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Cold War

X-Ray Audio: Soviet-era bootleg audio recordings

BONE MUSIC In the USSR during the cold war era, the music people could listen to was ruthlessly controlled by the State. But a secret underground subculture of music lovers and bootleggers defied the censor. Incredibly, they built their own recording machine…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Venezuela

Latin America’s long march sideways

The year 2019 could have been a memorable one for Latin America, with new governments in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico promising change and a better future. It also looked like the year when Venezuelas dictator, Nicolás Maduro, would finally fall, ending the w…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Anti-Putin activist ‘forcibly drafted’ and sent to Arctic base

Moscow (AFP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a remote Arctic base, in a move his supporters said amounted to kidnapping. Ruslan Shaveddinov, a project manager…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Korean War

‘The Getaway’ Producer David Foster Dies At Age 90

Veteran Hollywood producer David Foster died Monday. He was 90 years old. Foster’s career spanned 60 years and he produced such films as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Getaway, and John Carpenters’ The Thing. Foster began his career as a publicist representing …

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Christianity

Politics Editor at Evangelical Publication The Christian Post Resigns Over Pro-Trump Editorial

Napp Nazworth, a politics editor at evangelical Christian newspaper The Christian Post, announced on Monday that he had resigned from his job after learning The Post planned to publish an editorial in support of President Donald Trump. “I was told by our man…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Economic Bubble

5 Key Reasons Why Gold’s Price is Set to Skyrocket in 2020

Gold is having the best year in terms of returns since 2010.A move above a key resistance can send gold soaring.There are five reasons why the yellow metal can break through the resistance.2019 has been an excellent year fo…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Paris

The French Cities Trying To Ban Public Adverts

High tech video billboards are multiplying in city spaces across the world, woven into the fabric of everyday life, from ribbon videos down escalators on the London underground, to French metro corridors, New York taxis, bus-shelters, newspaper kiosks, and --…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Anti-Putin Activist ‘Forcibly Drafted’ and Sent to Arctic Base

MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a remote Arctic base in a move his supporters said amounted to kidnapping. Ruslan Shaveddinov, a project manager at Nav…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey-Libya maritime deal rattles East Mediterranean

LONDON/ANKARA/ATHENS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan paid a surprise visit to Tunisia on Wednesday to discuss cooperation for a possible ceasefire in neighboring Libya, where Ankara supports the internationally recognized government. The visit …

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

Recycling

The holidays are a peak time for waste. Here’s how to deal with it.

If we had to make any predictions about the state of your home's cleanliness at the moment, we'd guess that it's probably in a somewhat dismal state, with wrapping paper, greeting cards, and half-eaten holiday cookies strewn everywhere. At least, that's pro…

bubmagDecember 25, 2019

X-Ray Audio: Soviet-era bootleg audio recordings

Latin America’s long march sideways

Anti-Putin activist ‘forcibly drafted’ and sent to Arctic base

‘The Getaway’ Producer David Foster Dies At Age 90

Politics Editor at Evangelical Publication The Christian Post Resigns Over Pro-Trump Editorial

5 Key Reasons Why Gold’s Price is Set to Skyrocket in 2020

The French Cities Trying To Ban Public Adverts

Anti-Putin Activist ‘Forcibly Drafted’ and Sent to Arctic Base

Turkey-Libya maritime deal rattles East Mediterranean

The holidays are a peak time for waste. Here’s how to deal with it.

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