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Hongkong

Hong Kong Confirms First Wuhan Virus Case, Endangering Protests

Hong Kong confirmed its first case of a mystery coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday after weeks of expanding its power to isolate potential patients and amid warning the virus could evolve to be deadlier. Chinese officials identified the virus as part of the coronavirus family on Monday and…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Belt and Road

Myanmar’s growing dependence on China

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Myanmar last week is a vivid indicator of the region’s changing geopolitics, reflecting adversely on the West and its allies. Its real significance transcends the 33 agreements signed, although it is an impressive number in itself for a short sojourn of a day…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Green Deal

EU Parliament Greenlights EIB Gas Funding

Getty The European Parliaments energy committee today declined to reject a proposed list of priority energy project eligible for funding from the European Investment Bank despite critics saying it violates an EIB pledge to phase out fossil fuel lending. Las…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Homeless

A Spanish Beach Town Is Filling Up With Sea Foam

Foamnado.Gif: ITV (Twitter)Tossa de Mar is an absurdly beautiful vacation town in Catalonia, Spain. It’s got clear blue water views, a variety of European cuisines, and for a limited time only, massive amounts of weird ass sea foam.A powerful storm blasted the region on Tuesday, turning the ocean into a…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Homeless

What happens if an earthquake hits Tokyo during the Olympics?

Thanks to its location in an area where numerous continental and oceanic plates meet under the ground and ocean, Japan is prone to frequent earthquakes. Scientists speculate that a major earthquake could be likely in the next few years, and while athletes and sports fans hope it will not happen…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Drones

Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, Farmwise and Pyka

Farming is one of the oldest professions, but today those amber waves of grain (and soy) are a test bed for sophisticated robotic solutions to problems farmers have had for millennia. Learn about the cutting edge (sometimes literally) of agricultural robots a…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

The Queen

The Petty Politics of Who Gets to Be ‘Her Royal Highness’

Image: GettyRoyal TeaRoyal TeaNotes on monarchy from an unsourced obsessiveWith Harry and Meghan departing from the lineup of “working” royals—those who make appearances and perform various tasks on behalf of Queen Elizabeth—once again the Windsors are negotiating the intricacies of a piece of royal protocol that is simultaneously very fiddly…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - "Go outside," French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference. The French tricolou…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Holocaust

Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church

By John IrishJERUSALEM (Reuters) - "Go outside," French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference.The French tricolor has flown over the Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem's walled…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Jean-Claude Juncker

‘Tariff Man’ Trump Tells ‘Davos Man’ To Embrace Fair Trade Over Free Trade

President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Photo by ... JIM WATSON / AFP) AFP via Getty Images President Trumps former Democratic side can always be seen when he talks about global trade. While the U.S. S…

bubmagJanuary 22, 2020

Hong Kong Confirms First Wuhan Virus Case, Endangering Protests

Myanmar’s growing dependence on China

EU Parliament Greenlights EIB Gas Funding

A Spanish Beach Town Is Filling Up With Sea Foam

What happens if an earthquake hits Tokyo during the Olympics?

Unearth the future of agriculture at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI with the CEOs of Traptic, Farmwise and Pyka

The Petty Politics of Who Gets to Be ‘Her Royal Highness’

Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church

Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church

‘Tariff Man’ Trump Tells ‘Davos Man’ To Embrace Fair Trade Over Free Trade

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