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Nuclear Weapons

How Trump’s China obsession could derail nuclear arms control, in one tweet

If you want to understand just how badly US negotiations to control the spread of nuclear weapons are going, all you need to do is look at a tweet from the country’s top arms control negotiator. On Monday, Marshall Billingslea began two days of talks with his Russian counterpart over…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Neymar

Fiorentina: ‘Evaluating Thiago Silva’

Fiorentina director Joe Barone did not deny talks with Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva. ‘We’re evaluating opportunities.’ The Viola have been heavily linked with the Brazilian, who will be a free agent when his PSG contract expires on June 30. “I read many rumours in the newspapers, we work with…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

NOAA

Massive Sahara dust plume crosses Atlantic Ocean, could make US skies hazy

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley shared this view of the Sahara dust plume on June 21. NASA/Doug Hurley It's not just hurricanes we have to worry about in the Atlantic in 2020. A tremendous dust plume generated by the Sahara desert in northern Africa has crossed the ocean and is impacting…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Paris

Rights watchdog urges France to fight racial discrimination

PARIS (AP) — France’s human rights watchdog on Monday urged authorities to take key measures to fight racial discrimination as the country has seen a series of anti-racism gatherings in the wake of the death of George Floyd in the U.S.In an 80-page report, France’s defender of rights, Jacques Toubon,…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Holocaust

Construction of Austrian Holocaust victims’ memorial begins

VIENNA (Reuters) - Construction of Austria's first public monument naming all the country's Holocaust victims began on Monday, a further step by Adolf Hitler's native land towards confronting an issue it has long struggled with.For decades after World War Two, Austria denied responsibility for crimes committed by the Nazis, arguing…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Holocaust

Construction of Austrian Holocaust victims’ memorial begins

Chief cantor of the Vienna Jewish community Shmuel Barzilai prays during the groundbreaking ceremony of the memorial to the Jewish children, women and men of Austria who were murdered in the Shoah, in Vienna, Austria, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerVIENNA (Reuters) - Construction of Austria’s first public monument naming all…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Antibiotics

Click… Resistant bacteria caught in the act

As humanity fights against the coronavirus, the battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria continuesScientists at UCLouvain have succeeded in capturing unique images of protein soldiers that help bacteria resist drugs. This discovery is published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Chemical BiologyThe image recordings will make it possible to develop new…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Sky-Diving

Did You Know: Any Plane Carrying President Trump Is Technically ‘Air Force One’

Currently, there are two heavily modified Boeing VC-25 aircraft – a military version of the Boeing 747 – that are used to transport the President of the United States on official business. This fleet is operated by the United States Air Force as "Air Force One," but only when the…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Brasilia

Brazil’s Maia says Congress likely to vote new environmental license rules in August

By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadBRASILIA, June 22 (Reuters) - Brazil’s lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia on Monday said Congress is likely to vote new environmental licensing bill in August, following long-running demands from the country’s agricultural sector.Maia added that the existing rules are burdensome and hold back investments in the…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

Genocide

Sovereignty

1. A Definition of Sovereignty In his classic, The King’s Two Bodies (1957), medievalist Ernst Kantorowicz describes a profound transformation in the concept of political authority over the course of the Middle Ages. The change began when the concept of the body of Christ evolved into a notion of two…

bubmagJune 22, 2020

How Trump’s China obsession could derail nuclear arms control, in one tweet

Fiorentina: ‘Evaluating Thiago Silva’

Massive Sahara dust plume crosses Atlantic Ocean, could make US skies hazy

Rights watchdog urges France to fight racial discrimination

Construction of Austrian Holocaust victims’ memorial begins

Construction of Austrian Holocaust victims’ memorial begins

Click… Resistant bacteria caught in the act

Did You Know: Any Plane Carrying President Trump Is Technically ‘Air Force One’

Brazil’s Maia says Congress likely to vote new environmental license rules in August

Sovereignty

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