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Ukrainian Revolution

Impeachment and the Democrats: How will they screw this up? Let me count the ways

Thursdays announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Democrats are ready to vote articles of impeachment against President Trump presumably on the narrowest possible terms, after a constrained and foreshortened process is hardly surprising. It is, howeve…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

BUK-Missile

H-Hour For ‘Normandy Four’: Breakthrough Will Be Elusive At Paris Peace Talks On The War In Ukraine

KYIV -- In some circles, its being called a peace summit. But the Normandy Format meeting in Paris on December 9 seems unlikely to live up to that billing, unless closer adherence to the frequently violated cease-fire in the war in eastern Ukraine counts -- …

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Chinese Economy

China’s Leadership Vows to Avoid Systemic Financial Risk in 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Chinas leaders vowed to avoid systemic financial risks next year and keep growth in a reasonable range, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a Poliburo meeting in Beijing on Friday, as the economy stutters with its slowest growth in de…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Alibaba

Tech CEOs Visit Africa As “Source Of Innovation And Talent”

Tech giant CEOs have increasingly been visiting Africa. Max Cuvellier As Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey demonstrated with his month-long trip in November, the importance of Africa for global companies keeps growing. The increasingly frequent visits by high-level …

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

The Queen

The Queen’s televised Christmas speech is the only day of the year that Her Majesty doesn’t do her own makeup

Christmas is the only day of the year that the Queen uses a professional makeup artist, according to Her Majesty's senior dressmaker. According to Angela Kelly, who has served the royal household since 1994, the monarch's televised Christmas Day speech is "…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Yellow Vests

France’s Macron faces decisive test over economic policies

PARIS (AP) Massive strikes against a planned overhaul of the pension system are sending a powerful warning to French President Emmanuel Macron. Half-way through his term, the 41-year-old centrist is still determined to push through the reform and keep remodel…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Singapore

Singapore set to become world’s first sustainable palm oil nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore could become the world’s first country to only use sustainable palm oil as part of a green push to tackle forest fires and air pollution blighting Southeast Asia. Palm oil is the world’s most widely used edible oil and found in everyt…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Singapore

Singapore set to become world’s first sustainable palm oil nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore could become the world’s first country to only use sustainable palm oil as part of a green push to tackle forest fires and air pollution blighting Southeast Asia. Palm oil is the world’s most widely used edible oil and found in everyt…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Yemen Civil War

‘Yemen conflict has no military solution’: Sudan’s Abdalla Hamdok

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has said the war in Yemen, which the United Nations calls one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, has no military solution and peace there could only be achieved through a political solution. Speaking at the Atl…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

SpaceX

Jurors expected to begin deliberating in Elon Musk defamation trial

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jurors were expected to begin deliberating in Los Angeles on Friday in the lawsuit brought against Elon Musk by a British cave explorer who says the Tesla (TSLA.O) founder defamed him with tweets suggesting he is a pedophile. The thr…

bubmagDecember 6, 2019

Impeachment and the Democrats: How will they screw this up? Let me count the ways

H-Hour For ‘Normandy Four’: Breakthrough Will Be Elusive At Paris Peace Talks On The War In Ukraine

China’s Leadership Vows to Avoid Systemic Financial Risk in 2020

Tech CEOs Visit Africa As “Source Of Innovation And Talent”

The Queen’s televised Christmas speech is the only day of the year that Her Majesty doesn’t do her own makeup

France’s Macron faces decisive test over economic policies

Singapore set to become world’s first sustainable palm oil nation

Singapore set to become world’s first sustainable palm oil nation

‘Yemen conflict has no military solution’: Sudan’s Abdalla Hamdok

Jurors expected to begin deliberating in Elon Musk defamation trial

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