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Blockchain

2019’s juiciest crypto drama: The saga of OneCoin’s $4B ‘cryptocurrency’ scam

As far as cryptocurrencyscams go, OneCoin is probably the one that rules them all. US prosecutors have alleged that the Ponzi scheme raked in approximately $4 billion, defrauding investors from all over the globe. In China alone, law enforcement agents reco…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Recycling

New York State Moves to Ban Foam Food Containers

Although legislative leaders said they would reserve judgment until their conferences received concrete bill language, Senator Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat and the chairman of the environmental conservation committee, said that he was confident that the Legislat…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s 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 …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Filter Bubble

Is TikTok 2020’s New Propaganda Playground?

The warning sounded dire: Sex traffickers were placing zip ties on cars of people they hoped to kidnap. Within days of the claim appearing in a TikTok video, the post had racked up more than 700,000 likes, many of them from scared teens. Every one of them was…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Warrren vocal stereotypes

« previous post | A recent WSJ editorial ("A $900 Bottle of Hypocrisy", 12/20/2019) engages Democratic presidential candidates, and especially Elizabeth Warren, on the issue of money in politics: Few political spectacles are more amusing than watching Demo…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi court sentences five to death for murder

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year, the public prosecut…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer shares up 3.5% after U.S. government’s backing in glyphosate lawsuit

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer shares rose as much as 3.5% on Monday, reaching their highest level in 14 months, after the United States government said that a $25 million glyphosate decision against the company should be reversed. The U.S. Env…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer shares up 3.5% after U.S. government’s backing in glyphosate lawsuit

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer shares rose as much as 3.5% on Monday, reaching their highest level in 14 months, after the United States government said that a $25 million glyphosate decision against the company should be reversed. The U.S. Env…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Bubble

Helping Your Child Cope with Holiday Stress

While the holidays can be a fun and joyous time for children, many factors can contribute to increased stress for children, which often manifest as temper tantrums, defiance, anxiousness, irritability, or feeling down. Holiday-related factors include changes …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

BUK-Missile

Opinion: Germany’s policy on Russia — silence implies consent

German relations with Russia have reached a new political low point. But despite the murder of a Georgian citizen in Berlin, the German government and almost all German parties have got back to business as usual with great haste, as if nothing were amiss. As …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

2019’s juiciest crypto drama: The saga of OneCoin’s $4B ‘cryptocurrency’ scam

New York State Moves to Ban Foam Food Containers

Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

Is TikTok 2020’s New Propaganda Playground?

Warrren vocal stereotypes

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi court sentences five to death for murder

Bayer shares up 3.5% after U.S. government’s backing in glyphosate lawsuit

Bayer shares up 3.5% after U.S. government’s backing in glyphosate lawsuit

Helping Your Child Cope with Holiday Stress

Opinion: Germany’s policy on Russia — silence implies consent

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