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Super Komachi

11 dead or missing in Japan after Typhoon Hagibis drenches Tokyo

TOKYO High winds and record-breaking rains battered Tokyo and large swaths of central and eastern Japan on Saturday evening, leaving two people dead and nine missing after several rivers burst their banks and landslides buried houses. U.S. military personnel…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Super Komachi

Eleven dead or missing in Japan after Typhoon Hagibis drenches Tokyo

TOKYO High winds and record-breaking rains battered Tokyo and large swaths of central and eastern Japan on Saturday evening, leaving two people dead and nine missing after several rivers burst their banks and landslides buried houses. U.S. military personnel…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Virtual Reality

HTC’s new CEO admits lack of innovation – Were they right at the wrong time?

Darren Millar Oct 12th, 2019In a recent TechCunch interview HTC’s new CEO Yves Maitre made a critical admission: “HTC has stopped innovating in the hardware of the smartphone, people like Apple, like Samsung and, most recently, Huawei, have done an incredib…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Bees

Hobby turns into business for Raleigh County couple – Beckley Register-Herald

Jason and Angela Young, the owners of White Oak Bee Company in Raleigh County, have taken their idea for a unique start-up business and brought it to life. Think honeybees meets coffee. The couple began selling honey-roasted coffee and honey products from t…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Space Debris

RPGCast – Episode 517: “Sonic and the Holograms”

Not much news, but there are many games out this week. We won't play any of them though. Alice is on about Space Station 13, Kelley re-upped World of Warcraft, Anna Marie is playing Dragon Quest III, and Chris is still playing Final Fantasy IV. The post RPGCast – Episode…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Trade War

For Both Trump and Xi, Trade Deal Comes Amid Growing Pressures at Home

With Mr. Trumps re-election campaign approaching, he and his advisers are increasingly conscious of the need to limit any economic damage, particularly among key political constituencies like farmers, who have suffered the most. The American farm economy has…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Xi Jinping

China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Nepal with deals, promises, and pressure

Nepal has been preparing for the first visit of a Chinese head of state since 1996 with, among things like fixing potholes and planting flowers, lessons in the thinking of Xi Jinping supplied by the Chinese Communist Party. Today, Xi arrived, promising busine…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Jr. tried to insult Kamala Harris. It backfired spectacularly.

Members of the Trump family should think twice before challenging the 2020 Democratic candidates on Twitter. They're witty, they're not afraid to speak their minds, and they will tweet back. Just ask Donald Trump Jr., who recently tried to insult California …

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Targeted Killings

AP Fact Check: Trump’s Shoddy Information on Syria, Impeachment, More

WASHINGTON 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 President …

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

Air Pollution

California power shutdowns raise air pollution worries

Power shutdowns intended to prevent more devastating California wildfires are raising new concerns about another longstanding environmental threat: air pollution. As utilities halted service to more than 2 million people this week, lines formed at hardware s…

bubmagOctober 12, 2019

11 dead or missing in Japan after Typhoon Hagibis drenches Tokyo

Eleven dead or missing in Japan after Typhoon Hagibis drenches Tokyo

HTC’s new CEO admits lack of innovation – Were they right at the wrong time?

Hobby turns into business for Raleigh County couple – Beckley Register-Herald

RPGCast – Episode 517: “Sonic and the Holograms”

For Both Trump and Xi, Trade Deal Comes Amid Growing Pressures at Home

China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Nepal with deals, promises, and pressure

Donald Trump Jr. tried to insult Kamala Harris. It backfired spectacularly.

AP Fact Check: Trump’s Shoddy Information on Syria, Impeachment, More

California power shutdowns raise air pollution worries

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