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Paris

Macron’s Pledge to Give Up Presidential Privilege Fails to Stop Strikes

(Bloomberg) -- Emmanuel Macrons pledge to give up presidential privileges and follow the same pension rule hes proposing for all French isnt doing much to appease striking workers. In response to a question about his own pension rights from French daily Le P…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing – The Globe and Mail

A Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi prior to a ceremony near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, marking the one-year anniversary of his death. Lefteris Pitarakis/The Associated Press A court in Saudi …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Chinese Economy

Travelogue from China: “We Will Be The Last Defenders Of Capitalism”

The coastal province of Guangdong, with its capital Guangzhou, has traditionally been a pioneer of ... market reforms in China. Getty The coastal province of Guangdong, with its capital Guangzhou, has traditionally been a pioneer of market reforms in C…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Christianity

President Gravybrain Says a Bunch of Truly Bizarre Shit About Windmills and the Universe

President Donald Trump said a bunch of bizarre shit about windmills over the weekend at a conference in Florida for conservative college students, ranting about the size of the universe and saying I know windmills very much. Itd be almost funny if it wasnt co…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Free Internet

Russia tests ‘sovereign’ internet, activists fear increased censorship

Russia carried out tests Monday to ensure the "security" of its internet infrastructure in case of a foreign cyberattack, measures that rights activists worry could also tighten censorship and lead to online isolation. A controversial law that allows the cou…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Big Data

Applied AI and big data startup Quantiphi raises $20M from private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management (Biswarup Gooptu/The Economic Times)

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

PARIS -- Holocaust survivors in several cities around the world are lighting candles for Hanukkah together, as Jewish community leaders try to keep first-hand memories of the Nazi horrors alive. An 86-year-old man in Moscow described being forced by Nazi o…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Singapore

The Big Cities Little Foodies Children’s Series Creators on Representation

As the parent of a small child, I read a lot of childrens books. Since said child is two years old, most of the books we read are of the board variety. And as someone who has been writing about childrens books for the past year for the site Baby…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

PARIS (AP) Holocaust survivors in several cities around the world are lighting candles for Hanukkah together, as Jewish community leaders try to keep first-hand memories of the Nazi horrors alive. An 86-year-old man in Moscow described being forced by Nazi o…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

PARIS (AP) Holocaust survivors in several cities around the world are lighting candles for Hanukkah together, as Jewish community leaders try to keep first-hand memories of the Nazi horrors alive. An 86-year-old man in Moscow described being forced by Nazi o…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Macron’s Pledge to Give Up Presidential Privilege Fails to Stop Strikes

Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing – The Globe and Mail

Travelogue from China: “We Will Be The Last Defenders Of Capitalism”

President Gravybrain Says a Bunch of Truly Bizarre Shit About Windmills and the Universe

Russia tests ‘sovereign’ internet, activists fear increased censorship

Applied AI and big data startup Quantiphi raises $20M from private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management (Biswarup Gooptu/The Economic Times)

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

The Big Cities Little Foodies Children’s Series Creators on Representation

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories

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