the hangar in their arms, while cranes helped to install ...
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- Denmark reacts to suspension of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Copenhagen residents reacted to the Danish health authorities' move to order a temporary halt in the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, on Thursday, over concerns after several patients developed blood clots. The precautionary move was also instated in six other European countries including Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Norway. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Wednesday that there are no indicators that the AstraZeneca vaccine has caused the formation of blood clots within blood vessels, a condition also known as multiple thrombosis. The EMA also stated that its safety committee, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), will be investigating the issue further. An investigation into the events is also being carried by the Danish Medicines Agency.
Credit: Ruptly
#denmark #astrazeneca #covid19
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- Polar bear cubs adopted after mom rejects them
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Workers of "Safari-Park" in Gelendzhik in the Russia south are raising two polar bear cubs abandoned by their mother as footage filmed on Sunday shows. Three months ago polar bear Commander Sedov and his mate Serezhka became parents to the adorable cubs. However, the female refused to feed them. According to the deputy director of "Safari-Park Gelendzhik" Elena Milovidova, young mothers often discard offspring, both in the wild and in captivity. "In Zoos, each cub is a treasure. And of course, we are responsible for each cub. The polar bear regularly gives birth in zoos, however keeping the offsprings are not always successful, because mothers don't always agree to feed them," she said. The cubs still don't have names. On the park's social networks, users can participate in a competition to pick up names for the little ones. For successful socialization, the cubs will grow together from next year on. Both cubs will remain to live in the park because they won't be able to independently ...
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- Estonian tech company develops wearable air purifier that kills 99 percent of viruses
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Estonian tech company Respiray has developed a wearable UV air purifier that they say disinfects breathable air while allowing the face to remain fully visible, as seen in Tallinn on Wednesday. The company’s website says that the device “disinfects the air you breathe in with invisible UV-C light and inactivates over 99 percent of viruses and bacteria in the air.” The device “purifies up to 55 litres of air per minute” which is believed to be at least three times more than an average human normally breathes. "We have only prototypes so far, production will be in a week or two. We already have first customers, so we already have more orders than we can produce in March, for example," said the CEO of Respiray, Indrek Neivelt. The report says the efficiency test was handled in the University of Tartu with alphavirus, which is ‘similar’ to the COVID-19 both in RNA-genome and size. “The results concluded that 99,4 percent of the virus particles were inactivated,” it says.<...
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- Texas ends statewide COVID-19 mask mandate, businesses allowed to operate at full capacity
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Business began operating at full capacity in the state of Texas on Wednesday after governor Greg Abbott announced the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Customers were spotted at local El Paisa restaurant in Garland with no face coverings, as local diners are now once again fully operational and the mask mandate ended as of Wednesday. Brandon Russo, the manager of El Paisa restaurant explained that they still require employees and customers to wear face masks.
Credit: Ruptly
#texas #covid19 #mask
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- Massive ice balls appear along beach in Latvia
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Massive ice spheres have formed on a beach in Jurmala, framing the shoreline of the Baltic Sea, as seen on Wednesday. Ice balls of different sizes scattered along the shoreline. This natural phenomenon occurs when water mixes with snowy mud to form sludge ice. The ice crystals are then transformed into spheres by sea waves.
Credit: Ruptly
#iceballs #weather #nature
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- Police and protesters come face-to-face in Armenia
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The police tried to surround opposition supporters demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who had gathered for a protest near the parliament building in Yerevan on Tuesday. Law enforcement officers were seen arriving at the scene and starting to surround rally participants.The protesters were chanting slogans and setting a large tent near the service entrance of the parliament building. Anti-Pashinyan protests originally began in November 2020 after the Armenian Prime Minister signed the Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Under the terms of the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts have officially handed control over to Azerbaijan.
Credit: Ruptly
#armenia #pashinyan #demo
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- Argentine basketball player breastfeeding baby during game
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A basketball player and mother used half-time to breastfeed her daughter, while also contributing to her team's victory, as seen during a Argentine Women's League of Basketball, in Buenos Aires, on Sunday. Images of Antonella Gonzalez feeding her baby, have gone viral, as she demonstrates how she combines her passions and priorities. During half-time of the match between Tomas de Rocamora and Velez Sarsfield, instead of joining talks with her teammates and coach, Gonzalez fed her daughter Madi in the stands. Gonzalez said, "Breastfeeding seems to me to be a taboo subject," explaining, "but the truth is that we have to take it as it is, it is a food for our children and our babies, and it is fundamental."
