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Alibaba

Forbes Asia’s Annual Heroes Of Philanthropy List Highlights 30 Altruists In The Asia Pacific Region

Honorees include Jack Ma, Azim Premji and Suh Kyung-baeSINGAPORE (December 3, 2019) Forbes Asia today announced its annual Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting 30 outstanding altruists in the Asia-Pacific region. The list includes billionaires, entrepren…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Holocaust

The Thrilling Shock of ‘Queen & Slim’

Though Slave Play," which was written and directed by queer black men, takes a lot of the assumptions of what might be called social justice culture for granted, its nevertheless promiscuous in its provocations. (A central conflict revolves around a black wom…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Trade War

Trump’s latest trade war: French champagne vs. Google taxes

On Monday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released results of an investigation that determined that France's tax unfairly discriminates against big U.S. tech companies. If another solution isn't worked out, tech companies could pay hundreds of …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Skateboard

One killed as typhoon hits Philippines, hundreds of flights halted

MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing one man and bringing heavy rains that prompted suspension of air travel and government offices in the capital, and warnings of floods, storm surges and landslides. Local governments evac…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

BUK-Missile

Dutch Prosecutors Accuse Moscow Of Letting MH17 Suspect Flee

The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has accused Russia of allowing a suspect to evade its investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 by not arresting him and letting him return to separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine. Mosc…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

NATO

NATO summit toasts 70 years. But is it waving or drowning?

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be plenty of applause when NATO leaders gather in London to celebrate seven decades of the most successful military alliance in history. But with a French president who calls it “brain dead”, a Turkish leader who is attacking U…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Monsanto

Canada Launches Lawsuit Against Bayer

Canadian law firm Diamond & Diamond has filed a class-action lawsuit against various makers of Roundup, including Bayer.1 Bayer acquired Monsanto, Roundup's original maker, in 2018 for $63 billion and has been grappling with related lawsuits ever since. …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Times Square

When The Lincoln Town Car Ruled New York

It wasnt a Rolls Royce, nor was it a 7 Series or even a Maybach. No, in my 12-year-old mind, it was the Lincoln Town Car that signified power and mobility in 2000s New York City. Glancing at tinted rear windows of a Town Car perched on Madison Avenue, I…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Black Hole

Black hole found in our galaxy is so massive it ‘should not even exist’ – The Weather Network

An artist's impression of a massive black hole and the accretion disk it has gathered as its intense gravity pulls matter off of a blue companion star. Credit: YU Jingchuan, Beijing Planetarium Last month, astronomers reported finding what could be the small…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Donald Trump

Kellyanne Conway’s husband chides her defense of Trump

Washington (CNN)George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, escalated his criticism of President Donald Trump on Tuesday by using a tweet from his wife to assail her boss over the continuing fallout from the House impeachment inquiry…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Forbes Asia’s Annual Heroes Of Philanthropy List Highlights 30 Altruists In The Asia Pacific Region

The Thrilling Shock of ‘Queen & Slim’

Trump’s latest trade war: French champagne vs. Google taxes

One killed as typhoon hits Philippines, hundreds of flights halted

Dutch Prosecutors Accuse Moscow Of Letting MH17 Suspect Flee

NATO summit toasts 70 years. But is it waving or drowning?

Canada Launches Lawsuit Against Bayer

When The Lincoln Town Car Ruled New York

Black hole found in our galaxy is so massive it ‘should not even exist’ – The Weather Network

Kellyanne Conway’s husband chides her defense of Trump

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