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Korean Peace Talks

North Korea rejects meeting with South over resort

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea on Tuesday rejected South Korea's request for working-level talks to discuss the possible demolition of South Korean-made hotels and other facilities at the North's Diamond Mountain resort that North Korean leader Kim Jong …

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Riots

NSW youth justice system overhauled after riots

Posted October 29, 2019 19:52:38 A major overhaul of all New South Wales juvenile correction facilities is underway, with an independent review into a riot at a Central Coast facility exposing systemic failures and consistent violence. Key points:

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

NATO

Turkey says Kurdish YPG still in Syria border area as deadline looms

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, Turkey’s defense minister was quoted on Tuesday as saying, hours before a deadline for their removal expires…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Consumer data privacy breach spells lawsuit for Alphabet’s Google in Australia

According to the regulator, the local Google unit for almost two years did not tell users of its Android operating system that they needed to switch off two settings - not one - if they did not want the company to keep their information. “Google’s conduct ca…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Belt and Road

Yiwu Fair 2019 Concludes With Success

YIWU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the largest and most influential daily consumer goods fair in China, the 25th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair (Yiwu Fair 2019) concluded on October 25 with great success. With an exhibition area of 100,0…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Super Komachi

Analysis | Get Ready to Ditch Your Business Class Flight – Washington Post

With the flight shame movement gathering force, this is an increasingly common choice for international travelers and one the rail companies are eager to exploit. From the planets point of view this is great, but theres still a way to go on making long-distan…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Boeing 737max

Somber anniversary: A Lion Air crash victim, his family’s loss and a year of quiet mourning

At 8 a.m. a year ago today, Fenlix was driving to a business meeting outside the Indonesian capital of Jakarta when he pulled off for coffee and felt his phone buzz with the text message that changed everything. An old friend had sent a group text alerting F…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

NSA

Quick Edit: Allow Indian MPs to visit Kashmir

Shortly ahead of Jammu and Kashmir transitioning into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh on October 31, the NSAs office has organized a visit by European parliamentarians to the state in their personal capacities. In a meeting with PM Modi and then N…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Hiroshima

Construction starts on first digital frigate for France

A steel-cutting ceremony marked the start of construction for France's new frigate at Naval Group's Lorient, France, shipyard. The shipyard ceremony Thursday was led by French Defense Minister Florence Parly, and guests included Adm. Nicolaos Tsunis of the G…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Australian regulator files privacy suit against Google alleging location data misuse

An Australian regulator has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google, accusing it of misleading smartphone users about how it collected and used personal location data, advancing a global crackdown on the world's biggest tech firms. The Australian Compe…

bubmagOctober 29, 2019

North Korea rejects meeting with South over resort

NSW youth justice system overhauled after riots

Turkey says Kurdish YPG still in Syria border area as deadline looms

Consumer data privacy breach spells lawsuit for Alphabet’s Google in Australia

Yiwu Fair 2019 Concludes With Success

Analysis | Get Ready to Ditch Your Business Class Flight – Washington Post

Somber anniversary: A Lion Air crash victim, his family’s loss and a year of quiet mourning

Quick Edit: Allow Indian MPs to visit Kashmir

Construction starts on first digital frigate for France

Australian regulator files privacy suit against Google alleging location data misuse

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