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Nancy Pelosi

Trump heads to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate GOP on virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for perhaps one of the larger social gatherings still happening in Washington amid the coronavirus — the weekly Senate Republican lunch.Behind closed doors, Trump was unscripted and freewheeling with the 53 GOP senators. He touted his poll numbers,…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Polestar 2

Polestar plants roots with first US retailers

The Polestar 2 will be exclusively sold online, but "Spaces" will help buyers in-person, too. Polestar Polestar checked off one major goal this year despite the coronavirus pandemic as production of the Polestar 2 electric car started in China. But despite the pandemic, the EV performance brand will motor ahead with…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Jackie Chan

Listen to Tiësto’s heavily anticipated new album ‘The London Sessions’, featuring a new Snoop Dogg collaboration

by: Farrell Sweeney May 19, 2020 Tiësto has finally released his long awaited album The London Sessions, a unique collection of house tracks inspired by and recorded in London. The veteran producer worked with a collection of esteemed artists in the London music scene, including Becky Hill, KAMILLE, Mabel, Violet Skies, Rita Ora, and others. The…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Mecca

Indonesia calls for Saudi decision on Mecca pilgrimage by this week

Muslims circumambulating the Kaaba in Mecca last March. (AP pic)JAKARTA: Indonesia on Tuesday called for Saudi Arabia to decide if it will allow the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the ritual into doubt. Last year around 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Mecca

Indonesia calls for Saudi decision on Mecca pilgrimage by this week

Muslims circumambulating the Kaaba in Mecca last March. (AP pic)JAKARTA: Indonesia on Tuesday called for Saudi Arabia to decide if it will allow the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the ritual into doubt. Last year around 2.5 million faithful travelled to Saudi Arabia from across…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Doping in Cycling

On the ground at Paris-Nice as COVID-19 spread across the globe

It’s noon on Tuesday, March 17, and France is officially on lockdown. Just two days ago I was walking along the Mediterranean coastline after the conclusion of Paris-Nice’s 78th edition. To say that it was one of the most curious bike races I have covered in my 30 years in…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Flygskam

Sweden looks to break out of its northern isolation

STOCKHOLM — Swedish Infrastructure Minister Tomas Eneroth tried to pierce the gloom of the coronavirus pandemic with some positive spin about a green reboot of his country’s transport sector. “We are aiming for a climate-smart restart when it is time to travel again!” he tweeted last month as he released a report from…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi says Trump is “morbidly obese”

According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Trump isn't just overweight or obese –– he's morbidly obese. Here she is with Anderson Cooper yesterday expressing "concern" for our dear president. “I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group,…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Volodymyr Zelensky

A Billionaire Oligarch Connected To Trump’s Impeachment Is Being Investigated For Money Laundering

One of Ukraine's wealthiest oligarchs, whose name emerged in the center of the Trump impeachment saga, is under investigation by a US federal grand jury for allegedly laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in US real estate, BuzzFeed News has learned.Billionaire Igor Kolomoisky is accused by Ukraine regulators of orchestrating…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Exoskeleton

How some insects manage to halt their own growth in harsh conditions

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The life cycle of insects consists of specific developmental stages. But, in response to adverse conditions such as harsh winters, some insects arrest their own development at a particular stage. This process of seasonal adaptation is called "overwintering," in which the growth rate of the insect…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Trump heads to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate GOP on virus

Polestar plants roots with first US retailers

Listen to Tiësto’s heavily anticipated new album ‘The London Sessions’, featuring a new Snoop Dogg collaboration

Indonesia calls for Saudi decision on Mecca pilgrimage by this week

Indonesia calls for Saudi decision on Mecca pilgrimage by this week

On the ground at Paris-Nice as COVID-19 spread across the globe

Sweden looks to break out of its northern isolation

Nancy Pelosi says Trump is “morbidly obese”

A Billionaire Oligarch Connected To Trump’s Impeachment Is Being Investigated For Money Laundering

How some insects manage to halt their own growth in harsh conditions

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