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Catalonia

The Coronavirus Disaster You’re Not Paying Attention To

Miquel Benitez/GettyBARCELONA—It was a perfect Barcelona day. The wet air was filled with spring smells. The city’s pollution rate had declined by 89 percent. Crime had dropped more than 70 percent. Police cars, lights flashing, sat idle on the empty street. The ambulances, around 10 of them, were parked in front…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Singapore

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

Many of those arriving in Wuhan on Saturday pulled suitcases behind them as they returned to their familiesThe city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation.Crowds of passengers were pictured arriving at Wuhan train station on Saturday.People are being…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Singapore

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

Image copyright AFP Image caption Many of those arriving in Wuhan on Saturday pulled suitcases behind them as they returned to their families The city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation. Crowds of passengers were pictured arriving at…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Silk Road

Fast Charge: Huawei’s finally used its secret weapon against Google and it’s not the P40

It has been a big week for Huawei, with the firm breaking through all manner of barriers – including ongoing shade from the US government and the pandemic sweeping the land – to unveil its new Huawei P40 line of phones. And at first glance, you may justifiably think the…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Doping in Cycling

36 of the best cycling books — check out the books every cyclist should own

Want something to read? There are vast numbers of cycling books out there; few activities have as wide a range of literature. There are books on the bikes themselves, in all their variety; books on where to ride; on riding technique; on the great — and not so great —…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Twinfluencer

Bored celebs + cooped-up fans = Cameo is booming during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled industries from tourism to theme parks to movie theaters, as widespread self-isolating mandates have ground to a halt pretty much anything that has to do with groups of people in one space.While a record-shattering 3.3 million people filed for unemployment in the United States last…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Kargu

Suicide Drones: Israel’s Secret Weapon in a Shadow War Against Iran In Syria

Key point: Israeli warplanes have launched hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria since the start of the civil war, seeking to disrupt arms transfers to Hezbollah and the buildup of Iranian forces. On January 21, 2019. Iranian, Syrian and Israeli forces unleashed a hail of missiles upon each other in what…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Palestine

No Mercy even in a Pandemic: Israeli Occupation Authorities Demolish Makeshift Field Hospital in Palestinian Hamlet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Demonstrating that the technologies of settler colonialism never take a break, Israeli Occupation forces have demolished an emergency clinic set up by Palestinians in a small town inside the Palestinian West Bank, according to the Israeli peace organization, Btselem. It writes, “This morning, Thursday, 26…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Google

Google Boots InfoWars App Off Play Store Over Bogus Coronavirus Claims

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty)Google has finally kicked the Infowars app from its Play Store, the company confirmed to multiple outlets Friday. The tech giant’s app store was one of the last major bastions for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as his show (and all the extremist views and tainted supplements it…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Virus delays review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

By Edith M. LedererThe Associated PressSat., March 28, 2020timer2 min. readTANZANIA, Tanzania - The 191 parties to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have decided to postpone a conference to review its implementation because of the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said Friday.The treaty is considered the cornerstone of global efforts to…

bubmagMarch 28, 2020

The Coronavirus Disaster You’re Not Paying Attention To

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown

Fast Charge: Huawei’s finally used its secret weapon against Google and it’s not the P40

36 of the best cycling books — check out the books every cyclist should own

Bored celebs + cooped-up fans = Cameo is booming during COVID-19

Suicide Drones: Israel’s Secret Weapon in a Shadow War Against Iran In Syria

No Mercy even in a Pandemic: Israeli Occupation Authorities Demolish Makeshift Field Hospital in Palestinian Hamlet

Google Boots InfoWars App Off Play Store Over Bogus Coronavirus Claims

Virus delays review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

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