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Yellow Vests

Macron Abandons Plan To Raise Retirement Age As Rock-Throwing Protesters Get Tear-Gassed

French President Emmanuel Macron has scrapped plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, as tens of thousands of anti-government activists - many donning yellow vests - returned to the streets of Paris and elsewhere on Saturday to protest the proposed p…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Refugees Welcome

UK schools have targeted black children for generations – the education system is overdue for a reckoning

The penny should have dropped long before now. That it has taken this amount of time is a sign of a much bigger issue: the UKs unwillingness to accept, once and for all, that black children are exposed to discrimination the minute they enter the education sys…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Bubble

The Multiverse And Eastern Philosophy

Our universe is unbelievably vast. Yet, even in its vastness, it may not be the only thing there is. There may indeed be a multitude of universes beyond our own. Scientific theories such as string theory, inflation, and quantum mechanics all have an element s…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Iran Liberalism

Iran plane crash fundraisers shut down by GoFundMe without explanation

At least two recent GoFundMe campaigns based in Edmonton have been pulled offline then reinstated without explanation, with organizers concerned that references to Iran or Iranians may have caused the U.S.-based crowdfunding platform to temporarily disable th…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Orangutan

Two baby orangutans rescued from attempted smuggling

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

AR-15

BEHOLD: These Are the 5 Best Sporting Rifles On the Planet

Key point: The War on Terror was a major encourager of new rifles designs. The field of modern sporting riflessemiautomatic rifles with detachable magazineshas exploded in popularity over the past decade. The expiration of the Federal 19942004 Assault Weapon…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Putin

Libya conflict: GNA and Gen Haftar’s LNA agree to ceasefire

Image copyrightAFPImage caption These Libyans have found refuge from the fighting in an unfinished building in the capital, Tripoli Both sides in Libya's civil war have agreed to a ceasefire, after pressure from their backers, Russia and Turkey. The force…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Neymar

Bayern Munich In For FC Barcelona Star Semedo

BARCELONA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 18: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Nelson Semedo of FC Barcelona and Carlos Henrique ... Casemiro of Real Madrid battle for the ball during the Liga match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at Camp Nou on December 18, 2019 in Barcelon…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Protectionism

WTO’s Appellate Body killed. Clouded outlook for global trade

The World Trade Organizations (WTO) Appellate Body has been grounded to a halt from December 11, 2019, with the US blocking the appointment of new judges. Appointment of judges in the Appellate Body requires approval of all member-countries. Since the US did…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

What Artificial Intelligence Says About Running Form

The physiologist and coach Jack Daniels once filmed a bunch of runners in stride, then showed the footage to coaches and biomechanists to see if they could eyeball who was the most efficient. “They couldn’t tell,” Daniels later recalled. “No way at all.” Famo…

bubmagJanuary 12, 2020

Macron Abandons Plan To Raise Retirement Age As Rock-Throwing Protesters Get Tear-Gassed

UK schools have targeted black children for generations – the education system is overdue for a reckoning

The Multiverse And Eastern Philosophy

Iran plane crash fundraisers shut down by GoFundMe without explanation

Two baby orangutans rescued from attempted smuggling

BEHOLD: These Are the 5 Best Sporting Rifles On the Planet

Libya conflict: GNA and Gen Haftar’s LNA agree to ceasefire

Bayern Munich In For FC Barcelona Star Semedo

WTO’s Appellate Body killed. Clouded outlook for global trade

What Artificial Intelligence Says About Running Form

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