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Doping Test

Shamed swimmer loses 360,000 followers after being slapped with an eight-year ban

Now the Chinese are turning their backs on Sun Yang: Shamed swimmer loses 360,000 followers after being slapped with an eight-year ban - and some are even apologising to Mack HortonChinese swimmer Sun Yang, 28, was banned for eight years for dopingHe tested positive for a once-banned drug and also…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Rijksmuseum

UN agency warns pandemic could kill 1 in 8 museums worldwide

BRUSSELS -- Museums are starting to reopen in some countries as governments ease coronavirus restrictions, but experts warn one in eight worldwide could face permanent closure due to the pandemic. Studies by UNESCO and the International Council of Museums show 90% of the planet's museums, some 85,000 institutions, have had…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

U-2 Dragon Lady

Delta Pilot Now Flies U-2 Spy Plane For U.S. Air Force

A Delta Air Lines pilot has pivoted from commercial to back to military and is now flying the U-2 spy plane, one of the most exclusive airplanes in the world. We love flying vintage aircraft at Live and Let’s Fly, but the Lockheed U-2 takes things to a whole other…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Giphy

Facebook Buys GIPHY for $400 Million

Facebook has announced it has acquired GIPHY for a whopping $400 million.Pretty fly for a GIF site, no?via GIPHYBut, what does it really mean, and how will it impact eCommerce advertisers and users? According to Facebook, max engagement potential. Announcing the ‘merger,’ Facebook has this to say:“A lot of people…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Privacy Concerns

Apple Glass is the new device you definitely don’t need

Home News Digital Arts (Image credit: Front Page Tech) It's been a few years since Apple last released something truly brand new. Sure, we've seen tons of updated phones, tablets, watches and more, but we'd love to see a product as innovative as the very first iPhone, iPad or Apple…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Water Pollution

EU mulls fertiliser cut to curb farming emissions: draft

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is mulling targets to cut fertiliser use in the European Union over the next decade to bring the agriculture sector into line with its climate policy aims, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A farmer works on her field near…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Protectionism

Michigan Joins Indiana In Administering Online Bar Exam

Who cares who owns Blackacre? No one feels comfortable sending law school grads into a packed conference center to take a bar exam in a little over a month, but offering a common sense plan for staggering administrations gets law school deans swinging wildly at straw arguments, so that’s a…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

WEF

Coronavirus threatens ‘years of progress’ on climate issues

By Pan PylasThe Associated PressTue., May 19, 2020timer2 min. readLONDON - The coronavirus pandemic threatens to derail any progress made in recent years to deal with the climate change crisis, organizers of the annual gathering of business and political elites in the Swiss ski resort of Davos said Tuesday.In a…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

WEF

Coronavirus threatens ‘years of progress’ on climate issues

The World Economic Forum says that the coronavirus pandemic threatens to derail any progress made in recent years to deal with the climate crisisBy PAN PYLAS Associated PressMay 19, 2020, 4:11 PM2 min readLONDON -- The coronavirus pandemic threatens to derail any progress made in recent years to deal with…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Brasilia

Regional health body warns of COVID-19 spread in Amazon tri-border area

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Tuesday that new coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the tri-border area of the Amazon between Brazil, Colombia and Peru and threatens to infect remote indigenous communities in the rainforest. PAHO directors urged in a virtual briefing that special measures…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Shamed swimmer loses 360,000 followers after being slapped with an eight-year ban

UN agency warns pandemic could kill 1 in 8 museums worldwide

Delta Pilot Now Flies U-2 Spy Plane For U.S. Air Force

Facebook Buys GIPHY for $400 Million

Apple Glass is the new device you definitely don’t need

EU mulls fertiliser cut to curb farming emissions: draft

Michigan Joins Indiana In Administering Online Bar Exam

Coronavirus threatens ‘years of progress’ on climate issues

Coronavirus threatens ‘years of progress’ on climate issues

Regional health body warns of COVID-19 spread in Amazon tri-border area

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