Thursday, 22 April 2021, 4:13 pm
US Strategic Command, the branch of the US military
responsible for America s nuclear arsenal, tweeted
the following on Tuesday: The spectrum of conflict
today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for
the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which
could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear
use as their least bad option.
The statement, which
STRATCOM called a preview of the Posture Statement it
submits to US Congress every year, was a bit intense for
Twitter and sparked
a lot of alarmed responses. This alarm was due not to
any inaccuracy in STRATCOM s frank statement, but due to the
Home / International / Putin says Russia developing high-tech nuclear & laser weapons, warning ‘provocateurs’ will regret crossing country’s red lines
Putin says Russia developing high-tech nuclear & laser weapons, warning ‘provocateurs’ will regret crossing country’s red linesInternational 2021-04-22, by Editor Comments Off 0
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the vast majority of the country’s Soviet-era atomic stockpile will soon be replaced by modern weapons, warning that Moscow is intent on defending itself against foreign aggression.
Speaking as part of his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow on Wednesday, Putin said that his government “wants to have positive relationships with everyone on the international stage, including those with whom relations have broken down recently. We really don’t want to burn bridges.”
This Seattle Software Startup Just Raised $25 Million To Help Immigrants Come To The U.S.
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Boundless Immigration CEO Xiao Wang (center), cofounder Serday Sutay (center right) and colleagues are looking to build a software hub for the immigration process.
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When Boundless Immigration CEO Xiao Wang’s parents immigrated to the the U.S. from their native Nanjing, China, Xiao had to be left behind with relatives. At age three, he joined his parents, both of whom had studied at Arizona State University. To reunite, the family had paid about five months of rent on attorneys, then poured much of their savings into the hands of a fixer to guide them through the high-stakes naturalization process.
April 19, 2021
Employees at a variety of workplaces are filing OSHA complaints about the risk of COVID-19 spread on the job.
Maritza Alarcón quickly wrote a will to leave her family last fall while battling COVID-19.
She believes she contracted the disease working as a hotel housekeeper in Boston.
“I think they should do a better job, better ventilation,” Alarcón said.
Masks are required for staff and guests in common areas.
The hotel says it follows industry guidelines to filter the air.
But a year into the airborne pandemic, there are still no national mandatory COVID standards for air ventilation and filtration that apply to all workplaces.