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Venezuela

The people of Colombia are cracking up the walls of war and authoritarianism

The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombias central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment.…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

SpaceX

Watch live: SpaceX is about to blow up a rocket in a crucial test to show NASA that its spaceship ready to launch astronauts

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship is launching again this weekend — perhaps for its final flight before the capsule carries a crew of astronauts. On Saturday morning, Elon Musk's space company plans to conduct a crucial safety demonstration called an in-flight…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Putin

Putin’s, Xi Jinping’s ruler-for-life moves pose challenges to West

Russias Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have established themselves as the worlds most powerful authoritarian leaders in decades. Now it looks like they want to hang on to those roles indefinitely.

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Elon Musk

Elon Musk has had the viral song from ‘The Witcher’ stuck in his head for at least a week (NFLX)

It is a fate unavoidable for the millions of fans who have tuned into Netflix's breakout original series "The Witcher" — and Elon Musk is no exception. The Tesla founder and CEO has the "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher," the show's breakout viral song, stuck in …

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Kashmir

Pakistan two-star general: Farewell to a social media celebrity

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Maj-Gen Ghafoor raised eyebrows with some of his tactics It is not often a military spokesperson doubles as a national celebrity, about whom internet memes are made and whose name trends on Twitter. But Pakistan's Maj-G…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Scotland

Is Scotland leading the way on climate change?

Image copyrightGetty Images A major UN climate conference will take place in Glasgow later this year and the spotlight will fall on Scotland's efforts to deal with climate change. What are Scotland's climate change targets? The Scottish government has set…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Neymar

Meeting Warriors’ Steph Curry left soccer star Neymar starstruck, shaking

Neymar is arguably one of the best soccer players in the world. He goes by one name if you needed any kind of confirmation for that. Well that, and countless honors including a two-time South American Football of the Year Award, many league championships and…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Cuba Boxing

Adam Kownacki vs. Robert Helenius announced for March 7

Undefeated Polish star and Brooklyn native Adam Kownacki will headline a night of heavyweight showdowns and look to thrill his hometown crowd when he takes on Robert Helenius in a 12-round WBA Heavyweight Title eliminator headlining FOX PBC Fight Night and on…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Barack Obama

Trump administration announces proposals to loosen guidelines for school meals

One proposed change would allow schools to "offer more vegetable varieties."January 17, 2020, 11:17 PM5 min read The Trump administration announced a set of proposals on Friday that will loosen school and summer meal guidelines, further weakening one of former first lady Michelle Obama's signature policy efforts. Agriculture Secretary Sonny…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

Obamacare

Supreme Court again Agrees to Consider Obamacare Contraceptive-Mandate Exemptions

(Leah Millis/Reuters) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court’s nationwide injunction against its effort to exempt more employers from the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled against the administration’s 2018 rule expanding…

bubmagJanuary 18, 2020

The people of Colombia are cracking up the walls of war and authoritarianism

Watch live: SpaceX is about to blow up a rocket in a crucial test to show NASA that its spaceship ready to launch astronauts

Putin’s, Xi Jinping’s ruler-for-life moves pose challenges to West

Elon Musk has had the viral song from ‘The Witcher’ stuck in his head for at least a week (NFLX)

Pakistan two-star general: Farewell to a social media celebrity

Is Scotland leading the way on climate change?

Meeting Warriors’ Steph Curry left soccer star Neymar starstruck, shaking

Adam Kownacki vs. Robert Helenius announced for March 7

Trump administration announces proposals to loosen guidelines for school meals

Supreme Court again Agrees to Consider Obamacare Contraceptive-Mandate Exemptions

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