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Palestine

Iran’s supreme leader blasts ‘cancerous’ Israel on Quds Day

Ayatollah Khamenei marked a subdued Quds Day, an annual event in support of Palestine, with a televised address. He also tacitly admitted for the first time that Iran funnels weapons to Palestine. In his annual speech on the subject of Palestine on Friday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Tesla

The story of cheaper batteries, from smartphones to Teslas

How low can they go? — The economics of cheaper batteries—and why they're good news for the planet. Timothy B. Lee - May 22, 2020 11:30 am UTC Aurich Lawson / GettyIn 2010, a lithium-ion battery pack with 1 kWh of capacity—enough to power an electric car for three or…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Brexit

Soros: Coronavirus damage to last ‘longer than most people think’

Billionaire financier George Soros has said the European Union could break apart in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic unless the bloc issued perpetual bonds to help weak members such as Italy. The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China last year, has stalled swaths of the global economy while governments have…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Alibaba

Alibaba Group Announces March Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2020 Results

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988, “Alibaba” or “Alibaba Group”) today announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2020. “Alibaba achieved the historic milestone of US$1 trillion in GMV across our digital economy this fiscal year,” said Daniel Zhang,…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

UK Border

WATCH: Farage Releases More Footage of French Handover of Illegal Migrants to UK Border Force

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has released the full version of a video purporting to show the French authorities transferring a boatload of illegal migrants to the UK Border Force in the English Channel. Farage, who has reinvented himself as something of an investigative reporter as the ongoing scandal of…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Doping in Cycling

Timeline: Lance Armstrong from icon to exile

May 22, 2020Kelly CohenESPN ESPN's 30 for 30 "LANCE" directed by Marina ZenovichPart 1: 9 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPNPart 2: 9 p.m. ET May 31 on ESPNStreaming: ESPN+ and ESPN Player (where available)Lance Armstrong, a former American road-racing cyclist, helped elevate cycling to global popularity. His seven consecutive Tour…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Boris Johnson

It’s not yet safe to reopen schools, according to a new report by independent UK scientists

It is not yet safe for children to return to school according to a new report by an independent group of UK scientists.The UK government has called on schools to begin a phased reopening from June 1.However, only a minority of schools are set to reopen by that date due…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Chinese Economy

3 Great Stocks for Your IRA

Making the deposit into an Individual Retirement Account is only half the battle. So, you've done yourself a favor and deposited money into your IRA. That maximum $5,500 contribution for 2019 and $6,000 for 2020 -- plus an extra $1,000 if you're over age 50 -- is a big deal.…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Palestine

Iran’s Khamenei: fight to ‘liberate Palestine’ is ‘Islamic duty’

Iran’s supreme leader said it was an “Islamic duty” to fight for the “liberation of Palestine” in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at Western nations and their Arab “puppets” for supporting the Jewish state, in his first ever address…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Water Pollution

Lockdown leads to cleaner water bodies; minister says time to ‘introspect’

'"Since agriculture, which uses nearly 89 per cent of water,is also a state subject, the governments will have to consider what to grow, how much to grow and for whom to grow," the minister added TopicsCoronavirus | Jal Shakti Ministry | water problems India must work to become a water-secure nation, taking note of…

bubmagMay 22, 2020

Iran’s supreme leader blasts ‘cancerous’ Israel on Quds Day

The story of cheaper batteries, from smartphones to Teslas

Soros: Coronavirus damage to last ‘longer than most people think’

Alibaba Group Announces March Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2020 Results

WATCH: Farage Releases More Footage of French Handover of Illegal Migrants to UK Border Force

Timeline: Lance Armstrong from icon to exile

It’s not yet safe to reopen schools, according to a new report by independent UK scientists

3 Great Stocks for Your IRA

Iran’s Khamenei: fight to ‘liberate Palestine’ is ‘Islamic duty’

Lockdown leads to cleaner water bodies; minister says time to ‘introspect’

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