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Protectionism

Rising protectionism clouding tariff-cut gains in 25 years by WTO, warns its chief – Business Mirror

THE World Trade Organization (WTO) may have reduced average tariffs by nearly half and streamlined world trade in its 25-year history, but the multilateral trading body is faced with the challenge of rising protectionism across the globe, the WTO chief has sa…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Alibaba

China’s tech industry straps in for more turbulence after a wild 2019 – San Francisco Chronicle

China's tech industry enters a new year after weathering unprecedented turbulence in 2019, when giants emerged in social media and artificial intelligence only to bear the brunt of Washington's campaign to contain the world's No. 2 economy. There's little rea…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Big Data

2010 – 2019: The rise of deep learning

No other technology was more important over the past decade than artificial intelligence. Stanfords Andrew Ng called it the new electricity, and both Microsoft and Google changed their business strategies to become AI-first companies. In the next decade, all …

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi

The world this week

Jan 4th 2020 After an Iranian-backed militia allegedly attacked an Iraqi army base and killed an American contractor, America bombed the militias bases in Iraq and Syria. The militias supporters then staged violent protests outside the American embassy in Ba…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Xi Jinping

China’s industrial policy has worked better than critics think

EARLY IN ITS trade dispute with China, America declared that Chinese industrial policy was a form of economic aggression. Americas negotiators hoped to rein it in. No such luck. The very week in December that America and China announced a mini-deal on trade, …

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Animal Protection

Mother and two daughters investigated over German zoo fire which killed dozens of monkeys

A mother and her two daughters have turned themselves in to police over a blaze which killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in Germany on New Year’s Eve, police confirmed Thursday. The three women are being investigated for setting off banned flying lanterns to …

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan

Libya conflict: Turkish MPs approve bill to send troops

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Libya has been torn by violence and division since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011 Turkey's parliament has passed a bill that will allow the government to deploy troops to Libya to interven…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Feudalism

White Supremacy = Capitalism

Introduction The term white supremacy (WS) is being used a lot these days, finding a home in many discussions on social media and in activist circles. Definitions of WS largely fall into two categories, that it is a belief system or that it is an elitist, in…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Neymar

Barcelona, Man City, Liverpool… Monaco? We pick the best team for each year of 2010s

With another year -- and another decade -- behind us, we decided to go back and name a "Team of the Year" for each of the past 10 years. This isn't another "team of the season" exercise, either: we wanted to know who the best club teams in Europe's Big…

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Super Komachi

Honeymoon Hotel 2 Review: Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Japan + Osaka Station Eating!

This one was a quick stay – highlights include the decent breakfast spread, nice executive lounge for guests, and large upgraded room they provided us for our honeymoon. Unfortunately, we arrived at Yokohama late, since we spent several hours on the way back …

bubmagJanuary 2, 2020

Rising protectionism clouding tariff-cut gains in 25 years by WTO, warns its chief – Business Mirror

China’s tech industry straps in for more turbulence after a wild 2019 – San Francisco Chronicle

2010 – 2019: The rise of deep learning

The world this week

China’s industrial policy has worked better than critics think

Mother and two daughters investigated over German zoo fire which killed dozens of monkeys

Libya conflict: Turkish MPs approve bill to send troops

White Supremacy = Capitalism

Barcelona, Man City, Liverpool… Monaco? We pick the best team for each year of 2010s

Honeymoon Hotel 2 Review: Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Japan + Osaka Station Eating!

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