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Market Snapshot: Stock futures bounce around as Wall Street weighs China-U.S. tariff rollback talk

U.S. stock-index futures were little changed Friday morning as enthusiasm for assets considered risky appeared to be replaced by a more cautious posture on Wall Street, with market participants assessing conflicting narratives on progress in Sino-American tra…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Hiroshima

World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47

The inventor with his eponymous weapon. AP Photo/Vladimir Vyatkin What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as many as 200,000 people when the United States dropped two on the Japane…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Refugees

Trump officials considered resigning en masse in ‘midnight self-massacre,’ according to new anonymous White House exposé

An anonymous US government official has claimed in a new book that administration officials considered resigning en masse to raise alarm about President Donald Trump's behavior. The official described it as a "midnight self-massacre" in thei…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Silk Road

A Map of How the Word “Tea” Spread Across the World

When I order a cup of tea in Korea, where I live, I ask for cha (); when traveling in Japan, I ask for the honorific-affixed ocha (). In Spanish-speaking places I order té, which I try to pronounce as distinctly as possible from the thé I order in French-spea…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Bubble

The Daily LITG, 8th November 2019, On The Way To Thought Bubble With Dan Watters…

Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And today sees Thought Bubble kicking off in Harrogate. Lots of trains going up have been cancelled d…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Free Internet

T-Mobile’s latest merger gambit isn’t subtle

John Legere trades a pink t-shirt for a firemans hat Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images T-Mobile announced its plans for a 5G rollout yesterday, promising to launch nationwide service on December 6th. Its much wider coverage than either AT&T or Verizon has…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Orangutan

Orangutans heading back to Indonesia

Thai conservation officials will repatriate two orangutans to Indonesia under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) by the end of December. The handover will be only the second time that apes have been re…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Refugees

Trump officials considered resigning en masse in ‘midnight self-massacre,’ according to new anonymous White House exposé

Senior officials working for President Donald Trump's administration considered resigning en masse in a "midnight self-massacre" in protest against his behavior, an anonymous government official has said in a new book, according to The Washington Post. The c…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Recycling

Steel Scrap Recycling Policy issued

Ministry of Steel has issued the Steel Scrap Recycling Policy. The policy aims to achieve the following objectives – · To promote circular economy in the steel sector. · To promote a formal and scientific collection, dismantling and processi…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Neymar

Euro Papers: Juve consider Pogba offer

The January transfer window is less than two months away and clubs across Europe will be identifying potential targets and holding talks with clubs over future deals. So we asked our friends at Football Whispers to round up all the latest news and gossip fr…

bubmagNovember 8, 2019

Market Snapshot: Stock futures bounce around as Wall Street weighs China-U.S. tariff rollback talk

World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47

Trump officials considered resigning en masse in ‘midnight self-massacre,’ according to new anonymous White House exposé

A Map of How the Word “Tea” Spread Across the World

The Daily LITG, 8th November 2019, On The Way To Thought Bubble With Dan Watters…

T-Mobile’s latest merger gambit isn’t subtle

Orangutans heading back to Indonesia

Trump officials considered resigning en masse in ‘midnight self-massacre,’ according to new anonymous White House exposé

Steel Scrap Recycling Policy issued

Euro Papers: Juve consider Pogba offer

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