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Doping Test

Doping survey: National agencies more transparent than WADA

A survey of Olympic and other elite athletes across the globe found them more likely to believe in the work their own country’s anti-doping agencies are doing when compared to that of global regulators at the World Anti-Doping Agency.A total of 491 athletes spread across 48 countries were asked a…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Animal Protection

UK loses ‘A’ grade for animal welfare leadership

The UK has dropped a grade in the global assessment of countries’ records on animal welfare due to parliamentary delays caused by Brexit. The UK previously held an ‘A’ grade for animal welfare leadership, but has now dropped to a ‘B’ in the second revised edition of the Animal Protection Index (API). The…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Maduro

Venezuela protest: Opposition clashes with police

Security forces in Venezuela have dispersed an anti-government march opposition leader Juan Guaido led, his first since he returned from an international tour. Guaido is trying to revive a campaign to remove President Nicolas Maduro as the country's economic crisis deepens. At the United Nations, the High Commissioner for Human…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey will not shy from military action in Syria’s Idlib if words not kept

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) following their talks in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERSANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey will not shy away from taking even stronger military…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Geely

Geely sales down 75% in February due to COVID-19

In Geely, International News / By Mick Chan / 11 March 2020 4:27 pm / 35 comments It has been tough going in recent times with the outbreak of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, and the downturn has also been reflected in Geely Automobile Holding’s sales figures for last month, which…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Putin

Russian parliament backs changes allowing Putin to run again for president

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Constitutional changes allowing Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024 sailed through both houses of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday, raising the prospect he could clock up over three decades in the Kremlin. FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the lower house…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Impeachment

Analysis: Why Biden won where Clinton lost

(CNN)Bernie Sanders narrowly beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Michigan primary, but he just got smoked there by Joe Biden in the first real head-to-head matchup of 2020. Michigan should have been the canary in the Rust Belt for Clinton in 2016. It could realistically end Sanders' primary chances in…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Plastic Pollution

Can the zero-waste movement survive the coronavirus?

It’s official: Your reusable mug has been tainted — with suspicion. Starbucks announced last Wednesday that it is “pausing the use of personal cups and ‘for here’ ware in our stores” due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and Dunkin’ and Tim Hortons quickly followed suit. That secondhand side-eye doesn’t just…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Christchurch

One year after mosque massacre, New Zealand is fighting rising hate

WELLINGTON: Days before the first anniversary of a shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers, a post appeared on an encrypted messaging app showing a balaclava-clad man outside one of the attacked mosques with a threat and a gun emoji.The message was the latest in a number of threats…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Grexit

Yanis Varoufakis: “Syriza Was a Bigger Blow to the Left Than Thatcher” – JACOBIN

INTERVIEW BY George Souvlis When Syriza was voted out of office in July 2019, the once great hope of the European left could not even claim partial successes. Elected in January 2015 on the promise of saving Greece from austerity, in its early months the government led by Alexis Tsipras…

bubmagMarch 11, 2020

Doping survey: National agencies more transparent than WADA

UK loses ‘A’ grade for animal welfare leadership

Venezuela protest: Opposition clashes with police

Turkey will not shy from military action in Syria’s Idlib if words not kept

Geely sales down 75% in February due to COVID-19

Russian parliament backs changes allowing Putin to run again for president

Analysis: Why Biden won where Clinton lost

Can the zero-waste movement survive the coronavirus?

One year after mosque massacre, New Zealand is fighting rising hate

Yanis Varoufakis: “Syriza Was a Bigger Blow to the Left Than Thatcher” – JACOBIN

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