bubmag

Climate Change

The U.S. and China Need to Put Aside Their Rivalry and Focus on the Common Enemy: Climate Change

The U.S. worries that China has become a political and economic threat. China worries that the U.S. is attempting to constrain it. These concerns increasingly resemble a classic Cold War conflict. Such security threats are misplaced. Trade wars and technolog…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Boeing 737max

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Gets a Wall Street Launch—but Will It Really Fly?

With Richard Branson ringing the bell to open the week on the New York Stock Exchange the message will be that Wall Street has entered the so-called space tourism business. This marks the public listing of Bransons Virgin Galactic company, trading under the …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Astroturfing

‘More needs to be done,’ Gould says after some online election meddling detected

The government has to step up its fight against online disinformation in the wake of the federal election, says Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould. "Going forward, there is still a sense that more needs to be done to address the spread of disinfor…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Migrants stuck at sea aboard rescue ship Ocean Viking for 11 days

More than 100 migrants and refugees are still stranded onboard a rescue ship in central Mediterranean after being rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat 11 days ago. On October 18, a group of 104 people, including 10 women - two of them pregnant - and 41 mi…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

The Queen

Monday morning news briefing: Is this the route to a general election?

Isil leader 'died like a dog and coward' in special forces raid Donald Trump has said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "died like a dog" after the Isil leader blew himself up when cornered by US special forces in Syria. Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest, killing himself…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Doping in Cycling

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

The cyclocross season is at 'Full Gas' but we have all the other cycling news form the peloton. Top Story has to be the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Race reports and video form the Tour de France Saitama Criterium and the cross races in Gavere and Beringen. Loads to c…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Water Pollution

Turkey should focus on plastic waste for economy, planet: Expert

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency The production of raw materials from plastic waste is a key issue Turkey should focus on for its economic well-being and the planets future, according to a top engineer in Turkey. Producing new goods for consumers and gaining value fro…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Recycling

Education campaign makes recycling sweets wrappers easy

Spotted: Atlanta-based recycling company Rubicon Global is partnering with TerraCycle on a US campaign that encourages children to recycle their sweets wrappers. According to industry data, more than 172 million Americans will celebrate Halloween this year, p…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Korean War

In 1968, the USS Pueblo Incident Almost Caused a Second Korean War

Key point: North Korean aggression and horrible treatment of American POWs could have led to a massive retaliation. A U.S. Army light freighter launched during World War II, the fifty-four-meter-long Pueblo had been recommissioned by the Navy in 1966s to ser…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

North Korea-US Tensions Possible Even Despite Good Kim-Trump Personal Relations – Official

Sputnik News 09:06 27.10.2019 TOKYO (Sputnik) - Friendly personal relations between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump cannot serve as a guarantee of good relations between the countries, the chairman of the Korea-Asia Pacific Pea…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

The U.S. and China Need to Put Aside Their Rivalry and Focus on the Common Enemy: Climate Change

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Gets a Wall Street Launch—but Will It Really Fly?

‘More needs to be done,’ Gould says after some online election meddling detected

Migrants stuck at sea aboard rescue ship Ocean Viking for 11 days

Monday morning news briefing: Is this the route to a general election?

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Turkey should focus on plastic waste for economy, planet: Expert

Education campaign makes recycling sweets wrappers easy

In 1968, the USS Pueblo Incident Almost Caused a Second Korean War

North Korea-US Tensions Possible Even Despite Good Kim-Trump Personal Relations – Official

General Information

Ask me anything