Credit: Ruptly
#basketball #breastfeeding #mother
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- London police arrest citizens in a park due to social distancing rules
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Police detained multiple citizens as they cleared a park in southwest London's Richmond Green on Saturday.The current nationwide lockdown forbids any social mixing between households and allows people to leave home only for limited reasons. The government has defended the measures as necessary to curb the spread of the virus and to alleviate the burden on an already strained healthcare system.
Credit: Ruptly
#london #lockdown #coronavirus
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- Anti Lockdown demonstration in Vienna (Antifa leave the scene)
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Demonstrators including COVID sceptics have gathered for a rally against government restrictions in Vienna on Saturday, March 6.
#austria #demo #wien
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- The Flying Donkey | Trapped donkey rescued by helicopter
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Firefighters from the Community of Madrid rescued by helicopter on Thursday a donkey that had become trapped among wires and brambles in the village of El Boalo, in the Madrid-area section of the Guadarrama mountain range. The owner of the animal called the emergency services when he was unable to release Olivia, the donkey who was exhausted after trying to free herself for hours. Images published by the Emergency Service of the Community of Madrid show the rescue operation of Olivia. A helicopter belonging to the Heights Rescue Group (GERA) rescued the animal who was seen suspended in the air with a special harness as it was flown over the mountains. According to local reports, with the assistance of a veterinarian, the animal was lightly sedated so that it could be transported safely. Fortunately, the donkey is reportedly progressing favourably after treatment by the vet.
Credit: Grupo Especial de Rescate en Altura (GERA)
#donkey #rescue #firefighters
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- Greenpeace activists vandalize Air France plane
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Greenpeace activists climbed over fences surrounding the tarmac at Paris' Roissy-Charles-de Gaulle's on Friday and partially painted in green an Air France aircraft.
Protesters dressed in white could be seen painting one of the sides of a Boeing 777, while others dressed in black and yellow stood on the plane's wings holding banners.
Greenpeace said the action was performed in attempt to raise awareness about the 'greenwashing' of climate change issues as well as environmental regulations.
Credit: © Greenpeace
#greenpeace #airfrance #aviation
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- Brave man rescues puppy from frozen river in Romania
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A dramatic scene ensued after a dog which had been trapped in a frozen river for minutes was rescued by a brave man in Romania. After he saw the dog fall in, the man took off most of his clothes and jumped in -- breaking the ice along as he went.
#dogs #rescue #puppy
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- Pope Francis limping very badly during visit in Iraq
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Pope was seen limping very hard during the ceremony at the Presidential Palace when he met Iraqi President Barham Salih. The pope walks with a slight limp as a result of sciatica but is otherwise in good health. The Pope’s historic visit to Iraq comes as part of an initiative to preserve Iraq’s ancient Christian communities and support the return of those Christians driven out by ISIS.
#pope #popefrancis #iraq
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- Massive explosion after SpaceX Mars rocket nails landing
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- SpaceX nearly completed the successful test flight Wednesday at its facility in South Texas. The plan is for this prototype spacecraft, called SN10, to eventually venture all the way to Mars but several minutes after a clean launch and return trip to Earth, it exploded.
Credit: Labpadre, Ruptly
#spacex #explosion #sn10
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- Frozen deer saved by locals in Kazakhstan
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Two Kazakhstan residents Abylaikhan Kuandyk and Nurzhan Makayev found a roe deer on the road on February 25. The men were intrigued by the untypical behaviour of the animal – it was standing quietly with its head down. The roe deer’s muzzle was encased in ice and snow, so the animal could hardly move or see anything. The men seized hold of the roe to rescue it and took off all ice and snow from its head. After the impromptu rescue operation the roe run away into the fields.
Credit: Nurjan Makaev, Ruptly.
#rescue #animals #wildlife
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- Amazon opens Europe's first checkout-free physical store in London
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Amazon's first check-out free physical grocery store outside the US welcomed customers in London on Thursday. The opening comes as the company has been looking to consolidate its position in fresh produce retail after previously moving into the food delivery market. After customers get inside by scanning a QR code, their actions are tracked by cameras and sensors registering everything they take from the shelves or put back. They are only sent a bill by email after leaving the shop.
