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China's Strategy

China and India Just Fought a Weird, Bloody Battle at 14,000 Feet. Why?

Anadolu Agency/GettyKARACHI—The battle raged for hours between two nuclear powers on Monday, fought in a contested valley high in the legendary Karakoram mountain range. But the weapons used were as primitive as they were brutal: iron rods wrapped in barbed wire, bare fists, and anything that came to hand. When…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Soundcloud

SiriusXM buys Simplecast to grow its burgeoning podcast empire

In a move that's likely to lead to even more competition in the already hotly contested podcasting space, SiriusXM announced Wednesday it's acquiring Simplecast. The platform gives independent and enterprise podcasters tools to publish their audio content. It also comes with a suite of analytics to measure audience engagement.SiriusXM says the…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Catalonia

One of the world’s biggest sports leagues doesn’t like politics — except when it does

The world's most lucrative football league doesn't like political protests — except when it does. The English Premier League resumes behind closed doors Wednesday evening basking in the reflected glory of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals, which forced the U.K. government to reverse policy and…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Green Deal

Is ‘revenge travel’ an environmental disaster waiting to happen?

last updated: 17/06/2020 - 18:44 In China, normal life is starting to resume after the country was on strict lockdown for a matter of months. But as a result, a new phenomenon of COVID-19 induced ‘revenge spending’ has swept the nation.One Hermès flagship store in Guangzhou made €2.4 million on…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Android

Here’s what’s coming to Disney+ Canada in July 2020

Disney has unveiled all of the new titles coming to Disney+ in Canada in July 2020. July 3rd Animal ER (S1-2) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Ice Age: Collision Course Ice Road Rescue (S1-4) Race to Witch Mountain (2009) The Big Green The Mighty Ducks Hamilton – Film…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Alibaba

Live Protest Updates: Barclays Center Welcomes Protesters In Brooklyn

Dashed Arrow On June 12, 2020 Gretchen Robinette / Gothamist Here's the latest: NYPD Uses Dramatic, Ominous Music To Sensationalize Investigation Into ProtestersBarclays Center Welcomes Protesters In BrooklynCheck Out The Running List Of Protests Planned For Wednesday, June 17th"Where Are The Good Cops?": Protesters Share Accounts Of Police Violence At…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

China's Strategy

History, the stand-off, and policy worth rereading

The deadly clashes at Galwan and the ongoing standoff between India and China on the ridges or “fingers” around the Pangong Tso are a metaphor for the wider conflict between the two countries over all the areas that Chinese strategy refers to as the “five fingers of the Tibetan palm”.…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Putin

Putin is facing growing anger in Russia

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout have been the top concern of people across the world and naturally this has affected ratings of governments and heads of state. In some places, those in power struggling with unpopularity have managed to gain public support. For example, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Silk Road

A British Department Store’s Disastrous Experiment In Human Display

This piece appears in the upcoming Volume Five of our print magazine. Pre-order your copy today. The cost is currently pay-what-you-can to take into account current economic hardships. The winter that spanned the end of 1885 and early 1886 was one of the coldest London had witnessed in decades. Snow…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

1619 Slavery

Hillary’s VP Candidate Tim Kaine Makes Wildly False Claim About US and Slavery

Democratic deception doesn’t get much lower. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the man who came within a hair’s breadth of the vice presidency of the United States in the 2016 election, took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to offer a staggeringly inaccurate history of slavery in North America.…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

China and India Just Fought a Weird, Bloody Battle at 14,000 Feet. Why?

SiriusXM buys Simplecast to grow its burgeoning podcast empire

One of the world’s biggest sports leagues doesn’t like politics — except when it does

Is ‘revenge travel’ an environmental disaster waiting to happen?

Here’s what’s coming to Disney+ Canada in July 2020

Live Protest Updates: Barclays Center Welcomes Protesters In Brooklyn

History, the stand-off, and policy worth rereading

Putin is facing growing anger in Russia

A British Department Store’s Disastrous Experiment In Human Display

Hillary’s VP Candidate Tim Kaine Makes Wildly False Claim About US and Slavery

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