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Brexit Negotiator

Brexit breakfast for EU and UK negotiators after ‘pathway to deal’ opens

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The chief Brexit negotiators of the European Union and Britain were meeting for breakfast on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart unexpectedly said they had found a pathway to a possible deal at last-…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

French minister: no-deal Brexit likely if Britain does not seek compromise

(Reuters) - A no-deal Brexit is likely if Britain does not seek compromise, French Minister for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin said on Friday. Asked whether it was increasingly likely that Britain was heading towards leaving the European Union withou…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Riots

2001 Police Drama ‘Training Day’ Is Set to Receive a Prequel

Back in 2002, Denzel Washington‘s performance in the riveting police drama Training Day won him Best Actor for his portrayal of Alonzo Harris, while Ethan Hawke got a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Jake Hoyt. Much of this success was due to the film…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Nigeria: Six Years After, Govt’s Proposed Elderly Care Centres Unrealised

Six years after the Federal Government said it was making efforts to build day care centres for the elderly across the country, checks show none has been built. The need to build the day care centres for aged persons was a fallout of the United Nations backe…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Geely

The 20 richest people in the automotive industry

By Hannah ElliottSiblings Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt own almost half of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG. The billionaires are descendants of Guenther Quandt, who built a German industrial empire by, among other things, supplying weapons to the Nazis durin…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Rugby: ‘War zone’ – how the 1981 All Blacks split New Zealand

WELLINGTON: As New Zealanders unite behind the All Blacks' Rugby World Cup defence in Japan, activists recall when the team's links to apartheid-era South Africa split the nation in violent protest. Modern-day fans may find it difficult to imagine an era whe…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Super Komachi

Super Typhoon Hagibis Could Be Strongest In Decades To Hit Tokyo

An information board announcing the cancellation of all practice and qualifying sessions scheduled for Saturday due to the approach of Typhoon Hagibis, is displayed at Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, on Friday. Iss…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Cold War

Russia Has a Terrifying Seaborne Nuclear Weapon

Key point: Moscow's deadly weapon is pointless but is still apart of mutually-assured-destruction. On May 22, 2018, the Russian submarine Yuri Dolgoruky slipped beneath the waves of the Arctic White Sea. Hatches along the submerged boats spine opened, floodi…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Solar Storm

NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets space

NASA launched a satellite on Thursday night to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space. The satellite - called Icon, short for Ionospheric Connection Explorer - rocketed into orbit following a two-year delay. It was dropped from a plane …

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Exoskeleton

Paralysed man uses brain-controlled exoskeleton to walk

Spotted: In a major advance, a team from Clinatec and the University of Grenoble, France, have developed an exoskeleton connected to brain sensors that has allowed a paralysed man to walk. The exoskeleton is suspended from an overhead harness. It does not all…

bubmagOctober 11, 2019

Brexit breakfast for EU and UK negotiators after ‘pathway to deal’ opens

French minister: no-deal Brexit likely if Britain does not seek compromise

2001 Police Drama ‘Training Day’ Is Set to Receive a Prequel

Nigeria: Six Years After, Govt’s Proposed Elderly Care Centres Unrealised

The 20 richest people in the automotive industry

Rugby: ‘War zone’ – how the 1981 All Blacks split New Zealand

Super Typhoon Hagibis Could Be Strongest In Decades To Hit Tokyo

Russia Has a Terrifying Seaborne Nuclear Weapon

NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets space

Paralysed man uses brain-controlled exoskeleton to walk

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