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Times Square

McDonald’s closes Times Square flagship

McDonald’s on 220 West 42nd Street (Getty, iStock) It’s the end of an era. McDonald’s closed its Times Square flagship restaurant and is shifting focus to its more upscale — and contactless — new location at the Bow Tie Building at 1530 Broadway, the New York Post reported. The final…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Earth‘s Climate

‘Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing’: Record Warming In Siberia Worries Scientists

MOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world. The thermometer hit a likely record of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian Arctic town…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Star Wars

A New Star Wars Fan Theory Explains the Real Reason Yoda Went Into Exile on Dagobah

If you’ll remember, the Jedi Council didn’t exactly have its shit together in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The Council’s members—which included powerful Jedi like Mace Windu and Yoda—sat in a fancy room and talked politics. (Instead of, you know, heroing across the galaxy.) They let the whole Anakin Skywalker…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Matteo Salvini

Dozens of migrants test positive for coronavirus at sea

Dozens of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean test positive for coronavirus after being brought to SicilyThe 28 migrants are being held in quarantine on a ship off the coast of Sicily German NGO SeaWatch who rescue migrants have been testing refugees at sea Handful of positive cases have also been recorded among…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Brown Coal

German cabinet backs 4.3 billion euros for utilities over brown coal phase-out

FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the lignite power plant complex of German energy supplier and utility RWE in Neurath, north-west of Cologne, Germany, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File PhotoBERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a 4.3 billion euro ($4.9 billion) compensation package…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

eSports

Esports & Cybersecurity: Why You Need to Stay Protected – 2020 Guide

Img source: independent.co.uk Esports is booming. Recent market research revealed that the industry’s value is set to hit a whopping US 1.8 billion dollars in the next few years. The rise of esports was given a further boost with millions of players and fans around the world turning to the…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Chinese Economy

China’s Recovery And The Problems With Our Own Rebound

What type of recession? The usual reason for a recession is that the Federal Reserve raises interest rates in order to wring inflation out of the system. We've sorta forgotten that as the last two recessions haven't been like that at all. The last one was because of the housing…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Paul Newman

Wish You Could See Top Gun: Maverick? Here’s What to Watch Instead

If this were a normal week, moviegoers would be heading to theaters to see the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. But as everyone knows, there is nothing normal about this week or anything else at the moment. Movie theaters around the country remain closed on account of…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Free Internet

After OTF takeover, Trump appointee faces pressure from lawmakers and courts

After an abrupt takeover of the Open Technology Fund (OTF) last week, pressure is mounting against Michael Pack, the newly appointed CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). A longtime ally of Steve Bannon, critics say the new appointee is adding a partisan slant to the agency, which…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama on the COVID-19, Trump, and “old thinking” in America

Dalai Lama talks pandemic, protests and Trump Tokyo — Maintaining optimism and calm amidst a pandemic isn't easy. But the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists, says there are still reasons to be thankful. The Dalai Lama is staying safely isolated from the coronanvirus at his home high…

bubmagJune 24, 2020

McDonald’s closes Times Square flagship

‘Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing’: Record Warming In Siberia Worries Scientists

A New Star Wars Fan Theory Explains the Real Reason Yoda Went Into Exile on Dagobah

Dozens of migrants test positive for coronavirus at sea

German cabinet backs 4.3 billion euros for utilities over brown coal phase-out

Esports & Cybersecurity: Why You Need to Stay Protected – 2020 Guide

China’s Recovery And The Problems With Our Own Rebound

Wish You Could See Top Gun: Maverick? Here’s What to Watch Instead

After OTF takeover, Trump appointee faces pressure from lawmakers and courts

The Dalai Lama on the COVID-19, Trump, and “old thinking” in America

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