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Biological Warfare

A Second Korean War Would Be Unlike Anything

Key point: Deterrence has been key to the North's survival. Would the Trump administration actually consider invading North Korea? First of all, it goes without saying I hope this never happens. However, history tells us we must plan for the worst. So wha…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Belt and Road

China’s Belt And Road Is Not About Going Green

President Xi Jinping stated in 2019 that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) must be green and sustainable, but much of what Beijing is providing to the countries that form part of the BRI is just the opposite. The China Development Bank and China Export-Impor…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

eSports

ONE Championship continues push to build on growing community with new partnerships – BusinessWorld Online

EVER GROWING as an organization since being established in 2011, ONE Championship stays committed to its thrust of further expansion in the new decade, unveiling newly inked regional partnerships. In an announcement made late last week, Asias largest sports …

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

NATO

Germany calls for crisis meeting of EU foreign ministers over Middle East tension – Global News

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States. “As…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Blockchain

Crypto in 2020s: at least one blockchain will reach 1B users, a separate world of fully-decentralized, little-regulated crypto-to-crypto innovation will emerge (Brian Armstrong/The Coinbase Blog)

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

SpaceX

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tests engines for first launch and landing of the new decade – Teslarati

SpaceX has successfully fired up a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in 2020, setting the company up for the first of potentially dozens of Starlink launches over the next 12 months. On the afternoon of January 4th, SpaceX loaded Falcon 9 with hundreds of t…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

AR-15

Donald Trump Jr. Shows Off AR-15 With Hillary Clinton On New Magazine

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

New Questions Raised about Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ Safety After Three Fatalities This Week

Last Sunday, a Tesla Model S sedan left a freeway in Gardena, California, at a high speed, ran a red light and struck a Honda Civic, killing two people inside, police said.... Raj Rajkumar, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon U…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

CCTV

Strip club accused of fraud after finance worker ‘was charged £50,000 for night out’

A strip club has been accused of fraud after allegedly fleecing customers out of thousands of pounds. One finance worker told police that he woke up after a night at SophistiCats in Eversholt Street, Euston in Camden, to find credit card receipts totalling £…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Barack Obama

Senior US officials: There is widespread opposition within the White House to targeting cultural sites in Iran

Washington (CNN)Two senior US officials on Sunday described widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the United States launch retaliatory strikes against Tehran, despite President Donald Trump saying a day bef…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

A Second Korean War Would Be Unlike Anything

China’s Belt And Road Is Not About Going Green

ONE Championship continues push to build on growing community with new partnerships – BusinessWorld Online

Germany calls for crisis meeting of EU foreign ministers over Middle East tension – Global News

Crypto in 2020s: at least one blockchain will reach 1B users, a separate world of fully-decentralized, little-regulated crypto-to-crypto innovation will emerge (Brian Armstrong/The Coinbase Blog)

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tests engines for first launch and landing of the new decade – Teslarati

Donald Trump Jr. Shows Off AR-15 With Hillary Clinton On New Magazine

New Questions Raised about Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ Safety After Three Fatalities This Week

Strip club accused of fraud after finance worker ‘was charged £50,000 for night out’

Senior US officials: There is widespread opposition within the White House to targeting cultural sites in Iran

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