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Riots

Our kin framed in riots, says Lucknow residents

A Lucknow court on Saturday granted bail to more than a dozen persons accused in the violence that took place in the city during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on December 19. However, many like Yasmin Siddiqui still await relief for her…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Anti-Putin Protests

Exclusive: 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 T…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Alibaba

China Roundup: TikTok receives most government requests from India and US

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunchs China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, TikTok, currently the world's hottest social media app, welcomed the new decade…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Korean War

As We Enter the 2020s, How Many Aircraft Carriers Will China Have?

Key Point: The Chinese Navy is growing. What are they going to use it for? The Peoples Liberation Army Navymore commonly known outside of China as the Chinese Navyis modernizing at a breakneck pace. Chinese shipbuilders have built more than one hundred warsh…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Star Wars

How to watch all the Star Wars movies in the right order

This is likely my favorite way of introducing people to Star Wars. It's the way I did it for my children, and they seemed to enjoy it. If you think of the first six episodes as the story of Anakin Skywalker, then the machete order allows you to feel the…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Anti-Putin Protests

‘The Searching Life and Enigmatic Death of Albert Camus’

Everyone wants the man who is still searching to have already reached his conclusions. A thousand voices are already telling him what he has found, and yet he knows he hasnt found anything. Should he search on and let them talk? Of course. Albert Camus, Th…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Singapore

A Pin in the Bubble: How Real Estate Will Radically Change In The New Decade

Click here to read the full article. A sense of gloom hangs in the air. Bloodbath, free fall and slump were just some of the choice idioms deployed by headline writers to describe the New York real estate market during the twilight of 2019. Across the pond,…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Yellow Vests

The views of Arab-Israelis must be heard in the country’s latest election

The day before the countrys third election in less than a year was announced, the Israeli tabloid Israel HaYom called people to reject Avigdor Lieberman, professed kingmaker in any coalition negotiations, and his Yisrael Beiteinu party to end the political st…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

How Donald Trump and North Korea Can Strike a Nuclear Deal

As the twelve days of Christmas end without the promised "gift" from Kim Jong-un, what does 2020 hold in store for Northeast Asia and U.S. security policy in that key part of the world? And what does Kim's recent major speech, more or less an annual traditio…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Super Heroes

10 Marvel Villains Who Should Be Bigger Threats (But Aren’t)

What would heroes be without villains? The villains test the hero, putting them through their paces, and those battles are where the heroes dig deep and learn their limits. The Marvel Universe is full of classic villains- names like Doctor Doom, Magneto, Gree…

bubmagJanuary 5, 2020

Our kin framed in riots, says Lucknow residents

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

China Roundup: TikTok receives most government requests from India and US

As We Enter the 2020s, How Many Aircraft Carriers Will China Have?

How to watch all the Star Wars movies in the right order

‘The Searching Life and Enigmatic Death of Albert Camus’

A Pin in the Bubble: How Real Estate Will Radically Change In The New Decade

The views of Arab-Israelis must be heard in the country’s latest election

How Donald Trump and North Korea Can Strike a Nuclear Deal

10 Marvel Villains Who Should Be Bigger Threats (But Aren’t)

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