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Mecca

Ramazan starts amid unprecedented lockdown restrictions including Mecca, Medina

A worker cleans and sterilises the Kaaba, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of the Ramazan, in the Grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REUTERS SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia has announced that the holy … Read More

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Doping Test

WADA wants answers after banned Sun Yang’s ‘Olympic training call-up’

Shanghai – The World Anti-Doping Agency demanded answers Friday after reports that Chinese swimming star Sun Yang was called up for national training for the Tokyo Olympics in an apparent breach of his doping ban.The latest incident in the colourful career of the three-time Olympic champion comes two months after…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Fortnite

Travis Scott’s ‘Fortnite’ concert drew 12.3 million concurrent viewers

The first showing of Travis Scott’s in-game Fortnite concert has concluded, and according to Epic Games, more than 12.3 million players logged in at once to experience it. A video posted on the musician’s YouTube channel gives a good look at what it was like, although the in-game event was…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Oxycodone

Tucker Carlson goes full Alinsky on McKinsey for outsourcing manufacturing to China

Tucker Carlson spent the first 15 minutes of his show last night decrying the loss of so much of our manufacturing base to China. That concern has spread from the already devastated Rust Belt to the coastal habitats of the elites now that the pandemic has exposed our reliance for survival…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Propaganda

Unpublished Children’s Notebooks Reveal Poignant View of History

A children’s workbook cover from Italy, c. 1900. There’s a reason that Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl remains one of the top nonfiction books of all time, with more than 30 million copies sold: Readers are moved by Frank’s intimate chronicle of ordinary youthful pastimes amid the unfolding…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Peace

Earl Sweatshirt Tags Maxo & The Alchemist for New Single “WHOLE WORLD”

After dipping into the conceptual for his esoteric Feet of Clay EP last November, Earl Sweatshirt has now returned with a brand new single titled “WHOLE WORLD.” Presumably off his forthcoming studio album, the single tags Maxo for a verse as well as The Alchemist for some breezy old school…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Gundam

Sony’s Big in Japan Sale Is Anime Ballin’ on a Budget

Once again, it’s time for anime-inspired games to come to the people for affordable prices. Sony is launching yet another Big in Japan sale starting April 24, 2020. If you didn’t make it into the Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost beta, you can still occupy yourself this weekend with budget-friendly Japanese…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Joe Biden

Democrats Expect to Hold an ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chair Says

(ATLANTA) — Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez said Thursday that he expects to hold an “in-person convention” in Milwaukee to nominate Joe Biden for president, though he didn’t rule out the potential that portions of the event would be conducted virtually. The convention is slated for the week of Aug.…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Pandemic

Analysis: Pandemic will kill more Americans than died in Vietnam

(CNN)We've reached a horrible place, where dead bodies are being transported to Philadelphia's medical examiner in the back of an open pickup truck.More than 47,000 have now died of coronavirus in the US. Even if we assume we're at the top of the curve, tens of thousands more will die.…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Hongkong

Hong Kong Autonomy Further Eroded Under Cover of Pandemic

On Monday, the Hong Kong government announced a 14-day extension on disease control restrictions including a ban on public gatherings of more than four people. The extension is backed by medical experts to safeguard the city’s progress against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, though even one advocate of “hardline” measures has…

bubmagApril 24, 2020

Ramazan starts amid unprecedented lockdown restrictions including Mecca, Medina

WADA wants answers after banned Sun Yang’s ‘Olympic training call-up’

Travis Scott’s ‘Fortnite’ concert drew 12.3 million concurrent viewers

Tucker Carlson goes full Alinsky on McKinsey for outsourcing manufacturing to China

Unpublished Children’s Notebooks Reveal Poignant View of History

Earl Sweatshirt Tags Maxo & The Alchemist for New Single “WHOLE WORLD”

Sony’s Big in Japan Sale Is Anime Ballin’ on a Budget

Democrats Expect to Hold an ‘In-Person Convention,’ Party Chair Says

Analysis: Pandemic will kill more Americans than died in Vietnam

Hong Kong Autonomy Further Eroded Under Cover of Pandemic

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