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Plastic Pollution

Iconic Pacific Bird Sanctuary Ravaged by Plastic and Death

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. B…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan says Turkey will let refugees into Europe if EU does not support it

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will have to open the doors to Europe for Syrian refugees unless the European Union provides Ankara with enough support, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, adding that Turkey could not carry that burden alone. Turkey aims t…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

NATO

Merkel, NATO chief reject Macron’s view NATO is dying

BERLIN (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron used “drastic words” when he described NATO as experiencing a “brain death”, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, saying that was not her view. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also rej…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Scotland

Unesco status ‘would better protect’ Battle of Culloden

Image copyrightGetty Images Unesco World Heritage status could better protect the last pitched battle fought on British soil, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has said. Culloden in 1746 saw forces loyal to Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated by the Duke of …

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Brexit

UK: Pro-remain parties enter election pact in 60 constituencies

Candidates from pro-European Union parties have entered a pact to give voters a single Remain choice in dozens of constituencies at the General Election. The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens will not run candidates against each other in 60 seats…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Erdogan Threatens to Open Doors for Refugees to Europe Unless EU Provides Enough Support to Turkey

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Little Italy

How Professional Chefs Throw the Ultimate Thanksgiving

All featured products are curated independently by our editors. When you buy something through our retail links, we may receive a commission. Nobody knows how to throw an epic Thanksgiving better than culinary pros and chefs. Which is exactly why we asked th…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Air Pollution

Plants better than tech for reducing air pollution

Restoring plants and trees near US industrial sites could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new study finds. "Despite the proliferation of control technologies, air pollution remains a major concern across the United States, suggesting the ne…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Xi Jinping

China Sentences 9 for Fentanyl Trafficking in Rare Case of Cooperation With U.S. Authorities

(XINGTAI, China) — A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack down on global networks that manufacture and distribute lethal synth…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Times Square

The designers and the don: How two interior decorators took the fall for the Cali Cartel

The bullet-riddled corpse, lying face-up on a street in Medellin in March 1996, was that of a large man with a big, bovine head and scraggly beard. As the Colombian president took to the airwaves to brag of the killing of his nation’s most wanted man, in New…

bubmagNovember 7, 2019

Iconic Pacific Bird Sanctuary Ravaged by Plastic and Death

Erdogan says Turkey will let refugees into Europe if EU does not support it

Merkel, NATO chief reject Macron’s view NATO is dying

Unesco status ‘would better protect’ Battle of Culloden

UK: Pro-remain parties enter election pact in 60 constituencies

Erdogan Threatens to Open Doors for Refugees to Europe Unless EU Provides Enough Support to Turkey

How Professional Chefs Throw the Ultimate Thanksgiving

Plants better than tech for reducing air pollution

China Sentences 9 for Fentanyl Trafficking in Rare Case of Cooperation With U.S. Authorities

The designers and the don: How two interior decorators took the fall for the Cali Cartel

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