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Anti-Putin Protests

Alex Gibney: How Donald Trump Is Morphing Into Vladimir Putin

Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos Getty LONDONOne of Americas leading documentary-makers set off on a project to examine the extraordinary life of Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and came away with the discomforting realizatio…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Scotland

Justin Trudeau’s election struggles are no surprise to progressive Canadians

Canadas federal election campaign highlighted a struggle that caught the world by surprise. Prime minister Justin Trudeau was on the ropes throughout the campaign, just four years after his meteoric rise to power and global fandom, even though he ultimately m…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Pro-Democracy Movement in Haiti Swells Despite Police Violence

Its getting hard not to notice that U.S. corporate media is covering pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong far more than pro-democracy forces in the Caribbean. It can be challenging to catch up on significant events in a place thats a mere two-hour flight from …

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey to resume northern Syria operation if U.S. does not keep promises: Erdogan

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will press on with its military operation in northeast Syria “with determination” after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire expires later on Tuesday if promises given by Washington have not been kept, President Tayyip Erdogan said. Turkey sa…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Belt and Road

Superman Hew’s Facebook page deactivated

PETALING JAYA: The official Facebook account of former DAP member Hew Kuan Yau, better known as "Superman Hew", has been deactivated. It is believed that the closing of the account was due to the overwhelming flak that Hew received over the fiasco of a comic…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Yellow Vests

The New World is Emerging Before Us, by Thierry Meyssan

King Salman receives President Vladimir Putin, the Peacekeeper. It’s a time that only happens once or twice a century. A new world order is emerging. All previous references disappear. Those who were doomed to grieve triumph, while those who ruled are thrown…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Star Wars

The final Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer is a tear-jerking roller coaster – CNET

The end is here. Video screenshot by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNET The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has just dropped and it's teeing up an emotional goodbye that's already sending fans into hysterics. The trailer played during Monday N…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Water Scarcity

Water Resource Issues: What You Need To Know!

—Water Resource Issues: What You Need To Know! Water is the most important resource on the planet. It’s also the most plentiful. But it’s also not as useable as you may think. As the world grows in population, countries develop out of poverty, and weather pat…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Greece moves more migrants to mainland as arrivals increase

ATHENS (Reuters) - Authorities in Greece moved more asylum-seekers to the mainland on Tuesday as part of a strategy to reduce the refugee population on outlying islands after an increase in arrivals in recent months. Some 697 migrants and refugees arrived i…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Electric Scooter

Gogoro launches GoShare in Taipei

Own-brand electric scooter maker Gogoro has launched GoShare services for sharing e-scooters on a rental basis in Taipei, according to GoShare director Henry Chiang. Gogoro started GoShare operation in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, in August, and has since regis…

bubmagOctober 22, 2019

Alex Gibney: How Donald Trump Is Morphing Into Vladimir Putin

Justin Trudeau’s election struggles are no surprise to progressive Canadians

Pro-Democracy Movement in Haiti Swells Despite Police Violence

Turkey to resume northern Syria operation if U.S. does not keep promises: Erdogan

Superman Hew’s Facebook page deactivated

The New World is Emerging Before Us, by Thierry Meyssan

The final Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer is a tear-jerking roller coaster – CNET

Water Resource Issues: What You Need To Know!

Greece moves more migrants to mainland as arrivals increase

Gogoro launches GoShare in Taipei

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