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Julian Assange

‘He May Not Make It’: Assange Associates Fear Aussie Journalist May Die in UK Prison

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is slated to appear in court for a US extradition hearing in February, but according to both associates of the journalist and Assange himself, solitary confinement, sedation and physical ailments, combined with past psychol…

bubmagDecember 28, 2019

Air Pollution

Gare du Nord: Why Europe’s busiest station needs a makeover fast

Image caption The facade may be historic, but the station is widely unloved Ask Parisians what is their least favourite part of the city, and most will probably tell you it is the area around the Gare du Nord railway station. Described a few years ago - …

bubmagDecember 28, 2019

Putin

Russia Deploys Hypersonic Weapon, Potentially Renewing Arms Race

China and Russia made hypersonic weapons a national priority. We didnt, William B. Roper, the head of Air Force acquisitions and technology, said on Friday. Every service now has a major hypersonics program in a departmentwide effort to catch up. The United …

bubmagDecember 28, 2019

Air Pollution

Electric cars could benefit your health more than the planet

About half of the worlds electric vehicles are sold in China. Its the largest market in the world for EVs, buoyed by government subsidies. The main goals for these incentives have been to reduce fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions. Now a new study in…

bubmagDecember 28, 2019

New York City

New York City Increases Police Presence in Jewish Neighborhoods After Possible Anti-Semitic Attacks. Here’s What To Know

Some Jewish neighborhoods of New York City will see an increase in police presence in response to a string of recent attacks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday. Police will be deployed to the Boro Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg neighborhoods of Bro…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Chinese Economy

The War Crimes of Donald Trump’s Favorite Navy SEAL

Bibi easily wins leadership vote in Israel; the economic impacts of 6 months of protests in Hong Kong; the false promise of nuclear energy On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Jacquie Luqman and Sean Blackmon are joined by Richard Becker, autho…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Star Wars

Everything you need to know about that weird weapon in ‘The Mandalorian’ finale

Spoilers, and answers, ahead! Given how well The Mandalorian kept Baby Yoda a secret all the way up until its premiere, its not surprising that the shows biggest twist was unknown until it arrived to drop everyones jaws in the finales last few seconds. That …

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey Unveils First Fully Homemade Car In $3.7 Billion Bet On Electric

Turkey unveiled its first fully domestically-produced car on Friday, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost $3.7 billion over 13 years. The project has been a long-time goal of Presiden…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

The ‘UN Women’ Twitter account called motherhood a ‘penalty’ that ‘not every woman can afford’

In a tweet on Christmas Day, U.N. Women, a United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, called motherhood a "penalty" that not "every woman can afford." The tweet included an image of a fake citation notice for the violati…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

Biological Warfare

Hunting black men to start a ‘race war’

The man stumbled into the police precinct in Hell's Kitchen late one night, staggering toward a tall reception desk painted black and blue. Before the desk officer could ask the man his business, he collapsed on a bench, dripping blood. When officers pulled…

bubmagDecember 27, 2019

‘He May Not Make It’: Assange Associates Fear Aussie Journalist May Die in UK Prison

Gare du Nord: Why Europe’s busiest station needs a makeover fast

Russia Deploys Hypersonic Weapon, Potentially Renewing Arms Race

Electric cars could benefit your health more than the planet

New York City Increases Police Presence in Jewish Neighborhoods After Possible Anti-Semitic Attacks. Here’s What To Know

The War Crimes of Donald Trump’s Favorite Navy SEAL

Everything you need to know about that weird weapon in ‘The Mandalorian’ finale

Turkey Unveils First Fully Homemade Car In $3.7 Billion Bet On Electric

The ‘UN Women’ Twitter account called motherhood a ‘penalty’ that ‘not every woman can afford’

Hunting black men to start a ‘race war’

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