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Brexit

The UK government is not ‘match-fit’ for the next stage of Brexit talks, says former Downing Street adviser

The United Kingdom government is not "match-fit" for the next stage of Brexit talks, according Theresa May's top adviser on leaving the European Union. Raoul Ruparel said that while it was possible for Boris Johnson's government to negotiate a "narrow and sh…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

It is the Trident submarine captain, not the UK PM, who “presses the button”

Nicola Sturgeon recently made an impassioned statement in the Guardian for the moral case against nuclear weapons and their positioning in Scotland. I was Executive Officer (second in command) of a Polaris submarine based in Scotland in the early 1970s. I sup…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Jumbo-Visma embracing ‘total cycling’ with arrival of Dumoulin

"], "filter": { "nextExceptions": "img, blockquote, div", "nextContainsExceptions": "img, blockquote"} }'> Jumbo-Visma is rising to the forefront of the peloton across sprints, classics and grand tours as its riders embrace collective rather than individu…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Orangutan

Indonesia files WTO lawsuit against EU over palm oil biofuels

The government of Indonesia filed a lawsuit on Monday against the European Union with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the EU's plan to phase out palm oil-based biofuels. Indonesia is the world's leading palm oil producer, but Europe is concerned with …

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Orangutan

Does a Loophole in Organic Standards Encourage Deforestation?

Many shoppers have heard about the high environmental costs of palm oil. Take, for example, the fact that much of Indonesias lush rainforests have been cleared to plant palm fruit trees, causing a steep spike in carbon emissions and destroying habitats that w…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Super Heroes

10 Marvel/DC Characters With Opposite Powers | CBR

For all the great comic books on the racks these days, the two dominant superhero universes are still Marvel and DC. Each company has spent decades building a roster of heroes and villains, some of which have been in publication for 80 years. Over that time, …

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey may close Incirlik air base in face of US threats: Erdogan

Turkey could shut down its Incirlik air base that hosts US nuclear warheads in response to threats of US sanctions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned. US senators backed legislation last week to impose sanctions on Turkey over the purchase of the Russia…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Doping in Cycling

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Mathieu van der Poel lost a cyclocross race after 408 days of racing, not to worry, he won the next day. Results and video from the Hotondcross and Druivencross. The Vuelta goes to Portugal - Top Story. All the other cycling news: Mitchelton-Scott gets their …

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

U.S. Diplomat Says Washington Won’t Accept North Korea’s Year-End Nuclear Deadline

(SEOUL, South Korea) — A senior U.S. diplomat said Monday that Washington won’t accept a year-end deadline set by North Korea to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks and urged Pyongyang to return to a negotiating table immediately. “On this point, let m…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Hiroshima

Hiroshima buildings that survived atomic bomb to be demolished

Image copyrightGoogleImage caption A Google street view picture with a warning that the building is not earthquake safe The Japanese city of Hiroshima plans to knock down two buildings that survived the 1945 atomic bomb - but some locals want them preserve…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

The UK government is not ‘match-fit’ for the next stage of Brexit talks, says former Downing Street adviser

It is the Trident submarine captain, not the UK PM, who “presses the button”

Jumbo-Visma embracing ‘total cycling’ with arrival of Dumoulin

Indonesia files WTO lawsuit against EU over palm oil biofuels

Does a Loophole in Organic Standards Encourage Deforestation?

10 Marvel/DC Characters With Opposite Powers | CBR

Turkey may close Incirlik air base in face of US threats: Erdogan

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

U.S. Diplomat Says Washington Won’t Accept North Korea’s Year-End Nuclear Deadline

Hiroshima buildings that survived atomic bomb to be demolished

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