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Animal Protection

Police find 630 kg of dog and cat carcasses on Vietnam bus

Dinh Minh Hieu, a driver, is questioned by police as 600 kg of dog and cat carcasses were found in his bus in Nghe An Province May 6, 2020. Photo courtesy of Nghe An Newspaper. Nghe An police seized 630 kg of dog, cat carcasses and entrails of other animals…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Green Deal

[Coronavirus] Study: Green post-virus stimulus is ‘life or death’

Green stimulus for projects that cut emissions and restore economic growth offer higher returns on public spending in the short and long term than traditional short-run fiscal incentives, a study from Oxford University revealed.Projects on clean energy infrastructure, for instance, are expected to create twice as many jobs as fossil…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

Former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new premier

By: AP | Baghdad | Published: May 7, 2020 10:35:28 am The speaker of Iraq’s parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi meets with Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi before the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq (Reuters)Iraq’s former spy chief was sworn in as prime minister by…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

Former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new premier

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s former spy chief was sworn in as prime minister by lawmakers early Thursday after weeks of tense political negotiations, as the country faces a severe economic crisis spurred by plummeting oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of 255 legislators attending the session approved the…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Monsanto

New evidence emerges on decline of monarch butterflies

Monarchs are spectacularly beautiful butterflies, beloved by the public, but their numbers have been dropping alarmingly since 2000. The herbicide Roundup was quickly identified as the culprit behind their decline but new suspects have now emerged to share the stage with Roundup. The story is told by science writer Gabriel…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Trade War

China Is Losing Its Trade War With America

Here's What You Need To Remember: Trump has pushed companies to scatter their factories around the world, furthering the deindustrialization of China. The process looks irreversible, and so America will win the trade war. On Sunday, the Communist Party’s most important journal expounded on Sino-U.S. relations in advance of the anticipated…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Free Internet

Assange’s US Extradition, Threat to Future of Internet and Democracy

On Monday May 4, the British Court decided that the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, scheduled for May 18, would be moved to September. This four month delay was made after Assange’s defense lawyer argued the difficulty of his receiving a fair hearing due to restrictions posed by…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Antibiotics

[ASAP] Sugar-Pirating as an Enabling Platform for the Synthesis of 4,6-Dideoxyhexoses

An efficient divergent synthetic strategy that leverages the natural product spectinomycin to access uniquely functionalized monosaccharides is described. Stereoselective 2′- and 3′-reduction of key spectinomycin-derived intermediates enabled facile access to all eight possible 2,3-stereoisomers of 4,6-dideoxyhexoses as well as representative 3,4,6-trideoxysugars and 3,4,6-trideoxy-3-aminohexoses. In addition, the method was applied to…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Antibiotics

Hygiene reduces the need for antibiotics by up to 30%

According to a new Position Paper published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) online, improved everyday hygiene practices, such as hand-washing, reduces the risk of common infections by up to 50%, reducing the need for antibiotics, by up to 30%. Global public health experts responsible for the Position…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Computers in School

In It Together: A Conversation With Anna Houseman ’21

Each week, the Bernstein Center is speaking with a member of the Columbia Business School community in order to offer various voices and snippets of introspection during this unprecedented time. As a precursor to Leadership and Ethics Week 2020, which is hosted by the Student Leadership and Ethics Board (SLEB), the…

bubmagMay 7, 2020

Police find 630 kg of dog and cat carcasses on Vietnam bus

[Coronavirus] Study: Green post-virus stimulus is ‘life or death’

Former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new premier

Former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new premier

New evidence emerges on decline of monarch butterflies

China Is Losing Its Trade War With America

Assange’s US Extradition, Threat to Future of Internet and Democracy

[ASAP] Sugar-Pirating as an Enabling Platform for the Synthesis of 4,6-Dideoxyhexoses

Hygiene reduces the need for antibiotics by up to 30%

In It Together: A Conversation With Anna Houseman ’21

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