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Peace

How Panic-Buying Revealed the Problem With the Modern World

The pandemic has shown how just-in-time systems are also fragile. Helen Lewis March 26, 2020 Amy Sussman / GettyAs pictures of empty shelves dominated our social-media feeds here in Britain, armchair critics denounced their fellow citizens as selfish and greedy. Stop hoarding! End the panic-buying! Hang on, though. Were hordes…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Christchurch

New Zealand mosque shooter changes plea to guilty

ONE YEAR AFTER killing 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques, an Australian white supremacist accused over the massacre has changed his plea to guilty. Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism. The killing spree was the…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Virtual Reality

Coronavirus Has Made WFH The New Normal. Here’s How Virtual Reality Can Help

Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, people across the globe are being urged to work from home in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus. We have to re-think how we communicate with our colleagues to ensure continued performance and, importantly, morale. Getty During these unprecedented times, virtual reality (VR)…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Kashmir

This Is How The JF-17 Became The Backbone Of Pakistan’s Air Force

Key point: Islamabad's JF-17 is a pretty good plane. It may not be super high-tech or stealthy, but it competes well and holds its own. In the 2019 Paris Air Show, Pakistan its lightweight JF-17 Thunder jet fighter it began building a decade ago in conjunction with China. You can…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Christchurch

Christchurch mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder and terrorism

WELLINGTON – The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand’s modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques unexpectedly pleaded guilty on Thursday to all charges.The attacks, targeting people praying at the mosques a year ago, shocked the nation and prompted new laws banning the…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Berlin Wall

How Rem Koolhaas imagines a future beyond cities

Before coronavirus shuttered museums across the country, the Guggenheim was home to one of the most unusual architecture exhibits of the year. Countryside, the Future explores how the world’s non-urban territories might one day be designed, and it is a collaboration between legendary architect Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, the…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Bubble

How Rem Koolhaas imagines a future beyond cities

Before coronavirus shuttered museums across the country, the Guggenheim was home to one of the most unusual architecture exhibits of the year. Countryside, the Future explores how the world’s non-urban territories might one day be designed, and it is a collaboration between legendary architect Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, the…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Stalingrad

Tanks In A Hurry: Why America’s M3 Lee Tank Was Flawed But Fit The Bill

Key point: While the M3 is generally described as an unwieldy and ultimately unsuccessful design, it provided effective service in 1942 through early 1943 The M3 medium tank, largely overshadowed by its successor the M4 Sherman, has a few stylish distinctions to it: It had two names, after American civil war…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Brexit

Germans and Dutch set to block EU ‘corona bonds’ at video summit

Germany and the Netherlands will lead opposition to issuing joint bonds to help revive the European Union economy from a deep slump caused by the coronavirus when the bloc’s national leaders discuss emergency assistance on Thursday (26 March). Nine EU countries including France, Italy and Spain have called for mutualised…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

Nuclear Weapons

How the coronavirus lockdowns can be converted into an opportunity to secure our children’s future

Written by Vivek Deshpande | Updated: March 26, 2020 12:07:01 pm Deserted Gateway of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Express photo by Pradip Das)Every global crisis has its own philosophical import and an embedded message. We can ignore it only at our peril. In more recent history World War II ended…

bubmagMarch 26, 2020

How Panic-Buying Revealed the Problem With the Modern World

New Zealand mosque shooter changes plea to guilty

Coronavirus Has Made WFH The New Normal. Here’s How Virtual Reality Can Help

This Is How The JF-17 Became The Backbone Of Pakistan’s Air Force

Christchurch mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder and terrorism

How Rem Koolhaas imagines a future beyond cities

How Rem Koolhaas imagines a future beyond cities

Tanks In A Hurry: Why America’s M3 Lee Tank Was Flawed But Fit The Bill

Germans and Dutch set to block EU ‘corona bonds’ at video summit

How the coronavirus lockdowns can be converted into an opportunity to secure our children’s future

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