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NATO

U.S. special envoy arrives at inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Ghani

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniKABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrived at the presidential palace in Kabul on Monday afternoon ahead of an inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Local state broadcaster RTA broadcast live…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

NASDAQ

Wall Street Futures Suspended ‘Limit Down’ as Global Markets Plunge

The New York Stock Exchange triggered circuit breakers that halted trading on the S&P 500 Monday, following and an earlier suspension for Wall Street futures, leaving safe-haven assets such as Treasuries to bear the brunt of an ongoing rout for global stocks.The S&P 500 was halted from trading for 15 minutes…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Gundam

Watch A Life-Sized Gundam’s Skeleton Legs Move

Kotaku EastEast is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.You have probably seen one of Japan’s life-sized Gundams, whether in person or in photos. But have you seen the skeleton legs…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Brexit

British watchdog enters tug-of-war over market data

By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters) - A transatlantic battle between stock exchanges and top customers heated up on Monday when Britain's Financial Conduct Authority began reviewing if market data was being sold at fair prices.Asset managers and banks in the United States and Europe have long called on regulators to force…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Barack Obama

Secret document says WikiLeaks cable leaks disrupted tracking of nation-state hackers

A previously secret document from 2010 warned that classified diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks would likely result in “observable changes” in the tactics and techniques used by foreign spies, potentially making it easier to avoid detection by U.S. agencies. The document, recently declassified through a Freedom of Information request by…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Peace

The Peace Corps Breaks Ties with China

On the morning of January 17th, shortly before I was scheduled to meet with a hundred and forty Peace Corps volunteers in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, there was an unexpected announcement that the China program was ending. The Peace Corps had first come to the country in 1993,…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Holocaust

The Dark Revelations of Gerhard Richter

“Birkenau.” The dread name—of the main death facilities at Auschwitz—entitles four large abstract paintings and four full-sized digital reproductions of them in the last gallery of “Painting After All,” a peculiarly solemn Gerhard Richter retrospective at the Met Breuer. The works are based on four clandestine photographs that were smuggled…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

March of the Living postponed to reduce risk of virus spreading

This year’s March of the Living in Poland has been cancelled to reduce the risk of the coronavirus spreading, the organisation said on Sunday. Organisers said a primary concern was the health of participants, including survivors. “Given that this is an international event involving 110 delegations from around the world,…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Chinese Economy

The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy @ The Poster House, NYC

Poster House // - August 23, 2020 Zhou Baisheng - Brunner Mond & Co. Ammonium Sulphate c. 1930Zhiying Studio - Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co. c. 1930Zhiying Studio - Hwa Ching Tobacco Co. c. 1930Zhiying Studio - Qidong Tobacco Co. /Gold Bar and Hataman Cigarettes c. 1928Designer Unknown - Light Up…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Korean Peace Talks

North Korea fires weapons after threatening ‘momentous’ action

Seoul, Mar. 9 (BNA): North Korea fired three short-range projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North threatened to take “momentous” action to protest outside condemnation over its earlier live-fire exercises. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the multiple kinds of projectiles…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

U.S. special envoy arrives at inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Ghani

Wall Street Futures Suspended ‘Limit Down’ as Global Markets Plunge

Watch A Life-Sized Gundam’s Skeleton Legs Move

British watchdog enters tug-of-war over market data

Secret document says WikiLeaks cable leaks disrupted tracking of nation-state hackers

The Peace Corps Breaks Ties with China

The Dark Revelations of Gerhard Richter

March of the Living postponed to reduce risk of virus spreading

The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy @ The Poster House, NYC

North Korea fires weapons after threatening ‘momentous’ action

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