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Cold War

Saturday Sessions: Cold War Kids performs “Calm Your Nerves”

Members of the California indie rock group Cold War Kids met in college - and just celebrated their fifteenth anniversary with a North American headline tour. Last year, they released the first collection in an album trilogy. The next in the series - "New Age Norms Two" is soon to…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Cold War

Saturday Sessions: Cold War Kids performs “Complainer”

Members of the California indie rock group Cold War Kids met in college - and just celebrated their fifteenth anniversary with a North American headline tour. Last year, they released the first collection in an album trilogy. The next in the series - "New Age Norms Two" is soon to…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

NOAA

January was warmest on record for the globe

Winter Warmth — NOAA’s January summary is out, along with its outlook for spring. Scott K. Johnson - Feb 22, 2020 1:45 pm UTC NOAAWe’re off to a hot start in 2020, with January setting a new mark as the warmest instance of that month on record for the globe.…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Narendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi declares open inaugural KIUG

CUTTACK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the first-ever Khelo India University Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Saturday. As many as 3400 athletes from 159 universities across the country will vie for top honours across 17 disciplines, including rugby which is among the six team events.…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Peace

South Sudan rivals Salvaa Kiir and Riek Machar agree unity deal

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Riek Machar took the oath of office in front of President Salva Kiir (l) and Chief Justice Chan Reech Madut Former South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as first vice-president, sealing a peace deal aimed at ending six years of civil…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Antibiotics

A day-by-day breakdown of coronavirus symptoms shows how the disease, COVID-19, goes from bad to worse

A woman has her body temperature checked amid the coronavirus outbreak. AP Photo/Vincent Thian Most cases of the new coronavirus are mild, but about 20% of patients either have severe cases of disease or become critically ill.A fever is the most common symptom.Here's how the symptoms progress day by day…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Hydrogen

Hey Jeff Bezos, we have ideas for how to spend $10 billion fighting climate change

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Monday, Amazon CEO and world’s richest human Jeff Bezos announced he was pledging nearly 8 percent of his net worth to fight climate change. This money, known as the Bezos Earth…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Privacy Concerns

Canada privacy watchdog probes facial recognition startup

FILE PHOTO:People walk past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS Canada’s privacy watchdog on Friday announced an investigation into a US software startup reportedly capable of matching images of unknown faces…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Chernobyl

Sarcophagus and other most radioactive places in Chernobyl

It’s been 3 years since the giant, more than 36 000-ton New Safe Confinement, better known as the Arch, was put over the old sarcophagus, which was damaged and collapsing. In a way, this symbolic moment also summed up my 10 years of work documenting the Chernobyl Zone, which result…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Protectionism

Donald Trump Loves Those Big Tariffs. So Did Our Founding Fathers.

President Donald Trump’s trade wars have sparked fierce debate about the role of protectionism versus liberalism in U.S. trade with other countries. This debate is hardly new. It dates all the way back to America’s founding. As a political economist interested in the historical foundations of modern U.S. trade policy,…

bubmagFebruary 22, 2020

Saturday Sessions: Cold War Kids performs “Calm Your Nerves”

Saturday Sessions: Cold War Kids performs “Complainer”

January was warmest on record for the globe

PM Narendra Modi declares open inaugural KIUG

South Sudan rivals Salvaa Kiir and Riek Machar agree unity deal

A day-by-day breakdown of coronavirus symptoms shows how the disease, COVID-19, goes from bad to worse

Hey Jeff Bezos, we have ideas for how to spend $10 billion fighting climate change

Canada privacy watchdog probes facial recognition startup

Sarcophagus and other most radioactive places in Chernobyl

Donald Trump Loves Those Big Tariffs. So Did Our Founding Fathers.

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