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Protectionism

Walking on Trade Adjusted Eggshells

Since its inception in 1962, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) has been portrayed as a way to help workers affected by trade adjust to a changing economy, but its political objective may be more important than any policy purpose: The program was viewed by man…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Holocaust

92-year-old’s memoir tells the forgotten story of a German official who sabotaged Nazi deportations and saved more Jews than Schindler

Hans Calmeyer was a left-wing German lawyer -- his law license was temporarily suspended when he was accused of being a Communist -- who was inducted into the German army under the Nazis, who put him in charge of an office that determined which Dutch people w…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

BUK-Missile

Prosecutors say Russia let MH17 suspect go

Dutch prosecutors have accused Russia of deliberately allowing a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to leave the country in a breach of a European extradition treaty. Prosecutors announced on Monday that Volodymyr Tsemakh is consider…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Global Warming

Tim Cook, Elon Musk and others call on US to stay in Paris climate pact – CNET

Demonstrators in New York call for action on climate change. Sarah Tew/CNET Tech executives are once again reaffirming their commitment to the Paris climate accord, even as the Trump administration has begun the official process to withdraw. In an open lett…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Filter Bubble

A fresh electronic sound for the Netherlands, and urgent work to fight racism

In the Netherlands, electronic music isn’t just a sound, but a rallying cry. And you can answer that call from all around the world. Racial discrimination can make people feel like outsiders in their own home, and can stand in the way of displaced people try…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Geely

EV Company News For The Month Of November 2019

Welcome to the November 2019 edition of Electric Vehicle company news. November saw October global electric car sales fall again as the China sales contraction pulled down global sales. Again Europe was the bright spot with sales up 46% in October. The big n…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Machine Learning

Best Buy slashes prices on car electronics and GPS devices for Cyber Monday

There is no need to visit a car dealership to benefit from many of the latest advances in automotive technology. Whether you’re missing a GPS or you’d like to warm up your engine in the winter without freezing, there are reliable aftermarket devices you can b…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Water Pollution

Scientists used speakers to make dead coral reefs sound healthy. The fish came back

(CNN)A team of scientists from the UK and Australia teamed up to use underwater loudspeakers to try and entice fish back to dead coral reefs and potentially help them recover. By replicating the sounds of healthy reefs, according to a study recently published…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Climate Change

Congressional Democrats Arrive at Madrid Climate Talks, Announce They Still Don’t Have a Climate Plan

International climate talks kicked off on Monday in Madrid, and a delegation of House Democrats showed up to tell the world how much they care about climate change. But they actually revealed, uh, how little action theyve actually taken to appropriately addre…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Orangutan

The 15 Most Amazing Animal Photos From 2019

Animals are amazing Lynch Shannon/Shutterstock Humans may be the top of the food chain, but we’d be nothing without our animals. They make our worlds an easier and better place to live in, giving us reason to pause and smile and in some cases serving as tru…

bubmagDecember 2, 2019

Walking on Trade Adjusted Eggshells

92-year-old’s memoir tells the forgotten story of a German official who sabotaged Nazi deportations and saved more Jews than Schindler

Prosecutors say Russia let MH17 suspect go

Tim Cook, Elon Musk and others call on US to stay in Paris climate pact – CNET

A fresh electronic sound for the Netherlands, and urgent work to fight racism

EV Company News For The Month Of November 2019

Best Buy slashes prices on car electronics and GPS devices for Cyber Monday

Scientists used speakers to make dead coral reefs sound healthy. The fish came back

Congressional Democrats Arrive at Madrid Climate Talks, Announce They Still Don’t Have a Climate Plan

The 15 Most Amazing Animal Photos From 2019

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