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Jerusalem Controversy

Muslim nations reject Trump’s ‘biased’ Mideast peace plan in Saudi meeting

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Days after Gulf Arab states expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s efforts at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, representatives from these same countries and other Muslim nations gathered in Saudi Arabia and rejected the White House’s plan as “biased.”Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Barack Obama

Barack Obama Is Figuring This Whole Menswear Thing Out

Since exiting the Oval Office, Barack Obama has tried his hand at a number of post-presidency gigs—author, Richard Branson’s hangout buddy, and Netflix producer among them. But a picture taken in Malaysia in mid-December that resurfaced over the weekend suggests something more exciting (for us) than all that. It seems…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi

‘Saudi Arabia Must Be Held Accountable’: Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée to Attend State of the Union as Congressman’s Guest

Published on Monday, February 03, 2020byIn an effort to pressure President Donald Trump to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the brutal 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Democratic congressman announced Monday that his guest for Tuesday night's State of the Union speech will be Khashoggi's fiancée, Hatice Cengiz. Rep.…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Water Pollution

Looming paper bag shortage shows you can’t save the planet by banning plastic ones

The plastic bag has become anathema to the effort of saving Mother Nature from humans’ toxic ways. But humans are now being blindsided by a shortage of paper bags – which have proven to be an even worse alternative. With the old-fashioned single-use plastic …

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

1619 Slavery

Disputed New York Times ‘1619 Project’ Already Shaping Schoolkids’ Minds on Race

From the moment Fatima Morrell read The New York Times 1619 Project last year, the educator embraced the 100-page magazine special issue on slavery and racism as a professional godsend. Morrell, an associate superintendent in the Buffalo, New York, school d…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Trade War

China: Why are you making such a big deal out of this virus thing, USA

PHOTO: Medical workers work in the ICU of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Jan. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi) Chinese WHO delegate warns of “deliberately creating panic” over Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV The U.S. is needlessly whipping up panic over the Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV, China's government…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Scotland

Walgreens Boots Alliance extends TCS tie-up in $1.5 billion deal

MUMBAI : American pharmacy retailer Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has expanded its strategic partnership with IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the company said on Monday. The 10-year deal, valued at over $1.5 billion, is part of WBAs in…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Idlib

Turkey, Syria Trade Deadly Strikes As Russia Watches Uneasily

A Turkish military convoy passes through the Syrian town of Dana, in Idlib province near the Turkish-Syrian border, on Sunday. It is there, in northwestern Syria, that friction between the country and neighboring Turkey has flared into direct violence. Aaref…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Hooliganism

Mamata comes to Kejriwal’s rescue, calls BJP opportunists

CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Monday. ‘Party calls everyone a terrorist when elections are around’ Dubbing the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party as “most opportunist” and those encourage “vandalism” and “hooliganism” through their utterances, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday came to the rescue of…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Animal Protection

Chinese turn to social media to feed stranded pets in virus city

China's unprecedented quarantining of virus-hit Wuhan has separated millions from their families -- and many from their pets, prompting worried owners and kind strangers to take to social media to ensure left-behind animals are looked after.The virus that has killed more than 360 in China emerged during the Lunar New…

bubmagFebruary 3, 2020

Muslim nations reject Trump’s ‘biased’ Mideast peace plan in Saudi meeting

Barack Obama Is Figuring This Whole Menswear Thing Out

‘Saudi Arabia Must Be Held Accountable’: Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancée to Attend State of the Union as Congressman’s Guest

Looming paper bag shortage shows you can’t save the planet by banning plastic ones

Disputed New York Times ‘1619 Project’ Already Shaping Schoolkids’ Minds on Race

China: Why are you making such a big deal out of this virus thing, USA

Walgreens Boots Alliance extends TCS tie-up in $1.5 billion deal

Turkey, Syria Trade Deadly Strikes As Russia Watches Uneasily

Mamata comes to Kejriwal’s rescue, calls BJP opportunists

Chinese turn to social media to feed stranded pets in virus city

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