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Jerusalem Controversy

Tiffany Haddish’s Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery

Image copyrightGetty Images The Eritrean-American comedian Tiffany Haddish has celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony - normally marked when a girl turns 12 - signifies a stepping into religious maturity, and a commitment to keep the …

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Iranian artists speak up against deadly crackdown of protests

Prominent Iranian artists, inside and outside the country, have reacted to the brutal crackdown of recent protests in Iran. Actors, directors, and musicians have been speaking up in support of the protesters and against the violent response by the state. Do…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

SpaceX

Max Q: Blue Origin launches a New Shepard and Rocket Lab officially opens U.S. launch site

Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space from TechCrunch. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. This is it the very first edition of Max Q: TechCrunch’s space newsletter. Despite approaching the end of the year, it’s been a real…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Global Warming

Madrid climate talks end in near failure as crucial decisions are bumped into 2020 – The Globe and Mail

Expectations for a climate breakthrough in Madrid were never high, but even the lowest ones were not met. The Madrid conference, known as COP25, ended on Sunday afternoon, two days late, after marathon negotiating sessions among almost 200 countries made hal…

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

Hrant Dink

Trump anti-impeachment protestors disrupt Adam Schiff at Armenian Genocide Recognition event

Anti-impeachment protestors interrupt Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, at an event celebrating Congress recently passing resolutions to recognize the Armenian Genocide on Dec. 15 in Glendale, Calif. GLENDALE, Calif. A town hall recognizing strides toward getting…

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

What you need to know before markets open: Bears waiting to pounce

Brexit and Sino/US trade wars have been the focus. The details and various risks to the success of a Sino/US trade deal lasing weigh on risk appetite.UK leadership could be coming across too ambitious for UK/EU trade deal by Dec 2020…

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

China's Strategy

Why China Wants Its Navy to Patrol the Atlantic Ocean

In yet another sign that a New Cold War is in the offing, more evidence is emerging that Beijing will indeed seek a global military footprint and will not be content to be a mere regional leader. With regular naval sorties going back more than a decade into t…

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Two big tipping points in 2019 went largely unnoticed

OPINION: Trade wars, political turmoil and climate crisis grabbed headlines in 2019. But two things of enormous significance happened without much notice. Analysis by economists Homi Kharas of the Brookings Institution and Wolfgang Fengler of the World Bank …

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Unbearable news

Unbearable news December 13, 2019 The other day while in the library, I decided to pick up and read a few newspapers lying around. To my surprise, I found the experience refreshing even with the banner and full-page ads. It was nice that for once, everythin…

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

Star Wars

Not even J.J. Abrams can make a re-release of the original ‘Star Wars’ cuts happen

If you thought that maybe with Disney's 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm, or its 2019 purchase of 21st Century Fox, or the launch of Disney+ we'd finally get a new release of the de-specialized versions of the original Star Wars trilogy, we've got bad news. In an…

bubmagDecember 15, 2019

Tiffany Haddish’s Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery

Iranian artists speak up against deadly crackdown of protests

Max Q: Blue Origin launches a New Shepard and Rocket Lab officially opens U.S. launch site

Madrid climate talks end in near failure as crucial decisions are bumped into 2020 – The Globe and Mail

Trump anti-impeachment protestors disrupt Adam Schiff at Armenian Genocide Recognition event

What you need to know before markets open: Bears waiting to pounce

Why China Wants Its Navy to Patrol the Atlantic Ocean

Two big tipping points in 2019 went largely unnoticed

Unbearable news

Not even J.J. Abrams can make a re-release of the original ‘Star Wars’ cuts happen

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