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Animal Protection

In otter news

Furry and friendly: Smooth-coated otter. In South India, otters are called neer naai or neer naaya, epithets that literally translate to water dog. These seem apt, considering the canine gregariousness of otters. They move in small packs called romps, inhabi…

bubmagOctober 13, 2019

Super Komachi

5 dead, 11 missing, over 90 injured as typhoon rips through Japan

At least five people have died, and another 11 are missing as a massive typhoon lashed Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area on Saturday, with many rivers overflowing into residential areas across a wide area of the country. More than 90 people were i…

bubmagOctober 13, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Microplastics: Seeking the ‘plastic score’ of the food on our plates

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Plastic from Almaciga Beach, on the north coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife Microplastics are found everywhere on Earth, yet we know surprisingly little about what risks they pose to living things. Scientists a…

bubmagOctober 13, 2019

Solar Storm

Solar Storms Can Devastate Entire Civilizations

Climate has inarguably become a hot topic of discussion in developed economies over the last decade, and it is getting hotter by the day as study after study warn we are close to doomed if we don’t change our ways urgently. Yet climate on Earth is not the onl…

bubmagOctober 13, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Historians search for descendants of America’s largest slave auction

It poured rain at the Georgia racetrack that Wednesday and Thursday, and the wind blew water into the covered grandstand where the merchandise was gathered for auction. Many of the offerings were "prime," the catalogue said. "London's Kit" was for sale, and…

bubmagOctober 13, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

James Mattis says Trump’s troop pullout has led to ‘disarray’ in Syria

Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters The former defense secretary James Mattis has said Donald Trumps abrupt withdrawal of US troops from the Syria-Turkey border has led to disarray in the war-torn territory, increasing the chances of a resurgence of Islamic Stat…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

NATO

Turkey Syria offensive: Guarding IS prisons no longer a priority, say Kurds

Image copyrightAFPImage caption More than 100,000 civilians have already fled Kurdish-held areas on the Turkey-Syrian border Kurds under attack from Turkey in northern Syria say they will no longer prioritise guarding Islamic State detainees if the offensi…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Hiroshima

How Dangerous Is Turkey’s Military on the Battlefield?

Straddling two continents, Turkey has one of the most powerful armed forces in Europe or Asia. Over four hundred thousand strong, Ankaras armed forces are divided into the Army, Air Force, and Navy. A Special Forces Corps exists and is subordinate directly to…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Refugees

EU Leaders May Impose Weapons Embargo on Turkey Over Syria

(Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders may decide on an arms embargo on Turkey over its incursion into Syria as soon as next week, said four officials familiar with the discussions. The potential move would send a strong signal to President Recep Tayyip Erdog…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Targeted Killings

AP Fact Check: Trump’s shoddy info on Syria, impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump spread shoddy information about Syria, the economy and matters at the heart of the impeachment inquiry against him in a week of caustic rhetoric. Some examples: TRUMP, on Hunter Biden, whose father is former Vice Presi…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

In otter news

5 dead, 11 missing, over 90 injured as typhoon rips through Japan

Microplastics: Seeking the ‘plastic score’ of the food on our plates

Solar Storms Can Devastate Entire Civilizations

Historians search for descendants of America’s largest slave auction

James Mattis says Trump’s troop pullout has led to ‘disarray’ in Syria

Turkey Syria offensive: Guarding IS prisons no longer a priority, say Kurds

How Dangerous Is Turkey’s Military on the Battlefield?

EU Leaders May Impose Weapons Embargo on Turkey Over Syria

AP Fact Check: Trump’s shoddy info on Syria, impeachment

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