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Water Scarcity

In pictures: November’s extreme weather

Countries around the world were hit by extreme weather this November. Seasonal rains in parts of Central and East Africa were devastating, with landslides and floods triggered by heavy rainfall killing dozens of people in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Riots

Hong Kong elders, youths vow to keep up pro-democracy fight

HONG KONG (AP) Hundreds of silver-haired activists joined young Hong Kong protesters for a unity rally Saturday, vowing that their monthslong movement will not fade away until there is greater democracy in the Chinese territory. The rally at a park downtown …

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Slavery Abolition

53% of Republicans Think Trump is Better President Than Lincoln

53 percent of Republicans believe that Donald Trump is a better president than Abraham Lincoln, according to a new poll. The Economist and YouGov published results of its latest polling on U.S. politics this week. One poll gauged Trump's favorability versus …

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Grexit

How Europe’s Nationalists Became Internationalists

Authoritarianism, populism, and nationalism have dominated the headlines in recent years. From India to the United States and across the European continent, this triad threatens the predominant liberal democratic order, both domestically and internationally. …

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Drones

Russia’s Formidable Tunguska Air Defense System is Getting a Stealth Upgrade

Russias formidable 2S6M1 Tunguska air defense system is receiving a stealth upgrade. The Tunguska, a tracked armored vehicle armed with both short-range anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft cannon, will get passive thermal and optical sensors that will e…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Little Italy

Toronto’s ambitious fine dining Korean restaurant has shut down

Toronto's restaurant for Korean food made using French fine dining techniques is undergoing a metamorphosis. Doma in Little Italy is being transformed into Boonsik by owner/chef Paul Kim. An Instagram account indicates the restaurant will soon be serving Kor…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

AR-15

An Indiana teen was killed by her backseat passenger while driving, police say

(CNN)An Indiana teen was shot and killed by a backseat passenger with an AR-15 style rifle in her own car while she was driving, police said. Annalysa McMillan, 19, was driving her car Tuesday in Marion, Indiana, about 70 miles north of Indianapolis when a g…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Britain’s politicised youth: ‘This feels like a once-in-a lifetime election’

In the north Wales town of Aberconwy, Liam McGuinness (12) explains why he is canvassing for 25-year-old Labour candidate Emily Owen. He became politically engaged at the age of seven and now talks fluently about old people not being able to get social care a…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

S.Korea’s nuke envoy holds phone talks with U.S., Japanese envoys after DPRK’s projectile test-firing

People's Daily Online (Xinhua) 13:33, November 29, 2019 SEOUL, Nov. 29 -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy held phone talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s test-firing of short-range projectile…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

Cold War

The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37

—In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was the decades long conflict between the USA and the USSR. The Cold War was called cold because of the lack of actual fighting, but this is inaccurate. There was plenty of fighting, from Korea to Vie…

bubmagNovember 30, 2019

In pictures: November’s extreme weather

Hong Kong elders, youths vow to keep up pro-democracy fight

53% of Republicans Think Trump is Better President Than Lincoln

How Europe’s Nationalists Became Internationalists

Russia’s Formidable Tunguska Air Defense System is Getting a Stealth Upgrade

Toronto’s ambitious fine dining Korean restaurant has shut down

An Indiana teen was killed by her backseat passenger while driving, police say

Britain’s politicised youth: ‘This feels like a once-in-a lifetime election’

S.Korea’s nuke envoy holds phone talks with U.S., Japanese envoys after DPRK’s projectile test-firing

The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37

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