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Hongkong

Hong Kong Protests Come To Animal Crossing

This is not the best time to protest in the streets, no matter how worthy the cause. In Hong Kong, where citizens have held demonstrations against a now-scrapped extradition bill, the novel coronavirus covid-19 has made things even more difficult. Hong Kong protestors have been calling for freedom, but taking…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Dalai Lama

We’ve Dug Up Some Unexpected Secrets About Twin Peaks

What we thought was going to be an eternal mystery—what would Mark Frost and David Lynch have done with their creation if Twin Peaks had lasted longer than two seasons—was solved when Showtime brought the cult-classic drama and most of the original cast back for a third season in 2017.Yet nothing…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Kashgar

How the United States Should Deal With China in Pakistan

Introduction By the end of 2019, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China’s high-profile development initiative in Pakistan, had shifted to a new phase. Whereas the first CPEC projects were mainly devoted to building new physical infrastructure, like power plants and highways, the next iteration of CPEC will tackle a wider…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Tesla

Tesla will reportedly furlough workers, cut salaries due to coronavirus shutdown

Tesla is seemingly furloughing employees or cutting their pay. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Tesla told employees that it'll furlough US workers and cut salaries as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Reuters and Forbes, which…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Feudalism

Could COVID-19 Kill Capitalism?

This is not your normal zoonotic pandemic virus. That would be the famous Black Plague of 1348 spread by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It arrived in northern Italy from the Crimean Peninsula, and eventually reached all of Europe, killing off a third of the population. Recent archeology suggests the same…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Belfast

PSNI arrest man on suspicion of murder in Lawlor case

Updated / Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020 09:40 Robbie Lalwor was shot dead in the Ardoyne on Saturday morning PSNI detectives investigating the murder of Robbie Lawlor in north Belfast on Saturday have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of murder. The man was detained last night and the PSNI said…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Animal Protection

China snake village scales down as coronavirus prompts wildlife trade ban

ZISIQIAO, China (Reuters) - Since China began frantic efforts to curb a coronavirus epidemic in late January, residents in the tiny snake breeding village of Zisiqiao have had to come to terms with a ban on wildlife trading, its lifeline for decades. FILE PHOTO: Dead snakes are preserved in jars…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Syria

Extreme medical shortages in rebel-held Idlib city in Syria

Aid groups are concerned about the possibility of the coronavirus pandemic reaching rebel-held Idlib city in Syria. Fears continue in the rebel-held Idlib city of northwest Syria as the pandemic sweeps the world. Its population lives under extreme shortages of medicine, and supplies in its hospitals have been depleted by…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Narendra Modi

Indian American journalist dies due to COVID-19, PM expresses condolences

By: PTI | Washington | Updated: April 8, 2020 1:38:20 pm For several years, Kanchibotla was New York and UN correspondent of the United News of India. (Courtesy: Twitter)The Indian-American community mourned the death of veteran journalist Brahm Kanchibotla, who died of coronavirus in the US. Kanchibotla, 66, was admitted…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Pandemic

Tesla to cut salaries, furlough staff amid coronavirus pandemic

By Stan Schroeder2020-04-08 08:01:24 UTC Tesla has announced pay cuts and furloughs for some of its employees amid the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the company to shut down some of its factories. This is according to an email to employees, seen by Electrek, singed by Tesla's HR chief Valerie Capers…

bubmagApril 8, 2020

Hong Kong Protests Come To Animal Crossing

We’ve Dug Up Some Unexpected Secrets About Twin Peaks

How the United States Should Deal With China in Pakistan

Tesla will reportedly furlough workers, cut salaries due to coronavirus shutdown

Could COVID-19 Kill Capitalism?

PSNI arrest man on suspicion of murder in Lawlor case

China snake village scales down as coronavirus prompts wildlife trade ban

Extreme medical shortages in rebel-held Idlib city in Syria

Indian American journalist dies due to COVID-19, PM expresses condolences

Tesla to cut salaries, furlough staff amid coronavirus pandemic

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