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Kashmir

Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — As Western countries reeling from the coronavirus pandemic awaken to a new reality of economic collapse, overwhelmed hospitals, grounded flights and home confinement, it's tempting to think the end of days is at hand.But for millions across the Middle East and in conflict zones…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Little Red Riding Hood

Modern Times: Brilliant short stories with fairy tale absurdity

Cleaned up for an infant audience, fairy tales have a seamy history. Is the stepmother wicked or really the mother? Is the king who wanted to marry his daughter mad or sane? Nobody rescued Little Red Riding Hood? Did you hear what happened to Sleeping Beauty after she went off…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg says probably had Covid-19

Thunberg says she had not been tested for the virus but given the combined symptoms, circumstances it was very likely PHOTO: REUTERS STOCKHOLM: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday that while self-isolating after recent travels in Europe she probably came down with COVID-19, and urged other young people to…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Alibaba

Ivanka lauds OYO offering free stay to US doctors

Trump described OYO's gesture as 'impactful acts of benevolence'.PTI|Last Updated: Mar 26, 2020, 10.28 AM ISTIvanka Trump (C) and Vijay Shekhar Sharma (R) took to Twitter to laud Ritesh Agarwal-led OYO's initiatives in the US.NEW YORK: Ivanka Trump, the senior advisor to President Donald Trump, has lauded an initiative by…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Huawei

Royale FlexPai 2 foldable phone specs, revealed

Royole said its upcoming FlexPai 2 foldable phone is set to feature a 7.8 inch screen, a Snapdragon 865 processor, and 5G capabilities. Royole Chinese phone-maker Royole gave us a sneak peek of what to expect from its second foldable phone, the FlexPai 2, claiming it'll deliver "significant improvements in…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Silk Road

The events of the last few months demand we revisit our relationship with China

I was young in 1972 when Nixon went to China, but I still remember the excitement attendant on that visit. For most of us, it was our first look into a formerly hermetically sealed country. Seeing China on the television was almost as exotic as seeing the surface of the…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Mecca

In a pandemic, religion can be a balm and a risk

By: New York Times | Beirut | Published: March 25, 2020 10:24:13 am In a world where so many routines have been obliterated, it is the rites themselves that many cherish.(Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)(Written by Vivian Yee) Down on Earth, the coronavirus outbreak was felling lives, livelihoods and normalcy.…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Jean-Claude Juncker

Germany’s Strategic Gray Zone With China

Without the transatlantic relationship, former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger once said, Europe would be at the mercy of China, a mere “appendage” of Eurasia. This bleak notion is weighing heavily on the minds of German officials as they contemplate their country’s place in a world of escalating U.S.-China…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Gundam

Hathaway Noa New VA Kensho Ono: “I Am Honored to Play The Protagonist in Gundam Series”

As reported, the three main voice cast members for the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway were finally revealed in the live-streaming program on the Gundam official YouTube channel's YouTube LIVE last night: Kensho Ono (Tetsuya Kuroko in Kuroko's Basketball) as the protagonist Hathaway Noa/Mafty Navue Erin, Reina Ueda (Moe Suzuya in Asteroid in…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Filter Bubble

Detecting Fake News in Social Media

East Asia and Oceania Region special section: Big trends By Meeyoung Cha, Wei Gao, Cheng-Te Li Communications of the ACM, April 2020, Vol. 63 No. 4, Pages 68-71 10.1145/3378422Comments Credit: Guardian Liberty Voice In March 2011, the catastrophic accident known as "The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster" took place, initiated by…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Survivors of world conflicts offer perspective amid pandemic

Modern Times: Brilliant short stories with fairy tale absurdity

Greta Thunberg says probably had Covid-19

Ivanka lauds OYO offering free stay to US doctors

Royale FlexPai 2 foldable phone specs, revealed

The events of the last few months demand we revisit our relationship with China

In a pandemic, religion can be a balm and a risk

Germany’s Strategic Gray Zone With China

Hathaway Noa New VA Kensho Ono: “I Am Honored to Play The Protagonist in Gundam Series”

Detecting Fake News in Social Media

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