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Unwelcome Refugees

U.N. shuts refugee center in Libya’s capital as truce crumbles

CAIRO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it was suspending operations at a refugee center in Libya’s capital because it could become a target while the U.N. envoy said a truce brokered by Russia and Turkey was holding “only in name”. A…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Water Scarcity

The vacuum evaporators market is projected to grow from USD 2.2 billion in 2019 to USD 3.1 billion by 2024, at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2019 to 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The vacuum evaporators market is projected to witness a CAGR of 6.9% from 2019 to 2024, in terms of valueThe vacuum evaporators market is projected to grow from USD 2.2 billion in 2019 to USD 3.1 billion by 2024, at a CAGR of 6.9%…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Virtual Reality

The Oculus Store made almost $5 million on Christmas Day

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes the virtual reality ecosystem is making progress after customers spent nearly $5 million on the Oculus Store on Christmas Day. The Facebook creator was speaking during an earnings call (transcribed by Seeking Alpha), an…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Armed Robot

Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask. That’s a Problem.

Uncertainty about our preferences may be key, as demonstrated by the off-switch game, a formal model of the problem involving Harriet the human and Robbie the robot. Robbie is deciding whether to act on Harriets behalf whether to book her a nice but expensive…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Cold War

Ron Howard Set By Paramount To Direct ‘The Fixer,’ Plot To Kill Fidel Castro

Paramount Pictures has set Ron Howard to direct The Fixer, a Tyler Hisel script that tells the true story of a disgraced FBI agent, who at the height of the Cold War, is tapped by the CIA to lead a ragtag team of CIA operatives and Chicago mobsters on an…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Feudalism

A Ghetto of the Mind

After many twists and turns, not to mention the innumerable instances of blind folly, culpable ignorance and outright deceit that brought us here, Britain is finally leaving the European Union and in saying goodbye, I suddenly come to see how very homogenous …

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Politics this week

A new coronavirus continued to spread rapidly in China. Several large cities were locked down in Hubei province, whose capital, Wuhan, is where the virus broke out. Streets emptied; people stayed at home. However, Wuhan’s mayor said that 5m people had left the city before the quarantine was imposed: some…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Antibiotics

What probiotic should you take when on antibiotics or have GI issues

When it comes to taking probiotics, you have two main options — probiotic supplements or probiotic-containing foods like yogurt and sauerkraut. However, contrary to popular health trends, not everyone needs probiotics on a regular basis. Here's what you need…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Brown Coal

Why many Greek greens oppose wind power

Feb 1st 2020 KOZANI AND KARDITSA A CLUSTER OF state-owned power plants in north-western Greece have been spewing smoke and toxic ash over nearby villages for decades. The plants are fuelled by lignite, a dirty brown coal extracted from open-pit mines that s…

bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

Bushfire

Dramatic video shows bushfire overtake firefighters

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bubmagJanuary 30, 2020

U.N. shuts refugee center in Libya’s capital as truce crumbles

The vacuum evaporators market is projected to grow from USD 2.2 billion in 2019 to USD 3.1 billion by 2024, at a CAGR of 6.9% from 2019 to 2024

The Oculus Store made almost $5 million on Christmas Day

Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask. That’s a Problem.

Ron Howard Set By Paramount To Direct ‘The Fixer,’ Plot To Kill Fidel Castro

A Ghetto of the Mind

Politics this week

What probiotic should you take when on antibiotics or have GI issues

Why many Greek greens oppose wind power

Dramatic video shows bushfire overtake firefighters

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