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Korean Peace Talks

Veteran Chinese diplomat and Mao Zedong’s interpreter dies

BEIJING (AP) — Ji Chaozhu, a veteran Chinese diplomat who provided English translation for leaders including Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping and served as an undersecretary of the United Nations, has died, the foreign ministry said. He was 90.Ji also served as ambassador to Britain over the course of a…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

SpaceX

Elon Musk is back on Joe Rogan’s show, and, well, you know how it went last time

By Stan Schroeder2020-05-07 07:12:35 UTC This will be interesting. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is coming back on Joe Rogan's show, at 9 a.m. PT Thursday, Rogan announced on Twitter and Instagram. "Round 2 with the super genius," he tweeted. Musk was a guest on Rogan's podcast in September…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Astroturfing

Pa. lawmaker defends shopping without a mask, urges public to question state officials

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Shopping without a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t recommended by health experts, but that’s exactly what a midstate lawmaker said he did recently in a Facebook post. State Representative Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) calls the resulting backlash from that post an organized effort by leftist groups…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Pandemic

Creating your advance directive or living will during a pandemic

(CNN)Dr. Ami Mac was hospitalized in March with symptoms identical to Covid-19. The 44-year-old doctor in Palo Alto, California, has an underlying immune deficiency, but has "never had shortness of breath before," she said. Her test came back negative for coronavirus. But whatever has been plaguing her, Covid-19 or some…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Antarctica

Why one part of the ocean bucked the trend and cooled last century

For the last century or more, much of Earth’s land and ocean surfaces have been steadily warming, which we now understand is a product of climate change. But in parts of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, sea surfaces cooled considerably since the early 1980s. And now, scientists think they know…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Green Deal

EU building ‘renovation wave’ set for launch in September

The European Commission’s energy chief, Kadri Simson, has flagged the upcoming building renovation wave, rooftop solar, and offshore wind as key priorities for the energy sector in the recovery phase from the coronavirus crisis. How Europe responds to the recession caused by the coronavirus “in the next few months will…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Trickle-Down

Trickle-down theory continues to feed the rich

Continuing his examination of archaic economic models, Professor John Quiggin looks at problems associated with the trickle-down theory. OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I’ve been looking at zombie ideas in economics. These are ideas that should have been killed by the evidence against them that has accumulated since the beginning…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Protectionism

EU ambassador to China says rising Sino-US tensions not helpful

US President Donald Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping at the startG20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan last year - ReutersRising Sino-US tension is problematic and undermines the broad multinational cooperation needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union's ambassador to China said on Thursday.Nicolas Chapuis said during a briefing…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Geely

Proton X70 2020 with new N95 cabin filter will be unveiled on 12 May

The Proton X70 2020 will come with N95 cabin filter as standard equipment. It is also available for existing owners. More details here. === The locally-assembled Proton X70 2020 which was launched three months ago is getting a new update. The carmaker has teased that the updated Proton SUV will…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Animal Protection

Thai elephants, out of work due to coronavirus, trudge home

BANGKOK (AP): The millions of unemployed in Thailand due to the coronavirus include elephants dependent on tourists to feed their voracious appetites. With scant numbers of foreign visitors, commercial elephant camps and sanctuaries lack funds for their upkeep and have sent more than 100 of the animals trudging as far…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Veteran Chinese diplomat and Mao Zedong’s interpreter dies

Elon Musk is back on Joe Rogan’s show, and, well, you know how it went last time

Pa. lawmaker defends shopping without a mask, urges public to question state officials

Creating your advance directive or living will during a pandemic

Why one part of the ocean bucked the trend and cooled last century

EU building ‘renovation wave’ set for launch in September

Trickle-down theory continues to feed the rich

EU ambassador to China says rising Sino-US tensions not helpful

Proton X70 2020 with new N95 cabin filter will be unveiled on 12 May

Thai elephants, out of work due to coronavirus, trudge home

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