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Unwelcome Refugees

What Happens When Japan Stops Looking ‘Japanese’?

The Kurdish 21-year-old arrived in Japan when he was 8. He learned Japanese, played baseball with classmates, and eventually fell in love with a Vietnamese girl at school. The pair sat together when I visited his parents’ apartment outside Tokyo, speaking Jap…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia sentences five to death for Jamal Khashoggi killing

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents. Saudi Arabia's stat…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Protectionism

The Crisis of 2020

It doesn't take much to spark corrections in vulnerable economies and markets, and big shocks to highly vulnerable systems are a recipe for crisis. That's why the vulnerability of today's global economy reflected in real economies, financial asset prices, and…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Cold War

Chernobyl Dice: A quantum random number generator with a Nixie tube display

In this clip the Chernobyl Dice set to continuously generate numbers in the range . You can check out a longer YouTube clip showing various modes of here: https://youtu.be/8uue9Aae9ss Introduction Description The Chernobyl Dice is a quantum random n…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Cold War

What if the U.S. Navy Never Built the F-14 Tomcat?

Key Point: A top expert gives us his take. What if the F-14 Tomcat had never happened? The iconic fighter served the U.S. Navy for more than thirty years before finally (and some say prematurely) being retired in 2006. Over time, the F-14 shifted from its i…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Court Sentences 5 to Death in Khashoggi Murder

BEIRUT, Lebanon A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five men to death and three to prison terms over the killing of the Saudi dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last year, the kingdoms public prosecutors office said on Monday. The killing of Mr. Khas…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Court Sentences 5 To Death For Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents. Saudi Arabias st…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi murder: 5 sentenced to death

Khashoggi was ambushed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year. (Photo: Reuters)Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said Monday five people had been sentenced to death and three more to jail terms totalling 24 years for the murder…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey, Russia talk Syria as thousands flee bombing

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Brexit

King Boris’s First Test

With the United Kingdoms withdrawal from the European Union now set to take effect on January 31, 2020, the most important challenge facing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is negotiating his country's new relationship with the bloc. He has every incentive to …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

What Happens When Japan Stops Looking ‘Japanese’?

Saudi Arabia sentences five to death for Jamal Khashoggi killing

The Crisis of 2020

Chernobyl Dice: A quantum random number generator with a Nixie tube display

What if the U.S. Navy Never Built the F-14 Tomcat?

Saudi Court Sentences 5 to Death in Khashoggi Murder

Saudi Court Sentences 5 To Death For Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination

Jamal Khashoggi murder: 5 sentenced to death

Turkey, Russia talk Syria as thousands flee bombing

King Boris’s First Test

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