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Panda

Berlin zoo reveals names, gender of their 2 panda twin cubs

BERLIN (AP) Berlin Zoo's giant panda twins finally have names: Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan desired dream and fulfilled dream. According to Chinese tradition, the two cubs were given their names on Monday, 100 days after they were born in the German capital. The…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Amid flurry of Saudi reforms, mocktails on order in execution square

* Jarring contrasts accompany rapid changes to staid Saudi norms * Many Saudis embrace new social freedom but worry about pace * Fears of conservative backlash or openness eluding state control * Crown prince's reputation as reformer tarnished in the West …

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Brexit

Brexit in January or second referendum – the UK election choice

LONDON (Reuters) - The Dec. 12 election will decide whether the United Kingdom leaves the European Union in January or moves toward another EU referendum. Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31. Opposition Labour…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Paris

French far-left leader Mélenchon sentenced for intimidation

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Jean-Luc Mélenchon campaigned against the spending limits imposed under austerity A French court has given far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon a three-month suspended prison term and an 8,000 (£6,700) fine for intimidating of…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Putin

Russia Banned From Global Sports for 4 Years Over Doping

While the pressure has been ratcheting up on Russia from the outside, inside the country there has been a propaganda campaign that has attempted to discredit the findings as just another Western plot. One Russian chat show described the revelations as an at…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

SpaceX

Special delivery made to International Space Station – 10News WTSP

Special delivery made to International Space Station - 10News WTSP

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Electric Car

By Miles, the UK pay-by-mile car insurance app, adds ‘connected car’ policy for Tesla drivers

By Miles, the U.K. pay-by-mile car insurance provider, is launching a “connected car” insurance policy specifically for Tesla drivers. The new insurance product pulls real-time mileage information directly from a car owner’s Tesla account and uses the distan…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Speaking to the man who ate the $120k banana at Art Basel Miami

This week at Art Basel Miami a banana duct-taped to a wall attracted such large crowds that security had to move people on to avoid anyone getting trampled. That banana is Maurizio Cattelans piece entitled Comedian (2019) and so far hes managed to sell two of…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Refugees

Rohingya refugees demand justice at Myanmar World Court case

COX’S BAZAR (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslims demanded Myanmar be held to account at the United Nations’ top court in The Hague, where Myanmar leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is set to defend the country against charges of genocide of the mi…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Brexit

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has won over Britain’s youth — but will they actually vote?

One of the few safe bets in this week's British election is that 70-year-old Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn will sweep the country's under-30 vote. Youth registrations for the Dec. 12 vote are up over 2017, Labour election rallies are full of young faces …

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Berlin zoo reveals names, gender of their 2 panda twin cubs

Amid flurry of Saudi reforms, mocktails on order in execution square

Brexit in January or second referendum – the UK election choice

French far-left leader Mélenchon sentenced for intimidation

Russia Banned From Global Sports for 4 Years Over Doping

Special delivery made to International Space Station – 10News WTSP

By Miles, the UK pay-by-mile car insurance app, adds ‘connected car’ policy for Tesla drivers

Speaking to the man who ate the $120k banana at Art Basel Miami

Rohingya refugees demand justice at Myanmar World Court case

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has won over Britain’s youth — but will they actually vote?

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