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CNN reporter: Trump, Macron meeting was ‘very tense’

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bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Belt and Road

A critique of China, not Pakistan

On November 21, Ambassador Alice Wells delivered an address at the Wilson Center in Washington lambasting the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Why did Ms. Wells make this speech? And why now? After all, while several Trump administration officials hav…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

NASDAQ

Dow dives after Trump hints that a trade deal with China could come after the 2020 election

U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday on worries that a trade deal with China wont be reached this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 350 points, on pace for its biggest decline in months. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Co…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Dutch company collects plastic pollution from rivers to make parks and products

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Protectionism

U.S. Tech Giants Bet Big on India. Now the Rules Are Changing. – The Wall Street Journal

NEW DELHIAfter Walmart Inc. sealed a $16 billion deal last year to buy Indias biggest domestic e-commerce startup, it got some bad news. India was changing its e-commerce regulations. Foreign-owned online retailers would need to modify their supply chains an…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Trade War

Dow dives after Trump hints that a trade deal with China could come after the 2020 election – USA TODAY

President Donald Trump said that French President Emmanuel Macrons recent comments about NATO were very insulting. USA TODAY U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday on worries that a trade deal with China wont be reached this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average d…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

‘People are not animals’; stranded migrants freeze in Bosnian forest

VUCJAK, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants and refugees stuck in a makeshift camp in a Bosnian forest are struggling to survive in subzero temperatures as snow weighs down on their tents, spurring fears that some may die unless they are resettled soon. …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Virtual Reality

Electric Dreams Help Cows Survive The Desert Of The Real

Pictures of a cow wearing a pair of comically oversized virtual reality goggles recently spread like wildfire over social media, and even the major news outlets eventually picked it up. Why not? Nobody wants to read about geopolitical turmoil over the holiday…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

NATO

Canada, Netherlands back NATO rethink after French, U.S. doubts

LONDON (Reuters) - The prime ministers of Canada and the Netherlands added their support on Tuesday to a Franco-German proposal to reform NATO, after France’s president said the Western alliance was dying. “I don’t think you survive 70 years as an alliance …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Water Scarcity

Zimbabwe on verge of hunger crisis, UN food agency warns

The United Nations said on Tuesday it was procuring food assistance for 4.1 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population in a country where shortages are being exacerbated by runaway inflation and climate-induced drought. Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket o…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

CNN reporter: Trump, Macron meeting was ‘very tense’

A critique of China, not Pakistan

Dow dives after Trump hints that a trade deal with China could come after the 2020 election

Dutch company collects plastic pollution from rivers to make parks and products

U.S. Tech Giants Bet Big on India. Now the Rules Are Changing. – The Wall Street Journal

Dow dives after Trump hints that a trade deal with China could come after the 2020 election – USA TODAY

‘People are not animals’; stranded migrants freeze in Bosnian forest

Electric Dreams Help Cows Survive The Desert Of The Real

Canada, Netherlands back NATO rethink after French, U.S. doubts

Zimbabwe on verge of hunger crisis, UN food agency warns

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