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The Queen

Buckingham Palace hits back at anonymous adviser to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

The Sussexes aide also accused courtiers of stoking anti-Harry and Meghan hysteria. Pictured, the Duke of Sussex in Nottingham during his visit to mark World Mental Health Day Buckingham Palace has issued a calculated rebuke to the suggestion that the Duke …

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Venezuela

Why Chile’s Massive Protests Started With a Subway Fare Hike

It’s Wednesday afternoon and hundreds of thousands have taken over Plaza Italia, the heart of Santiago and epicenter of any public protest in the city. They carry signs that ask for major improvements in public health, pensions, and income inequality. Among t…

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Dutch inventors roll out river plastic clean-up barge

A Dutch non-profit group committed to ridding the world's waters of plastic, Saturday unveiled their latest invention, a floating garbage-collection barge called "The Interceptor". It is built by The Ocean Cleanup, who say it will "close the tap" on the grea…

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Dutch inventors roll out river plastic clean-up barge

The Hague (AFP) - A Dutch non-profit group committed to ridding the world's waters of plastic, Saturday unveiled their latest invention, a floating garbage-collection barge called "The Interceptor". It is built by The Ocean Cleanup, who say it will "close th…

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Bubble

From bubble tea to disaster: How one Vietnamese dreamer apparently met her fate

HANOI (Reuters) - In Berlin she posed outside a beer garden, a beaming smile upon her face. In Brussels she sipped sugary bubble tea and posed on the steps of the old stock exchange. To anyone else, she was another tourist. But Vietnamese 19-year-old Bui …

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Animal Protection

Rules framed for breeding poultry, govt. informs HC

The Delhi High Court has been informed by the government that draft guidelines for regulating breeding and transportation of poultry have been framed by a government-appointed committee after consulting all stakeholders. The Centres submission came when the …

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Korean War

Pyongyang’s Retro Sci-Fi Architecture

In July 2015, the two of us stepped off a plane at the newly opened airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was our first time in the country. As architects based in Beijing, we were well acquainted with the worlds cities and skyscrapers, but North Korea was a …

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Recycling

‘Ocean Cleanup’ Project Unveils New Solar-Powered Robot That Collects Plastic From Rivers

The system was designed by the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup, which spent the past four years secretly developing and testing the technology while it continued to work on its main project -- a device that can capture plastic trash once it's already in the ocean…

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Jane Fonda Accepted a BAFTA Award While Being Arrested for Protesting Inaction on Climate Change

On Friday, actress Jane Fonda accepted the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for excellence in film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA, while being arrested in Washington D.C. during a protest. The actress was meant to accept the aw…

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Trade War

Trump administration may blacklist Chinese firms that routinely copy tech

Navarro called the apparent leak "fake news" in response, but the Post maintained that multiple insiders had seen hard copies of the potential order. If an order like this did go ahead, it would raise numerous concerns about potential abuses of power. It's n…

bubmagOctober 26, 2019

Buckingham Palace hits back at anonymous adviser to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Why Chile’s Massive Protests Started With a Subway Fare Hike

Dutch inventors roll out river plastic clean-up barge

Dutch inventors roll out river plastic clean-up barge

From bubble tea to disaster: How one Vietnamese dreamer apparently met her fate

Rules framed for breeding poultry, govt. informs HC

Pyongyang’s Retro Sci-Fi Architecture

‘Ocean Cleanup’ Project Unveils New Solar-Powered Robot That Collects Plastic From Rivers

Jane Fonda Accepted a BAFTA Award While Being Arrested for Protesting Inaction on Climate Change

Trump administration may blacklist Chinese firms that routinely copy tech

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