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Checkpoint

The demonstration that took down East Germany

By November 1989, rumors had long been flying that change was inevitable in communist East Germany. Citizens were turning their backs in droves on the politically and economically bankrupt state. Week after week in Leipzig, thousands demanded the right to tr…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Why this Mediterranean city should be your next destination for winter sun

Day trips to the holiest city in the world Whether youre religious or not, seeing Jerusalem will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience due to its immense cultural and historical significance its considered a holy place of worship in Judaism, Christianity and Is…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Air Pollution

AAP govt must tell how many CPCB directions on air pollution has it followed: Javadekar

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on November 4 lashed out at the AAP government asking whether it was following the Central Pollution Control Boards (CPCB) directives aimed at combating the severe air pollution in the national capital. Responding…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Paris

Krakow tops ranking of best European city breaks 2020

If you're looking for a budget-friendly European holiday destination that won't break the bank but still provides plenty of heritage and history, the results of a new travel survey suggest bypassing Paris and London and heading to Krakow, Poland instead. Fo…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

NASDAQ

Amazon Initiative To Help Small Firms Grow Business Online – Nasdaq

(RTTNews) - E-Commerce giant Amazon announced a new initiative, Amazon Small Business Academy, aiming to help small businesses grow sales using internet. The move is part of its planned investment of more than $15 billion for the success of its selling partne…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Feudalism

‘It’s an absolutely corrupt system’: How EU farm subsidies are abused by oligarchs and populists

Under communism, farmers laboured in the fields that stretch for miles around this town west of Budapest, reaping wheat and corn for a government that had stolen their land. Today, their children toil for new overlords, a group of oligarchs and political pat…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Refugees

Two more infants die in Tripura’s Bru camps, death toll now six

As many as 32,000 Bru migrants, who fled ethnic disturbances in Mizoram, have been living in six relief camps in North Tripura for the past 22 years. Two more infants have died in Bru relief camps in Tripuras North district, raising the death toll to six in …

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Orangutan

Viewers react to David Attenborough documentary on Borneo rainforest destruction

BBC viewers were left in tears last night after watching upsetting scenes showing the destruction of Borneo's rainforest during David Attenborough's Seven Worlds One Planet. The film compared the dense, luscious rainforest the broadcaster saw during his fir…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Orangutan

Orangutan cub clings to its mother for dear life

Head in hands after a long day with a three-month old, it's an expression every parent can relate to. And this orangutan is no different. With one hand on her head as her newborn baby clings tightly to her chest, she has no time to stop while collecting foo…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Bees

The seedless lemon revolution has taken root in California

Thirty miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Lemon Hill grove a square mile of rolling slopes covered with healthy young trees, laden with fragrant yellow fruit evokes the Arcadian vistas of classic citrus crate labels. Everything looks familiar, but inside the…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

The demonstration that took down East Germany

Why this Mediterranean city should be your next destination for winter sun

AAP govt must tell how many CPCB directions on air pollution has it followed: Javadekar

Krakow tops ranking of best European city breaks 2020

Amazon Initiative To Help Small Firms Grow Business Online – Nasdaq

‘It’s an absolutely corrupt system’: How EU farm subsidies are abused by oligarchs and populists

Two more infants die in Tripura’s Bru camps, death toll now six

Viewers react to David Attenborough documentary on Borneo rainforest destruction

Orangutan cub clings to its mother for dear life

The seedless lemon revolution has taken root in California

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