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8 of the best online courses to kickstart your photography career

Take your photography skills to the next level with these picture-perfect courses. By Robert Anderson2020-02-28 07:00:00 UTC There is more to a photography career than you might think. With everything from night time shooting, photo editing in Lightroom, and drone shots, the world of cameras is constantly expanding and there…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Hongkong

Prominent Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested on the charges of illegal assembly and intimidating journalists

The founder of Hong Kong Next Digital, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, has been arrested by Hong Kong police on Friday morning (28 February) under the charge of illegal assembly and intimidating journalists.Hong Kong police arrived at Mr Lai’s house at Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong at 7.30 am local time to…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Kashmir

Panjab University students raise voice against Delhi violence

Written by Chahat Rana | Chandigarh | Published: February 28, 2020 12:16:34 pm People’s march against fascism organised by student organisations at Student Center, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Thursday. (Express Photo: Kamleshwar Singh)Deeming the violence occurring in the national capital as the most recent in a chain of various “communal…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Sets Up Shops With Subsidised Goods for Military

Zimbabwe is setting up grocery shops at military barracks to sell subsidised basic commodities to soldiers as the cost of living continues to soar. The southern African country has seen an increase in unrest in the past months with civil servants engaging in several strikes over poor pay. Late last…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Air Pollution

What to expect when New York bans plastic bags

New Yorkers use an estimated 23 billion plastic bags a year, and environmentalists are hoping the state’s plastic bag ban, which goes into effect March 1, will curb that number (and the subsequent majority of those plastic bags that end up in landfill). But that ban doesn’t mean that beginning…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Filter Bubble

Why is TikTok creating filter bubbles based on your race?

TikTok On TikTok, all is not as it seems. Engage with dance videos and you’ll start seeing more people doing the Renegade. If you linger on a TikTok dog, it will give you puppies galore. But TikTok’s algorithmic obsession with giving you more content that it thinks you will like…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Unwelcome Refugees

Turkey, with more dead troops, says it won’t stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe

By: Reuters | Ankara/istanbul | Published: February 28, 2020 11:04:16 am Nearly a million civilians have been displaced in Idlib near the Turkish border since December as Russia-backed Syrian government forces seized territory from Turkey-backed Syrian rebels, marking the worst humanitarian crisis of the country’s nine-year war. (File Photo)Turkey, faced…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Antibiotics

“Forgetful” mutations may help bacteria evade antibiotics

Bacteria have a frustrating ability to return after an infection is cleared out. That’s largely thanks to small “persister” populations that are able to hide from the drugs, seeding a new colony in the aftermath. Now, scientists at the University of Surrey have identified genetic mutations that turn some bugs…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Mass Tourism

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

As the tourism sector has pursued heady growth year after year, the perception of climate change had been that it was a slow-burning issue playing out in the background — like haze, pollution, and many other perennial problems that affect Asia.Unlike coronavirus and bushfires, with fallouts instantly felt or actions…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

Geely

Geely Auto Receives TÜV Rheinland’s Vehicle Level Solid Particulates/Aerosol Filtering Protection China-mark Certificate

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On February 25, TÜV Rheinland Group, an international, independent third-party inspection, testing, and certification organization, issued the first Vehicle Level Solid Particulates/Aerosol Filtering Protection China-mark certificate to Geely Auto. Owing to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, drivers and passengers are now paying even more attention to the air quality in…

bubmagFebruary 28, 2020

8 of the best online courses to kickstart your photography career

Prominent Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested on the charges of illegal assembly and intimidating journalists

Panjab University students raise voice against Delhi violence

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Sets Up Shops With Subsidised Goods for Military

What to expect when New York bans plastic bags

Why is TikTok creating filter bubbles based on your race?

Turkey, with more dead troops, says it won’t stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe

“Forgetful” mutations may help bacteria evade antibiotics

Asia Tourism Wants to Finally Tackle a Dangerously Hot Situation

Geely Auto Receives TÜV Rheinland’s Vehicle Level Solid Particulates/Aerosol Filtering Protection China-mark Certificate

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