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NATO

The Rift Between Turkey and America Has Paved the Way for Russia’s Rebound

While the United States and Iran edged to the brink of war in Iraq, Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on January 8 to launch the long-awaited TurkStream gas pipeline and announce a new Libya ceasefire deal.Two days later, Moscow and Ankara announced…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Why wasn’t Auschwitz bombed by the Allies? New doc explores possible answers

Should the Allied powers have bombed Auschwitz when they received secret intelligence about what was taking place at the horrific Nazi death camp? That's a question explored by historians in a PBS documentary, premiering on Tuesday, titled, "Secrets of the D…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Maduro

Pompeo meets with Venezuelan opposition leader in Colombia

(CNN)Almost one year to the day after the United States recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as that country's legitimate president, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo re-emphasized the US' support in his first face-to-face meeting with Guaido.The two officials met Monday on the sidelines of the Third Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Yellow Vests

As strike ends, will France face more radical forms of protests?

French transport users breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as services went back to normal after 46 days of uninterrupted strikes over the controversial pension reforms.Yet a number of incidents over the past few days suggest that the social movement has all but come to an end.On Monday, hardline…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Hydrogen

Hyperion Motors hydrogen fuel cell hypercar headed to the New York Auto Show

We're not sure what Hyperion Motors, based in Orange, California, does, but we know it has to do with hydrogen fuel cells. Co-founder and CEO Angelo Kafantaris told Youngstown, Ohio's Business Journal last August that his nine-year-old company focuses on "ene…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Matteo Salvini

Italy committee gives go-ahead for Salvini migrant trial

ROME: An Italian senate committee voted on Monday (Jan 20) to strip former interior minister Matteo Salvini of his parliamentary immunity, opening the way for him to stand trial for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea last year. "They'll have to fi…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Plastic Pollution

Brazil’s Ambev sets ambitious target to end plastic pollution in packaging

Brazil's Ambev sets ambitious target to end plastic pollution in packaging

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Electric Car

Sono Motors says it has raised $55.42 million for solar powered car

FRANKFURT German solar-powered electric car startup Sono Motors said it had raised 50 million euros from a crowd-funding campaign to develop a solar-powered vehicle. Munich-based Sono, founded in 2016, has attracted engineers from Nissan, Opel and Honda to d…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Dive Into the World of Artificial Intelligence

Get ready to dive into the world of intelligence, computers, systems, and machines with our latest ebook bundle! Pick up titles like Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications, Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, What …

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

US and Britain to ‘reduce troops’ in Iraq under plan to defuse regional tensions

An exact time line for the plan is as yet unclear. Iraq's caretaker prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, has said that any final decision should be made by his successor, who may not be appointed for months. Privately, however, he is thought to favour the compr…

bubmagJanuary 20, 2020

The Rift Between Turkey and America Has Paved the Way for Russia’s Rebound

Why wasn’t Auschwitz bombed by the Allies? New doc explores possible answers

Pompeo meets with Venezuelan opposition leader in Colombia

As strike ends, will France face more radical forms of protests?

Hyperion Motors hydrogen fuel cell hypercar headed to the New York Auto Show

Italy committee gives go-ahead for Salvini migrant trial

Brazil’s Ambev sets ambitious target to end plastic pollution in packaging

Sono Motors says it has raised $55.42 million for solar powered car

Dive Into the World of Artificial Intelligence

US and Britain to ‘reduce troops’ in Iraq under plan to defuse regional tensions

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