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Tayyip Erdogan

Trump says ‘wonderful and very productive meeting’ with Erdogan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said he had a “wonderful and very productive meeting” at the White House on Wednesday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking at a news conference with Erdogan, Trump said he hoped the two countries woul…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

UK consumers will expect EU standards in FTA – Hogan

Ireland's EU commissioner Phil Hogan has said British consumers will expect the UK to sign up to the EU’s labour, environmental and food standards as part of a free trade agreement for which he will be chief negotiator next year. Giving an upbeat prediction …

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Tesla gets permit to start production in Chinese factory

Tesla just received a permit to begin production of Model 3 sedans at its Gigafactory in Shanghai. Bloomberg reports that Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the permit on its website on Wednesday, November 13. The factory will …

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Nukes

The U.S. Is on the Verge of Testing a New Ballistic Missile

Photo credit: U.S. Army From Popular Mechanics A test of a new U.S.-made intermediate range ballistic missile is imminent. Intermediate range missiles were banned by the 1987 INF Treaty. The demise of the treaty opens the door to…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Animal Protection

Legal Research Reports: Legal Restrictions on Religious Slaughter of Animals in Europe

Back to Index of Legal Reports Full Report (PDF, 346KB); Map (PDF, 834KB) This is an update of a previous report from March 2018. Individual Countries in II. Country Surveys:: I. Comparative Summary This report includes surveys of the laws of 25 Europea…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

China's Strategy

Hong Kong’s Violence Arrives on Campus

Welcome to Foreign Policys weekly China Brief. The highlights this week: Hong Kongs police target university campuses, a potential legal clash between China and Vietnam, and why Chinas Uber is being criticized for sexism. If you would like to receive China B…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Air Pollution

Centre told to explore Hydrogen-based tech to deal with pollution in Capital

Mehta said the government was of the view that the technology can be put to use to eradicate air pollution in the NCR. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey) A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, allowed the Centre to look into t…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk to build new Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

The Math of Sisyphus

"There is but one truly serious question in philosophy, and that is suicide," wrote Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. This is equally true for a human navigating an absurd existence, and an artificial intelligence navigating a morally insoluble situation.…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

The Math of Sisyphus

“There is but one truly serious question in philosophy, and that is suicide,” wrote Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. This is equally true for a human navigating an absurd existence, and an artificial intelligence navigating a morally insoluble situation.…

bubmagNovember 13, 2019

Trump says ‘wonderful and very productive meeting’ with Erdogan

UK consumers will expect EU standards in FTA – Hogan

Tesla gets permit to start production in Chinese factory

The U.S. Is on the Verge of Testing a New Ballistic Missile

Legal Research Reports: Legal Restrictions on Religious Slaughter of Animals in Europe

Hong Kong’s Violence Arrives on Campus

Centre told to explore Hydrogen-based tech to deal with pollution in Capital

Elon Musk to build new Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin

The Math of Sisyphus

The Math of Sisyphus

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