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Hydrogen

Trucks will be the first phase of hydrogen-powered vehicles

After years of unmet promises, hydrogen vehicles could finally be catching on. If so, it'll be a convoy of clean semi-trucks — not a bunch of quirky passenger cars — leading the way.The big picture: We've been hearing about zero-emission, fuel-cell vehicles for decades as the answer to our worries…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Peace

World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

NIAMEY, Niger: The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger in regions facing conflict and hardship at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has driven millions more people to the brink of starvation. The Rome-based United Nations agency has long specialized…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Recycling

2 remote Japan towns seek to host nuclear waste storage site

TOKYO (AP) — Two remote towns in northern Japan struggling with rapidly graying and shrinking populations signed up Friday to possibly host a high-level radioactive waste storage site as a means of economic survival.Japanese utilities have about 16,000 tons of highly radioactive spent fuel rods stored in cooling pools or…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Cursor

Crucial first fueling test on tap for SLS core stage later this month

The first Space Launch System core stage on the B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASAIf all goes according to plan, engineers in southern Mississippi later this month will load cryogenic propellants into the core stage of a rocket NASA says will launch astronauts back…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Hongkong

Extradition hearing set for U.S. teenager in Wisconsin protest shootings

FILE PHOTO: Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, appears during a court hearing in Lake County, Illinois, U.S., September 25, 2020 in this frame grab taken from a live stream of the court proceedings. 19th Judicial…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

TikTok

News24.com | Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral content’

TikTok is the latest app to be banned in Pakistan. In recent months, several dating apps including Tinder have also been banned.The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said TikTok had failed to adhere to warnings.Pakistani TikTokers have decried the ban saying that it is unfair and unjustified.Pakistan on Friday banned the wildly…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Korean War

Zhang Yimou to direct ‘sharpshooter’ film commemorating 70th anniversary of Korean War

(Global Times) Renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou will direct a film about the story of a Chinese sniper defeating American enemies in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), also known as the Korean War, Chinese media said on Thursday.The film will have high expectations from industry insiders…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Bubble

One Day At A Time: The Return Of Groove Armada

One of the most influential dance acts of all time, Groove Armada are back with an absolute belter of an album ‘Edge Of The Horizon’, their first studio LP after a ten-year hiatus. Things sure have changed on Walton’s mountain since the crazy days of the 1990’s – Andy Cato…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

TikTok

Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral and indecent’ content

Pakistan has banned the TikTok app for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, regulators have said.The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said the ban was due to "complaints from different segments of the society against immoral and indecent content on the video-sharing application". TikTok reportedly has 20 million monthly…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Climate Change

Climate Change May Cause More Storms to Rapidly Intensify as Delta Did

An unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season is showing no signs of letting up. Hurricane Delta is currently churning toward the Gulf Coast, expected to make landfall in Louisiana later today. Delta is the 25th named storm this season and the ninth hurricane. It’s the earliest in the year that any…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Trucks will be the first phase of hydrogen-powered vehicles

World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

2 remote Japan towns seek to host nuclear waste storage site

Crucial first fueling test on tap for SLS core stage later this month

Extradition hearing set for U.S. teenager in Wisconsin protest shootings

News24.com | Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral content’

Zhang Yimou to direct ‘sharpshooter’ film commemorating 70th anniversary of Korean War

One Day At A Time: The Return Of Groove Armada

Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral and indecent’ content

Climate Change May Cause More Storms to Rapidly Intensify as Delta Did

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