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Catalonia

Coronavirus reduces sparkle in Spain’s cava industry

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain’s 1.2 billion euro cava sector has had a turbulent few years with a grape-farmers’ strike, foreign buyouts of family firms and a sales hit from the Catalonia separatist crisis. And all that before the coronavirus came along. Spain’s lockdown, one of Europe’s strictest, crushed the tourism…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Super Heroes

Save up to 67% on Avengers, Deadpool, and other Marvel comics from $1, more

To start off the week, ComiXology has launched its latest sale, this time taking up to 67% off a selection of Marvel reads in its Amazing Artists sale. Prices throughout start at under $1 and span comics with all of the heroes you could hope for. Amongst all of the…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Bushfire

SpaceX’s historic launch gives Australia’s booming space industry more room to fly

At the weekend, Elon Musk’s commercial giant SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts in a spacecraft named Crew Dragon which, from the inside, looked like a souped-up Tesla. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the spacecraft, returned to Earth and landed on a ship to later be re-used. And the Crew Dragon…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Barack Obama

Former U.S. President Obama praises protests, condemns violence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday condemned the use of violence at nationwide protests over racial inequities and excessive police force, while praising the actions of peaceful protesters seeking change. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an Obama Foundation event in Kuala Lumpur,…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

CCTV

WATCH: D.C. Mayor orders 2-day citywide curfew amid unrest

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a citywide two-day curfew for the District starting Monday evening at 7 p.m., following days of protests that have resulted in fires, destruction of buildings and dozens of arrests. Watch the briefing in the player above. “I have spent this morning walking around the…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Climate Change

It wouldn’t be 2020 without an above-average hurricane season

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1st, and it’s going to be a doozy. “Hurricane season is off to a busy start!” the National Hurricane Center tweeted as it forecast an 80 percent chance of a tropical depression forming over the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Dalai Lama

WATCH: Coronavirus daily update: June 01, 2020

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bubmagJune 1, 2020

Bushfire

Australia PM, Narendra Modi Virtual Meeting on Thursday: Report

Australian PM Scott Morrison said he will also discuss new opportunities with PM Modi (File)Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison would hold a virtual summit with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday during which the two leaders will discuss bilateral ties and their responses to the coronavirus pandemic, a…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

AR-15

MidwayUSA’s Huge Line of AR-STONER Parts Has Everything You Need to Build Your Next AR-15

Whether you’re building your first AR-15 rifle or looking to customize an existing gun, you have to check out MidwayUSA’s AR-STONER line of high quality, affordable parts, components and build kits. MidwayUSA developed the AR-STONER line to offer reliable American-made AR parts at a great value. If you’re building a…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Project Maven

What Should We Do If YouTube Censors on Behalf of the Chinese Communist Party?

A funny thing has been happening on YouTube. For some reason, certain combinations of Chinese characters have been immediately removed from the platform within a few short seconds. No warning or reason would be given to the Mandarin-speaking moderatees. And it's not like they had been foul or freaky in…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Coronavirus reduces sparkle in Spain’s cava industry

Save up to 67% on Avengers, Deadpool, and other Marvel comics from $1, more

SpaceX’s historic launch gives Australia’s booming space industry more room to fly

Former U.S. President Obama praises protests, condemns violence

WATCH: D.C. Mayor orders 2-day citywide curfew amid unrest

It wouldn’t be 2020 without an above-average hurricane season

WATCH: Coronavirus daily update: June 01, 2020

Australia PM, Narendra Modi Virtual Meeting on Thursday: Report

MidwayUSA’s Huge Line of AR-STONER Parts Has Everything You Need to Build Your Next AR-15

What Should We Do If YouTube Censors on Behalf of the Chinese Communist Party?

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