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Anti-Putin Protests

Anti-Putin activist says Russian government likely scared by Trump’s attack on Iran

Bill Browder the British businessman and anti-Vladimir Putin activist who has successfully pushed for sanctions on Russia for its human rights violations spoke with Salon to analyze why Russian officials and media outlets are condemning President Donald Trum…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Trade War

Trade War Threatens U.S. States’ Exports to China and Europe

Trade War Threatens U.S. States' Exports to China and Europe

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Singapore

Hong Kong parents eye S’pore schools as protests persist

SINGAPORE: North London Collegiate School has been educating girls in the British capital since the days of Queen Victoria. These days, its looking further afield to Singapore. And, as chance would have it, the timing seems impeccable. The private school i…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Feudalism

Sustainability in a small place: the Spanish Basque Country as a 21st Century model

The 21st Century is not working out the way many of us hoped: we witness the failure of nations and politicians to address the climate crisis, as well as social unrest in many countries over the failure of a neoliberal economic model that has neglected social…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

The myth of a new China

Dead center on the front page of The New York Times' last Sunday edition of 2019, a headline: "As it detains parents, China weans children from Islam." Its subheading, equally ready for distribution to newspaper stands in Beijing: "New boarding schools redire…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Holocaust survivor who took his political art underground sees daylight in UK

LONDON — Just over a decade after fleeing Nazi persecution in his native Warsaw for the safety of Britain in 1940, Expressionist artist Josef Herman established himself as a significant figure in contemporary British art. Herman is best known for his magnifi…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Xi Jinping

Here’s What’s at Stake in Taiwan’s Presidential Election

As the only place in the Chinese-speaking world where people can choose their top political leader, it’s unsurprising that elections in Taiwan embody democracy at its unbridled messiest: febrile, rambunctious and dripping in color. This year is no different. …

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Chinese Economy

China’s digital currency ‘progressing smoothly’, officials say

At the end of October last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a speech on blockchain technology, saying it is vital for the future development of the Chinese economy and pledging to speed up its deployment. Since then, there has been much speculation ov…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Electric Scooter

Segway is back with a people mover straight out of ‘Wall-E’

Segway has announced a new product, the S-Pod. It’s a chair on wheels that is set to launch in airports in 2020 before making its way to urban streets. And this time, we’re not laughing.The original Segway, which debuted in 2001, was supposed to replace walki…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Super Komachi

Ghosn ‘fled by bullet train’, took taxi to airport, says TV report

Japanese authorities are beefing up borders after Carlos Ghosn skipped bail. (AFP pic) TOKYO: New reports emerged Monday on how fugitive former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn jumped bail in Japan, as the country’s justice minister said border controls would be bol…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Anti-Putin activist says Russian government likely scared by Trump’s attack on Iran

Trade War Threatens U.S. States’ Exports to China and Europe

Hong Kong parents eye S’pore schools as protests persist

Sustainability in a small place: the Spanish Basque Country as a 21st Century model

Holocaust survivor who took his political art underground sees daylight in UK

Here’s What’s at Stake in Taiwan’s Presidential Election

China’s digital currency ‘progressing smoothly’, officials say

Segway is back with a people mover straight out of ‘Wall-E’

Ghosn ‘fled by bullet train’, took taxi to airport, says TV report

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