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Korean War

The Moon Villages of South Korea

After the Korean War ended in 1953, many war refugees and other impoverished people moved to the rapidly developing urban centers and began squatting, often on hillsides. These downtrodden, gritty neighbourhoods came to be known as “moon villages” or daldongn…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Orangutan

Baby orangutan drugged and hidden in suitcase by trafficker to return to wild

The baby orangutan that was drugged by a Russian trafficker who was attempting to smuggle the animal out of Bali and back to his home country earlier this year will be released back into the wild, according to Monday reports. Russian national Andrei Zhestkov…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Silk Road

Video: Syria’s President Assad Discusses Syria’s Reconstruction, China’s “Belt and Road” and US Aggression

In the third of recent international interviews, Syrias President Bashar al Assad met with Phoenix Television, to discuss Belt and Road development projects with Chinas Phoenix Television. Given that Syria and China are both part of the original Silk Road th…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Big Data

A pioneer of wearable technology explains how it can connect instead of divide us

Are you embedded in your social surroundings? This is the core question, says Alex Sandy Pentland, head of the Human Dynamics group at MIT Media Lab. It may seem like an odd question for a technologist who has had a major influence on the development of the …

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Drones

Autonomous helicopter startup Skyryse demonstrates tech that could power urban air taxis

The California-based company is one of many with dreams of flocks of air taxis whizzing above cities in the near future Skyryse, an autonomous helicopter startup, unveiled the technology stack that it says will enable future fleets of air taxis to fly themse…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Barack Obama

Democratic debate to proceed after labor agreement reached

WASHINGTON (AP) The Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that the Democrats' next primary debate would proceed as planned this Thursday, after the party stepped in to help arrange a settlement to a labor dispute that had threatened the forum. DNC …

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Eight people die at sea in 24 hours while trying to reach Spain

At least seven people, including three women, drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco to Spain. The Moroccan coastguard vessel which retrieved the bodies on Monday also rescued 70 survivors, including 10 women and a baby, who were fo…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Why Italy cannot exit the euro

The rise of strong euroskeptic parties in Italy in recent years had raised serious concerns about whether the country will permanently remain in the euro area. Although anti-euro rhetoric is now more muted, the fear of an Italexit still lingers in the economy…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Hrant Dink

Trump admin still does NOT recognize Armenian genocide despite Senate resolution – State Dept

"The position of the administration has not changed. Our views are reflected in the President’s definitive statement on this issue from last April," State Department spokesperson, Morgan Ortagus, said on Tuesday. While Trump did not explicitly refer to the 1…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

Big Data

San Diego’s Trust & Will raises $6 million for online estate planning

Estate planning in the U.S. is a $180 billion industry and unlike many of the other areas in the multi-trillion dollar financial services market, it’s one that has yet to see a slew of technology companies come in to try and improve efficiencies. One notable…

bubmagDecember 17, 2019

The Moon Villages of South Korea

Baby orangutan drugged and hidden in suitcase by trafficker to return to wild

Video: Syria’s President Assad Discusses Syria’s Reconstruction, China’s “Belt and Road” and US Aggression

A pioneer of wearable technology explains how it can connect instead of divide us

Autonomous helicopter startup Skyryse demonstrates tech that could power urban air taxis

Democratic debate to proceed after labor agreement reached

Eight people die at sea in 24 hours while trying to reach Spain

Why Italy cannot exit the euro

Trump admin still does NOT recognize Armenian genocide despite Senate resolution – State Dept

San Diego’s Trust & Will raises $6 million for online estate planning

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