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Seed Vault

Cherokee Nation is banking seeds in ‘doomsday’ vault

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration The Cherokee Nation will bank corn, bean and squash seeds in the Arctic “doomsday vault”, becoming the first US-based tribe to safeguard culturally emblematic crops for future generations.The Svalbard seed vault, the…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Venezuela

U.N. List Targets Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

JERUSALEM — The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday released a list of more than 100 companies it said are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank — a first-ever international attempt to name and shame businesses that has drawn fierce…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Joker

11 times supporting actors stole the movie from the lead

Brad Pitt stole the show in "Fight Club." Twentieth Century Fox There are several times in film history when the supporting actor outshined the lead actor. In the classic film "Goodfellas," Joe Pesci upstaged Robert De Niro, while Brad Pitt was more memorable than Edward Norton in "Fight Club."In the musical…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Antarctica

It got hot as it’s ever been in Antartica this week

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration While you were drowning in this week’s impeachment, State of the Union, and election news, scientists were sounding yet another climate alarm: Antarctica just set a new record temperature. On Thursday, a…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Obamacare

Trump Budget Director ‘Not Yet Ready to Reveal’ Obamacare Replacement

Russell Vought. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Donald Trump ran for office promising a health-care plan that would cover everybody, cost less money to individuals and the government, and provide superior coverage. It turned out he had no such plan. “Nobody knew health care could be so…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Impeachment

Reporter asks Trump what impeachment lessons he learned

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bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Why didn’t the UN blacklist Chinese companies if China occupies Tibet?

Ezequiel Doiny The author is an Engineer and writer based in Maryland, USA. On February 12, 2020 Arutz 7 reported "Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley criticized the UN Human Rights Council after the council released a blacklist of over 100 companies which do business in Judea and Samaria Wednesday."The…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Venezuela

U.N. names global companies linked to Israeli settlements

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday released a list of more than 100 companies it said are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank — a first-ever international attempt to name and shame businesses that has drawn…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Super Heroes

DC’s New Show Stargirl Explained

A new teenage heroine is coming to the small screen, and we can’t wait to see her in action! Stargirl makes her debut this spring on DC Universe and The CW. The title character, also known as Courtney Whitmore, will be played by Brec Bassinger, and if the latest trailer…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Non-renewable Resources

Want a Truly Sustainable Fashion Industry? Look to Couture

Anyone who’s paying attention and not willfully burying their head in the sand is concerned about climate change. It’s the great existential crisis of our time, forcing us to rethink our relationship with everything from where we live to what we eat and even to what we wear. It’s clear…

bubmagFebruary 12, 2020

Cherokee Nation is banking seeds in ‘doomsday’ vault

U.N. List Targets Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

11 times supporting actors stole the movie from the lead

It got hot as it’s ever been in Antartica this week

Trump Budget Director ‘Not Yet Ready to Reveal’ Obamacare Replacement

Reporter asks Trump what impeachment lessons he learned

Why didn’t the UN blacklist Chinese companies if China occupies Tibet?

U.N. names global companies linked to Israeli settlements

DC’s New Show Stargirl Explained

Want a Truly Sustainable Fashion Industry? Look to Couture

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