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Water Pollution

Buried in mud: Wildfires threaten North American water supplies

As rain offers a welcome relief to fire-scorched Australia, concerns over flash floods and freshwater contamination cast a shadow on the joy. Already, massive fish kills have been reported due to heavy ash and sediment in local stream. Local reservoirs and municipal water supplies might become so polluted from the…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

A VC who looks for futuristic startups has just been made partner at Europe’s leading funds. Here’s how he finds ‘science fiction’ tech companies

Ted Persson has just been made a partner at Sweden's EQT Ventures, a leading European VC fund, to continue looking for startups which will change the future.Persson focuses on "moonshot investments" having previously backed VR/AR startup Varjo, Swedish self driving company Einride, and electric aviation company Heart Aerospace. "If a company…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Joe Biden

Trevor Noah’s team created a Joe Biden ‘insult bot’ on Twitter and it’s really something

Joe Biden Insult Bot is ready to put you in your place. Image: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images By Sam Haysom2020-02-11 12:56:18 UTC Anyone who's seen that viral video of Joe Biden arguing with a voter in Iowa will know that he sometimes has a slightly odd way with words.…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Super Komachi

High Speed Or High Cost 2; Boris To Give The Green Light

With an imminent decision expected from the government which will determine if the controversial ... transport project will continue to go ahead,. High Speed 2 is a high-speed railway in the United Kingdom, partly under construction. Parliament approved plans for the first section in 2017, with clearance work being undertaken…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

NATO

NATO willing to expand Iraqi training mission to meet Trump demand

(This February 11 story corrects title of Mark Esper in paragraph 4 to U.S. Secretary of Defense, not U.S. Secretary of State) FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he holds a news conference ahead of a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Putin to discuss Syria with Turkey’s Erdogan amid rising tensions: TASS

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Construction, Housing and Utilities Minister Vladimir Yakushev during a meeting in Moscow, Russia February 10, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERSMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the situation in Syria with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by phone later on Tuesday amid…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

Britain, EU split over financial market access

LONDON/STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Britain wants a stable relationship with the European Union for “decades to come” in financial services, finance minister Sajid Javid said on Tuesday, only to receive an instant rebuttal from Brussels. Britain left the EU last month and its large financial services sector will lose privileged access…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

1619 Slavery

To Fight The 1619 Project’s Lies, Take This Free U.S. History Class

Although criticism of The New York Times’ 1619 Project has not yet stymied the project’s success, giants in the conservative world are beginning to forge a tactical and strategic response that will outflank the project’s stated purpose of reframing the country’s history. The 1619 Project is a series of essays…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Cursor

Plasma 5.18.0 LTS

KDE Plasma 5.18Tuesday, 11 February 2020. Plasma 5.18 LTS is out! A brand new version of the Plasma desktop is now available. In Plasma 5.18 you will find neat new features that make notifications clearer, settings more streamlined and the overall look more attractive. Plasma 5.18 is easier and more…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

IDEX

RSTV: IN DEPTH

RSTV: IN DEPTH- DEFENCE EXPO 2020 Introduction: India’s biennial Defence Expo was held in Lucknow. Aimed at showcasing India’s potential as a global defence manufacturing hub, the 11th edition of the DefenceExpo will bring new technologies and solutions on a single platform for defence manufacturing firms from India and abroad.…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Buried in mud: Wildfires threaten North American water supplies

A VC who looks for futuristic startups has just been made partner at Europe’s leading funds. Here’s how he finds ‘science fiction’ tech companies

Trevor Noah’s team created a Joe Biden ‘insult bot’ on Twitter and it’s really something

High Speed Or High Cost 2; Boris To Give The Green Light

NATO willing to expand Iraqi training mission to meet Trump demand

Putin to discuss Syria with Turkey’s Erdogan amid rising tensions: TASS

Britain, EU split over financial market access

To Fight The 1619 Project’s Lies, Take This Free U.S. History Class

Plasma 5.18.0 LTS

RSTV: IN DEPTH

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