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Climate Change

Is climate change to blame for Australia’s bushfires?

Image copyrightJACKI POCOCKImage caption The blazes have destroyed hundreds of homes in two states Australia is enduring a bushfire crisis that has left three people dead, razed more than 150 homes, and prompted warnings of "catastrophic" danger. Bushfire…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Feudalism

The danger of personalised power in the EU

The EU has frequently been caricatured as a faceless bureaucracy, where rules and procedures take precedence over powerful personalities. Yet this depersonalisation of power has recently been challenged by the emergence of some visible, decisive figures. Jona…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

eSports

AVNIER x Salomon S/Lab XT-5 Collaboration

AVNIER has released its second collaboration with Salomon Advanced on a new Salomon S/Lab XT-5 model. The brands have previously collaborated on trail running sneakers, the Speedcross 4. The new Salomon S/Lab XT-5 are specifically designed for mountain trail…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Korean War

‘I Have Waited 68 Years to See This’: How Honor Flights Help Veterans Reflect

In 2004, shortly after the national World War II Memorial was completed, Earl Morse, a retired Air Force captain working at the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Springfield, Ohio, realized that many of the veterans he knew would never get to see it. …

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Neymar

Shakhtar’s Taison ‘helpless’ after being sent off for reacting to alleged racism

Shakhtar said Taison was in tears after the alleged abuse Brazilian midfielder Taison says he was crying "tears of helplessness" after being sent off for reacting to alleged racist abuse during Shakhtar Donetsk's 1-0 home win against Dynamo Kyiv. Taison, 31…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Brexit

Brexit Bulletin: Farage Under Pressure

Days to Brexit deadline: 81 Sign up here to get the Brexit Bulletin in your inbox every weekday. Today in Brexit: No one is backing down in the tussle over whether to create a pre-election Leave alliance. Nigel Farage is coming under pressure to stand asid…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Uber CEO calls Khashoggi killing a ‘mistake’, then backtracks

The chief executive officer of Uber has expressed regret after calling the gruesome killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi a "mistake" by Saudia Arabia's government and comparing it to a fatal self-driving crash involving one of the ride-hailing firm's c…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Geely

UPDATE 1-China’s NEV market may contract this year due to subsidy cut-industry assoc

(Recasts with NEV sales data, adds quotes) By Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Fewer new energy vehicles (NEV) could be sold in China this year than in 2018, an official at the country's biggest auto industry association said on…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Belt and Road

China#39;s Xi Jinping holds talks in Greece en route to BRICS summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday holds talks in Greece, where he is eagerly awaited by the new pro-business government. Xi touched down in Athens on Sunday at the start of a three-day visit aimed at deepening cooperation with Greece across the board. "…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

E. Jean Carroll’s second act

We sometimes forget how large a role that sheer ego plays in leftist posturing, but somebody always appears to remind us. The latest is E. Jeanne Carroll, who had her first brush with fame after going public with a completely convincing and utterly realistic…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Is climate change to blame for Australia’s bushfires?

The danger of personalised power in the EU

AVNIER x Salomon S/Lab XT-5 Collaboration

‘I Have Waited 68 Years to See This’: How Honor Flights Help Veterans Reflect

Shakhtar’s Taison ‘helpless’ after being sent off for reacting to alleged racism

Brexit Bulletin: Farage Under Pressure

Uber CEO calls Khashoggi killing a ‘mistake’, then backtracks

UPDATE 1-China’s NEV market may contract this year due to subsidy cut-industry assoc

China#39;s Xi Jinping holds talks in Greece en route to BRICS summit

E. Jean Carroll’s second act

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