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Chinese Economy

Chinese economy contracts for first time in decades

published : 15 Apr 2020 at 10:45 China's economy tanked in the first three months of the year BEIJING: China's economy contracted for the first time in around three decades in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis brought the country to a standstill, according to an AFP poll of…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Donald Trump

Trump Announces Freeze on U.S. Funding to World Health Organization in Middle of Pandemic

Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)Donald Trump announced the White House would implement an immediate hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, making good on threats earlier this month to punish the UN health organization in the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic. News of the…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Kashmir

Pakistan is no stranger to mega-crises but this is different

In these challenging times, petty squabbles and name calling of opponents by politicians is abominable A view of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting. PHOTO: EXPRESS What gives one a ray of hope in these difficult times is that Pakistan, ever since its inception, has faced multiple crises of…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Clearview

AFP Admits To Using The Dodgy Facial Recognition App Clearview AI

Image: Getty Images Back in January the tech world was up in arms over a new facial recognition app called Clearview AI. Created by Australian Hoan Ton-That, it has raised alarming privacy concerns due to its ability to compare a photo to a database of over 3 billion images that…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Exoskeleton

Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck will have to be wrapped for different colors and patterns

Tesla Cybertruck is going to have to be wrapped in order to get different colors and patterns, according to a new comment from CEO Elon Musk. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck last year, one of the most surprising features, aside from the design, was the fact that the frame of…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

Brexit talks resume in shadow of pandemic

The EU and UK have said there will be three further negotiating rounds by video conference before both sides must take stock of progress of the future relationship negotiations by mid-June. The three rounds will be on the weeks beginning 20 April, 11 May and 1 June. The original schedule…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Virtual Reality

On World Art Day, try out this activity for the whole family

Valeria Gasparotti Program Manager, Google Arts & Culture Published Apr 15, 2020 There’s a penguin loose at the Rijksmuseum! (Shout out to the Shedd Aquarium's real life penguin explorers!) Artwork Keith Haring The Angel.png One of Keith Haring’s signature characters, "The Angel". Explore it in finest detail thanks to the Art…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Michelle Obama

The secret weapon hidden in Obama’s endorsement of Biden

Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst. He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration. He co-hosts the podcast "Words Matter." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. (CNN)Sometimes in politics the least surprising development can be…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Kim Jong Un

Trump takes back spotlight in ‘us vs. them’ war with states

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. | Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump has declared his latest “us vs. them” war — portraying himself as the valiant captain overseeing insurgent governors. The battle lines were drawn as governors started banding together…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

AR-15

Preparedness Notes for Thursday — April 16, 2020

April 16th is the birthday of two notable novelists– the late J. Neil Schulman (pictured) and Samuel Youd. Agorist-Libertarian activist J. Neil Schulman (born April 16, 1953, died 2019) was best known as author of the novel Alongside Night. The late Samuel Youd (born 1922, died February 3, 2012) was…

bubmagApril 15, 2020

Chinese economy contracts for first time in decades

Trump Announces Freeze on U.S. Funding to World Health Organization in Middle of Pandemic

Pakistan is no stranger to mega-crises but this is different

AFP Admits To Using The Dodgy Facial Recognition App Clearview AI

Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck will have to be wrapped for different colors and patterns

Brexit talks resume in shadow of pandemic

On World Art Day, try out this activity for the whole family

The secret weapon hidden in Obama’s endorsement of Biden

Trump takes back spotlight in ‘us vs. them’ war with states

Preparedness Notes for Thursday — April 16, 2020

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