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Hrant Dink

The Genealogy of the Kurdish Question

The unanimous international community multiplies its condemnation of the military offensive in Rojava and watches helplessly as tens of thousands of Kurds flee, pursued by the Turkish army. However, no one intervenes, considering that a massacre may be the on…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Virtual Reality

China says will work with the U.S. to address each other’s core concerns

By David Kirton and Ryan Woo NANCHANG, China (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said on Saturday that China will work with the United States to address each other's core concerns on the basis of equality and mutual respect, and that stopping the trade w…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg’s Alberta visit igniting further discussion on climate change – Global News

“We are not doing this because we want to. We aren’t doing it because it’s fun.” Those series of words from 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg elicited thunderous applause and shouts from the crowd gathered at the Alberta legislature Friday …

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Super Komachi

Derailed by typhoon, Tokyo-Kanazawa direct bullet train services to resume Oct. 25

East Japan Railway Co. has said that direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa stations on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will resume on Oct. 25, after a partial suspension forced by powerful Typhoon Hagibis. The total number of trains running on the line wil…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Water Scarcity

High population eats up Nigeria’s forests

At 11am, Elizabeth takes a panga from the store and heads out into the hills where she meets her friends from the neighbourhood. Nigerians They descend onto the forest in their village of Burak in Shongom, Gombe State of Nigeria to cut down trees and collec…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Christianity

Podcast Ep. 292: The Unabashed Atheist Who’s Not Afraid of Hell

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Venezuela

Thousands march in climate strike with activist Greta Thunberg – Edmonton Journal

Thousands of people marched through downtown Edmonton to the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike that included 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, while a counter-protest made its way from Red Deer in support of Alberta oil and gas. Orga…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Times Square

Times Square billboard for athletic wear company shows Trump being hog-tied and humiliated by feminists

A billboard for an athletic wear company features various women humiliating a man who looks like President Donald Trump, including one pose where he is being hogtied. The ads from Dhvani are being featured at Times Square in New York City. They posted some …

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Days before election, Greta Thunberg tells Albertans climate change cannot be ‘partisan, political question’ – The Globe and Mail

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, front centre in blue jacket, and youth organizers staged a rally at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Friday, Dave Chidley/The Canadian Press Swedish activist Greta Thunberg marched alongside thousands of protes…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

Recycling

Week in Pictures: 12 to 18 October 2019

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Image copyrightDelil Souleiman/AFPImage caption A woman covers her face by a road near the Syrian Kurdish town of Ras al-Ain, along the border with Turkey. Behind her, tyre fires ha…

bubmagOctober 19, 2019

The Genealogy of the Kurdish Question

China says will work with the U.S. to address each other’s core concerns

Greta Thunberg’s Alberta visit igniting further discussion on climate change – Global News

Derailed by typhoon, Tokyo-Kanazawa direct bullet train services to resume Oct. 25

High population eats up Nigeria’s forests

Podcast Ep. 292: The Unabashed Atheist Who’s Not Afraid of Hell

Thousands march in climate strike with activist Greta Thunberg – Edmonton Journal

Times Square billboard for athletic wear company shows Trump being hog-tied and humiliated by feminists

Days before election, Greta Thunberg tells Albertans climate change cannot be ‘partisan, political question’ – The Globe and Mail

Week in Pictures: 12 to 18 October 2019

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