Credit: Ruptly
#amazon #london #store
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- Cuomo reacts to sexual allegations, denies resignation
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo responded to recent sexual allegations during a press briefing in Albany on Wednesday, saying he was "embarrassed" for making women "uncomfortable" but refuted calls for his resignation.
"I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. It was unintentional and I truly and deeply apologise for it," an emotional Cuomo told reporters. "I feel awful about it and frankly I am embarrassed by it," he added.
Cuomo remarks come after several women recently came forward accusing the Democrat politician of sexual harassment and misconduct.
"It doesn't matter my intent. If the women were offended by it then it was wrong. If they were hurt by it, I apologise," Cuomo continued.
The governor who has faced called to quit refuted any suggestion of resigning, urging the public to wait for the "facts" to come out in a report by the attorney general.
"I am not gonna resign....
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- 8 injured in suspected terrorist stabbings in Sweden
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Police were on site after eight people have been taken to hospital following a suspected terrorist attack in Vetlanda, Sweden, on Wednesday.
At least eight people were injured with three in critical condition, according to local reports.
According to the police, a man in his 20s attacked several people around 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT).
The incident was initially classified as attempted murder but was later changed to suspected terrorism. The attacker was shot by officers at the scene and has been arrested.
Credit: Ruptly
#sweden #terroristattack #vetlanda
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- Iranian strike on US airbase in Al Anbar
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The US Defense Department released a surveillance video on Tuesday of an alleged missile attack carried out by Iran on January 8 2020 targeting US forces on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar, 180 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraq. The army footage first aired on Sunday by US TV network CBS shows a barrage of missiles crashing into a target and heavy smoke billowing out. According to the Pentagon, some 16 ballistic missiles were fired in the attack. No one was killed, but several soldiers were reportedly injured. The Iranian strike came days after the US forces killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in a drone attack.
Credit: CENTCOM, DVIDS
#missile #iran #military
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- Woman jumps into frozen pool to rescue dog
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A Tennessee woman jumped into the deep end of a frozen swimming pool to save her beloved rescue dog from going into hypothermic shock at the bottom, according to this stunning video footage. You can follow Sid the rescue pittie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sid_the_pittie/
Video Courtesy: Jeannie Tatum
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- Sex workers hold peepshow protest in the Netherlands
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A 'peepshow on wheels' booth was displayed in the centre of The Hague during a protest on Tuesday that called for a change in lockdown restrictions that would allow sex workers to return to work. As part of the protest, a sex worker and performance artist danced inside the booth as protesters gathered around with red umbrellas and signs.
Current COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed from Tuesday during an announcement made by the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, although a curfew remains in place until March 15. According to the latest government rules, contact professions including masseurs and hairdressers are allowed to reopen their businesses on Wednesday, although sex workers were left out of the change in restrictions.
In an interview, the designer of the 'Peepshow on wheels' booth Maggie Saunders explained the reasoning behind the protest initiative: "We thought this was a really great way for people to see sex workers at in a different light, as humans an...
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- Couch that turns into a coffin invented in Japan
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A Japanese funeral company has developed a couch that folds into a coffin, as seen in Kanazawa on Monday. SOCAN is a regular sofa at first look, but it can be turned into a rectangular-shaped funerary box in seconds. "We continue to make various Japanese funeral supplies, but now we are focusing on creating works that are full of originality and ideas that cannot be found anywhere else," said Nishikawa Makoto, managing director at Sanwa Bussan funeral company. Makoto explained that SOCAN is perfect for those who need a break in the middle of the day because the coffin couch "can make it totally dark."
Credit: Ruptly
#couch #coffin #japan
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- Israel launches Covid-19 tracking bracelet for travelers
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A pilot programme to test electronic bracelets designed to monitor incoming travellers during their quarantine kicked off at the Ben Gurion airport on Monday. The bracelet offers an alternative to a mandatory stay at a state-administered hotel during the quarantine period. Instead, travellers will be able to wait out the mandatory isolation time from their home. "When I entered they asked me if I wanted to go home or to a hotel so I said I want to go home. They said if you want to go home you have to use the surveillance bracelet,'' said Soliman, a traveller arriving at the airport.
