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Himalayan flashpoint could spiral out of control as India and China face off Nuclear Weapons

Himalayan flashpoint could spiral out of control as India and China face off

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe forces of two nuclear weapons states have set about each other with clubs and rocks at one of the most forbidding flashpoints in the world, in a bloody incident that highlights the constant dangers posed by expansionist nationalism.Related: India says 20 soldiers killed on disputed Himalayan…
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June 17, 2020
Pence Says All 50 States Reopening In ‘Responsible Manner.’ Fauci Says Otherwise. Propaganda

Pence Says All 50 States Reopening In ‘Responsible Manner.’ Fauci Says Otherwise.

Vice President Mike Pence painted a rosy ― and misleading ― portrait of the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus and the current state of the crisis in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal. In one section, Pence, whom President Donald Trump appointed in late February to…
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June 17, 2020
Elon Musk: ‘SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports’ for its Starship rocket to reach the moon, Mars, and fly passengers around Earth Elon Musk

Elon Musk: ‘SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports’ for its Starship rocket to reach the moon, Mars, and fly passengers around Earth

This week SpaceX posted two new jobs for "offshore operations engineers" in Brownsville, Texas.Elon Musk, who founded the aerospace company in 2002, all but confirmed in a tweet on Tuesday that the jobs are to help build "floating, superheavy-class spaceports" for its next-generation Starship vehicle.Ocean-platform launches as a concept is…
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June 17, 2020
‘This is my year’s earnings’: Nepal’s tourism industry is reeling after the Everest climbing season was canceled Air Pollution

‘This is my year’s earnings’: Nepal’s tourism industry is reeling after the Everest climbing season was canceled

Nepal's tourism industry is reeling after the coronavirus forced an early end to the Mount Everest climbing season.Over 1 million workers in Nepal, from Sherpas to cooks, rely on tourism, which brings $700 million to the economy each year.A lengthy lockdown has put thousands of people in financial difficulty.View more…
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June 16, 2020
Nikola Motors, a Tesla competitor with zero revenue, is worth $23 billion. That doesn’t faze its founder. (NKLA) Hydrogen

Nikola Motors, a Tesla competitor with zero revenue, is worth $23 billion. That doesn’t faze its founder. (NKLA)

Nikola Motors is worth $23 billion despite zero sales or revenue. Founder and chairman Trevor Milton told CNBC that's because investors "don't care." Instead, they care about reducing emissions and the promise of Nikola's technology. While Tesla has its eyes on a battery powered semi-truck, Nikola is eyeing hydrogen fuel cells. Visit Business Insider's…
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June 16, 2020