Michelle Obama to push absentee voting amid coronavirus
Michelle Obama will throw her support today behind expanding vote-by-mail options, advisers tell Axios, with her voting rights group embracing legislation before Congress amid coronavirus fears.Why it matters: It's the first time the celebrity-backed organization has endorsed federal legislation — and it comes as Democrats await the Obamas' return to…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
Coronavirus ‘disaster in the making’ in war-torn Syria
As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, experts warn that disaster looms in war-torn Syria, where hospitals are unable to meet existing needs and hygiene conditions are dire. The outbreak has infected more than 1.8 million people and killed more than 112,000 around the world…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDXCVIII)
1. An advertisement from Bell Telephone 100 years ago How the phone failed to make the Spanish flu crisis bearable, full article found on Fast Company. 2. Restaurant Sleepovers of World War II Diners are tucked in to bed in the basement of ‘The Hungaria” restaurant on Lower Regent St…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
Jean-Claude Juncker urges ‘plain language’ on Hungary’s state power grab
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her predecessor Jean-Claude Juncker | Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Hungary is ‘acting outside of any reasonable zone,’ says former Commission president. The EU should have called "a spade a spade" in a more robust response to Hungary's move to boost government…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
How to Start a Garden: 5 Tips for Beginners
All featured products are curated independently by our editors. When you buy something through our retail links, we may receive a commission. There’s no better way to ensure a constant supply of fresh ingredients than by starting a vegetable garden. Starting a new vegetable garden is not complicated and it…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
PM Modi to address nation on Tuesday at 10am
NEW DELHI: The Centre faced growing calls for less sweeping curbs as an anxious nation awaited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address on the last day of the 21-day lockdown on Tuesday amid indications of a two-week extension to try halt the spread of coronavirus with a record 51 deaths reported…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
He led a neo-Nazi group linked to bomb plots. He was 13
He called himself “Commander” online. He was a leader of an international neo-Nazi group linked to plots to attack a Las Vegas synagogue and detonate a car bomb at a major U.S. news network. He was 13 years old. The boy who led Feuerkrieg Division lived in Estonia and apparently…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
Forbes Asia Tracker: How The Region’s Tycoons, Entrepreneurs And Businesses Are Combating The Coronavirus
Getty Latest update: April 14, 2020 As with many others around the world, Asia’s business leaders and companies have stepped up to join the effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. They are addressing the outbreak on several fronts, as denoted by this roundup of notable contributions from across the region.…
bubmagApril 13, 2020
Greece braces for fresh influx of tens of thousands of migrants
A refugee camp in Turkey is preparing to release tens of thousands of migrants sparking fears they will flee to EU member state Greece, satellite images suggest. Greek authorities have increased coastguard, air force and navy patrols in preparation for an influx of migrants.Satellite images taken in Turkey appear to show…
bubmagApril 13, 2020