bubmag

Pikachu

There’s a new Pokemon trading card set that’s aimed at beginners and lapsed fans

2020-08-01 08:00:00by Chris CarterI want to get back into this so badI play a lot of card games. Competitive, cooperative: I'll try them all. That's partially why I've dipped in and out of the Pokemon Trading Card Game since 1998. While I'm generally not down with blind box collectible packs,…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Hurricane

Hurricane Isaias churns through Bahamas as Florida prepares

A moto-taxi driver moves through a street flooded by rain brought by the outer bands of Hurricane Isaias, in the Tabarre district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Friday, July 31, 2020. Isaias kept on a path early Friday toward the U.S. East Coast as it approached the Bahamas. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Doping Test

Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials

Crystal structure of GeSnPbSSeTe, a semiconducting entropy-stabilized chalcogenide alloy. The yellow atoms are cations (Ge, Sn, Pb) and the blue atoms are anions (S, Se, Te). The difference in lightness corresponds to different species of the anions and cations. The configurational entropy from the disorder of both the anion and…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Vietnam

Mexico third in global pandemic deaths, Vietnam struggles anew

Mexico now has the third most Covid-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil, while former success story Vietnam is struggling to control an outbreak spreading in its most famous beach resort. China reported a more than 50 per cent drop in newly confirmed cases in a…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Ukraine

Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah

Israeli health officials are “nervous” about what will happen when the pilgrims return, Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich said. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA AUGUST 1, 2020 08:23 Jews are pictured making the pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) The Ukrainian…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Vietnam

Mexico 3rd in global pandemic deaths, Vietnam struggles anew

Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States, where a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast on Saturday is threatening to complicate efforts to contain the virus. Hurricane Isaias’ imminent arrival forced the closure of some outdoor testing sites even…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Bolsonaro

‘People die every day, that’s life’: Bolsonaro still shrugs off pandemic even as Brazil nears 100,000 dead

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pictured on July 30. Photo: Alan Santos/Palacio Planalto/DPAJair Bolsonaro has long tried to play down the coronavirus, even as infections surged past 2.6 million and he himself fell ill with a bout of Covid-19 Now the far-right leader is urging Brazilians to ‘face up to’ the…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Impeachment

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman retires, cites ‘bullying’ by Trump after impeachment testimony

Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAYPublished 11:42 AM EDT Aug 1, 2020WASHINGTON – The retirement of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment of President Donald Trump, becomes official on Saturday.Vindman submitted his retirement request July 7, one day after his promotion to colonel had been approved by the Pentagon,…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro: Nothing to fear from catching coronavirus

Updated / Saturday, 1 Aug 2020 12:12 President Jair Bolsonaro says nearly everyone in Brazil will probably contract coronavirus Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has said that nearly everyone will probably end up catching the coronavirus, and he has urged Brazilians to "face up to it", saying there was nothing to…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

Hurricane

Hurricane warning now in place for part of Florida as Isaias approaches

Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Isaias, expected to touchdown on the Sunshine State on Sunday before it moves up the U.S. East Coast.With maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, the storm was downgraded form a hurricane Saturday afternoon. It moved over the Straits of Florida Saturday night before approaching…

bubmagAugust 1, 2020

There’s a new Pokemon trading card set that’s aimed at beginners and lapsed fans

Hurricane Isaias churns through Bahamas as Florida prepares

Scientists discover new class of semiconducting entropy-stabilized materials

Mexico third in global pandemic deaths, Vietnam struggles anew

Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah

Mexico 3rd in global pandemic deaths, Vietnam struggles anew

‘People die every day, that’s life’: Bolsonaro still shrugs off pandemic even as Brazil nears 100,000 dead

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman retires, cites ‘bullying’ by Trump after impeachment testimony

Bolsonaro: Nothing to fear from catching coronavirus

Hurricane warning now in place for part of Florida as Isaias approaches

General Information

Ask me anything