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Grexit

The History of Socialism and Social Democracy. SYRIZA’s Betrayal of Greece Is a Spectre Haunting the Left

‘Super Tuesday’ in the 2020 presidential election season is over and Senator Bernie Sanders’s time as the unlikely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination may have stopped just as quick as it began. Despite an unprecedented smear campaign coordinated by the party leadership and corporate media against him, the self-described “democratic…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Kim Jong Un

North Korea Fires Projectiles In New Weapons Test, South Korean Military Says

North Korea fired several projectiles into the sea on Monday, the country’s second weapons test in a week as tensions have heated up once again on the Korean peninsula. The South Korean military said the North fired three unidentified projectiles, some flying about 125 miles before falling into the East…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Lithium

Powering the future with revolutionary lithium extraction technique

A world-first study, led by Australia's Monash University, has patented a new filtration technique that could slash lithium extraction times. The research team has developed a synthetic MOF-based membrane that can filter lithium ions in an ultra-fast and highly selective manner. Preliminary studies have shown this technology has a lithium…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Alexander von Humboldt

New study on COVID-19 estimates 5.1 days for incubation period

An analysis of publicly available data on infections from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 yielded an estimate of 5.1 days for the median disease incubation period, according to a new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This median time…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Stalingrad

Mart Crowley, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Playwright, Dies at 84

Mart Crowley, the Tony Award-winning playwright whose pioneering 1968 play “The Boys in the Band” became a groundbreaking landmark in representing gay life, has died at age 84. Veteran journalist Michael Musto announced Crowley’s death via Facebook on Sunday. Crowley had worked in the 1960s as an assistant to actress…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

BUK-Missile

MH17 Court Trial to Begin in the Netherlands Against Backdrop of Media Wars

Europe03:35 GMT 09.03.2020(updated 03:37 GMT 09.03.2020) Get short URLOn Monday a criminal trial will start in the Netherlands with four suspects being accused of involvement in bringing down Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight in Ukraine in 2014. A series of events organized by critics of the trial were held ahead of…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Chinese Economy

Asian stock markets tumble after oil prices crash

Image copyright Getty Images Shares in London have plummeted in early trading, with the FTSE 100 index of shares plunging 8%.It comes after big falls in Asia, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index down 5% while Australia's ASX 200 slumped 7.3%, its biggest daily drop since 2008.Markets have been rattled by…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Panda

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bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Doping Test

Sun Yang to be ditched by hometown 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games if he fails to overturn eight-year doping violation ban

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang with fellow Hangzhou native and Alibaba founder Jack Ma at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games closing ceremony. Photo: XinhuaThe seven-time Asian Games gold medallist was the face of the Hangzhou Games and remains an ambassador even after his eight-year ban by CAS The three-time Olympic gold…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Jean-Claude Juncker

Don’t count out von der Leyen yet

Tim King writes POLITICO's Brussels Sketch. When Ursula von der Leyen was seeking the endorsement of the European Parliament to become president of the European Commission, she promised certain legislative proposals “in my first 100 days in office.” In doing so she was bowing to a tradition pioneered by Franklin Delano…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

The History of Socialism and Social Democracy. SYRIZA’s Betrayal of Greece Is a Spectre Haunting the Left

North Korea Fires Projectiles In New Weapons Test, South Korean Military Says

Powering the future with revolutionary lithium extraction technique

New study on COVID-19 estimates 5.1 days for incubation period

Mart Crowley, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Playwright, Dies at 84

MH17 Court Trial to Begin in the Netherlands Against Backdrop of Media Wars

Asian stock markets tumble after oil prices crash

Secrets of the Zoo-Down Under S01E02 WEBRip x264-CAFFEiNE

Sun Yang to be ditched by hometown 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games if he fails to overturn eight-year doping violation ban

Don’t count out von der Leyen yet

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