Credit: Ruptly
#israel #tracking #covid19
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- Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A court delivered the verdict in the trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Monday, March 1, sentencing him to three years in prison, including two years of suspension on corruption charges. The trial focused around communications that Sarkozy and his lawyer Thierry Herzog maintained in 2014 under false identities in order to seek information in the Bettencourt affair.
Credit: Ruptly
#sarkozy #france #corruption
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- Police break up anti-lockdown rally in Amsterdam
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of Dutch anti-lockdown protesters gathered in central Amsterdam to protest against the government's measures put in place in response to the coronavirus on Sunday. Police appeared in the middle of the protest, which has been denied permission by the local authorities to force demonstrators to leave. The authorities had refused permission for the event on the grounds that it violated restrictions public gatherings put in place by the government in order to curb the spread of the virus and shield the Dutch healthcare system.
Credit: Ruptly
#amsterdam #lockdown #police
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- Anti-Lockdown demonstrators march through Copenhagen
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters marched through Copenhagen on Saturday. The demonstration comes as the government announced on Wednesday that the restrictions will be eased in March, with some schools set to reopen. The rally was organised by the 'Men In Black' movement which has held several protests in Denmark in recent months attracting thousands of supporters.
Credit: Ruptly
#denmark #København #lockdown
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- Intense anti-govt riots in Chile
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Santiago's streets were the scene of chaos on Friday, as police fired water cannons to disperse rallying protesters in the latest round of anti-government protests. Hundreds of protesters took the Chilean capital, some throwing projectiles at police vehicles who responded by detaining some and using lengthy water cannon blasts on others. Santiago has been rocked by weekly demonstrations every Friday for several months. Demonstrators are demanding the release of detained protesters, but also economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera.
Credit: Ruptly
#chile #santiago #riots
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- Vladimir Putin testing a sniper's rifle
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Throwback to when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Kalashnikov Concern’s shooting range and tested the company's brand new sniper rifle in Kubinka. After inspecting the experimental samples of the rifles, Putin shot five times with an SVCh-308 (Chukavin sniper’s rifle) rifle at a target from a distance of 600 meters. Three of the president's shots successfully hit the target. According to Kalashnikov, the SVCh-308 rifle is designed to engage the enemy's manpower at small and medium distances. It can be used in conditions of combined arms combat as well as for keeping a cover. The rifle's small dimensions allow the shooter to do without additional weapons, which increases mobility.
Credit: Ruptly
#putin #sniper #kalashnikov
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- Massive fire visible across Los Angeles
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Footage filmed early Friday morning shows a massive fire at an industrial complex in Compton, Los Angeles. The drone footage shows a large plume of smoke rising from the blaze. The fire started in stacks of pallets in a commercial yard and later spread to buses in an adjacent car park. The cause of the fire is now under investigation but no foul-play is suspected thus far.
Credit: Ruptly
#fire #losangeles #compton
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- 24-karat gold plated burgers served in a Colombian restaurant
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- As part of its pandemic rebranding, Toro McCoy, a Colombian restaurant with two branches in Bucaramanga and Bogota, is offering a new luxurious piece to its menu - a hamburger completely covered in edible 24k gold leaves. It's not a joke. On Tuesday, chefs from the Bogota branch were seen assembling the hamburger and wrapping it entirely in the golden foil. However, the process of applying the golden leaves is more complicated than it seems. "They can be damaged if they stick on your finger, there are damaged. If you don't put them right, they also get damaged," explains Maria Paula, chef at Toro McCoy. The golden burger costs 200,000 pesos (roughly €47; $57), which is a considerate amount, compared to the much cheaper burgers advertised on posters around the same area, reaching a maximum of 5,000 pesos (€1.20; $1.45).
Credit: Ruptly
#burger #gold #colombia
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- Joe Biden forgets to wear his mask
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- US President Joe Biden forgot his face mask on the podium as he left a press conference on COVID-19 vaccinations in Washington DC, on Thursday. Officials including Vice President Kamala Harris can be seen reminding him about the mask before he turns around and picks it up.
