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Orangutan

Malaysian palm giant bars suppliers amid deforestation worries

CAREY ISLAND, Malaysia (Reuters) - Sime Darby Plantation, the world’s largest palm oil planter, has suspended a supplier for failing to meet its environmental standards and identified 54 others as “high-risk” in Malaysia and Indonesia in recent months as it fights against deforestation. Sime Darby is potentially one of the…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Paris

The 16 worst tourist traps around the world locals say to totally avoid

Some attractions are just crowded, tacky, boring, or cliché. Getty Images There are many iconic sights around the world people long to visit at least once in their lifetime.However, some just aren't worth the effort, time, or money.Business Insider rounded up a list of the top 16 worldwide tourist attractions…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Hongkong

Daily Current Affairs IAS | UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 18th January 2020

IAS UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam 18th January 2020 (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Yada Yada alphavirus In news: Scientists named a novel virus after Seinfeld catchphrase “yada yada,” because it isnt that big a deal as far as humans are concerned. From Prelims Po…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Aral Sea

Saving the world’s dying rivers

NEW DELHI – From the Tigris to the Indus and the Yangtze to the Nile, rivers were essential to the emergence of human civilization. Millenniums later, hundreds of millions of people still depend on rivers to quench their thirst, grow food, and make a living. …

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Hiroshima

If Our DNA Is Being Sold, Shouldn’t We Make The Profit?

The Facts:Brexit has been in effect for almost a month and the sky has not yet fallen in.Reflect On:Does this mark the end of globalism and the embracing of a multipolar world?The monumental withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union at 00:00:01 am on February 1st, 2020 finally allowed us to witness…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Hurricane

Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans

A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. The transformation of the 25-acre Catholic convent is being developed by Waggonner & Ball and C…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Turkish Refugee Camp

Syria government forces retake key highway

Qaminas (Syria) (AFP) - Tensions escalated Tuesday between Syria's regime and rebel-backer Turkey as a Syrian military helicopter was shot down and Ankara warned of a "heavy price" for any attacks on its forces.The new flare-up, a day after regime shelling killed five Turkish troops, came as government forces battling…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Palestine

Trump’s Middle-East Mirage

History suggests that any peace negotiation has only a small chance of succeeding, because agreement requires compromise, which in turn requires leaders who are both willing and able to make concessions and sell them to their respective publics. When it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict, neither condition seems to exist.…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Android

The world’s first android teaching assistant is coming to Everett

He’s said to be the world’s first teacher who had a robot for a student. Billy Barry is a professor of philosophy who taught Bina48 — a robot with lifelike head and shoulders mounted on a frame — at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. Said to be…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Putin

Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Fleet Is Operational And Getting Stronger

Key point: Putin’s willingness to tie his personal reputation to Russia’s fifth-generation flagship fighter may speak to his growing confidence in its long-term viability.Back in May, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s IL-96-300PU presidential plane was flanked by no less than six Su-57 stealth fighter jets while en route to the 929th…

bubmagFebruary 11, 2020

Malaysian palm giant bars suppliers amid deforestation worries

The 16 worst tourist traps around the world locals say to totally avoid

Daily Current Affairs IAS | UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 18th January 2020

Saving the world’s dying rivers

If Our DNA Is Being Sold, Shouldn’t We Make The Profit?

Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans

Syria government forces retake key highway

Trump’s Middle-East Mirage

The world’s first android teaching assistant is coming to Everett

Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Fleet Is Operational And Getting Stronger

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