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Silk Road

The Root Carving Art Culture Festival kicks off in Kaihua, China, helping Chinese culture “go global”

QUZHOU, China, Dec. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 2, 2019, the launching ceremony of the 8th China (Kaihua) Root Carving Art and Culture Festival and the 3rd "Belt and Road" International Root Carving Cultural Exchange Week were held in Kaihua, Zhejiang…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Google

Google Disability Support is more accessible with sign language specialists

These are Connect Direct reps rather than Google staff, and they'll only be available Monday through Friday between 11AM and 8PM Eastern. Nonetheless, this should make it considerably easier to get help without having to rely on text-based support or someone …

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

NATO

Trudeau, Boris, and other NATO leaders caught on video apparently gossiping about Trump

For anyone whose job is to keep a straight face around Donald Trump, dozens of private conversations such as these must happen every week, and in much stronger language. But to catch world leaders apparently sharing a laugh over the president's foibles is rar…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Russian Feminist Band Pussy Riot Announces North American Tour, $1 From Each Ticket Sold to Go to Planned Parenthood

Russian punk rock protest group Pussy Riot announced Tuesday that they will embark on a North American tour in 2020, with proceeds benefiting Planned Parenthood. Pussy Riot are set to headline 19 dates across North America, beginning March 13 in Los Angeles,…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk spent 3 excruciating hours in court answering questions about his ‘pedo guy’ tweet

While testifying in U.S. District Court Tuesday, Elon Musk had to square off against one of his worst enemies: bureaucracy. The Tesla CEO was subject to the sloth of the justice system as he answered painstaking questions from the prosecution and waited thr…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Solar Storm

Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles

IMAGE: On its first two flybys of the sun, the Princeton-led instrument IS?IS onboard the Parker Solar Probe detected a surprising variety of activities by solar energetic particles -- the zippy... view more Credit: Image by Jamey Szalay and David McComas…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Solar Storm

Parker Solar Probe traces solar wind to its source on sun’s surface: coronal holes

A year ago, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any satellite in history, collecting a spectacular trove of data from the very edge of the sun's million-degree corona. Now, that data has allowed solar physicists to map the source of a major…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX cargo mission combines mighty mice, fires and beer research – Spaceflight Now

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works with an experiment on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A nest of genetically-engineered mice, a research study to observe the behavior of fires in space, and an experiment that could lead to brewing beer in micr…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Venezuela

Emerging from obscurity: 2019’s unforeseen history-makers

PARIS: Of the many people who made history in 2019, some surprised themselves and the world by emerging from obscurity to make their mark, though one remains anonymous for the time being -- "The Whistleblower" behind the impeachment probe into US President Do…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

Chinese Economy

China capex growth hits three-year low as weak economy, trade war drag

By Gaurav Dogra and Brenda Goh BENGALURU/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Capital investment by Chinese firms has ground to its slowest pace in three years, as a weakening economy, tight credit and prolonged trade war with the United States dent sales growth and cash re…

bubmagDecember 4, 2019

The Root Carving Art Culture Festival kicks off in Kaihua, China, helping Chinese culture “go global”

Google Disability Support is more accessible with sign language specialists

Trudeau, Boris, and other NATO leaders caught on video apparently gossiping about Trump

Russian Feminist Band Pussy Riot Announces North American Tour, $1 From Each Ticket Sold to Go to Planned Parenthood

Elon Musk spent 3 excruciating hours in court answering questions about his ‘pedo guy’ tweet

Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles

Parker Solar Probe traces solar wind to its source on sun’s surface: coronal holes

SpaceX cargo mission combines mighty mice, fires and beer research – Spaceflight Now

Emerging from obscurity: 2019’s unforeseen history-makers

China capex growth hits three-year low as weak economy, trade war drag

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