Credit: White House
#biden #mask #whitehouse
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- At least 75 inmates dead in prison riots in Ecuador
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Guayaquil locals gathered in front of the prison in the Ecuadorian city after news riots had erupted inside the prison, seen Wednesday. Family members of inmates gathered in front of the Guayaquil detention centre awaiting the news of their loved ones in distress. Local media reported gun battles and knife fights in Guayaquil, Cuenca and Latacunga prisons as rival gangs battle over control in the detention centres. Officials reported that the riots resulted in at least 75 deaths in prisons around Ecuador. Eight-hundred police officers were deployed to restore order in the detention facilities.
Credit: Ruptly
#prison #ecuador #police
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- Largest cocaine discovery ever made in Europe
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Customs police discovered and seized 16 tons of cocaine hidden in altogether 1,700 tins of wall filler placed on a container ship that arrived in the port of Hamburg from Paraguay on Friday 12 February, confirmed Head of Hamburg's customs office, Rene Matschke, in one of the customs investigation rooms on Wednesday. The seized drug has a street sales value of between 1.5 and 3.5 billion euros, which makes it the largest cocaine discovery ever made in Europe.
Credit: Ruptly
#cocaine #drugs #police
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- Safe Space Desks Designed To Protect Students From School Shootings
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A father and son team in Mississippi have invented a desk designed to provide secure shelter for children in the event of a school shooting. Todd and Donald Drummond came up with the idea for the Defender Safe Space Desk in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in which 17 were killed and an equal number wounded. The ballistic material-reinforced desk was demonstrated for use in Biloxi earlier in February. A tester was seen ducking inside the static desk and closing its door to secure herself inside. "We went into history of what was happening in a school shooting and children for the most part were virtually running around aimlessly in a school looking for a place to hide, scared, panicking, and at the same time they were being shot at or they were being chased by an intruder for whatever reason," said Todd, the father. "They had no options so what we're providing here is a first line of defence," he added.
Credit: Ruptly
#school #inv...
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- No legs, no excuses, no giving up
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Legless fitness coach, 28-year-old Du Hai from central China's Hunan province has been inspiring thousands of people online with his smile, personality and never say die attitude. "Fitness has given me a lot of help and made me more confident so that I gradually have a great passion for fitness." This fitness instructor, who usually spends more than two hours training every day, lost his legs in an accident when he was just five, but has never let that hold him back in life or in sport. "I hope that the majority of disabled people can come out [from home] and go to the gym. Even if we don't have a complete body, we should have a healthy body," Du Hai said. "As long as you keep an optimistic attitude, you think that you are no different from others, and you can live your wonderful life as well," he added.
Credit: Ruptly
#fitness #motivation #workout
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- Greece: Several arrested in clashes at anti-campus security law protest
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- 2:38
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Police detained at least 30 demonstrators, in Thessaloniki, following clashes during a protest over a recently approved campus security law on Monday. Scuffles erupted between police officers and protesters who were seen screaming while being detained. The law allows police to patrol university campuses. Opposition parties and student unions in the country decry the new law's approval saying this is against the democratic practices in the campuses.
Credit: Ruptly
#greece #protest #students
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- Joe Biden drops the N-word during virtual conference
- Runtime
- 0:25
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Joe Biden dropped the N-Bomb during his remarks at the virtual Munich Security Conference.
The global security event, held online due to coronavirus restrictions, is focusing on "Beyond Westlessness".
Credit: White House
#nword #biden #racism
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- Putin and Lukashenko go skiing in Sochi
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko hit the slopes after the high-level meeting in Sochi on Monday. The presidents went skiing and snowmobiling together at the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort followed by a formal dinner. Earlier on Monday the leaders discussed bilateral relationship between Moscow and Minsk, including trade and economic cooperation, energy, and supplying Belarus with Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
Credit: Ruptly
#putin #lukashenko #skiing
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- Kalashnikov reveals new 5.56mm AK-19 assault rifle
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Russia's Kalashnikov Group unveiled its most recent 5.56*45mm AK-19 assault rifle, made for Nato standards oriented clients, at the IDEX-2021 arms show, that kicked off on Sunday in Abu Dhabi. The new rifle is making its international debut and is expected to become 'extremely popular with visitors', according to the exhibitors, as it has 'all the modern features, that customers want to see on a modern fighting rifle" in addition to 'the legendary AK reliability.' The AK-19 was created on the basis of the AK-12 assault rifle, adopted for service by the Russian Army in 2018. The new gun is outfitted with a new diopter rear sight, Picatinny rails for mounting modern accessories and optics, as well as a telescoping buttstock, and a quick detachable flash suppressor to which a silencer can also be added. Besides the AK-19, the Kalashnikov Group also brought to Abu Dhabi its new PLK compact Lebedev pistol, which is intended to replace the long-serving Makarov, and the MP-155 Ultima shotgun ...
