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Brexit Negotiator

Brexit: What will UK’s exit from EU mean for Stormont?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An anti-Brexit protest was held outside the Northern Ireland Assembly last year The UK is due to leave the European Union on Friday at 23:00 GMT.Brexit is happening just weeks after the return of devolution in Northern Ireland, following three years of political deadlock.But…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Economic Bubble

December jobless rate in Japan flat at 2.2% amid labor shortage

The unemployment rate in December was unchanged from the previous month at 2.2 percent, reflecting a labor shortage due to the rapidly graying population, government data showed Friday. The number of unemployed was 1.45 million in the reporting month, down 1…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Pandemic

History of 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by CDC or any of its employees of the sponsors or the…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Korean Peace Talks

To Reunify a Polarized Peninsula: Complex Warfare with Korean Characteristics

To Reunify a Polarized Peninsula: Complex Warfare with Korean Characteristics Thomas A. Drohan Introduction Using concepts of complex warfare from previous SWJ articles on China and Japan, this article applies the same holistic approach to Korean security…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Trickle-Down

Fin24.com | INSIDE LABOUR: The green irony at Davos

The irony of climate change — more accurately, accelerated global warming — featuring so prominently at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, last week, seems to have been lost. Instead, this private rich boys’ club has manag…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Chinese Economy

Why it would be tough for Brent to return to $65 level

For India to maintain its economic momentum, low oil prices are going to be a relief but not necessarily a major supportive factor for economic growth, says Vandana Hari, Founder & CEO, Vanda Insights.ET Now|Last Updated: Jan 31, 2020, 09.58 AM ISTETMarkets.comCrude has firmly settled at $58. The timing really…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Elon Musk

Musk: ‘It won’t be long’ until the Model S goes 400 miles on a charge

Apparently, instead of switching the batteries inside the current versions of the more expensive vehicles, Tesla decided to work on the chemistry of the cells they're using. Musk said the core chemistry inside those cells "has improved many times over the years" and that the company is "pretty happy" with…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Be Evil

Blacklist Valley: How Big Tech reshapes politics by censoring conservative ideas – Washington Examiner

For better or worse, social media is the new public square. Of adults, 68% use Facebook, 73% use YouTube, and a quarter use Twitter. The numbers are much higher for adults under 50. Two-thirds of adults and roughly 4 in 5 under 50 use social media to consume …

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Chile Riots

1 dead as violence erupts after Chile football fan run over by police

Demonstrators clash with police at the Pudahuel neighbourhood in Santiago on Jan 29. (AP pic)SANTIAGO: Riots broke out in parts of Santiago overnight and lingered into Thursday after a police truck ran over and killed a soccer fan earlier this week, marking the most violent protests since unrest broke out late last year, authorities said. Protesters…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

CCTV

Lake Taupō residents on edge after five arsons in area

If there was one message that came through loud and clear at last night's community hui at Waitetoko Marae, it was that people on Taupō's eastern lakeshore are worried. They worry that an arsonist, or arsonists thought to be operating in the area may strike again. Their fears come after…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Brexit: What will UK’s exit from EU mean for Stormont?

December jobless rate in Japan flat at 2.2% amid labor shortage

History of 1918 Influenza Pandemic

To Reunify a Polarized Peninsula: Complex Warfare with Korean Characteristics

Fin24.com | INSIDE LABOUR: The green irony at Davos

Why it would be tough for Brent to return to $65 level

Musk: ‘It won’t be long’ until the Model S goes 400 miles on a charge

Blacklist Valley: How Big Tech reshapes politics by censoring conservative ideas – Washington Examiner

1 dead as violence erupts after Chile football fan run over by police

Lake Taupō residents on edge after five arsons in area

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