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Electric Scooter

Coronavirus: Start-ups use Zoom app to lay off staff

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bird's chief executive conceded a Zoom conference call was not the best way to lay off workers Tech start-ups worldwide are cutting jobs as the coronavirus pandemic undermines their ability to make money.To make matters worse for staff, they are not being told face…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Refugees

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh at risk of COVID-19 infection

Activists are warning that conditions at crowded camps in southeast Bangladesh are leaving a million Rohingya refugees at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. Internet shutdown in and around the camps is making the situation even more dangerous. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports. SOURCE: Al Jazeera News Read More

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Rijksmuseum

Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum

A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said. he Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam said that “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” by…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Rijksmuseum

Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum in overnight raid

A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said. he Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam said that “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” by…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Christianity

2000 Years of Disbelief: Ethan Allen

2000 Years of Disbelief: Ethan Allen March 30, 2020 James A. Haught By James A. Haught This is the seventh segment of a series on renowned skeptics throughout history. These profiles are drawn from 2000 Years of Disbelief: Famous People With the Courage to Doubt, Prometheus Books, 1996. Ethan Allen,…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Rijksmuseum

Police investigate break-in at Dutch art museum

By Mike CorderThe Associated PressTue., March 31, 2020timer2 min. readTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said Monday.The Singer Laren museum…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Julian Assange

Man who planned ricin bomb sent to prison in Germany, cops say bioterror plot thwarted

Image: Shutterstock In Germany, a court sentenced a 31-year-old Tunisian man to 10 years in prison for planning a biological bomb attack with the deadly poison ricin, which is isolated from the seeds of the castor bean plant. He is said to have ordered the beans online. One can isolate…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

World War 2

Glezos, Greek who tore swastika from Acropolis in WW2, dies aged 97

ATHENS (Reuters) - Manolis Glezos, a prominent Greek whose act of defiance against Nazi occupation during World War Two was a rallying cry for the country’s resistance movement, died on Monday, authorities said. He was 97. FILE PHOTO: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) greets former Syriza leftist party lawmaker…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Neymar

Neymar denies flouting social distancing rules

PSG forward Neymar has travelled back to Brazil to quarantine Last Updated: 30/03/20 1:16pm Neymar has posted pictures of him training at home in a bid to stay fit Neymar has denied flouting social distancing rules following his return to his native Brazil. The 28-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward posted pictures…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Dalai Lama

Monday: Hili dialogue

Well, one more day until this wretched month is behind us: it’s Monday, March 30, 2020, and it’s both National Hot Chicken Day and National Turkey Neck Soup Day. It’s also National Doctors Day, Pencil Day, (“on today’s date in 1858, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted Hyman Lipman…

bubmagMarch 30, 2020

Coronavirus: Start-ups use Zoom app to lay off staff

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh at risk of COVID-19 infection

Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum

Vincent van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum in overnight raid

2000 Years of Disbelief: Ethan Allen

Police investigate break-in at Dutch art museum

Man who planned ricin bomb sent to prison in Germany, cops say bioterror plot thwarted

Glezos, Greek who tore swastika from Acropolis in WW2, dies aged 97

Neymar denies flouting social distancing rules

Monday: Hili dialogue

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