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Geely

Chinese carmakers may soon own a fifth of Daimler

Dec 18th 2019 BERLIN AND SHANGHAI AT DAIMLERS ANNUAL meeting in May, one shareholder captured the mood. Dont replace the Mercedes star with a Chinese dragon, implored Deka Investment, a big asset manager, referring to the purchase in 2018 by Geely, a Chines…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Julian Assange

From Exile to Confinement in Prison Cell: What Julian Assange Endured This Year

MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anna Saakyan - The seven-year-long legal standoff of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against extradition to the United States took an unexpected turn as he went on a notorious journey from asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy to a high-security…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Von der Leyen warns of tough Brexit talks in 2020

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (18 December) said it will be "extremely challenging" to negotiate a trade deal with the UK in 11 months next year. The new commission chief warned the UK that if there is a real cliff-edge at the end …

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Belt and Road

Trade, Not Aid, Is the Way to Persuade Pakistan to Buck China’s Influence

Last month, Alice Wells, the top U.S. diplomat for South Asia, delivered a scathing critique of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)the connectivity program valued at upwards of $62 billion linked to Chinas Belt and Road Initiative or BRI. What Wells …

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Air Pollution

Australia Just Set a New Heat Record

Theres heat, and then theres Australia heat. The country set a new record for its hottest day Tuesday as the average maximum temperature across Australia reached 40.9 degrees Celsius (105.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Thats 0.6 degrees Celsius (1.1 degrees Fahrenhei…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Julian Assange

The role of status-relevant knowledge in relationships

People are more honest when talking about topics involving high-status knowledge. A new study in behavioral economics shows that this is true even if they have a financial incentive to lie. As expertise about increasingly complex technologies becomes more dif…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Putin

Vladimir Putin’s Computer Is Apparently Still Running Windows XP

Russia might be trying to hack everything and everyone, but Vladimir Putin himself is a little behind the technological times. Russian website Open Media reported that Putin's computers in his Kremlin office and at his official residence are running Windows …

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Food Industry

Farmers most trusted part of UK food chain, says new consumer research

armers have been voted the most trusted part of the food production chain according to a new survey of more than 11,000 European consumers including the UK. The 2019 EIT Food TrustTracker asked members of the public in 13 European countries to rate the trust…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

eSports

Dota 2 tournament to be held in Singapore in June 2020 – CNA

Singapore will host the last major qualifying leg of an e-sports tournament in 2020, before the best move on to compete in football's equivalent of the World Cup finals. In June, players will battle it out for a prize money of US$1 million at the Singapore In…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Recycling

Ecological fertilizer from wastewater nutrients

Wastewaters contain large amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen, which are valuable nutrients. Aalto University's NPHarvest process enables recovery of these nutrients as clean ammonium sulfate and sludge containing phosphorus and calcium, which can be used as e…

bubmagDecember 18, 2019

Chinese carmakers may soon own a fifth of Daimler

From Exile to Confinement in Prison Cell: What Julian Assange Endured This Year

Von der Leyen warns of tough Brexit talks in 2020

Trade, Not Aid, Is the Way to Persuade Pakistan to Buck China’s Influence

Australia Just Set a New Heat Record

The role of status-relevant knowledge in relationships

Vladimir Putin’s Computer Is Apparently Still Running Windows XP

Farmers most trusted part of UK food chain, says new consumer research

Dota 2 tournament to be held in Singapore in June 2020 – CNA

Ecological fertilizer from wastewater nutrients

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