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Old-Age Poverty

Nearly half billion people lack decent jobs: UN

AFP 21st Jan 2020 07:03:49 GMT +0300 Some 285 million people worldwide are considered underemployed, meaning they either work less than they want to, have given up searching for work or otherwise lack access to the labour market. Mor…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Palestine

Israel’s fear of prosecution strengthens Palestine narratives

By Ramona Wadi | – (Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli media has reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could issue secret arrest warrants for Israeli officials involved in war crimes against the Palestinian people. According to a senior Israeli official who spoke to Israel Hayom, “The very fact…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Moon Mission

The European Space Agency is going to make oxygen out of moondust

Humans are headed back to the Moon. That much is abundantly clear, as NASA, the European Space Agency, China, and others have either announced plans to send humans to Earth’s tiny neighbor or are at least discussing the possibilities. Exciting times lie ahead…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Mexico Border Wall

Caravan of 3,000 Tests Pact With Trump…

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bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Yemen Civil War

What MLK Would Make of the Israeli Occupation

This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose activism we honor today, took stands far beyond Selma and Montgomery, and called on other capitals than Washington, D.C., to ensure a dignified life for human beings…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Cristina Kirchner

Pompeo praises countries which blacklisted Hezbollah

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday praised Colombia, Honduras and Guatemala which designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. In a post on Twitter, Pompeo wrote that Hezbollah “and other transnational terrorist groups remain active in the regi…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Alibaba

Masayoshi Son Is No Angel. He Might Want to Give It a Try

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The reputation of Masayoshi Son, the worlds most prolific unicorn breeder, came crashing down last year with the collapse of WeWork. An 80% writedown on The We Co., and a 970 billion yen ($8.8 billion) loss at the SoftBank Vision Fund d…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot

Image copyrightRyan CrierieImage caption The M247 Sergeant York was abandoned by the US Army in 1985 In 1985 the US pulled the plug on a computer-controlled anti-aircraft tank after a series of debacles in which its electronic brain locked guns onto a stan…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Bees

Pupil power: how students are helping to turn their schools green

Visit any primary or secondary school in Ireland, and you are likely to find a number of green flags at the gate. Across the walls, there is artwork, poetry, stories, investigations and reports on why things such as renewable energy, sustainability and conservation are important. There is no mandate to…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Climate Change

Extreme Arctic melting has a new suspect: The same powerful gases screwing over the ozone

They were once abundant, in our hairsprays, bug sprays, and refrigerators. And then scientists figured out these substances ripped a hole in the ozone layer, leading to a 1987 plan to phase them out that over time would be agreed to by every country in the wo…

bubmagJanuary 21, 2020

Nearly half billion people lack decent jobs: UN

Israel’s fear of prosecution strengthens Palestine narratives

The European Space Agency is going to make oxygen out of moondust

Caravan of 3,000 Tests Pact With Trump…

What MLK Would Make of the Israeli Occupation

Pompeo praises countries which blacklisted Hezbollah

Masayoshi Son Is No Angel. He Might Want to Give It a Try

Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot

Pupil power: how students are helping to turn their schools green

Extreme Arctic melting has a new suspect: The same powerful gases screwing over the ozone

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