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Oxycodone

Buy a limited-edition signed Nan Goldin print for £160

Nan Goldin prints don’t come cheap. The photographer, who rose to prominence in the 1980s casting a sensitive light on New York’s fractured underground scene -- wounded by drug abuse and HIV/AIDS -- now devotes herself fully to pharmaceutical reform activism. The mystique around her work has only grown, and…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Impeachment

Biden opens 13-point advantage as Trump popularity drops to seven-month low: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Chris KahnNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has opened up a 13-point lead over President Donald Trump - the widest margin this year - according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll as Americans grow more critical of Trump over the coronavirus pandemic and protests against police brutality.In…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Orangutan

British couple are stranded in Indonesia orangutan sanctuary

A British couple have spent two months in the paradise of an Indonesian orangutan sanctuary after they were stranded there because of the coronavirus pandemic. Jeff Yip, 37, and Zuzana Barancova 36, from Staffordshire, spent two years saving to explore south-east Asia.After seeing most of the countries on their list, they…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Putin

Russia accuses leading Arctic researcher of spying for China

Moscow (CNN)Russia has accused one of its leading Arctic researchers of treason, alleging that he gave sensitive information to China. This is the latest in a string of cases where high-profile Russian scientists have found themselves in a standoff with the security services over suspected foreign contacts.Investigators allege that Valery…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

NATO

Nigel Cabourn Joins Timex for an RAF-Inspired Survival Watch

Renowned British fashion designer Nigel Cabourn has joined up with American watch brand Timex to create a vintage-inspired survival watch paying tribute to the RAF who crash-landed in the North Atlantic during World War II. The model itself is based on the design of the Vietnam-era hack watches commissioned by…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Putin

Russia Sets Up ‘Disinfection Tunnel’ To Protect Putin From Virus, State Media Says

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the novel coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, the state-controlled RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Korean War

Generals taking their war with Trump public

President Trump, in his war with the generals, should channel feisty Harry S. Truman. It was President Truman who famously fired highly decorated World War II Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. Truman took a lot of heat for it, but he stuck to his guns. He was, after…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Refugees

Egyptian Activist’s Death Puts Spotlight On Plight Of Queer Refugees

The suicide of prominent Egyptian LGBTQI rights activist Sarah Hegazi (30), while in exile in Canada, has focussed attention on the plight of queer refugees in Australia and across the world. For Renee Dixson, researcher and co-founder of the Forcibly Displaced People Network – an advocacy group for LGBTQI refugees…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

The U.S. Is Catching Up With China in Technology Adoption, AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee Says

The U.S. has started to catch up to China on the adoption of Artificial Intelligence technology, says AI expert Kai-Fu Lee. When Lee—the chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures—wrote his book AI Superpowers in 2018, he argued that China was faster in implementing and monetizing AI technology. But the U.S.…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Trickle-Down

Goldman’s global stock chief breaks down how the historically swift COVID-19 bear market stacks up against 140 years of history — and offers a look at what’s next

Courtesy photo Peter Oppenheimer is chief global equity strategist and head of macro research of global investment research at Goldman Sachs in Europe. Oppenheimer explains how investment cycles have occurred in consistent six-year cycles since 1880, almost unaffected of economic influences such ebbs and flows in inflation, collapses of major…

bubmagJune 17, 2020

Buy a limited-edition signed Nan Goldin print for £160

Biden opens 13-point advantage as Trump popularity drops to seven-month low: Reuters/Ipsos poll

British couple are stranded in Indonesia orangutan sanctuary

Russia accuses leading Arctic researcher of spying for China

Nigel Cabourn Joins Timex for an RAF-Inspired Survival Watch

Russia Sets Up ‘Disinfection Tunnel’ To Protect Putin From Virus, State Media Says

Generals taking their war with Trump public

Egyptian Activist’s Death Puts Spotlight On Plight Of Queer Refugees

The U.S. Is Catching Up With China in Technology Adoption, AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee Says

Goldman’s global stock chief breaks down how the historically swift COVID-19 bear market stacks up against 140 years of history — and offers a look at what’s next

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