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Protectionism

Wrinkle in Xi’s red carpet: China and Pakistan raise Kashmir, India objects

PM Modi and Xi Jinping will meet in an informal setting, where they are expected to discuss issues pertaining to terrorism, trade and celebration of the 70th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. Hours after New Delhi and Beijing officially announced Chi…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Paris

The first African-American fighter pilot now has a statue at an aviation museum in Georgia

(CNN)His father was born into slavery, but he would live to have a dogfight with German pilots in the skies over Europe. Eugene Bullard, who became known as the Black Swallow of Death, was the first African-American pilot to fly in combat. He now has a sta…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Xi Jinping

Pompeo says China’s treatment Muslims ‘enormous human right violation’: PBS interview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview on Wednesday that China's treatment of Muslims, including the Uighurs, in western China was an "enormous human rights violation" and Washington will continue to raise th…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Little Italy

Jury views ‘difficult to watch’ surveillance videos in gang sex assault case

Twelve jurors spent Tuesday in a silent courtroom sombrely watching several hours of security footage from inside a College St. bar where the Crown alleges two men repeatedly sexually assaulted and drugged an extremely intoxicated woman over an eight-hour per…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Climate Change

California’s climate dystopia comes true

On October 9, 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric started the blackouts. The beleaguered utility, which oversees 125,000 miles of electrical and transmission lines in the fire-plagued Golden State, warned that an unprecedented 800,000 customers, meaning some 2 m…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Holocaust

Synagogue attack sparks fear among Jews in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) - As Jews left Yom Kippur prayers across Germany on Wednesday, they were jolted by word that an anti-Semitic gunman had attacked a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle hours before, killing two people. The news heightened fears of more an…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Climate Change

Think California’s Preemptive Blackouts Are Scary? Buckle Up

At midnight on Wednesday, Californias largest utility begun cutting off power to customers across the northern part of the state. The rolling blackout came with just a days warning as intense fire weather is expected to whip up across the region. The gusty …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Hiroshima

Hiroshima survivor shares her experience with Harvard

The 87-year-old is best known for her advocacy work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a global coalition working to make the arms illegal. As a leading figure and spokeswoman for ICAN, Thurlow was on hand to accept the Nobel Peace Pr…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Solar Storm

Power Grids and Satellites Are More at Risk from Extreme Solar Storms Than We Thought

Exactly how dangerous are solar storms? Scientists think the Carrington Event was one of the most powerful ones to ever hit Earth. They also think that storms that powerful only happen every couple centuries or so. But a new study says we can expect more stor…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Donald Trump

Secrecy is Donald Trump’s Achilles heel

Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book "Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success" and co-author with Peter Eisner of "The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence." The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. View …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Wrinkle in Xi’s red carpet: China and Pakistan raise Kashmir, India objects

The first African-American fighter pilot now has a statue at an aviation museum in Georgia

Pompeo says China’s treatment Muslims ‘enormous human right violation’: PBS interview

Jury views ‘difficult to watch’ surveillance videos in gang sex assault case

California’s climate dystopia comes true

Synagogue attack sparks fear among Jews in Germany

Think California’s Preemptive Blackouts Are Scary? Buckle Up

Hiroshima survivor shares her experience with Harvard

Power Grids and Satellites Are More at Risk from Extreme Solar Storms Than We Thought

Secrecy is Donald Trump’s Achilles heel

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