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Nukes

The Eccentric Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer (2019)

The timing of Oppenheimers arrival in Göttingen could not have been more ideal. Heisenbergs breakthrough paper Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen (Quantum theoretical re-interpretation of kinematic and mechanical rel…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Orangutan

Indonesian capital reels after floods leave 47 dead

Tens of thousands of evacuees remain crowded into emergency shelters, waiting for the floodwaters to recede in and around Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, as the death toll from massive New Year's flooding reached 47, officials said. Monsoon rains and rising ri…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Unwelcome Refugees

Europe helps secure release of 11 North Korean defectors held in Vietnam activists

SEOUL (Reuters) - A group of 11 North Koreans who were detained in Vietnam while seeking to defect to South Korea have been released thanks to the help of European institutions, a Seoul-based activist group said on Saturday. The eight women and three men we…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Doping in Cycling

2020 Sporting Predictions: Six players and six punters stare into the crystal ball

Each time the Olympic Games roll around, it would seem that the glass is always more full than empty. The best-ever haul of medals from an Irish team came at the 2012 London Olympics six medals and, it would seem, there is a sense that the record will be brok…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Economic Bubble

How Long Will It Take For The US To Collapse?

Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, There are a multitude of false assumptions out there on what the collapse of a nation or empire looks like. Modern day Americans have never experienced this type of event, only peripheral crises and crashes. Than…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Orangutan

Indonesian capital reels from floods that leave 47 dead

Tens of thousands of evacuees remain crowded into emergency shelters, waiting for the floodwaters to recede in and around Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, as the death toll from massive New Year's flooding reached 47, officials said. Monsoon rains and rising ri…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Silk Road

A digital Silk Road inspired by China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Zoe Low Zoe Low is a reporter at the Post, joining in 2018. Previously, she was an intern at The News Lens International in Taipei, covering Taiwan-China relations and foreign policy and social issues around Asia, particularly Southeast Asia. She graduated f…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Christianity

‘We have God on our side’…

Miami (AFP) - US President Donald Trump wooed crucial evangelical voters Friday with a speech in Florida where he told them God is "on our side" ahead of this year's elections. Trump -- who despite three marriages, sexual assault allegations and a controvers…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Christianity

Trump in Miami Speech Tells Evangelical Base: God Is ‘on Our Side’

Mr. Trump was surprised when the publication Christianity Today wrote an editorial calling for his removal from office amid the House impeachment inquiry. Roughly 200 evangelicals wrote a letter denouncing the editorial and several evangelical leaders said it…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

Riots

5 Inmates Have Been Killed in at Mississippi Prisons This Week. Here’s What to Know

A week of violence in Mississippi prisons has left five inmates dead and many others injured in what authorities are calling “major disturbances”. In a statement sent to TIME, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) confirmed that three inmates have…

bubmagJanuary 4, 2020

The Eccentric Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer (2019)

Indonesian capital reels after floods leave 47 dead

Europe helps secure release of 11 North Korean defectors held in Vietnam activists

2020 Sporting Predictions: Six players and six punters stare into the crystal ball

How Long Will It Take For The US To Collapse?

Indonesian capital reels from floods that leave 47 dead

A digital Silk Road inspired by China’s Belt and Road Initiative

‘We have God on our side’…

Trump in Miami Speech Tells Evangelical Base: God Is ‘on Our Side’

5 Inmates Have Been Killed in at Mississippi Prisons This Week. Here’s What to Know

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