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Brexit

Brexit Britain is running out of time

LONDON — Even as a global pandemic sweeps the planet, Britain remains stubborn. Despite no indication trade negotiations with the EU will begin again soon, Boris Johnson insists the transition period designed to smooth the U.K.'s exit from the bloc will end as planned in December this year. He told MPs…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Electric Car

Samsung reveals long-range, solid-state, EV battery prototype

At 50 percent smaller by volume than a typical lithium-ion battery, Samsung's prototype solid-state pouch cells could enable 500-mile electric car ranges and cycle lives over 1,000 charges in a much safer package.The drive towards solid-state is one of the key fronts in the battle to break through to the…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Biological Warfare

Coronavirus hits ‘Friends’ reunion production

The production will not go ahead at least until May.PTI|Last Updated: Mar 19, 2020, 10.02 AM ISTAgenciesA new date has not been set.LOS ANGELES: The much-awaited "Friends" reunion special has been postponed in the wake of the coronavirus scare. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the unscripted episode, set at…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Impeachment

Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television.At a recent briefing with his coronavirus task force standing behind him, Trump turned to Dr. Jerome Adams and declared the previously low-profile 20th surgeon general among the…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Silk Road

China Showers Europe With Virus Aid While Sparring With Trump

(Bloomberg) -- Last month, Beijing’s ambassador to Estonia accused the Baltic nation’s intelligence service of having a “Cold War mindset” for labeling China a threat, warning that its “distorted” conclusions damaged bilateral relations.Four weeks later, Estonian officials took part in a video conference hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Hrant Dink

The History of Finding (or Building) Noah’s Ark

Beneath almost every culture, faith tradition and geography, there is a story of a massive flood, and the ship that managed to sail it. The story has gripped generations … so much so that copycats and true believers have spent decades building replicas and even searching for the real thing.…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Vietnam Veterans

How a Men’s Group Helps Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

When I was a young psychiatrist, I worked with Vietnam veterans traumatized by what happened to them, what they had seen, and what they had done. As I treated these veterans and studied PTSD, I realized that what I was learning could apply to help women. The first rape crisis…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Space Debris

Social Distancing At Mission Control

ESA Mission Control Adjusts To Coronavirus Conditions, ESA "Responsible for spacecraft orbiting Earth, the Sun and exploring the Solar System, teams at ESA's ESOC mission control deal with in-flight challenges every day, from faulty hardware, problematic software and hazardous space debris to computer viruses that could affect ground stations. So…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong-un admits North Korea lacks modern medical facilities amid coronavirus outbreak; thousands of locals quarantined

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un acknowledged that his country lacks modern medical facilities and called for urgent improvements, state media said Wednesday, in a rare assessment of the North's health care system that comes amid worries about the coronavirus in the impoverished country. Outside experts say a coronavirus epidemic…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Korean War

Coronavirus: Trump puts US on a war footing combat outbreak

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe effect of coronavirus around the worldDescribing himself as a "wartime president", President Donald Trump has vowed the US will achieve "total victory" over the coronavirus.He spoke as he revived a Korean War-era measure allowing the US to ramp up production of…

bubmagMarch 19, 2020

Brexit Britain is running out of time

Samsung reveals long-range, solid-state, EV battery prototype

Coronavirus hits ‘Friends’ reunion production

Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label

China Showers Europe With Virus Aid While Sparring With Trump

The History of Finding (or Building) Noah’s Ark

How a Men’s Group Helps Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Social Distancing At Mission Control

Kim Jong-un admits North Korea lacks modern medical facilities amid coronavirus outbreak; thousands of locals quarantined

Coronavirus: Trump puts US on a war footing combat outbreak

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