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China's Strategy

Corona diplomacy

Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: March 17, 2020 10:41:15 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders on chalking out a plan to combat the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, in New Delhi. (Twitter/narendramodi)It would have been surprising if China…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Virtual Reality

In Coronavirus Quarantine? You Can Virtually Tour These Museums From Home

A man in a face mask takes a photograph using a mobile phone at a reception at Tretyakov Gallery in ... Moscow, Russia. Artyom Geodakyan/TASS Topline: Major museums are shutting their doors in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic— but thanks to the internet, you can explore some of the…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Stalingrad

Shocking: Italy’s World War II Tanks Were Actually Better Than Most People Realize

Key point: Italy may never have restored the might of Ancient Rome, but it did get better technologically as the war went on. Italy would eventually switch sides, bringing its not-so-bad tanks over to the Allied cause. On the morning of November 19, 1941, General John Scott Cockburn decided to launch…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Twinfluencer

Influencer ‘Detox’ Tea Company Forced to Pay $1 Million for False Health Claims

"I do not believe in the type of marketing that makes a woman not feel amazing in her own skin,” Adi Arezzini, CEO of "detox" tea company Teami Blend told The Independent last fall. “Personally, I am not a stick skinny woman and I do not promote that in our…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Brasilia

Brazil’s foreign trade secretary, who traveled to meet Trump, has coronavirus

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo, who was part of the Brazilian delegation that met with U.S. President Donald Trump nine days ago, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said in a statement on Monday. Troyjo, who is Brazil’s deputy economy minister, was also in…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Meritocracy

Biden’s Diversity Promises Are Identity Politics at Their Best

The coronavirus pandemic—and the Trump administration’s failed response to it—dominated Sunday night’s debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. But one of the debate’s more intriguing moments came during a discussion about something that didn’t call panic to mind: Women and their potential role in…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Meritocracy

Leaving Westworld Was The Best Thing The HBO Series Could’ve Done Right Now

They may live in a technology-fuelled future, but they’re still doing ATM smash-and-grabs. (Photo: John P. Johnson, HBO) Westworld returned with its season three premiere on Monday and the question on everybody’s lips was: Where the hell is Westworld? This might be a series about a Western-style theme park filled…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Animal Protection

FoA Releases Tips: How to Bear it in Black Bear Season

DARIEN, Conn., March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As humans continue to move increasingly close to wildlife habitats, it's not surprising that there are more reports of black bear sightings and encounters. But there's no need to panic. There are many ways to live peacefully with black bears, as Friends of Animals explains in a…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Spanish Flu

Supreme Court Postpones Next Set of Arguments Amid Outbreak

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court postponed a two-week argument session that had been set to start next week, making a highly unusual calendar change as the coronavirus outbreak spreads across the country.It’s the first time in decades, and perhaps a century, that the court has canceled a courtroom session…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Palestine

Palestinian struggle continues with coronavirus

With 39 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in Palestine as of Monday, the Palestinian Authority is struggling to cope with the pandemic with its limited resources and weak healthcare system. Thirty-seven of the victims were infected after a 51-member Greek religious tourist group, who visited Bethlehem in early March, tested positive…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Corona diplomacy

In Coronavirus Quarantine? You Can Virtually Tour These Museums From Home

Shocking: Italy’s World War II Tanks Were Actually Better Than Most People Realize

Influencer ‘Detox’ Tea Company Forced to Pay $1 Million for False Health Claims

Brazil’s foreign trade secretary, who traveled to meet Trump, has coronavirus

Biden’s Diversity Promises Are Identity Politics at Their Best

Leaving Westworld Was The Best Thing The HBO Series Could’ve Done Right Now

FoA Releases Tips: How to Bear it in Black Bear Season

Supreme Court Postpones Next Set of Arguments Amid Outbreak

Palestinian struggle continues with coronavirus

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