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Kashgar

Govt vows greater transparency in second phase of CPEC

ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday vowed greater transparency and lesser reliance on loans during the second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). CPEC Authority Chairman and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information retired Lt Gen Asim Bajwa said the Phase-II of CPEC would be started after “full preparation and…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Elon Musk

Tesla wants a $68M property tax break to locate its Cybertruck gigafactory near Austin

Tesla is seeking up to $68 million in property tax abatement from a Texas school district to build a factory that will be used to produce Model Y crossovers for the East Coast market as well as its upcoming Cybertruck pickup. The application to the Del Valle School District located in…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Skateboard

EA Finally Announces SKATE’s Return

EA Finally Announces SKATE’s Return More than a decade after the acclaimed Skate 3, the fourth game in EA’s beloved Skate series has officially—finally—been announced. Get ready to dive back into the skateboarding video game that puts the emphasis on player moves. “We’re back,” says creative director Chris “Cuz” Parry.…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Nukes

Chaos in the Koreas sees Kim Jong Un’s sister emerge stronger than ever

Hong Kong (CNN)On a crisp winter day two years ago, Kim Yo Jong took her first step to becoming the powerful politician her father thought she would be.It was February 10, 2018. The youngest child of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had already made history by becoming the…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Feudalism

Neo-Feudalism in California

From the beginning, California promised much. While yet barely a name on the map, it entered American awareness as a symbol of renewal. It was a final frontier: of geography and of expectation.—Kevin Starr, Americans and the California Dream: 1850–1915 In the eyes of both those who live here and…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Christchurch

NZ police arrest alleged gunman after police officer killed

New Zealand police have arrested an alleged gunman and charged him with the murder of a police officer after an hours-long manhunt west of Auckland.Key points:A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the shootingThe man is set to appear in court tomorrow Last year NZ enacted new gun…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Tesla

Tesla employees are holding a Juneteenth rally at the company’s California factory

A small group of Tesla employees and community organizers are holding a rally on Friday in the parking lot of the company’s Fremont, California car factory on June 19th, or Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. The people behind the protest want Tesla…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Facebook removes Trump ads displaying symbol used by Nazis

WASHINGTON — Facebook on Thursday removed advertisements posted on its platform by the Trump campaign that prominently featured a symbol used by Nazis to classify political prisoners in concentration camps during World War II, saying the imagery violated company policy.The Trump campaign had used the ads, with a picture of…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Star Wars

Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay trailer reveals a true X-Wing successor

Home News Gaming (Image credit: EA/Lucasfilm) EA has released a gameplay trailer for Star Wars: Squadrons, the space combat game revealed earlier this week. It's touted as 'the definitive Star Wars pilot experience', and it looks terrific. Here's the trailer:It's played entirely in first-person for realism, with the entire HUD is…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Star Wars

Everything Announced At EA Play Live 2020

Screenshot: Kotaku (EA)Electronic Arts had a small slate of announcements for its not-E3 presentation today, including a new Skate game that is very early in development, Apex Legends coming to Switch, and more details on Star Wars: Squadrons. Here’s the complete rundown.Skate is coming back—eventually.They have “a long way to…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Govt vows greater transparency in second phase of CPEC

Tesla wants a $68M property tax break to locate its Cybertruck gigafactory near Austin

EA Finally Announces SKATE’s Return

Chaos in the Koreas sees Kim Jong Un’s sister emerge stronger than ever

Neo-Feudalism in California

NZ police arrest alleged gunman after police officer killed

Tesla employees are holding a Juneteenth rally at the company’s California factory

Facebook removes Trump ads displaying symbol used by Nazis

Star Wars: Squadrons gameplay trailer reveals a true X-Wing successor

Everything Announced At EA Play Live 2020

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