bubmag

Rocket shelling

Iraq, Syria Oppose Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan, Creating Further Tensions Where U.S. Troops Deployed

Iraq and Syria, two Middle Eastern powers where U.S. troops are deployed in active combat zones, have come out against President Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, further raising questions about Washington's foreign policies at a time of heightened tensions across the region.The political side to Trump's "Vision for Peace, Prosperity…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

NYC Considers Divesting From Nuclear Weapon Manufacturers

The City Council is targeting the nuclear weapons industry with a pair of bills intended to end the city’s passive involvement in the production of these devastating bombs.One resolution calls on the city comptroller to divest from nuclear weapons manufacturers in public employees’ pension funds. The second would create a…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Computers in School

3 Ways to Add Sound to Your Site (Without Annoying Users)

There are compelling reasons to use sound on a website and just as many not to. Consider, for example, that humans have the ability to recall things better through sound. If you had to learn the 50 states songs in elementary school or spent your childhood wat…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Explained: What Trump’s new Middle East plan says

Trump has claimed that it is only reasonable that I have to do a lot for the Palestinians, or it just wouldnt be fair, but also warned that this could be the last opportunity they will ever have.President Donald Trumps Middle East plan, Peace to Prosperity: A…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

Caroline Baum: The Fed is complacent; the bond market is not

U.S. Treasury note and bond yields have been falling for over a month to levels last seen in October. On the surface, it would appear that external events may have been the catalyst for the rush into super-safe Treasurys, sending the yield curve toward inversion again. First, the U.S. killing…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Bushfire

Australia fires: NSW inquiry to probe climate change impact

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fires in NSW have killed 25 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has announced an independent inquiry into the ongoing bushfires, promising to "leave no stone unturned".The six-month inquiry will examine the causes of…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Soundcloud

Get the ‘Terms of Service’ Bullet Points You Need With This Site

Image: ShutterstockWhenever you start using a new product, you’re often presented with the terms of service, an often exceptionally lengthy document filled with language that even if you did try to read it all (we know you don’t) you probably wouldn’t understand what rights you were actually passing over. Terms…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Boeing 737max

Air New Zealand continues flying to China, company doctor reassures passengers

Air New Zealand has sought to reassure passengers about the safety on board its continued flights to Shanghai as other airlines halt or drastically scale back services to China because of the coronavirus. The Kiwi airline has posted a short video on its travel alerts page featuring its chief medical…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Chile Riots

Chile Holds Rates as Protests Portend Months of Uncertainty

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Chile kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as the worst social unrest in decades clouds the outlook for economic growth and saps demand f…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Electric Scooter

Faced with high smog levels, Milan to ban cars on Sunday

Milan will ban cars from driving within the city on Sunday, a measure aimed at tackling high pollution levels, even as authorities consider new measures, such as prohibiting smoking at bus stops. The measure - which is not the first time that Italy's economi…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Iraq, Syria Oppose Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan, Creating Further Tensions Where U.S. Troops Deployed

NYC Considers Divesting From Nuclear Weapon Manufacturers

3 Ways to Add Sound to Your Site (Without Annoying Users)

Explained: What Trump’s new Middle East plan says

Caroline Baum: The Fed is complacent; the bond market is not

Australia fires: NSW inquiry to probe climate change impact

Get the ‘Terms of Service’ Bullet Points You Need With This Site

Air New Zealand continues flying to China, company doctor reassures passengers

Chile Holds Rates as Protests Portend Months of Uncertainty

Faced with high smog levels, Milan to ban cars on Sunday

General Information

Ask me anything