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Matteo Salvini

Islamophobia: Muslim council urges investigation into Conservative Party

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Equality and Human Rights Commission are considering "what, if any" action to takeThe Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has renewed its call for an independent inquiry into accusations of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party, accusing it of failing to act.In a…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Unwelcome Refugees

Assad says Erdogan blackmailing Europe with refugees

Damascus (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday accused his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of blackmailing Europe by opening its borders to fleeing refugees."Turkey has started to send a second wave of refugees as a form of blackmail to Europe," Assad said in an interview with the Russia…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Barack Obama

49 Notable Columbia University Alumni

For all the parents who have recently found themselves playing the role of teacher—and for all the temporarily housebound kids, too—Amazon is making more than 40 children’s shows available for free. Variety reports that the programs were once available only to Prime members, who pay $119 per year for access…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

SpaceX

A fleet of sensor-packed balloons will hit the stratosphere this summer

Stratolites are positioned at a lower altitude than most other satellites. This helps them get better readings, especially when it comes to imaging the ground. The current equipment takes photos of the Earth at a ground sample distance (GSD) of 15 centimeters, meaning each pixel in the resulting image represents…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Android

Back To The Future???? Here Are The Easiest Ways To Start Gaming In VR

March 05, 2020 11:50 AM ET So you’ve decided to step into the year 2020, but with virtual reality it’s more like 2030, unless you’re talking about Back to the Future 2,where the future is 2015. If that seems confusing to you, it’s because Michael J. Fox doesn’t really age.…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Climate Change

How the UN’s Shady Aviation Organization Could Upend a Key Effort to Combat Climate Change

The United Nations’ official aviation body begins three weeks of talks this week. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council meeting will discuss all manner of aviation-related topics, from coronavirus to unannounced missile launches. But it is also set to make a decision on which carbon offsets it will permit…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Kashmir

Pakistan concerned over violence in Delhi: Shah Mehmood Qureshi

By: PTI | Published: March 5, 2020 10:03:56 pm Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Qureshi made the remarks during a seminar in Islamabad which was organised by the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies – a think-tank. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Pope Francis

Pope Francis picks Savannah bishop to lead Atlanta archdiocese

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday named Gregory Hartmayer, the Roman Catholic bishop of Savannah, to lead the Atlanta archdiocese, its 100 parishes and 1.2 million Catholics. Hartmayer, 68, an ordained priest of the Franciscan order, said on the Diocese of Savannah’s Facebook page that he was “grateful and…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Machine Learning

News Brief: February Updates from the Google News Initiative

During the GNI EMEA Summit, Debunk.eu showed us how they brought journalists, fact-checkers and AI specialists together to curb the spread of disinformation. Partners and Digital News Innovation Fund recipients shared insights about the latest products and innovations in news, the role of machine learning in publishing and new ways…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Star Wars

Scientists Chase Snowflakes During the Warmest Winter Ever

Inside a cavernous hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility along the Virginia coast, a gleaming white P-3 Orion aircraft sits parked under harsh floodlights. It’s just after midnight and a group of scientists, technicians and graduate students cluster underneath a wing, peering at a 5-inch crack in one of the…

bubmagMarch 5, 2020

Islamophobia: Muslim council urges investigation into Conservative Party

Assad says Erdogan blackmailing Europe with refugees

49 Notable Columbia University Alumni

A fleet of sensor-packed balloons will hit the stratosphere this summer

Back To The Future???? Here Are The Easiest Ways To Start Gaming In VR

How the UN’s Shady Aviation Organization Could Upend a Key Effort to Combat Climate Change

Pakistan concerned over violence in Delhi: Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Pope Francis picks Savannah bishop to lead Atlanta archdiocese

News Brief: February Updates from the Google News Initiative

Scientists Chase Snowflakes During the Warmest Winter Ever

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