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Jerusalem Controversy

Explained: What Trump’s new Middle East plan says

Trump has claimed that it is only reasonable that I have to do a lot for the Palestinians, or it just wouldnt be fair, but also warned that this could be the last opportunity they will ever have.President Donald Trumps Middle East plan, Peace to Prosperity: A…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

Caroline Baum: The Fed is complacent; the bond market is not

U.S. Treasury note and bond yields have been falling for over a month to levels last seen in October. On the surface, it would appear that external events may have been the catalyst for the rush into super-safe Treasurys, sending the yield curve toward inversion again. First, the U.S. killing…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Bushfire

Australia fires: NSW inquiry to probe climate change impact

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fires in NSW have killed 25 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has announced an independent inquiry into the ongoing bushfires, promising to "leave no stone unturned".The six-month inquiry will examine the causes of…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Soundcloud

Get the ‘Terms of Service’ Bullet Points You Need With This Site

Image: ShutterstockWhenever you start using a new product, you’re often presented with the terms of service, an often exceptionally lengthy document filled with language that even if you did try to read it all (we know you don’t) you probably wouldn’t understand what rights you were actually passing over. Terms…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Boeing 737max

Air New Zealand continues flying to China, company doctor reassures passengers

Air New Zealand has sought to reassure passengers about the safety on board its continued flights to Shanghai as other airlines halt or drastically scale back services to China because of the coronavirus. The Kiwi airline has posted a short video on its travel alerts page featuring its chief medical…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Chile Riots

Chile Holds Rates as Protests Portend Months of Uncertainty

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Chile kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as the worst social unrest in decades clouds the outlook for economic growth and saps demand f…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Electric Scooter

Faced with high smog levels, Milan to ban cars on Sunday

Milan will ban cars from driving within the city on Sunday, a measure aimed at tackling high pollution levels, even as authorities consider new measures, such as prohibiting smoking at bus stops. The measure - which is not the first time that Italy's economi…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

VR

Facebook hits 2.5B users in Q4 but shares sink from slow profits

Facebook beat Wall Street estimates in Q4 but slowing profit growth beat up the share price. Facebook reached 2.5 billion monthly users, up 2%, from 2.45 billion in Q3 2019 when it grew 1.65%, and it now has 1.66 billion daily active users, up 2.4% from 1.62 …

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Panda

Berlin’s panda twins ready for public debut

Meng Yuan and Meng Xiang, two Berlin-born Chinese panda cubs, make their public debut on Thursday Two panda cubs born at Berlin Zoo last year charmed local media on Wednesday, a day before their debut in front of the general public. Five-month-old males Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan, whose names…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Greenland

Polar bear in Greenland seen ‘waving,’ photographs reveal

Why, hello there! An adorable polar bear in Greenland was seen waving to a tourist. Roshan Ranjwani was on a photography expedition in a boat along the east coast of Greenland when he saw the big beast perched on an iceberg and rolling around, reported Sout…

bubmagJanuary 29, 2020

Explained: What Trump’s new Middle East plan says

Caroline Baum: The Fed is complacent; the bond market is not

Australia fires: NSW inquiry to probe climate change impact

Get the ‘Terms of Service’ Bullet Points You Need With This Site

Air New Zealand continues flying to China, company doctor reassures passengers

Chile Holds Rates as Protests Portend Months of Uncertainty

Faced with high smog levels, Milan to ban cars on Sunday

Facebook hits 2.5B users in Q4 but shares sink from slow profits

Berlin’s panda twins ready for public debut

Polar bear in Greenland seen ‘waving,’ photographs reveal

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