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Brexit

Amid Brexit tension, Irish PM says UK citizenship laws out of step with Northern Ireland peace deal

DUBLIN (Reuters) - British citizenship laws are out of step with Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace accord that recognised the birthright of anyone in the British-run region to identify as Irish, British or both, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday. …

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise…

The Samos camp, initially built for about 650 people, is unravelling under the weight of more than 5,700 asylum-seekersBy Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the s…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Free Internet

Be Brave. Be Water. Be Ready: Three Days Among The Freedom Protesters In Hong Kong

On a gray, humid day in June, a 35-year-old man named Marco Leung climbed atop a platform on elevated scaffolding outside the ritzy complex known as Pacific Place in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, and announced he was tired of being ignored. He wore a b…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Times Square

Where Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Emmy, Though

For three seasons, Maggie Gyllenhaal has been one of the primary reasons to keep watching The Deuce, despite compelling reasons (James Franco in two roles) to stop watching The Deuce. As Eileen, a Queens girl from a good Catholic family whos exiled from her h…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Water Pollution

US: Rolling Back Coal Ash Rules Threatens Health

A coal ash pile in Guayama, Puerto Rico © 2019 for Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC)The United States Environmental Protection Agencys proposal to significantly weaken rules governing coal ash, a toxic byproduct of burning coal, poses a serious threat to …

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Yellow Vests

Peter Praet : « The ECB is not trying to please governments »

English version This interview has been first published in french. You can find the original text by clicking on the link below. The latest decisions of the Board of Governors - negative rate, resumption of indefinite debt purchases - triggered a torrent of…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Geely

Audi and Airbus flying taxi plans put on hold

Audi has decided to shelve plans to further develop the Pop.Up Next concept, a combination of a self-driving car and a drone capable of carrying a pair of passengers. Unveiled at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the concept was based on an original …

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise

ATHENS (Reuters) - A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening “nightmare”. Greece se…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Refugees

Bangladesh imposes more restrictions on Rohingya refugees

The government of Bangladesh has recently put severe restrictions on Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Many have had their mobile phones taken away. And some Rohingya children have been forced to drop out of Bangladeshi schools. Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Feudalism

Perhaps. And Sometimes: Hoisted from the Archives from 2010

Hoisted from the Archives: Perhaps. And Sometimes https://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/09/16/j-bradford-delong/perhaps-sometimes: In 542 AD the late Roman (early Byzantine?) Emperor Justinian I wrote to his Praetorian Prefect concerning the army — trained and eq…

bubmagOctober 15, 2019

Amid Brexit tension, Irish PM says UK citizenship laws out of step with Northern Ireland peace deal

Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise…

Be Brave. Be Water. Be Ready: Three Days Among The Freedom Protesters In Hong Kong

Where Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Emmy, Though

US: Rolling Back Coal Ash Rules Threatens Health

Peter Praet : « The ECB is not trying to please governments »

Audi and Airbus flying taxi plans put on hold

Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise

Bangladesh imposes more restrictions on Rohingya refugees

Perhaps. And Sometimes: Hoisted from the Archives from 2010

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