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Animal Protection

Meat Consumers Told to Consider Animal Welfare

A study has unveiled the likely health risks for meat consumers in Tanzania for failure to consider the animal welfare and food safety. This was disclosed yesterday by a representative of World Animal Protection, Dr Victor Yamo during the presentation of a r…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

New York City

114,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Meet 2 of Them.

Mary Cain, an activist and professional runner, and Sarah Cahill, chief executive of Mind and Movement Partners, discuss the importance of play in sport at Outdoor Voices in Manhattans Flatiron district. 6:30 p.m. Saturday Feast at the …

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Chinese Economy

OPEC seeks crude quota compliance

Vienna (AFP) - OPEC countries were to meet again here Friday after they failed to agree on output cuts that could stem price pressure from abundant reserves and weak global economic growth. Saudi and Venezuelan oil ministers voiced confidence that the 14-mem…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Palestine

‘Misleading narrative’: ICC war crimes report angers Palestinians

Palestinian officials have expressed concern over a report by the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor that includes a warning that Palestinian stipends to the families of those killed or imprisoned as a result of the Israel-Palestine conflic…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Cold War

Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher

Its a real shame to take Rhys out of the many contexts both she and her protagonists register: the ambitious, wretched project of colonialism and the many interstitial spaces of its aftermath, including the phenomenon of the multigenerational Creole; the limi…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Skateboard

Teejerker Presents New Collection of “Culturally Relevant” Vintage T-Shirts

London-based vintage retailer Teejerker has returned with another collection of T-shirts sourced from across the world. Whereas previous Teejerker releases have focused on band and music-themed tees, the new drop sees Teejerker branch out with pieces covering…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Alibaba

SoftBank’s Son sticks with gut-led investing in chat with Alibaba’s Ma

By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Weeks after his billion-dollar bailout of WeWork, SoftBank Group Corp's founder and CEO Masayoshi Son reiterated his belief in an instinct-led investing style, in a discussion with Alibaba Group Holding Inc's co-founder Jack M…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Why Do We Punish the Peacemakers?

(L to R) Brian Terrell, Mary Yelenick and Anthony Donovan, vigil with signs outside the courthouse. (Photo by the author.) Youre liable to run into trouble if you try to suggest there is a greater threat to planetary survival than climate change. But there i…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Protectionism

Defeat BJP: Chidambaram appeals to Jharkhand voters

P Chidambaram addressing the press in Jharkhand on Friday. (Photo: ANI)Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who recently walked out of Tihar Jail after being lodged there for 106 days, Friday appealed to Jharkhand voters to defeat the BJP in the state Assemb…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

The Vatican’s Nuclear Diplomacy from the Cold War to the Present

In June 1982, Pope John Paul II broke with over three decades of Vatican policy when he emphatically stated in front of the United Nations General Assembly that nuclear deterrence could be judged as a morally acceptable step on the way toward a progressive di…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Meat Consumers Told to Consider Animal Welfare

114,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Meet 2 of Them.

OPEC seeks crude quota compliance

‘Misleading narrative’: ICC war crimes report angers Palestinians

Rereading Jean Rhys and Re-evaluating Margaret Thatcher

Teejerker Presents New Collection of “Culturally Relevant” Vintage T-Shirts

SoftBank’s Son sticks with gut-led investing in chat with Alibaba’s Ma

Why Do We Punish the Peacemakers?

Defeat BJP: Chidambaram appeals to Jharkhand voters

The Vatican’s Nuclear Diplomacy from the Cold War to the Present

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