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Xi Jinping

Anti-China demonstration held outside Oppo factory in Greater Noida, 32 protesters booked

Scores of people burnt the flag of China and an effigy of the country's president Xi Jinping as they protested outside the factory of Chinese phone maker Oppo in Greater Noida in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday. The protest was held to raise a call for boycotting Chinese products in…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Christchurch

‘Lost memories’: War crimes evidence threatened by AI moderation

From bombings and protests to the opening of a new health centre, student journalist Baraa Razzouk has been documenting daily life in Idlib, Syria, for years, and posting the videos to his YouTube account. But this month, the 21-year-old started getting automated emails from YouTube alerting him that his videos…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Holocaust

Brazilian Pastor Prays for Another Holocaust to “Destroy the Jews Like Vermin”

It’s one thing for churches to advocate belief in the supernatural. It’s another when they’re literally asking God to bring about another Holocaust — not metaphorically — in order to “destroy the Jews like vermin.” That was allegedly the case at Brazil’s Geracao Jesus Cristo church, where Pastor Tupirani da…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Berlin Wall

Lenin statue unveiled in western Germany after legal battle…

Gelsenkirchen (Germany) (AFP) - A divisive new monument to Soviet leader Lenin was unveiled in Germany on Saturday, in the middle of a global row over the controversial background of historical figures immortalised as statues.More than 30 years after the post-World War II communist experiment on German soil ended, the…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Virtual Reality

Google Making AR/VR More Immersive On Consumer Devices

San Francisco: A team of Google researchers has created a new technology to take the immersive augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences to a new level.New research shows the ability to record, reconstruct, compress, and deliver high-quality immersive light field videos, lightweight enough to be streamed over regular…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Chinese Economy

Is China Threatening America’s Dominance In The Digital Space?

The Digital Silk Road is one of the flagship projects in China's Belt & Road Initiative Mercator Institute for China Studies The Digital Silk Road As one of China’s grand proposals within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Digital Silk Road (DSR) project was introduced in March 2015. The DSR…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Korean War

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bubmagJune 20, 2020

Ukraine

CFIA investigating death of 38 dogs on Toronto-bound flight from Ukraine

TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating after dozens of dogs were found dead or sick on a flight from Ukraine at a Toronto airport. TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating after dozens of dogs were found dead or sick on a flight from Ukraine at a Toronto airport.…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Star Wars

Star Wars: Squadrons doesn’t have microtransactions, isn’t a live-service game

"Our mindset has been very old-school." Star Wars: Squadrons does not have microtransactions and is not a live service game, EA has said.Speaking to Game Informer, Motive Studios' creative director Ian Frazier confirmed the promising-looking Star Wars space battle game is "complete and great in its own right"."Our mindset has been…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Unwelcome Refugees

World Refugee Day: German foreign minister calls for greater protections for refugees

On World Refugee Day, Germany’s foreign minister has called for increased protection of refugees. The number of people displaced by war and conflict is nearly equal to the population of Germany. On the occasion of World Refugee Day — recognized annually on June 20 — Germany's foreign minister called for…

bubmagJune 20, 2020

Anti-China demonstration held outside Oppo factory in Greater Noida, 32 protesters booked

‘Lost memories’: War crimes evidence threatened by AI moderation

Brazilian Pastor Prays for Another Holocaust to “Destroy the Jews Like Vermin”

Lenin statue unveiled in western Germany after legal battle…

Google Making AR/VR More Immersive On Consumer Devices

Is China Threatening America’s Dominance In The Digital Space?

May I have a word with you? [KT]

CFIA investigating death of 38 dogs on Toronto-bound flight from Ukraine

Star Wars: Squadrons doesn’t have microtransactions, isn’t a live-service game

World Refugee Day: German foreign minister calls for greater protections for refugees

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