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Nukes

Macron demands release of French-Iranian academic Adelkhah

PARIS (Reuters) - France demanded on Friday that Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, whom Tehran has sentenced to six years in prison, be released immediately, saying her detention was harming trust between the two countries."One year ago, Fariba Adelkhah was arbitrarily arrested in Iran. It is unacceptable that she is still…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Hurricane

Poisonous Toads Invade South Florida in Latest Sign of the Apocalypse

Ugh, no thanks.Photo: GettyFirst, there were murder hornets. Now, invasive, poisonous toads are the latest bizarre creature to go wild in the U.S. As South Florida enters its wet season aka hurricane season, the cane toad—an ugly, warty, brown amphibian with poison can kill pet dogs—is thriving. That’s not only…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Clearview

Do coronavirus masks provide protest protection?

Josh Peter USA TODAYPublished 1:06 AM EDT Jun 6, 2020Arsonists, looters and rioters who think they evaded U.S. law enforcement this past week because they wore face masks might be in for a surprise.Not long after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended wearing cloth face coverings to slow…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Antarctica

New Zealand military buys five Lockheed Hercules planes for $1bn

Hercules transport planes in New Zealand's existing fleet are more than 50 years old New Zealand's military said on Friday that it would buy five Super Hercules transport planes from United States manufacturer Lockheed Martin for $1bn. The planes will replace the military's existing fleet of Hercules planes, all of…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Kashmir

Beijing’s military adventurism in the Himalayas is risky. The world is big enough for the rise of India and China

Gen. Bikram Singh was the former 25th Chief of the Indian Army Staff. He commanded the Eastern Command and the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. A graduate of the US Army War College, he also served as deputy force commander of a multi-nation UN Peace Keeping Mission in Congo and as a…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Orangutan

WWF-Indonesia using machine learning to save critically endangered orangutans

World Wildlife Fund for Nature Indonesia (WWF-Indonesia) is on a mission to save critically endangered orangutans in Indonesia.According to WWF, Bornean orangutan populations have declined by more than 50% over the past 60 years and the species' habitat has been reduced by at least 55% over the past 20 years.…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Antarctica

Lunar Eclipse 2020 Live Stream: How to watch live streaming of Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in India

By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 5, 2020 10:31:33 pm Lunar Eclipse 2020 Live Streaming: During a penumbral eclipse, the Moon travels into the Earth’s penumbra which causes it to look a bit faint. (Representational Image: Express photo by Praveen Jain)Lunar Eclipse 2020 Live Streaming Online: The…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Blockchain

OCC Seeks Public Comment For Possible U.S. Crypto Regulations

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the U.S. national bank regulator for financial institutions such as Wells Fargo WFC and JPMorgan Chase JPM , issued an ‘Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking’ (ANPR) today that requests comments from the public by August 2, 2020. The Notice is titled the…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Putin

Russia Declares Emergency Following Spill of 20,000 Tons of Oil in the Arctic Circle

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in the city of Norilsk after a massive oil spill in the Arctic region.Read More

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Monsanto

U.S. court blocks sales of Bayer weed killer in United States

By Tom Polansek, Ludwig Burger and Sabahatjahan Contractor (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest setback for a business already fighting an expensive legal battle over another product. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.…

bubmagJune 5, 2020

Macron demands release of French-Iranian academic Adelkhah

Poisonous Toads Invade South Florida in Latest Sign of the Apocalypse

Do coronavirus masks provide protest protection?

New Zealand military buys five Lockheed Hercules planes for $1bn

Beijing’s military adventurism in the Himalayas is risky. The world is big enough for the rise of India and China

WWF-Indonesia using machine learning to save critically endangered orangutans

Lunar Eclipse 2020 Live Stream: How to watch live streaming of Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in India

OCC Seeks Public Comment For Possible U.S. Crypto Regulations

Russia Declares Emergency Following Spill of 20,000 Tons of Oil in the Arctic Circle

U.S. court blocks sales of Bayer weed killer in United States

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