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Feudalism

The Problem With Putinology

By most accounts, the Cold War came to end in 1991. Soviet defeat equaled the victory of the West. The Washington consensus set the economic terms. Democracies were proliferating after 1991, and on the horizon a rules-based liberal international order was more and more clearly emerging, a global analog to…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Pope Francis

News24.com | Pope’s ex-envoy faces French trial on sex assault charges

Italian bishop Luigi Ventura, the Apostolic Nuncio to France, attends a mass in Lourdes, southern France, as part of the annual Plenary session of French bishops. Pope Francis's former ambassador to France, Luigi Ventura, will go on trial in Paris in November for alleged sexual assault, sources told AFP on…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

’86 years of longing’: Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens for Muslim prayers

ISTANBUL — Thousands of Turks gathered near Hagia Sophia early on Friday for the first prayers there since President Tayyip Erdogan declared the monument, revered by Christians and Muslims for almost 1,500 years, a mosque once again.Crowds formed at checkpoints surrounding the historic heart of Istanbul, where thousands of police…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Recycling

Kenyan recycling firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan urban farmer Francis Wachira credits a soil recycling company with keeping him afloat financially during the coronavirus crisis: it helped him to start producing herbs and vegetables on his tiny Nairobi plot. Ted Gachanga and Michael Kanywiria agronomists who co-own Sprout Organic company display samples of…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Thousands gather around Hagia Sophia for first Friday prayers

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan joined huge crowds on Friday for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades, sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam. After the call to prayer rang out from four minarets…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Tories and Labour

Alberta NDP raises dramatically more in donations than the UCP during second quarter

Alberta's United Conservative Party, it turns out, is almost as bad at governing as it is good at campaigning. That's probably a better place to be from a political party's perspective than the opposite, as could credibly said of the Alberta NDP, which with 20/20 hindsight looks as if it…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Star Wars

Disney delays release of Mulan, Star Wars and Avatar

Disney has removed its big-budget remake of Mulan from its release schedule and has pushed back dates for four Avatar films and three Star Wars movies amid the coronavirus outbreak. This is the fourth delay for Mulan, which stars Lui Yifei in the title role. It was due to be…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Blockchain

Visa to provide easy ways to spend from crypto wallets

Since less than two months ago, many global investors, and traders have been rushing to have a stake in the second most valuable crypto known as Ether. Data retrieved from Santiment Research Company, a crypto analytic firm, revealed that Ethereum’s total coin supply held off exchanges continues to rise, and…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Drones

Harry and Meghan sue over paparazzi photos of son

Updated / Friday, 24 Jul 2020 07:22 The couple say drones were used to photograph their son Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have begun legal action in Los Angeles after drones were allegedly used to take pictures of their 14-month-old son Archie. A complaint filed at the Los…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

Trade War

Airbus offers final concession to ease jet subsidy row

Europe's Airbus said today it was amending French and Spanish government loans in a "final" bid to reverse US tariffs and jog the US into settling a 16-year-old dispute over billions of dollars of aircraft subsidies. The planemaker said it had agreed to pay higher interest rates on two loans…

bubmagJuly 24, 2020

The Problem With Putinology

News24.com | Pope’s ex-envoy faces French trial on sex assault charges

’86 years of longing’: Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens for Muslim prayers

Kenyan recycling firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming

Thousands gather around Hagia Sophia for first Friday prayers

Alberta NDP raises dramatically more in donations than the UCP during second quarter

Disney delays release of Mulan, Star Wars and Avatar

Visa to provide easy ways to spend from crypto wallets

Harry and Meghan sue over paparazzi photos of son

Airbus offers final concession to ease jet subsidy row

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