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Xi Jinping

China sentences pastor to 9 years on subversion charge

BEIJING (AP) China on Monday sentenced a prominent pastor who operated outside the Communist Party-recognized Protestant organization to nine years in prison. The People's Intermediate Court in the southwestern city of Chengdu said Wang Yi was also convicted…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Non-renewable Resources

Why businesswoman Veronica Chou launched Everybody & Everyone, the new eco-friendly brand

LUXUO has previously reported that sustainability in fashion might be a fallacy and business woman Veronica Chou, daughter of the textile tycoon Silas Chou might have just proven that her brand might actually be truly eco-friendly Hong Kong businesswoman Ver…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

North Korea Nuclear Talks

Trump faces raft of foreign policy challenges in new year

Trump is not popular overseas, and being an impeached president who must simultaneously run for reelection could reduce the time, focus and political clout needed to resolve complex global issues like North Koreas nuclear provocations. Some foreign powers cou…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

This Man Holds Europe Together as Brexit Tears It Apart

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Michel Barnier, the European Unions top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of the U.K.s departure while making sure the rem…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

This Man Holds Europe Together as Brexit Tears It Apart

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Michel Barnier, the European Unions top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of the U.K.s departure while making sure the rem…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Barack Obama

Members of Congress, celebrities, and activists offer words of support after civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis announces stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis

Members of Congress, celebrities, and rights activists have offered words of support for US Rep. John Lewis of Georgia after his office on Sunday announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The 79-year-old said in a statement that he…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Monsanto

China approves two GM crops from US for import, renews 10 others

China approved two new genetically modified (GM) crops for import on Monday that could boost agricultural purchases from the United States, while renewing permits for 10 others, the agriculture ministry said. The move comes after Beijing and Washington agree…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Super Komachi

The fallen apples of Typhoon Hagibis

Just before Christmas I donned my Santa Claus suit and fluffy white beard and headed around 20 kilometers south down to Nagano. There, I distributed simple gifts and (hopefully) some good cheer to many children whose kindergartens and homes were damaged or d…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

North Korea Nuclear Talks

Donald Trump faces raft of foreign policy challenges in new year

President Donald Trump starts the new year knee-deep in daunting foreign policy challenges at the same time he'll have to deal with a likely impeachment trial in the Senate and the demands of a reelection campaign. American troops are still engaged in America…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

Black Hole

Science presents: The biggest astronomical happenings of the decade | AIPT – AIPT

What a decade its been for astronomy and space! The Earth tied its all-time record for 10 full orbits around the Sun, long-term missions like New Horizons, Kepler, and Hubble produced years of results, and more photons than ever before poured into the CCDs of…

bubmagDecember 30, 2019

China sentences pastor to 9 years on subversion charge

Why businesswoman Veronica Chou launched Everybody & Everyone, the new eco-friendly brand

Trump faces raft of foreign policy challenges in new year

This Man Holds Europe Together as Brexit Tears It Apart

This Man Holds Europe Together as Brexit Tears It Apart

Members of Congress, celebrities, and activists offer words of support after civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis announces stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis

China approves two GM crops from US for import, renews 10 others

The fallen apples of Typhoon Hagibis

Donald Trump faces raft of foreign policy challenges in new year

Science presents: The biggest astronomical happenings of the decade | AIPT – AIPT

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