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BUK-Missile

Witnesses of the downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 are promised relocation to Australia

Witnesses with information on the downing of flight MH17 could be promised a new life in Australia if they come forward. The plane was shot down over Ukraine in July 2017 on the way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 on board including 38 Austra…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Trump Attacks Impeachment Inquiry and Accuses a Witness of Lying

WASHINGTON President Trump on Friday lashed out at the impeachment process and said a key witness who swore under oath to be truthful made up his testimony. In a 53-minute phone interview with Fox & Friends, Mr. Trump referred to the account from David H…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Billionaire’s son is banned from using his supercars and villas by China’s social credit system

Wang Sicong, the only son of Chinese property tycoon Wang Jianlin, might need to learn to tighten his purse strings a little. The 31-year-old - who flaunted his new Bugatti and Ferrari not long ago - has been banned from using his supercars and lavish prope…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Food Industry

Weekend Reading: Labor of Lunch

Jennifer Gaddis. The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools. University of California Press, 2019. This book is a welcome addition to the growing library of works focusing on labor in the food system. This topic des…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Brexit

The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun

It is now too late to stop a future collapse of our societies because of climate change. These are not the words of a tinfoil hat-donning survivalist. This is from a paper delivered by a senior sustainability academic at a leading business school to the Eur…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Drones

Amnesty International: Google and Facebook spell trouble for human rights

Amnesty International has had just about all that it cares to take of Google and Facebook's profiting off of our personal information. In a recent report, the international human rights charity stated that they were deeply concerned that the two companies mas…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

eSports

Esports Organization Misfits Gaming Launches A $10 Million Seed Fund And Incubator

Misfits Gaming Credit: Michal Konkol/Riot Games Topline: Esports organization Misfits Gaming Group is launching a $10 million seed fund and incubator for gaming startups called MSF.IO. Misfits will hold an open application period and choose two sta…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

PH eyes 4 deals with South Korea during Duterte trip – The Manila Times

THE Philippines and South Korea are set to sign several agreements covering practical areas of cooperation during President Rodrigo Duterte’s upcoming visit next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday. In a pre-departure briefing in Mal…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Xi Jinping

70 celebratory activities to mark 70th anniversary of India-China ties

India and China will jointly hold 70 celebratory activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties as agreed to during last months informal summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping. The activ…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Air Pollution

Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment

Sydney is currently blanketed by smoke haze from severe bushfires that have burned through New South Wales. Air pollution levels on Thursday reached hazardous levels for the second time in a week. The NSW Rural Fire Service has warned that haze could be arou…

bubmagNovember 22, 2019

Witnesses of the downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 are promised relocation to Australia

Trump Attacks Impeachment Inquiry and Accuses a Witness of Lying

Weekend Reading: Labor of Lunch

The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun

Amnesty International: Google and Facebook spell trouble for human rights

Esports Organization Misfits Gaming Launches A $10 Million Seed Fund And Incubator

PH eyes 4 deals with South Korea during Duterte trip – The Manila Times

70 celebratory activities to mark 70th anniversary of India-China ties

Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment

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