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Ukraine

Ukrainian Parliament Set to Accept the Prime Minister’s Resignation

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday is set to accept the resignation of the nation’s prime minister and reshuffle the Cabinet after six months on the job. Members of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party that dominates the parliament said the party decided to accept Prime Minister…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Doping Test

Olympic champ Le Clos had no doubts Yang was ‘cheating’

Updated / Wednesday, 4 Mar 2020 09:46 Chad le Clos, with his silver medal in Rio, alongside the now banned Sun Yang South African Olympic champion Chad le Clos says he had no doubt that Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was cheating and believes he was robbed of his special gold…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Brown Coal

BP, Santos carbon capture pact may rekindle dormant Australia plans

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia’s dormant carbon capture and storage projects may gain some momentum after BP Plc and Santos said they would join up on a pending site as world’s largest coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting country steps up its climate change fight. FILE PHOTO: BP's logo at…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Belfast

Genesis to Launch ‘The Last Domino?’ Reunion Tour in November

Genesis are reuniting in November to tour arenas all around the United Kingdom and Ireland. Related: Genesis’ Reunion Tour: 8 Questions We Have The band has not played together in any capacity since the end of the Turn It on Again tour in 2007. The lineup this time features classic-era…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Palantir

Mavenoid raises $8M Series A to apply AI to technical product support

Mavenoid, a startup founded in Stockholm that helps companies scale tech-focused product support via an AI-powered chatbot, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Mosaic Ventures, alongside Creandum and Point Nine Capital.The company says the new capital will be used to invest further in…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Astroturfing

Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades

Groups linked to oil and gas companies have been spending big on Facebook ads denouncing the First Nations-led protests that have targetted rail transport in Canada in the past month.Groups linked to oil and gas companies have been spending large sums on Facebook ads promoting the Coastal GasLink project or…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Hurricane

Insurance companies and lenders are responding to climate change — by shifting risk to taxpayers

In a pair of little-noticed letters sent earlier this year, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown and five other Democratic senators asked two giant organizations crucial to keeping the country’s housing market running how they were preparing for the destructive power of climate change. “If we are underprepared, climate change could have…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Green Deal

EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday for its first ever climate law, the lynchpin of the EU's Green Deal aimed at making the 27-country bloc climate neutral by 2050By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated PressMarch 4, 2020, 1:51 PM5 min readBRUSSELS -- Amid fierce criticism from environmental activists, the European Commission unveiled…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Green Deal

EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

BRUSSELS (AP) — Amid fierce criticism from environmental activists, the European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday for its first ever climate law, which will act as the basis of the European Union’s aim to make the 27-country bloc climate neutral by 2050.Under its Green Deal agenda, the EU’s executive arm wants…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Joe Biden

Super Tuesday: Democratic primary results in full

Joe Biden regained his status as a frontrunner on Super Tuesday, winning 10 of the 14 states that voted to pick a Democratic presidential nominee. Mr Biden, who is popular with African-American voters, was victorious in a line of states across the South - including Texas, which is crucial to…

bubmagMarch 4, 2020

Ukrainian Parliament Set to Accept the Prime Minister’s Resignation

Olympic champ Le Clos had no doubts Yang was ‘cheating’

BP, Santos carbon capture pact may rekindle dormant Australia plans

Genesis to Launch ‘The Last Domino?’ Reunion Tour in November

Mavenoid raises $8M Series A to apply AI to technical product support

Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades

Insurance companies and lenders are responding to climate change — by shifting risk to taxpayers

EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

Super Tuesday: Democratic primary results in full

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