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Dalai Lama

Pompeo demands China reveal whereabouts of Tibet’s Panchen Lama

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday demanded that China reveal "immediately" the whereabouts of the Panchen Lama chosen by the Dalai Lama, 25 years after the six-year-old was seized. The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India and enjoys a wide global following, on May 14, 1995,…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Electric Car

‘E-car sales to fall, but less than others’

FRANKFURT: Worldwide electric car registrations are set to fall 18% this year, but those of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster, analysts BloombergNEF (BNEF) said on Tuesday, as the automotive sector is hammered by the coronavirus crisis. In a report, BNEF forecast registrations of combustion engine cars…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Yellow Vests

Washington’s New Anti-China Strategy, by Thierry Meyssan

In violation of his administration’s health regulations, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Israel on May 13, 2020, four days before the appointment of the new government. To everyone’s surprise, he dispatched regional issues in a matter of minutes and devoted his visit to reviewing Chinese investment in the country.…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Polestar 2

Future SUVs: Coming Soon to a Dealer Near You

Whether it's cheap gas, perceived safety, or just collective preference, SUVs and crossovers are the fastest-growing segment of the vehicle market, mostly at the expense of cars. American shoppers can't get enough of 'em, and automakers are happy to design as many of these higher-profit margin vehicles as they can…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Maradona

Sport-On this day… May 20

May 19 (Reuters) - ON THIS DAY -- MAY 20May 20, 1989SOCCER - Liverpool's John Aldridge scores in the fourth minute of the FA Cup final against Merseyside rivals Everton at Wembley Stadium in London.Stuart McCall equalised twice for Everton, but Ian Rush's brace - his second in three years…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Blockchain

Could Data Transform The Lives Of 500 Million Smallholder Farmers Worldwide?

Regi Wahyu is a data-entrepreneur transforming smallholder farming in Indonesia and beyond. He is the co-founder of HARA and an Ashoka Fellow since 2018. We spoke to him as part of our series on the future of Planet & Climate. (Read Part 1, Part 2 , and Part 3 of the…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Scotland

Celtic celebrate nine in a row despite anticlimactic end to Scottish season

Scottish side were 13 points clear at the top of the table when matches were halted. PHOTO: AFP LONDON: Celtic’s grip on Scottish football remains unbreakable after a ninth consecutive league title… Read More

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Putin

Russia awaits U.S. ventilator aid as coronavirus cases near 300,000

By Tom Balmforth and Maria KiselyovaMOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it would start delivering 200 medical ventilators this week to Russia, which has the world's second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases.Russia reported 9,263 new infections on Tuesday, pushing its total to 299,941, and 115 more…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

WEF

Indonesia’s clean energy programme faces setback, Energy Transition Index ranking plunges

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia’s readiness to shift toward a clean energy economy took another step back last year because of fossil fuel subsidies and faces a monumental hurdle this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Indonesia’s ranking fell seven places to 70th out of 115 countries surveyed…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Hrant Dink

101 years since the Pontic Greek Genocide (distressing photos)

Turkey refuses to recognize any genocide its fore-bearers have committed Today is the anniversary of the 101 years since the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor and Pontus. Many people are aware of the Armenian genocide in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire, but a massive ethnic cleansing perpetrated again…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Pompeo demands China reveal whereabouts of Tibet’s Panchen Lama

‘E-car sales to fall, but less than others’

Washington’s New Anti-China Strategy, by Thierry Meyssan

Future SUVs: Coming Soon to a Dealer Near You

Sport-On this day… May 20

Could Data Transform The Lives Of 500 Million Smallholder Farmers Worldwide?

Celtic celebrate nine in a row despite anticlimactic end to Scottish season

Russia awaits U.S. ventilator aid as coronavirus cases near 300,000

Indonesia’s clean energy programme faces setback, Energy Transition Index ranking plunges

101 years since the Pontic Greek Genocide (distressing photos)

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