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- Hindenburg Disaster *ORIGINAL FOOTAGE*
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- On May 6th 1937, the German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg was destroyed in a fire whilst attempting to dock at a station in New Jersey. Theories about what exactly happened differ: at the time, it was thought to be an act of sabotage, but it is now believed that a spark, possibly caused by static build-up, ignited a fire that blazed through the hydrogen-filled craft. The ensuing inferno, which took the lives of 13 passengers, 22 crew, and one person on the ground. This is the original footage.
Credit: Prellinger Archive, Castle, Pathe. This footage is in public domain: https://archive.org/details/hindenberg_explodes
#hindenburg #zeppelin #aviation
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- Houses flooded in Austin as frozen pipes burst in Texas cold snap
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Low temperatures have caused frozen pipes to burst across Texas including Austin, where homeowner Ulises Corona showed his house flooded with litres of water after a pipe from one of the rooms exploded. "This is a massive frustration because you can practically see the damage that has been done over several days," Corona said on Saturday. "A pipe from one of the rooms burst, so the house is completely flooded," he added, "The property has 3 or 4 inches [8 or 10 cm] of water."
Credit: Ruptly
#flooding #texas #austin
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- Surf the waves on this floating bridge
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- An oceanside hotel in Zorritos beach, Peru, has begun attracting the bravest guests with its new floating platform, allowing visitors to safely walk on the waves, as could be seen on Saturday. The 155-metre-long (508 feet) pier leads the guests of 'Maliah Beach Club,' as well as other visitors, along the waves in full safety, while those behind the project say its sustainable plastic design and solar powered lighting make it environmentally friendly.
Credit: Ruptly
#surfing #waves #peru
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- Sculptures made out of seized weapons
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Soldiers belonging to Mexico's Special Forces Corps have produced impressive sculptures repurposing guns seized from organised crime groups to mark the 30th anniversary of the elite force. The first sculpture was made over a period of two months and consists of three elements, which change depending on the perspective of the viewer: a dove of peace, the Aztec God Mictlantecuhtli and the shield of the special forces. In Mexica, Mixtec and Zapotec mythology Mictlantecuhtli represents the god of the underworld, being a symbol of immortality. "From this side we can see a dove in flight, carrying an olive branch in its beak," said Herrero Felipe de Jesus Ataxca, a Special Forces Corps sergeant involved in the building of the first sculpture. "In the frontal part, the image of the God Mictlantecuhtli is observed. On the back, we can see the representative shield of the special forces corps." "Approximately 600 weapons were used. There are different, AK47, pistols of different calibres, Revol...
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- Protesters rally against vaccine passport in Melbourne
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of coronavirus-sceptics took to the streets of Melbourne on Saturday to demonstrate against the vaccine rollout they understood as mandatory. A large number of police officers apprehended a demonstrator in the middle of the street, restraining him on the floor and scattering the crowds threatening to use pepper spray against them. Protesters held various signs with messages such as "Experiment or vaccine?" as they chanted slogans saying "We will not comply."
Credit: Ruptly
#vaccine #melbourne #covid
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- Demonstrations continue in Barcelona
- Runtime
- 1:15:23
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Press TV is live from Barcelona on Friday, February 19, as protests continue over the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel. Pablo Hasel was arrested on Tuesday morning at the rectorate of the University of Lleida. Hasel, alongside a group of supporters, had barricaded himself inside the building in protest against his sentence. Protests in his support have since been taking place across the country, resulting in riots and clashes with police. According to a court ruling, Pablo Hasel faces a nine-month jail term for publishing ‘tweets with videos that incited violence,’ as well as messages that the magistrates consider to have 'exalted terrorism and humiliated the Crown and other state institutions, such as the Armed Forces and the police forces.
#barcelona #hasel #protest
