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Korean War

Kim Jong Unchained

Magazine Pyongyang’s outreach in 2018 was a ruse. With North Korea stronger and cockier than ever, prospects are grim in 2020. Credit: Shutterstock / Associated Press, Alexander SafronovWhatever happened to the North Korea peace process, which in 2018 looked so promising?We have been here before, in broad terms. So let…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Ukraine

Mike Pompeo’s tantrum inspired a big boost in NPR donations

The Secretary of State may not be thanking NPR for his week atop the headlines, but NPR can definitely thank him for boosting their bottom line. Mike Pompeo made news this week for berating NPR journalist Mary Louise Kelly following an interview about Iran o…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Slavery Abolition

The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave

Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall. His name was William Dorsey Swann, but to his friends he was known as “the Queen.” Both of those names had been forgotten for nearly a century before I rediscovered them while researching at Columbia University. Born in Maryland around 1858,…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Tesla

It’s time for ‘Fast & Furious’ to go electric

There is only one possible conclusion to draw from Hummer's official announcement that its next iteration will be as an electric SUV: There are finally enough badass electric cars out there for our country's national treasure, the Fast & Furious film fran…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Unwelcome Refugees

What Will Brexit Britain Be Like?

At 11 P.M. on Friday, Britain will leave the European Union. Big Ben will not bong—it’s too expensive—but the United Kingdom will secede from its defining economic and political relationship of the past fifty years. In Parliament Square, under the silent clock, Nigel Farage, the country’s most influential populist politician…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Geely

Aston Martin Shares Leap 25% As Billionaire Stroll Buys Big Stake

Aston Martin DBX (Photo by Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images) Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images Aston Martin shares accelerated ahead Friday after news Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will buy up to 20% in the ailing luxury sports car and SUV maker, according to Reuters. Aston Martin will raise a total…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Water Pollution

Membranes Market Worth $8.3 Billion by 2024

CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the new market research report "Membranes Market by Material (Polymeric, Ceramic), Technology (RO, UF, MF, NF), Application (Water & Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Processing), Region (North America, APAC, Europe, MEA, South America) - Global Forecast to 2024", published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Membranes Market is…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Chinese Economy

Gold inches higher on virus concerns

Gold prices inched higher on Friday and were set to post their biggest monthly gain in five, as the coronavirus epidemic fuelled economic slowdown concerns, despite the World Health Organization's confidence that the outbreak could be controlled. Spot gold r…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Will Asimov fix my doorbell? There should be a law about this

Computer systems must do no harm? ... Ha ha ha... Something for the Weekend, Sir? Greetings from civilisation, for one more day at least. After tonight, I will no longer be a European citizen but an immigrant of indeterminate status. Don't worry, this won't be a Brexit diatribe. I resigned…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Feudalism

Here are 10 things you should know about socialism

What do we mean when we talk about socialism? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know. Over the last 200 years, socialism has spread across the world. In every country, it carries the lessons and scars of its parti…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Kim Jong Unchained

Mike Pompeo’s tantrum inspired a big boost in NPR donations

The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave

It’s time for ‘Fast & Furious’ to go electric

What Will Brexit Britain Be Like?

Aston Martin Shares Leap 25% As Billionaire Stroll Buys Big Stake

Membranes Market Worth $8.3 Billion by 2024

Gold inches higher on virus concerns

Will Asimov fix my doorbell? There should be a law about this

Here are 10 things you should know about socialism

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