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Green Deal

Green Energy’s $10 Trillion Revolution Faces Oil Crash Test

View photos(Bloomberg) -- In 2014, when the price of oil last crashed, the world’s governments had no agreement in place to fight climate change. The following year leaders signed the Paris accord.Green investments have soared since then. Some $1.2 trillion has been poured into renewable energy, and global electric vehicle sales reached…

bubmagMarch 10, 2020

Mass Tourism

Paradise islands that almost nobody has visited, still

There are popular and typical destinations, islands with paradisiacal beaches to which everyone has gone … or at least dreams of doing so. But on our big blue planet there are still beautiful holiday destinations that you may have never heard of. Keep reading and discover the some islands that…

bubmagMarch 10, 2020

Kashmir

Justice For The Voiceless

Written by Madan B Lokur | Updated: March 10, 2020 9:15:23 am Security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. (File Photo)Nelson Mandela said that there can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. How is…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Kim Jong Un

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un oversaw latest missile launch: KCNA

Missiles are seen in this undated picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 9, 2020. KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Jong Un personally oversaw Monday’s “firepower strike drill,” North Korea state media reported on Tuesday, including the launch of what appeared to be…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Kim Jong Un

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un oversaw latest missile launch: KCNA

SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Jong Un personally oversaw Monday's "firepower strike drill," North Korea state media reported on Tuesday, including the launch of what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles for the second time in a week.North Korea launched multiple projectiles into the sea on Monday as part of firing…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Nuclear Weapons

Don’t Sleep on China’s Large Nuclear Weapons Program

Key point: Beijing has its own nuclear triad and its sea-based deterrent is especially potent. Here is how China ended up getting (and improving) its own bomb. China’s nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs, or “boomers”) are soon to become a major worry for the United States. How does this change the…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Turkish Refugee Camp

EU remains committed to refugee pact with Turkey

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with EU leadership amid a migrant crisis at the Turkish-Greek border. Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel expressed a commitment to the 2016 EU-Turkey refugee pact. After meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels on Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Alibaba

Ambani Loses Asia Wealth Crown to Jack Ma in $5.8 Billion Rout

View photos(Bloomberg) -- Indian energy tycoon Mukesh Ambani is no longer Asia’s richest man, relinquishing the title to Jack Ma after oil prices collapsed along with global stocks.The rout, exacerbated by mounting fears that the spread of the novel coronavirus will thrust the world into a recession, erased $5.8 billion…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Julian Assange

Jury Deadlocked in Case of Accused WikiLeaks Source Charged for ‘Vault 7’ CIA Leaks

The logo of the CIA is seen during a visit of US President Donald Trump the CIA headquarters on January 21, 2017, in Langley, Virginia.Photo: Pool (GettyA federal jury on Monday said it had failed to reach a verdict on eight counts in the trial of a former CIA computer…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Markets plunge, northern Italy locked down as virus spreads

About AFP AFP is a leading global news agency providing fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the events shaping our world and of the issues affecting our daily lives. Drawing from an unparalleled news gathering network across 151 countries, AFP also is a world leader in digital verification. With 2,400…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Green Energy’s $10 Trillion Revolution Faces Oil Crash Test

Paradise islands that almost nobody has visited, still

Justice For The Voiceless

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un oversaw latest missile launch: KCNA

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un oversaw latest missile launch: KCNA

Don’t Sleep on China’s Large Nuclear Weapons Program

EU remains committed to refugee pact with Turkey

Ambani Loses Asia Wealth Crown to Jack Ma in $5.8 Billion Rout

Jury Deadlocked in Case of Accused WikiLeaks Source Charged for ‘Vault 7’ CIA Leaks

Markets plunge, northern Italy locked down as virus spreads

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