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Palestine

Hague Prosecutor Ready to Investigate Israel, if Assured of Jurisdiction

Ms. Bensouda said that she was satisfied the court has jurisdiction but had asked for a ruling anyway, to avoid the possibility that the court could decide later in Israels favor on the issue. Israeli officials erupted in anger that Ms. Bensouda had not dis…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Animal Protection

Year In Review: What 2019 Meant For Cultured Meat

Getty In December 2018, I asked Paul Shapiro, a prominent animal protection advocate and the CEO of The Better Meat Co., to help me formulate some predictions on the future of cultured meat, that is slaughter-free meat produced by in vitro cultivation of ani…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Monsanto

In New Round of Tests, Monsanto’s Weedkiller Still Contaminates Foods Marketed to Children

Major food companies like General Mills continue to sell popular childrens breakfast cereals and other foods contaminated with troubling levels of glyphosate, the cancer-causing ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. The weedkiller, produced by Bayer-Monsanto…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Christianity

Trump attacked the evangelical magazine Christianity Today by calling it ‘radical left,’ and it shows just how meaningless the phrase has become for him

Trump attacked the evangelical magazine Christianity Today by calling it 'radical left,' and it shows just how meaningless the phrase has become for him

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Slavery Abolition

LC Labs Letter: December 2019

Keeping up with the Innovators This month, Brian Foo and Ben Lee came back to the Library to gather feedback from staff in the early stages of their project and to showcase working prototypes. Brian presented his project Citizen DJ, a music production and s…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Virtual Reality

Cryptocurrency and virtual reality are among the most ‘overhyped’ startup trends, according to founders and employees

The world of startups may be running out of patience for heavily-hyped trends like cryptocurrency, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles, according to a new survey published this week. To findings were published by First Round, a venture capital firm that…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Brexit

Three New Year’s Wishes for Britain and the EU

The United Kingdom's general election this month settled the matter of Brexit: the UK will leave the European Union on January 31, 2020. It will then be up to the two sides to lay the groundwork for a future relationship based on mutual trust and shared inter…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Economic Bubble

The best PlayStation 4 games

The PlayStation 4 has had a great life, and its not over yet, despite the upcoming launch of the systems successor in 2020. But dont worry if youre just now getting a PS4. Here are 22 of the best games for the console to get you going. If you dont…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Android

56 temporarily free and 179 on-sale apps and games for Friday

Welcome to Friday, everyone. Today's sale roundup is a big one, but as usual, I've highlighted the more interesting titles in bold for easier discovery. The majority of sales today are for premium games, though it would appear that a few devs still don't know…

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Hiroshima

Japan – Land of the Rising Sun

Day 10 Hiroshima We're taking another Bullet Train today, and this time it will transport us to Hiroshima. This city is infamous as the target of the first-ever atomic bomb, dropped by the US at the end of the Second World War. You'll tour this rebuilt city …

bubmagDecember 20, 2019

Hague Prosecutor Ready to Investigate Israel, if Assured of Jurisdiction

Year In Review: What 2019 Meant For Cultured Meat

In New Round of Tests, Monsanto’s Weedkiller Still Contaminates Foods Marketed to Children

Trump attacked the evangelical magazine Christianity Today by calling it ‘radical left,’ and it shows just how meaningless the phrase has become for him

LC Labs Letter: December 2019

Cryptocurrency and virtual reality are among the most ‘overhyped’ startup trends, according to founders and employees

Three New Year’s Wishes for Britain and the EU

The best PlayStation 4 games

56 temporarily free and 179 on-sale apps and games for Friday

Japan – Land of the Rising Sun

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