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Ukraine

Georgian ex-president Saakashvili to get Ukraine reform role: sources

KIEV (Reuters) - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, is set to join a Ukrainian advisory body on reforms, two sources in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili arrives at news conference in Warsaw, Poland September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper PempelSaakashvili’s appointment will…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Animal Protection

Existing drug found to save snake bite victims

British scientists have found a substance that could significantly improve snake bite victims' chances of survival. It's already worked once before. British scientists have found that an existing drug can significantly improve the chances of survival after snake bites. It has already worked in animal experiments. The active substance that the research…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Maduro

Pompeo: No US gov’t involvement in Venezuela overthrow plot

The United States government will use "every tool" available to secure the return of Americans if they are being held in Venezuela, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised on Wednesday, after Venezuelan officials said they had captured two US "mercenaries" in a failed armed incursion. "There was no US…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Fortnite

Fortnite to host Party Royale with performances from deadmau5 and others

Last week, Fortnite brought a brand new game mode into the title with the introduction of "party royale," a mode that has no guns and strictly exists as a space for players to kick back and have some fun in. Today, Epic Games announced that the premiere show for the…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Michelle Obama

Kamasi Washington scored Netflix documentary on Michelle Obama

Becoming, a documentary about former First Lady Michelle Obama, premieres on Netflix today (5/6). Directed by Nadia Hallgren, it's a companion to Obama's 2018 memoir of the same name, and includes scenes from the book tour supporting it; the trailer is below. If you watch the doc, listen for the…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Hydrogen

Anthony Gismondi: B.C. wine of the week, wine to cellar and calendar items

Author of the article:Anthony GismondiPublishing date:3 days ago • 3 minute readArticle contentWe now have two reasons to honour Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery, North America’s only designated World Class Distillery.First kudos for taking home nine gold medals, four silver medals at the recent 2020 World-Spirits Awards in Austria.We apologize, but this…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Black Swan

Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing (#429)

“My dad used to run his own business. He was only high school educated. Every time I tried to complicate things when I was in college and I’d talk to him about his business, he would be like, ‘It’s three shoeboxes, Nick. It’s the money in, the money out, and…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukraine Considers Using Nuclear Plants For Cryptocurrency Mining

Authored by Stephen O'Neal via CoinTelegraph.com, Ukraine's Ministry of Energy believes that using power plants for crypto mining could be one of the best ways to take advantage of a current energy glut. image courtesy of CoinTelegraph Cryptocurrency mining is a contemporary and efficient way to use excess energy, Ukraine's…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Palestine

How Other Countries’ Courts are Handling the Pandemic

U.S. prisons’ COVID-19 response lags behind Tunisia and Palestine. A vigil outside Queensboro Correctional Facility on April 23 in New York City. Johannes Eisele/Getty Images The United States is addicted to punishment, and it just might kill us. Coronavirus outbreaks in jails and prisons not only threaten one of the…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Ukraine

President Obama’s office accuses Republican senators of promoting “Russian disinformation campaign”

Former President Barack Obama generally kept a low profile during the Ukraine scandal and the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, preferring to let other prominent Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff do the talking. But according to BuzzFeed News reporter Emma…

bubmagMay 6, 2020

Georgian ex-president Saakashvili to get Ukraine reform role: sources

Existing drug found to save snake bite victims

Pompeo: No US gov’t involvement in Venezuela overthrow plot

Fortnite to host Party Royale with performances from deadmau5 and others

Kamasi Washington scored Netflix documentary on Michelle Obama

Anthony Gismondi: B.C. wine of the week, wine to cellar and calendar items

Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing (#429)

Ukraine Considers Using Nuclear Plants For Cryptocurrency Mining

How Other Countries’ Courts are Handling the Pandemic

President Obama’s office accuses Republican senators of promoting “Russian disinformation campaign”

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