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Brexit Negotiator

EU sees new Brexit talks ‘at an impasse’: sources

By Gabriela BaczynskaBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Negotiations between the European Union (EU) and ex-member Britain over new trade arrangements from next year are at an impasse due to disagreements and the coronavirus crisis, according to diplomats and officials in the bloc's hub Brussels.Halted when the epidemic started, the EU's tortuous Brexit…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

1619 Slavery

Evidence Suggests The Lockdown Didn’t Help Stop Coronavirus

April 28, 2020 8:40 AM ET On today’s podcast we talk with Dr. Wilfred Reilly, professor of political science at Kentucky State University, about a piece he wrote that examines the data surrounding lockdowns and stay at home orders. What he found was telling. Not only did lockdowns not correlate…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

1619 Slavery

A City Too Familiar – the Spread of Disease

The impact of diseases and epidemics on human life is as old as humanity. Disease is mentioned in texts thousands of years old, its presence changed political and economic history, cultural habits, and even morality. But often we think of disease as a stranger. It’s something that comes from somewhere…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

Huawei

Benchmarks mean nothing because companies love to cheat at them

Cheaters everywhere Numbers matter. Except when they're made up numbers by companies who are trying to game hardware benchmarks. Source: Android Central There is a subset of smartphone users that like to benchmark the hardware inside their phones. Benchmarking on Android is difficult because many apps aren't running natively (Android…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

BUK-Missile

Top Russian General Identified as Key Official in Shootdown of MH17, Says Report

The highest-ranking Russian official identified as a person of interest in the criminal investigation into the 2014 shootdown of MH17 has been named as top FSB Colonel General Andrey Ivanovich Burlaka. Bellingcat reports that the general oversaw the movement of weapons from Russia to Ukraine, and he would have had…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

Belt and Road

China and the Budapest-Belgrade Railway Saga

China Power | Diplomacy The railway became the BRI’s most important project in Europe — but nearly seven years later, the story still isn’t over. A worker walks on the site of the reconstruction of a railway line between Budapest and Belgrade, in Belgrade, Serbia, Nov. 28, 2017. Credit: AP Photo/Darko VojinovicIn…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

Kim Jong Un

Trump Says He Knows What’s Up With Kim Jong Un But Won’t Tell Anyone

President Donald Trump has suggested that he knows a lot more about Kim Jong Un’s health than he’s willing to share, while South Korea blasts claims that the North Korean dictator is gravely ill as “fake news.” “I can’t tell you, yes, I do have a very good idea,” Trump…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

Syria

Coronavirus: ‘One billion’ could become infected worldwide

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC's Secunder Kermani and Anne Soy compare how prepared Asian and African countries areOne billion people could become infected with the coronavirus worldwide unless vulnerable countries are given urgent help, an aid group has warned.The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said financial…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

Fox Nation’s Tomi Lahren compares compliance with social distancing regulations to ‘willful slavery’

Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren on Monday compared compliance with social distancing regulations to “willful slavery” in a since-deleted tweet. The slavery comparison was widely criticized on Twitter, including by the conservative commentator S.E. Cupp. “This is so offensive,” the CNN host tweeted. “Not because it’s politically incorrect, but because it’s politically incoherent,…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

1619 Slavery

Pulitzer Prize update: A deeper dive into what might win next Monday

Taking cues from the Investigative Reporters and Editors and News Leaders Association annual awards, here's an updated Pulitzer Prize preview With the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes scheduled to be announced next Monday after a two-week delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, Poynter has a chance to update its earlier Pulitzer preview…

bubmagApril 28, 2020

EU sees new Brexit talks ‘at an impasse’: sources

Evidence Suggests The Lockdown Didn’t Help Stop Coronavirus

A City Too Familiar – the Spread of Disease

Benchmarks mean nothing because companies love to cheat at them

Top Russian General Identified as Key Official in Shootdown of MH17, Says Report

China and the Budapest-Belgrade Railway Saga

Trump Says He Knows What’s Up With Kim Jong Un But Won’t Tell Anyone

Coronavirus: ‘One billion’ could become infected worldwide

Fox Nation’s Tomi Lahren compares compliance with social distancing regulations to ‘willful slavery’

Pulitzer Prize update: A deeper dive into what might win next Monday

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